Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant after the building converted to cooperative ownership. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. The trial court ruled for tenant, and granted tenant attorney’s...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that tenant wasn’t rent stabilized, based on individual apartment improvements (IAIs) performed before tenant moved in that resulted in a legal regulated...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment was unregulated. Tenant claimed that the apartment was improperly deregulated and that he was rent stabilized. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant was unregulated and her lease had expired. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming retaliatory eviction. Tenant also claimed that the four-family...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s apartment in 2009. The DRA ruled against landlord because the building was receiving J-51 tax benefits when landlord filed its deregulation...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s apartment in 2013, claiming that the apartment’s legal rent was $2,000 or more per month and requesting verification of whether tenant...
Occupant, a taxi driver, checked into SRO hotel at 3 p.m. for the night of Aug. 3, 2015, and paid for the room. On that date, occupant gave landlord a written request to become the permanent tenant of the room by...
Landlord and tenant settled a prior eviction proceeding based on owner use in court. Tenant received a 10-year unregulated lease, with a five-year renewal option. Tenant also “waived” all rights under...
Chelsea Hotel tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2007. The DRA ruled that two adjoining units occupied by tenant should be treated separately rather than as a combined unit since there was no vacancy of...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The building was an SRO, but landlord claimed that it was used for transient occupancy. The court ruled...
Landlord sued to evict tenant from top-floor apartment of a two-family house. Landlord claimed that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. At trial, landlord admitted that in 1993 or 1994...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a specific rent overcharge complaint in 2014, claiming that landlord hadn’t registered her apartment since 1995. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to register tenant...
