NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Landlord's Termination Notice Sufficiently Supported Claim

February 26, 2025    

Landlord sued to evict a Mitchell-Lama co-op shareholder tenant after serving a notice to cure and termination notice in 2023. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming the termination notice didn't...

Attorney Sanctioned in Housing Court for Offensive Speech Directed at Judge

February 26, 2025    

Landlord, represented by an attorney, sued to evict tenant. Tenant was evicted in October 2024 and then filed an Order to Show Cause the same day, seeking restoration to the apartment. The court scheduled argument...

Chelsea Hotel Tenants Must Provide Access for Fire Safety System Installation

February 26, 2025    

Landlord of a residential hotel sued certain building tenants in 2022, seeking an order requiring them to provide access so that landlord could complete installation of a building-wide life and fire safety system....

Additional Five Days Not Required for Mailing of 14-Day Rent Demand

February 26, 2025    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord didn't allow for an additional five days with a 14-day rent demand before...

Shareholder-Tenant Can Hold Monthly Fees in Escrow Pending Result of Case

February 26, 2025    

A cooperative shareholder-tenant sued landlord co-op corporation due to claimed leaks, mold, and lack of heat in her unit. The court granted tenant an initial preliminary injunction, based on her likelihood of...

Tenant's Harassment Claim Against Landlord Dismissed

February 26, 2025    

Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord in 2017. She sought repairs, a rent abatement, and money damages for tortious interference with contract, property damage, harassment, and intentional infliction of emotional...

Court Dismisses Landlord's Ejection Action Based on Pending Holdover Proceeding

February 25, 2025    

Landlord sued to evict tenant in housing court for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's default and issued an eviction warrant. In December 2024, tenant asked the court to vacate the...

Non-Traditional Family Member Fails to Prove Succession Rights

February 25, 2025    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant and her roommate in 2017, based on tenant's nonprimary residence. The roommate claimed that, even if the unit was no longer tenant's primary residence, he had...

Assessments Considered Rent in Nonpayment Proceeding Against Shareholder-Tenant

February 25, 2025    

Landlord sued to evict Michell-Lama co-op shareholder-tenant in a building supervised by HPD, for nonpayment of monthly maintenance fees totalling over $30,000 as well as overdue monthly assessments. Tenant,...

Tenants' Negligence and Nuisance Claims Based on Renovation Noise Largely Dismissed

February 25, 2025    

Rent-controlled tenant and his son, who lived in a condominium building, sued the building corporation, the building's management company, and the owner of tenants' apartment, who also owned about 40 other...

Landlord Filed Holdover Petition Before GCE Law Enacted

February 25, 2025    

Landlord sued to evict month-to-month unregulated tenant after serving a 90-day Notice of Termination dated Sept. 8, 2023, with a vacate date of Dec. 31, 2023. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. Tenant...

Landlord Can Be Vicariously Liable for Broker's Source of Income Discrimination

February 24, 2025    

The plaintiff, a city shelter occupant, was a client of the NYC HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) and was entitled to a full HASA housing subsidy of $1,600 per month for a NYC apartment, which HASA would pay...