Landlord filed a high-rent/high-income deregulation application for tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2004. Landlord claimed that the legal regulated rent for the apartment was $2,000 or more per month and...
Landlord sued to evict 25 tenants of different apartments in different buildings in separate summary nonpayment proceedings. When tenants failed to answer, landlord sought default judgments and filed sworn statements...
Owner of a residence sued to evict her sister-in-law, claiming that the sister-in-law's license to reside in the premises as her marital residence had been revoked. The court dismissed the case. A licensee is...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the tenancy was unregulated. Tenant claimed that she was subject to Loft Law coverage and asked the court to delay ruling on landlord's case until her pending coverage...
Landlord sued to evict deceased tenant's sister for nonpayment of rent. The court denied landlord's request for a default judgment when the sister failed to appear in court. Landlord appealed and won....
Landlord NYCHA decided to terminate tenancy based on tenant's violation of a settlement agreement by which tenant promised that her adult son would be permanently excluded from her apartment. Tenant had allowed...
Tenant filed an Article 78 appeal of NYCHA's decision to terminate her tenancy for nondesirability. NYCHA had ruled that tenant violated her lease and a prior stipulation that barred her son from living in her...
Building owners sued to evict their sister, who occupied an apartment in the building. The owners claimed that the sister was a licensee and no longer had permission to occupy the apartment. They served a 10-day...
Tenant sued landlord's contractor after her child was killed when a new stove installed by the contractor tipped over. Tenant also sought damages for her other child, who witnessed the event. Tenant's...
Landlord sued tenant for back rent owed. After tenant failed to appear in court, landlord asked for a default judgment against tenant. The court noted that, in a prior nonpayment proceeding brought against another...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord, and tenant asked the court to delay execution on the eviction warrant. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and won...
