Landlords sued the City of New York, the DHCR, and the NYC Rent Guidelines Board in federal court soon after the HSTPA was enacted in 2019 to amend the Rent Stabilization Law. Among other things, they claimed that...
Tenant sued landlords for negligence after she slipped and fell in the building where she lived. The building was a mixed-use premises that included several floors of community housing owned and/or operated by...
Landlord sued tenant, seeking a declaration that his apartment was deregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. He asked the court to dismiss the complaint, to find a rent...
In 2007, rent-stabilized tenants, who were husband and wife, relocated from their apartment to another unit in the building at the prior landlord's request. The new apartment was unregulated, and tenants received...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes in 2011, based on installation of a new boiler, security system, intercom, and fencing. The DRA ruled for landlord in 2013, except that fencing costs were disallowed....
On March 2, 2021, DOB approved landlord's application to demolish an apartment building. At that time, only one rent-stabilized tenant remained in occupancy. In September 2022, landlord applied pursuant to RSC...
Subtenant sued rent-controlled tenant, and asked for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against tenant to stop claimed harassment and theft of subtenant's personal property. The subtenant...
Building tenants sued landlord in 2018 for rent overcharge. In connection with pre-trial discovery, the court granted tenants' request to compel landlord to produce their operating and management agreements, all...
Landlord sued to evict tenant's wife after a tenant of a former DHCR Mitchell-Lama Program building passed away. Landlord claimed that the wife was a licensee who no longer had a right to remain. The wife claimed...
In October 2020, some rent-stabilized tenants at a building complex complained to the DHCR about a reduction in building-wide services. In March 2021, the DHCR's inspector found that most services listed in the...
Landlord sued to evict tenant after serving a tenancy termination notice. Landlord claimed that, although the building was rent stabilized, tenant's apartment was exempt from rent stabilization due to high-rent...
Landlord brought an Article 78 court proceeding against HPD after HPD added landlord's 18-apartment building to the city's Certificates of No Harassment (CONH) Pilot Program Building List in 2022. Landlord...
