Tenants sought to represent a class of residential and commercial tenants of their building, claiming that landlord was negligent by failing to properly secure the building prior to Superstorm Sandy and in connection...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming his child was injured by exposure to lead paint in his apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge, claiming that landlord improperly imposed a $175 monthly rent increase for individual apartment improvements (IAIs) that it claimed were made before tenant...
Tenant sued landlord NYCHA, claiming that her child was exposed to lead paint in the apartment they lived in. The child was born in 2005, diagnosed as having elevated blood lead levels in 2010, and some of the...
Tenant’s granddaughter appealed NYCHA’s denial of her application for succession rights to tenant’s apartment after tenant died. The court ruled against the granddaughter and dismissed the case....
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that it had to start six nonpayment proceedings against tenant between 2012 and 2015. Landlord and tenant signed a...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that his apartment was improperly deregulated. He had moved into the apartment in May 2013, and argued that prior tenant was deregulated, but that last rent-stabilized tenant who lived...
Tenant sued neighboring tenant after neighboring tenant’s dog bit tenant. Tenant claimed strict liability and negligence. The court granted neighbor’s request to dismiss the negligence claim because New...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for subletting or assigning his apartment without landlord’s permission. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing that landlord’s termination...
Tenant’s visitor sued landlord, claiming that she was unlawfully evicted from tenant’s apartment. The court ruled against the visitor, who appealed and lost. The visitor was a mere licensee and not...
Landlord sued to evict tenant and subtenant for tenant’s illegal subletting. The subtenant claimed illusory tenancy. The court ruled for landlord, finding that tenant and subtenant participated in a scheme to...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence and for building code violations following his fall while descending the front steps of a two-family building. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without trial, claiming...
