Tenant sued HPD, claiming that the agency failed to enforce federal regulations governing the Section 8 program. The court granted HPD's request to dismiss the case. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that...
Tenant sued landlord and another tenant to recover damages for personal injuries after the other tenant attacked tenant in the building's common area. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence. In 2008, the father of her child shot her in her apartment. Earlier that day tenant had gone to the father's apartment to retrieve their child after an argument over...
Former tenant sued upstate landlord in 2008 for injuries from exposure to lead-based paint on apartment walls while she was a child. In 1991, when tenant was 2 years old, blood tests showed a high level of lead. At...
Tenant sued landlord for damages based on injuries she claimed she suffered as a result of exposure to lead paint as a child in her apartment. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case without a...
Tenant asked landlord NYCHA for permission to add her adult daughter as a permanent resident in her one-bedroom apartment. NYCHA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Substantial evidence supported NYCHA's...
Landlord NYCHA decided to terminate tenancy for nondesirability because tenant's girlfriend sold heroin to a confidential police informant at tenant's apartment on two separate occasions. Tenant appealed,...
Landlords of Flatbush Gardens housing complex sued HUD. They claimed that they entered into separate but identical HAP contracts with NYCHA providing for their participation in the Section 8 program for certain...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court granted a default judgment in landlord's favor based on tenant's failure to appear in court. Tenant later asked the court to vacate the default...
Rent-stabilized tenants of Park West Village sued to stop landlord from terminating their parking lease riders or taking any steps to eliminate, cancel, or relocate tenants' parking spaces unless and until the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant of Manhattan apartment for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. The trial judge didn't believe tenant's testimony....
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case during trial, after landlord presented its petition stating that tenant wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The...
