In 2019, seven current and former building tenants sued landlord, seeking a declaration that they were rent stabilized and individual findings of the legal rents for their apartments. Among other things, the court...
Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. She asked for attorneys fees in connection with this complaint. Tenant moved into the apartment under an unregulated lease on July...
A tenant at landlord's building sued landlord, various other tenants thought to be owners of the dog, and dog walkers after she was attacked by a dog outside the building and injured. The tenant asked the court...
Landlord sued to evict an 82-year-old rent-stabilized tenant who had lived in the apartment for 47 years based on nonprimary residence. Landlord asked the court for permission to conduct pre-trial questioning. Tenant...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2017 for a determination that its building was exempt from rent regulation based on substantial rehabilitation. The DHCR ruled against landlord, who then filed an Article 78 court appeal,...
Tenant sued landlord for retaliation under RPL Section 223-b, breach of the warranty of habitability, and attorneys' fees. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and won, in part. The appeals court affirmed...
Landlord sued to evict tenant in February 2020, seeking to recover possession of an unregulated apartment. Landlord and tenant, both represented by attorneys, signed a settlement stipulation, so-ordered by the court...
Landlord sued rent-stabilized tenants in State Supreme Court, seeking recovery of $59,000 in back rent now owed since tenants stopped paying rent in March 2020. Tenants responded with claims of rent overcharge. They...
Landlord sued attorneys who represented a tenant in its building that landlord had recently acquired. Landlord claimed that the attorneys made statements to media concerning landlord's alleged harassment of the...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $6,150, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, and the DHCR revoked the DRA...
Tenants signed a two-year unregulated lease in August 2005 at an initial rent of $5,195 per month. Landlord had removed the apartment from rent stabilization in 2003 under high-rent vacancy deregulation provisions of...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the unit had been vacancy deregulated and the base date rent was $2,500. Tenant...
