Landlord Failed to Prove Pre-Base Date Preferential Rent
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund an overcharge. The DRA found that, since landlord failed to provide pre-base date rent history...
Landlord Can’t Enforce Eviction Warrant After Later Signing Renewal Lease by Mistake
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized and subsidized tenant for entering into at least 15 short-term rentals of her apartment at a rate of $350 per night. Tenant’s monthly...
Court Upholds Tenant’s Agreement to Temporarily Relocate During Construction
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that tenant’s temporary relocation agreement was void as it improperly waived tenancy benefits. Tenant claimed that she was forced out...
Court Applies Law Retroactively to Find Apartment Was Improperly Deregulated
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after tenant's lease expired. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. The court ruled for tenant....
Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Chronic Nonpayment of Rent
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court that put tenant on probation. Tenant then failed to pay rent on time in June 2015 and didn...
No Proof Roommate Was in Family-Type Relationship with Tenant
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-controlled tenant died. Occupant claimed that he had lived with tenant for 43 years in a nontraditional, spousal, family relationship, and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant who repeatedly refused access for inspection and performance of repairs. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that the housing court didn't...
Landlord Promptly Started Eviction Proceedings Against Squatters
DOB issued six violation notices to landlord, in connection with illegal building alterations contrary to the building’s Certificate of Occupancy. DOB’s inspector found that, among other...
Landlord Not Required to Seek Lowest Cost for IAIs
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $89, including interest. Tenant appealed and lost. The DRA had calculated the legal rent based on a vacancy increase...
Buyouts of Prior Loft Tenants Permanently Excluded Units from Rent Regulation
The Loft Board found that residential units in a building qualified as interim multiple dwellings (IMDs) under the Loft Law but weren’t subject to rent stabilization upon prior landlord...
Landlord Can Return to Court If Bedbug Treatment Tenant Requested Doesn’t Work
Landlord sued to evict tenant for unreasonably refusing access to the apartment in order to exterminate and remove bedbugs. Landlord’s termination notice stated...
Landlord Must Pay Tenant Stipends and Relocation Costs
The DHCR directed landlord to pay tenants’ demolition stipends and relocation costs in connection with a building demolition. Landlord filed an Article 78 appeal, claiming that the DHCR’s decision was...
