After the City of Newburgh adopted rent stabilization coverage under the ETPA on Dec. 18, 2023, a group of property owners sued the city and the DHCR, seeking a declaration that Newburgh's adoption of the ETPA...
A group of owners of buildings that became subject to rent stabilization under the City of Kingston’s August 2022 adoption of the ETPA filed a challenge to the city’s actions, arguing that the vacancy...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence after a slip-and-fall in landlord's apartment building. After pre-trial questioning, tenant asked the court to rule in her favor without a trial. Tenant claimed that landlord...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. While that case was pending tenant's lease expired. Landlord offered a renewal lease, but tenant failed to sign it. Landlord then started a...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. While the case was pending and before even filing an answer to landlord's petition, tenant filed an Order to Show Cause seeking an Order to Correct a roach...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord later asked the court for permission to amend its petition and for summary judgment without trial. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and won...
Tompkins County landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance and objectionable conduct. Landlord sent tenant several prior notices before commencing the court proceeding but didn't serve a lease...
Landlord sued HPD after HPD denied landlord's application for a Certificate of Eligibility and Reasonable Cost for J-51 tax benefits in 2022. Landlord had applied for J-51 benefits based on rehabilitation of its...
Landlord, a co-op corporation, sued to evict shareholder tenant for violating provisions of their proprietary lease and house rules that prohibited unreasonable noise. Following a trial, a judgment of possession for...
Co-op shareholder tenants sued their building's cooperative corporation for retaliation under RPL Section 223-b. They claimed that the co-op board issued a default notice just five weeks after the they complained...
Rent-stabilized tenants in a co-op building complained to the DHCR that laundry room washer and dryer services had become inoperable. Tenants named the co-op corporation as the landlord in their complaint. Although...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant when tenant's lease expired. Tenant had lived in the apartment for more than three years before landlord commenced the court proceeding. Tenant asked the court to dismiss...
