The niece of a Mitchell-Lama tenant claimed succession rights after tenant died. HPD ruled against the niece after holding a hearing. The niece then filed an Article 78 court appeal of HPD's decision and lost....
Landlord sued to evict HUD-subsidized apartment occupant, claiming that he was a licensee whose license had expired after the project-based Section 8 tenant relocated to a nursing facility. Occupant claimed that he...
The niece of a former Mitchell-Lama shareholder tenant claimed succession rights to former tenant's apartment after the tenant moved out. The DHCR ruled against the niece, who then filed an Article 78 court...
Tenants' daughter filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR. She had moved into her current apartment with her parents in 2007. Tenant and her father signed a renewal lease for the two-year term between...
Apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that he was the rent-stabilized tenant's son and that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease after tenant died. Landlord argued that the son moved into the...
A rent-controlled tenant's son asked the DHCR for a ruling that he had succession rights to tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for the son. Landlord appealed and lost. The DHCR pointed out that, in a prior...
An apartment occupant asked the DHCR to determine his apartment's rent-regulated status and to rule that he had succession rights to the unit. In response, landlord argued that the occupant would be the second...
NYCHA tenant's sister claimed that she had lived with tenant for a year before tenant died in 2020. After tenant died, the sister lived with tenant's daughter in the apartment and assisted the daughter with...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence, and named tenant's sister as an apartment occupant. After pretrial questioning, tenant surrendered possession of the apartment. Her sister...
HPD denied the succession rights claim filed by the son of a Mitchell-Lama co-op tenant who died in 2009. The son then filed an Article 78 court appeal of HPD's decision. The court ruled against him. HPD found...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on the rent regulatory status of an apartment. A rent-controlled tenant had lived in the apartment until her death in 2016. Tenant had continued to pay rent although she bought a...
Rent-stabilized tenant's daughter filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR in 2020 after landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease in her name. Tenant moved out in 2009, and the daughter claimed...
