Tenant's home health care worker sued tenant, landlord cooperative corporation, unit owner, the building's managing agent, and the managing agent's affiliated company for damages after she was injured in...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial, claiming that the building had no valid Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) and that landlord therefore...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement placing tenant on probation. When tenant violated the agreement to pay rent on time, landlord sought...
Prospective tenant sued landlord for housing discrimination after landlord refused to rent an apartment to her. Tenant was an indigent woman with HIV/AIDS. The court denied landlord's request to dismiss the case...
Tenants filed a proposed class action against all New York State landlords and their managing agents, seeking rent rebates for violations of the warranty of habitability caused by Superstorm Sandy, as well as claims...
Landlord of low-income cooperative building sued to evict tenant for violating her lease by erecting a partition wall without landlord's consent. Tenant claimed discrimination and retaliatory eviction. The court...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued to evict subtenant. The trial court ruled for tenant. Subtenant appealed and lost. The subtenant claimed, but failed to prove, that she had any independent possessory claim to the...
Landlord sued to evict Section 8 tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord and denied tenant's request to vacate the portion of a final judgment that awarded landlord $17,650. Tenant appealed...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability and sought a rent abatement. The court ruled against landlord and for tenant, dismissed the petition, and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled for landlord, and the Appellate Term affirmed in response to tenant's appeal. Tenant appealed again. The Appellate...
Landlord of low-income residential cooperative housing building sued to evict month-to-month tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent, as well as failure to accept a renewal lease offer at a higher rent. Landlord and...
Tenant sued landlord for damages based on injuries suffered by her 3-year-old child. Tenant claimed that the child's face and hand came into contact with a baseboard radiator near the child's bottom bunk bed...
