Landlord sued DOB and rent-stabilized building tenants, seeking ejectment of tenants in order to comply with multiple violation notices from DOB. Landlord claimed that, to correct the violations, it needed to remove...
Tenant sued HRA, Adult Protective Services (APS), the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA), and related entities in an Article 78 court proceeding, claiming that they didn't provide appropriate...
Tenants and the City of New York sued landlord for offering improper short-term rentals at an Upper West Side building. All parties entered into a court-ordered settlement by which landlord agreed to comply with the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord, and tenant was evicted. Tenant later asked to be restored to possession. The court ruled for tenant on condition...
Former landlord of a three-family house rented a bedroom in a two-bedroom apartment to tenant, who lived there with her daughter. The apartment also contained a third, illegal bedroom. New landlords bought the house...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant after sending a 30-day termination notice. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. Landlord then discontinued the eviction claim, but the court considered tenant's request to...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant in August 2019 and ordered landlord to refund $90,673, including triple damages.
Various rent-stabilized tenants complained of reductions of service in their apartments. The DRA ruled on 13 cases, dismissing 11 and reducing the rents of two tenants based on apartment conditions. Landlord appealed...
The DHCR reduced the rents of rent-stabilized tenants based on a reduction in various building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants. Although some services had been restored, there was inadequate janitorial...
Landlord Tuckahoe Housing Authority (THA) sent public housing tenant a lease termination notice, then held a grievance hearing at tenant's request. THA ruled that tenant had violated her lease, and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breaching a substantial obligation of her tenancy by "overcrowding" her apartment in violation of Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) Section 27-2075. The court...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant's family member signed a court-ordered settlement agreement that gave landlord possession and $6,000 in back rent owed. The court then...
