Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant claimed succession rights based on a nontraditional marital relationship with tenant. The court ruled for occupant and dismissed...
An apartment occupant claimed succession rights to rent-stabilized tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled against occupant, who appealed and lost. Occupant claimed that she had lived with tenant as his common law wife...
Occupant of rent-controlled Mitchell-Lama apartment claimed succession rights after tenant moved out. HPD ruled against occupant after a hearing and issued a certificate of eviction. Occupant then filed an Article 78...
NYCHA tenant's fiance claimed succession rights to the apartment after tenant died. NYCHA ruled against the fiance, who appealed and lost. The fiance didn't get written permission from NYCHA to live in the...
In 2005, landlord sued to evict two occupants of combined SRO units after the permanent tenant of record died. The occupants claimed succession rights but failed to comply with court-ordered pre-trial questioning. In...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant and apartment occupant based on tenant's nonprimary residence. Occupant claimed that she had succession rights to the apartment. After pretrial questioning, landlord...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-controlled tenant died. Occupant claimed that he was a nontraditional family member entitled to succession rights. The trial court ruled for occupant and dismissed...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant claimed succession rights and asked the court to dismiss the case based on documents and without a trial. She claimed that...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant Cogle for unauthorized subletting. One of the apartment occupants, Thornhill, claimed that she had succession rights from a prior rent-stabilized tenant, Jackson....
Apartment occupant, who claimed succession rights after rent-stabilized tenant moved out, complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease in his own name. The DRA ruled against occupant...
