NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Tenant Can Appeal Ruling That She Violated Settlement Agreement

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Landlord later asked the court to restore the case to the calendar and to issue an eviction warrant and a money judgment for...

Tenant Claims Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease Not Properly Offered

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to sign her rent-stabilized renewal lease. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court in May 2012. Tenant agreed to move out by June 30, 2012...

NYCHA Held in Criminal Contempt for Failing to Restore Hot Water

August 14, 2014    

Tenant brought an HP proceeding against landlord NYCHA, seeking correction of building violations in her apartment. The court combined the case with a nonpayment proceeding started by landlord against tenant....

Tenant Can't Vacate Default Judgment

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to appear in court. After being evicted, tenant asked the court to vacate the default judgment, to...

Tenant Doesn't Prove Second Dog Needed to Accommodate Disability

August 13, 2014    

Section 8 tenant's lease prohibited her from keeping dogs or cats as pets. At some point tenant got a dog, which landlord allowed her to keep as an accommodation for unspecified reasons. Landlord denied tenant...

Rent Reduction Increased After Tenant Appeal

August 13, 2014    

In 2006, landlord asked the DHCR for permission to terminate inclusion of electrical service in the rents of 443 rent-stabilized and rent-controlled tenants in the building. Landlord planned to convert from master...

Co-op Tenant Can't Stop Eviction by Separate Court Action

July 14, 2014    

Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for nonpayment of maintenance. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court by which tenant agreed to make payments toward maintenance...

Landlord Must Refund Commingled Security Deposit

July 14, 2014    

Landlord sued tenant for breach of lease. Tenant counterclaimed for return of his security deposit. Landlord and tenant had signed a one-year lease commencing on Aug. 1, 2011, for a house. By letter dated Sept. 4,...

Tenant Abandoned Claim Against Landlords by Failing to Seek Default Judgment

July 14, 2014    

Former tenant sued landlords in October 2011 for damages based on injuries she claimed resulted from exposure to lead-based paint in landlords' buildings. The court granted requests by two of the landlords to...

Landlord Had No Notice of Lead Paint Condition

July 14, 2014    

Tenant sued landlord, seeking damages for injuries he claimed resulted from exposure to lead paint in the apartment as a child between 1991 and 1997. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The...

Landlord Not Responsible for Attack in Tenant's Apartment

July 14, 2014    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she was attacked in her apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. There was no proof...

Tenant Given Chance to Cure Objectionable Conduct Post-Trial

July 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breaching her lease and creating a nuisance by objectionable conduct. Landlord claimed that tenant played loud music when other tenants were sleeping, banged on walls...