NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Court Dismisses Roommate's Claim of Illusory Tenancy

April 19, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Landlord claimed that tenant lived and worked in Switzerland, and that she had sublet the apartment to an occupant without landlord’s...

Landlord Must Provide Specific Information to Tenant About Complaints

April 19, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant based on nuisance. Landlord claimed that tenant or other apartment occupants threw feces and urine out of an apartment window and repeatedly made loud noise. Landlord...

Trial Needed on Whether Occupant Was Nontraditional Family Member

April 19, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant admitted that he was now out of the apartment, but apartment occupant claimed succession rights as a nontraditional family member....

Nonpurchasing Month-to-Month Tenant Can Remain in Condo Under Martin Act

April 19, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that he was entitled to protection from eviction under The Martin Act. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. Tenant moved into the apartment...

Co-op Can Evict Shareholder Tenant Whose Daughter Lived in Apartment Without Tenant

April 19, 2016    

Landlord co-op corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for permitting tenant’s daughter to live in the apartment while tenant lived elsewhere. Landlord asked the court to rule in its favor without a trial...

Landlord's Lease Nonrenewal Notice Wasn't Specific Enough

April 19, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord’s lease nonrenewal notice was too vague to support landlord’s...

DHCR Reasonably Found Landlord's IAI Documentation Sufficient

April 19, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant, finding that landlord was entitled to a rent increase based on individual apartment improvements (IAIs). Tenant then filed an...

Granddaughter Can't Get Tenant's Rent-Stabilized Apartment

April 19, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant’s granddaughter claimed succession rights to tenant’s apartment. The DHCR ruled against the granddaughter, who then filed an Article 78 appeal claiming that the DHCR’s...

Tenant Claims Landlord Responsible for Bedbug Bite Injuries

April 19, 2016    

NYCHA tenant sued landlord for personal injuries resulting from bedbug infestation. Tenant claimed that she suffered hundreds of bedbug bites over a period of months. Tenant served a Notice of Claim on Landlord on...

30-Day Minimum Rentals Required for Landlord’s Residential Building

April 19, 2016    

DOB denied landlord’s request for a Letter of No Objection regarding the rental of apartments for less than seven days. Landlord appealed, and the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals ruled against landlord....

Approval of HUD Tenant Eviction Overturned on Appeal

April 19, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict HUD tenant based on tenant's intentional misrepresentation of household income on Section 8 recertifications. The court ruled for landlord and awarded a judgment of possession. Tenant...

Tenant Moved to Hawaii and Declared Bankruptcy

March 23, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled against landlord, who appealed and won. Tenant was admittedly in Hawaii for 14 months during the two-year “Golub...