Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services in his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the apartment wasn't maintained in a good, reasonable, and safe manner....
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's family member after tenant died. The family member claimed succession rights to the apartment on the same terms as provided in tenant's lease. Landlord asked...
Tenant's girlfriend sued landlord for negligence after a kitchen cabinet in tenant's apartment fell off the wall and she was injured. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without trial after pre-trial...
Rockland County landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant admitted owing 14 months of back rent. Tenant claimed that a leak in her apartment in September 2023 caused water to pool on the carpet...
Yonkers tenant sued to evict another apartment occupant he claimed was the subtenant of a room in his apartment. The occupant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that tenant had no standing to maintain a...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent, based on rent owed between March 2020 and May 2021 totalling $34,495. At trial, it was shown that after a prior rent-stabilized lease expired in...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed $38,800. Tenant retained counsel, filed an answer, and engaged in motion practice and in failed settlement negotiations...
Landlord sued tenant, seeking $5,000 in damages, attorneys fees, and interest, for damage caused by a fire started by tenant's electric bicycle (e-bike). Landlord asked the court to find tenant liable without...
Landlord sued tenant and Airbnb, claiming that tenant used her apartment for short-term rentals through Airbnb and other platforms, in violation of her lease. Landlord also claimed that Airbnb failed to verify that...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement stipulation in court by which landlord was granted a judgment of possession and an eviction warrant, stayed so that...
Tenant sued landlord for disability discrimination, seeking a reasonable accommodation for a claimed disability. Tenant claimed that he had multiple physical disabilities, including chronic back pain, arthritis, and...
Tenant sued landlord in 2017 for personal injuries he suffered when an allegedly defective soap dish cracked while tenant's hand was on it as he was cleaning his bathtub. After answering and conducting pre-trial...
