NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Nonpayment of Rent

March 17, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant’s pattern of default forced landlord to start five nonpayment proceedings over a...

Landlord Waived Right to Object to Tenant’s Dog

March 17, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for violating her lease by keeping a dog without landlord’s permission. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Tenant showed that she had kept the dog openly and...

Tenant Lived in Other Apartment

March 16, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The court ruled for landlord after a trial. Landlord showed that tenant listed another address on his driver’s license, car registration,...

Tenant’s Son Can't Get NYCHA Apartment

March 16, 2016    

NYCHA tenant’s son claimed succession rights after tenant died. NYCHA ruled against the son, who then filed an Article 78 court appeal. The court ruled against the son. The son didn’t obtain NYCHA’s...

DHCR Reasonably Ruled That Daughter Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

March 16, 2016    

The daughter of a rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that she was entitled to succession rights and a renewal lease in her name. The DHCR ruled for the daughter. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court...

Tenant's Conduct Didn't Constitute Nuisance

March 16, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. The trial court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord failed to prove that tenant’s conduct rose to a level of recurring or continuing...

Grandniece Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

March 16, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant’s grandniece after tenant died. The grandniece claimed succession rights, and the court ruled in her favor. Landlord appealed and lost. The grandniece showed that...

Sons of Co-op Tenant Get Apartment

March 16, 2016    

The estate of deceased shareholder tenant sued landlord cooperative corporation for breach of the proprietary lease, claiming landlord unreasonably withheld consent of the estate’s assignment of the proprietary...

Landlord Not Responsible for Scalding Shower Water

March 16, 2016    

Tenant sued landlord and its heating service provider following injuries suffered when she was scalded by hot water when showering. Both landlord and the heating service provider asked the court to dismiss the case...

Landlord Not Responsible for Attack in Tenant’s Apartment

March 16, 2016    

Tenant sued landlord after he was attacked in his apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the complaint, claiming that it wasn’t responsible for tenant’s injuries. The court ruled for landlord....

Tenant's Daughter Can't Get Rent-Controlled Apartment

March 16, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant’s daughter after tenant died. The daughter claimed succession rights. The trial court ruled against the daughter, who appealed and lost. The trial court fairly...

Landlord Doesn't Prove Notice Was Delivered to Tenant

February 22, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant after sending tenant a lease nonrenewal notice. Tenant claimed that he didn’t receive the nonrenewal notice. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. Landlord appealed...