Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant claimed succession rights as the life partner of the tenant. The court ruled for occupant after trial. Four witnesses testified...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died, claiming that he was a licensee who no longer had a right to remain in the unit. The occupant claimed he had succession rights. After trial...
In early 2020, landlord started a lease termination proceeding at HPD against a Mitchell-Lama co-op tenant, seeking a Certificate of Eviction. The tenant had lived in a caretaking facility since 2015 and at a later...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. The occupant claimed succession rights as a nontraditional family member. Landlord asked the court to rule against occupant without a trial...
An apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to offer her a rent-stabilized renewal lease after tenant died. She claimed she was the "daughter" and "primary health care attendant...
An apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease after rent-stabilized tenant died. The occupant claimed that he had succession rights as a nontraditional family member....
An apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease. She claimed that she had succession rights to the former rent-stabilized tenant's apartment as a nontraditional...
Rent-stabilized tenant's domestic partner claimed succession rights to tenant's apartment after tenant died. The DRA ruled for the partner. Landlord appealed and won. The DHCR found that the partner didn'...
After a NYCHA tenant died, an apartment occupant sought succession rights. NYCHA held a hearing in 2019 and denied the occupant's remaining family member grievance. The occupant then filed an Article 78 court...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's son and son's girlfriend after tenant died in 2014. The son and girlfriend claimed succession rights. The court ruled in their favor. Landlord appealed and lost...
Apartment occupant claimed succession rights and complained to the DHCR in 2017 that landlord failed to offer him a renewal lease after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant said that he had a nontraditional family...
The ex-wife of a Co-op City shareholder tenant claimed succession rights to the tenant's Mitchell-Lama co-op apartment after she and tenant got divorced in 2012 and tenant moved out. The DHCR supervised the...
