Tenant's visitor sued landlord for negligence after he slipped and fell from the second step from the top of a staircase leading down to a basement apartment. The visitor was holding his 2-year-old son at the...
Landlord of trailer park sued to evict tenants who owned mobile homes in the park. Tenants asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord didn't comply with prerequisites of Real Property Law Section...
The New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) determined that landlord had discriminated against prospective tenant after refusing a commercial space to him and voicing his concerns about the race of his existing...
Tenant sued landlord NYCHA in federal court, after landlord won an eviction case against tenant and tenant lost his appeal in state court. The federal court dismissed tenant's case. Federal courts don't have...
Landlord sued to evict tenant in two separate proceedings. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the cases, claiming that landlord had abandoned them for more than a year. Tenant also asked for attorney's fees. The...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed $46,450 in back rent for the period between May 2008 and March 2011. Tenant claimed that the building had no...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord showed through testimony that tenant was abusive to the building super...
From 2004 to 2008, landlord filed applications with the DHCR seeking luxury deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment. Landlord didn't file with the DHCR in 2009 or 2010, but instead sued tenants in...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant for nonpayment of rent. At the time of the trial, tenant argued that the case should be dismissed because there was no lease and landlord couldn't maintain a...
Westchester County landlord sued to evict Section 8 tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord, awarding possession, $5,000 in rent arrears, and attorney's fees totaling $1,340. Tenant then asked...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued apartment shareholder for violation of her proprietary lease. Landlord claimed that shareholder failed to cure cat urine odors or to give landlord access to do so, in violation...
Under the Veteran Affairs Grant and Per Diem Program, tenant moved into transitional housing for homeless female veterans that was managed by landlord not-for-profit organization. As a condition for the housing,...
