Rent-stabilized tenants sued landlord after landlord tried to terminate tenants' parking lease riders and eliminate or relocate their parking spaces to an underground parking garage. Tenants sought a preliminary...
Landlord asked the DHCR to determine the legal regulated rents for five tenants' apartments. The DHCR declined because tenants already had raised that issue in a civil court case against landlord. Landlord filed...
Tenant sued landlord on behalf of her children, claiming that they were injured by lead-based paint in their apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled against landlord,...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's apartment in 2008. The DHCR ruled for landlord, based on its finding that tenant's adjusted household income in 2006 and 2007 exceeded...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant claimed that he wasn't subject to high-rent deregulation because the building received J-51 tax benefits....
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court, and then a later agreement placing tenant on probation. The court and appeals court later...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant agreed to pay rent arrears by May 20, 2011. The court granted tenant several extensions of time...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance by starting two apartment fires. The court ruled for landlord without a trial based on Fire Department reports. Tenant appealed, and the case was reopened. There...
Tenant's family sued landlord for negligence after tenant was fatally shot in the building lobby by attackers. The family claimed that the attacker gained access due to a negligently maintained lock. The...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed retaliatory eviction as a defense, because landlord started the case within six months after tenant complained to HPD about apartment conditions....
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed five months' back rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord waited too long to start the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed a breach of the warranty of habitability and asked for a rent abatement. Landlord asked the court to dismiss this claim without a...