The Second Department held that J-51 tenants had not proved knowing deregulation fraud on summary judgment, but rejected the landlords’ contractual attorney-fee claim.
The Second Department reversed a preliminary injunction and vacated a sua sponte declaration that a lease had terminated, finding no motion for summary judgment was pending and no irreparable harm was shown.
Appellate Division reverses to grant class certification in rent overcharge action, finding tenants satisfied CPLR 901 requirements for building-wide class of rent-stabilized occupants.
The Third District affirmed a forcible entry and detainer judgment, holding that a father-son arrangement where the son occupied a mobile home on the father’s land rent-free but paid utilities and property taxes created a landlord-tenant relationship and a month-to-month tenancy under Ohio law.