Tenants sued landlord, seeking repairs. HPD was joined in the case, and an Article 7A Administrator appointed to manage the buildings sought a loan from HPD for repairs. The court ruled that HPD had the...
Tenant sued landlord after her child's leg was severely burned when it touched an excessively hot and unprotected heating pipe in the apartment kitchen. NYCHA claimed that it had no legal duty to insulate...
Yonkers landlord, a cooperative corporation, sued to evict tenant shareholder for unauthorized subletting, in violation of tenant's proprietary lease. Tenant claimed that the board of directors had illegally...
Yonkers landlord sued to evict tenant based on a clutter condition in tenant's apartment. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant , who was represented by an attorney, agreed that he...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for overcharging unauthorized subtenants. The trial court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Generally, a landlord must give a tenant notice of alleged...
Landlord sued to evict Section 8 tenant for drug-related criminal activity, in violation of tenant's lease. The court ruled against landlord after a trial and dismissed the case. Landlord appealed and won. Trial...
Nine plaintiffs sued NYPD and NYCHA, claiming that the procedures they used to prevent trespassing at public housing properties resulted in a widespread pattern of unlawful and unconstitutional stops, questioning,...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment was exempt from rent regulation. Tenant in turn claimed that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. The court ruled for tenant, and tenant sought...
Landlord of HUD building sued to evict Section 8 tenant for breaching a material provision of his lease after tenant refused to comply with landlord's sign-in/sign-out procedures at the building. Tenant claimed...
Prospective tenant, a 45-year-old disabled man with AIDS, sued a real estate broker for housing discrimination after it refused to show him any apartments. Tenant had disclosed that he had a subsidy to help pay...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court and first appeals court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed again and won. Tenant moved into the studio apartment in 1980. In...
Landlord sued to evict tenant after sending a 30-day termination notice. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. First, the termination notice stated two different dates upon which the tenancy...
