NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Tenant Gets Rent Abatement for 10 - 60% per Month for Five Months for Roof Leak

September 24, 2024    

Rockland County landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant admitted owing 14 months of back rent. Tenant claimed that a leak in her apartment in September 2023 caused water to pool on the carpet...

Tenant Who Showed No Proof of Subtenancy Agreement Can't Sue to Evict Other Occupant

September 24, 2024    

Yonkers tenant sued to evict another apartment occupant he claimed was the subtenant of a room in his apartment. The occupant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that tenant had no standing to maintain a...

Landlord Can't Evict Tenant for Nonpayment Where No Lease in Effect

September 24, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent, based on rent owed between March 2020 and May 2021 totalling $34,495. At trial, it was shown that after a prior rent-stabilized lease expired in...

No Money Judgment Where Tenant Moved Out Before Trial in Nonpayment Eviction Case

September 24, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed $38,800. Tenant retained counsel, filed an answer, and engaged in motion practice and in failed settlement negotiations...

Tenant Whose E-Bike Caught Fire in Apartment Must Pay Landlord Insurance Deductible

September 24, 2024    

Landlord sued tenant, seeking $5,000 in damages, attorneys fees, and interest, for damage caused by a fire started by tenant's electric bicycle (e-bike). Landlord asked the court to find tenant liable without...

Landlord Can Seek Court Enforcement of Local Law 18 Against Airbnb

September 24, 2024    

Landlord sued tenant and Airbnb, claiming that tenant used her apartment for short-term rentals through Airbnb and other platforms, in violation of her lease. Landlord also claimed that Airbnb failed to verify that...

Court Appoints GAL After Nonpayment Case Settled by Stipulation Given APS Report

September 24, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent.  Landlord and tenant signed a settlement stipulation in court by which landlord was granted a judgment of possession and an eviction warrant, stayed so that...

Was Disabled Tenant's Request for Apartment Modifications Reasonable?

September 24, 2024    

Tenant sued landlord for disability discrimination, seeking a reasonable accommodation for a claimed disability. Tenant claimed that he had multiple physical disabilities, including chronic back pain, arthritis, and...

Was Landlord Responsible for Injury to Tenant by Broken Soap Dish?

September 24, 2024    

Tenant sued landlord in 2017 for personal injuries he suffered when an allegedly defective soap dish cracked while tenant's hand was on it as he was cleaning his bathtub. After answering and conducting pre-trial...

Tenant Had No Rent-Stabilized Lease and Never Paid Rent to New Landlord

September 24, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case and denied landlord's request for summary judgment granting possession without a trial. Landlord...

Landlord Didn't Prove Tenant's Lease Barred Installation of A/C

September 24, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breach of lease, claiming that tenant illegally installed an air conditioner in his living room window, contrary to the terms of his lease. In addition, landlord...

Change to Key System with Charges for Additional Keys Was Reduction in Services

September 24, 2024    

In 2018, various tenants complained to the DHCR of a reduction in building-wide services. They claimed that landlord changed the front entrance door lock from one using traditional keys to one with non-duplicable...