NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Landlord Gets Attorney's Fees in Nonpayment Proceeding

April 16, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The trial court ruled for landlord and awarded landlord attorney's fees totaling $5,700. Tenant appealed and lost. Since tenant voluntarily paid the full...

Loft Tenant Can Sue DOB and Loft Board

April 16, 2014    

Loft tenant sued landlord, HPD, DOB, and the NYC Loft Board in housing court, seeking repairs and correction of building violations. DOB and the Loft Board asked the court to dismiss the HP proceeding as against them...

HPD Incorrectly Terminated Tenant's Section 8 Subsidy

April 16, 2014    

Tenant lived in a subsidized SRO unit under the Shelter Plus Care program. She moved out after HPD and landlord notified her that her two children were living without permission in the unit and that her Section 8...

Tenant Gets Costs of Apartment Repairs

April 16, 2014    

Tenant sued landlord in small claims court, seeking reimbursement for the cost of repairs tenant made to the apartment entrance door. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant repaired the door...

Tenant Can Be Evicted for Violating Settlement Agreement

March 20, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a probationary settlement agreement in court, by which tenant agreed to strict monthly rent payment deadlines. Landlord later...

Was Landlord Responsible for Slip and Fall on Icy Sidewalk?

March 20, 2014    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence, after she slipped and fell on ice on the sidewalk in front of her building. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial, claiming that it wasn't responsible....

Tenant Fell Through Defective Floorboards

March 20, 2014    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence. She was injured when floorboards broke on the porch of her apartment building. Landlord claimed that he wasn't responsible for tenant's injuries and asked the court to...

Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Slip and Fall

March 20, 2014    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she slipped and fell down the building's staircase. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case without a trial. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord...

Tenant Doesn't Provide Access

March 20, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord, awarding it possession and rent arrears totaling $3,400. Tenant appealed and lost. The court had awarded tenant some rent abatement...

Former Tenant Claims Injuries Based on Childhood Exposure to Lead Paint in Apartment

March 20, 2014    

Former tenant sued landlord, seeking damages for claimed injuries suffered as a result of exposure to lead paint as a child. Tenant asked the court to bar landlord from introducing certain evidence. The court ruled...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant Who Became Building Super Retained Tenancy Rights

March 20, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict the building superintendent from an apartment in the building after the super's employment was terminated. Landlord claimed that the super had an employment agreement and was permitted to...

Failure to Give Tenant Rent Stabilization Rider Doesn't Void Lease

March 20, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed over $10,000 in back rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge.  Among other things, tenant argued that landlord...