Owner Information the tenant with a termination notice, again
within a specified time frame.
All owners and their legal representatives
should carefully review the sections of the rent Some of these grounds are:
regulations applicable to the situation that is
o failure to cure a violation of a substantial
causing them to contemplate initiating an eviction
obligation of the tenancy
proceeding.
o damaging the housing accommodation
o refusing the owner access to make
Certain eviction situations require the approval
needed repairs
of the DHCR, prior to proceeding to court, while
others do not. Certain situations require the filing
Example – damaging the housing accommodation
of termination notices in specified time frames,
while others do not.
The tenant, Mr. Wilson, has been using heavy
machinery in the apartment, damaging the ceiling
For tenants subject to the NYC Rent and Eviction
and walls and interfering with the comfort and
Regulations, it is required that a copy of the notice
safety of the other tenants.
of termination and an affidavit of service be served
on the District Rent Office, which the courts have
The owner, Ms. Jamison, in accordance with the
held is the office located in the borough of the
parties’ lease, should serve Mr. Wilson with a
court proceeding. For proceedings in Manhattan,
notice, describing the problem in detail, and telling
it is DHCR’s position, that service can be upon
him that he is required to rectify the problem. This
either the Lower or Upper Manhattan Rent Office.
is known as a “Notice to Cure.”
For proceedings in Staten Island, where DHCR
does not have a rent office, it is DHCR’s position,
If uncured, the owner has to serve the tenant with
that the service can also be upon either of the
a Termination Notice at least 7 calendar days in