NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Landlord Can Evict Manufactured-Home Tenants

September 21, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict 25 month-to-month trailer owners from its manufactured home park. Landlord had given tenants six-month notices under Real Property Law (RPL) Section 233(b)(6)(i), stating that it proposed to...

Landlord Can Evict NYCHA Tenant for Nondesirability

September 21, 2014    

Landlord NYCHA sued to evict tenant in 2012, after holding a hearing in 2006 where it determined that tenant was nondesirable. Tenant claimed that landlord accepted rent during the six years between NYCHA's...

Tenant's Son Gets Section 8 Apartment

September 21, 2014    

Landlord of project-based Section 8 housing sued to evict deceased tenant's son from an apartment after tenant died in 2006. The court ruled for landlord, finding that the son didn't have succession rights....

Family Member Can't Be Evicted for Nonpayment of Tenant's Rent

September 21, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict the successor family member to rent-stabilized tenant's lease for nonpayment of rent. The court dismissed the case because there was no landlord-tenant relationship between the parties....

Elderly Tenant Obtained Funds for Rent Arrears

September 21, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord, and tenant was evicted. Tenant later asked the court to vacate the warrant and restore him to possession. The court...

Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Chronic Nonpayment of Rent

September 21, 2014    

Landlord, a cooperative HDFC, sued to evict month-to-month tenant for good cause after sending tenant a 30-day tenancy termination notice. The court ruled for landlord after a trial. Tenant moved into the building in...

Mitchell-Lama Tenant's Goddaughter Gets Apartment

August 14, 2014    

Occupant of rent-controlled Mitchell-Lama apartment claimed succession rights after tenant moved out. HPD ruled against occupant after a hearing and issued a certificate of eviction. Occupant then filed an Article 78...

Tenant and Son Lived in Israel for Over Three Years

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The court ruled for landlord after a trial. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant acknowledged that she had lived in Israel for all but 54 days...

Landlord Claims Occupant Is Squatter or Licensee

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant as trespasser, squatter, or licensee whose permission to occupy the unit had expired. Occupant claimed that he was a rent-stabilized SRO tenant who had lived in the apartment...

Tenant Renovated Bathroom Without Landlord's Permission

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance and for violating his lease by performing unauthorized alterations. Landlord claimed that tenant demolished the apartment's bathroom and...

Landlord Denies Knowledge of Lead Paint Condition

August 14, 2014    

Tenants sued landlord for negligence, claiming that their daughter was injured by lead-based paint ingested at the apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a  trial. The court ruled...

Elderly Tenant Can Evict Son Who Occupied Apartment

August 14, 2014    

Elderly tenant sued to evict his son and the son's partner, claiming that they had been living in his apartment as licensees. Tenant claimed that he was afraid to return to the apartment while they were there,...