Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants in 1993 and reduced their rents. In 2013, the DRA denied landlord’s application to restore rents, finding...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that her apartment was improperly and fraudulently removed from rent stabilization. Landlord had registered the apartment with the DHCR as permanently exempt due to high-rent vacancy...
A worker making a delivery to tenant in landlord's building tripped over mislaid or raised carpet on the building staircase. The worker sued landlord for negligence. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case...
Former tenant sued landlord for negligence and violation of lead paint laws, based on her children's exposure to lead-based paint in their apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without trial,...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in order to recover the unit for use by his daughter. The trial court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. The trial court found that landlord was acting in good...
Tenant brought an HP proceeding against landlord, seeking correction of building violations. Landlord, tenant, and HPD signed a Consent Order for correction of the violations issued by HPD in November 2014 and a...
Prior landlord signed a relocation agreement with rent-stabilized tenant by which tenant agreed to move into a condominium apartment in exchange for consideration and subject to certain conditions. Under the...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and roof work. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed any increase for asbestos work and permit fees. Tenants appealed, claiming that the...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant after trial and dismissed the case. Tenant had lived in the building for...
Rent-controlled tenant's brother claimed succession rights to the apartment. The DHCR ruled for the brother. Landlord filed an Article 78 appeal and lost. The brother showed that he had lived in the apartment as...
Landlord sued to evict SRO hotel tenant for illegal occupancy because a 6- or 7-year-old child was living in the unit in violation of Housing Maintenance Code Section 27-2076(b). The court granted tenant's...
Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge, claiming that he was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord claimed that tenant was unregulated. The court ruled for landlord and dismissed the case. Tenant appealed and won...
