Landlord sent tenant a notice of lease nonrenewal based on claimed nonprimary residence. Tenant then filed a complaint with the DHCR based on landlord's failure to offer her a renewal lease. Landlord commenced an...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed improper deregulation of her apartment and rent overcharge. The trial court ruled for tenant, finding that the base date rent was...
An employee of a restaurant located in landlord's building, sued the building owner, managing agent, and the restaurant for personal injuries after he slipped and fell on grease in the building's basement...
Tenant rented a house from landlord for a two-month period during July-August 2020, and gave landlord a $20,000 security deposit. At tenant's request, landlord allowed tenant to vacate early, on July 24, 2020....
Landlord, a co-op unit sponsor who maintained control of the building, sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant of the unit for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed tenant owed over $15,000. Tenant in turn asked the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in order to recover apartment for his own use. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that the termination notice was insufficient and defective, and that...
Tenant sued landlord after another building tenant stabbed him. Landlord claimed that it wasn't responsible for the attack on tenant and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled against landlord, who...
Tenant in a building receiving 421-a tax benefits sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and violations of the Rent Stabilization Law. Tenant also sought to make the case a class action. The court denied landlord...
Tenants sued landlord in March 2019, claiming improper apartment deregulation and wilful rent overcharge. They moved into the apartment in 2017 under a non-regulated lease at $4,000 per month. DHCR rent registration...
Tenant filed an Article 78 court appeal of an HPD decision that tenant wasn't using her Mitchell-Lama apartment as her primary residence, and granting landlord a certificate of eviction. The court transferred the...
Former tenants sued landlord, seeking recovery of double the amount of their security deposit after they moved out. Tenants claimed that they gave landlord written notice of their vacatur on July 15, 2020, after...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after serving a 10-day notice to quit, even though the occupant had moved into the apartment under a fully executed one-year rent-stabilized lease. Landlord claimed that...
