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New York Law Journal

Sarva v. Kaikov

Court Grants Tenants Dismissal of Holdover Proceeding Finding Petition Is Defective
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Tenant Can't Be Evicted on Executed Warrant, Court Says

A tenant who was evicted from his apartment and then allowed back in by his building's superintendent after paying back rent cannot be evicted again using the same order of eviction, even if he still owes additional rent and fees, a Brooklyn judge has ruled.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Paris LIC Realty v. Vertex

Panel Rejects Tenant's Partial Actual Eviction Defense; Affirms Possession Award to Landlord
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Nauth v. Nauth

Ex-Wife Not Licensee, Entitled to 'Family Member' Exception; Licensee Holdover Denied
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

434 Suffolk Avenue Realty v. Village of Islandia

Absent Acceleration Clause in Lease, No Action for Future Rent Can Be Brought
2 minute read

Commercial Litigation Insider

Ruling Highlights Issues with Sandy-Related Class Action Litigation

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge voiced ample doubt in a recent decision that a class action lawsuit, let alone the Supreme Court Civil Division, was the appropriate avenue in which tenants could seek rent abatement claims in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Narrows Tenant Class Action Over Sandy

The sweeping class action that sought to represent tenants throughout the state against their landlords was filed by three tenants of three different landlords seeking abatements for loss of electricity and other basic services.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Levy v. Pedersen

Landlord Entitled to Recover Possession As Lease Unrecorded, Void Under DCL
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of 98 Riverside Drive LLC v. NYS Div. of Housing & Community Renewal

Owner's Challenge of DHCR's Denial Of RA's Rent Reduction Order Denied
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects Bid to Credit Tenants for Utility Bills

The owner of an Upper West Side apartment building must reduce the rents of rent-regulated tenants after it stopped paying for their electricity, even though it offered to credit the tenants for the electric bills, a Manhattan state judge recently ruled.
5 minute read

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