Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

However, a landlord of a rent-stabilized apartment is entitled to keep, as an administrative fee, "a sum equivalent to one percent per annum upon the security money so deposited" (Rent Stabilization Code [9 NYCRR] 2525.4 [b]). At the...

Zelevansky v. Valdez (2017)

Zelevansky v. Valdez (2017) New York state

Plaintiff commenced this small claims action to recover a $3,500 security deposit, plus an additional $1,500 in damages resulting from defendant's failure to remediate an alleged mold condition in an apartment plaintiff and her husband had rented...

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

Therefore, claimant is entitled to recover the full amount of her security deposit from defendant, i.e., $1,327.93.

Chery v. Richards (2019)

Chery v. Richards (2019) New York state

Plaintiffs commenced this small claims action to recover, among other things, a $2,900 security deposit that they had given defendant when they had rented defendant's house. Defendant counterclaimed seeking $1,905.70 for property damage, repairs, lost wages...

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

Thus, claimant is awarded punitive damages against defendant for twice the amount of the security deposit, i.e., $2,655.86 ($1,327.93 x 2).

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

The court finds that, as a management company, Kaye Equities, knew or should have known of General Obligations Law § 7-108, the law governing the return of security deposits.

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

It is undisputed that defendant did not return any portion of the security deposit to claimant. Defendant submitted no evidence that it had provided claimant with an itemized statement indicating the basis for the amount of the deposit retained, if...

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

Claimant credibly testified that, around the end of January and in February 2021, she telephoned and emailed Kirschner regarding the return of her security deposit, and that he did not return any calls.

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

Sometime between July 8 and July 13, 2021, Assemblymember Rosenthal's Deputy Chief of Staff left Kirschner a message to follow up with him about claimant's security deposit (Plaintiff's Exhibit F).

Edge Management Consulting, Inc. v. Blank, 25 A.D.3d 364 (2006)

Edge Management Consulting, Inc. v. Blank, 25 A.D.3d 364 (2006) New York state

On July 1, 2002, Edge brought suit against the Blank Trust for the return of $90,000 in rental payments for the period of January through September of 2001, a $15,000 security deposit, $50,000 for equipment it claims...

Chery v. Richards (2019)

Chery v. Richards (2019) New York state

...It is noted that part M, section 25, of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (L 2019, ch 36) codifies the common law rule that a landlord may not retain a security deposit for damage caused by...

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

On March 3, 2021, claimant sent, via certified mail with return receipt requested, a letter to Kirschner, demanding a return of her security deposit (Plaintiff's exhibit C, certified mail receipt and signed return receipt).

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

...Dev., LLC , 134 AD3d 629 , 632 [1st Dept 2015] [tenant was entitled to interest on the full security deposit from the date of its conversion]; 56 Bogart St., LLC v Vandyke , 60 Misc 3d 135 [A], 2018 NY Slip Op...

Cohen v. Abruzzo, 2024 NY Slip Op 03163 (2024)

Cohen v. Abruzzo, 2024 NY Slip Op 03163 (2024) New York state

...In order to use security deposit funds to pay the cost of repairing damages caused by a tenant (see generally Markowitz v Landau, 171 AD2d 564, 565), a landlord must comply, among other things, with General Obligations Law § 7-108...

Cohen v. Abruzzo, 2024 NY Slip Op 03163 (2024)

Cohen v. Abruzzo, 2024 NY Slip Op 03163 (2024) New York state

In an action, inter alia, to recover a security deposit, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (William J. Condon, J.), dated June 21, 2022. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted that branch of...

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

As claimant correctly pointed out, Section 2525.4 of the Rent Stabilization Code provides that a security deposit paid by a tenant of a rent stabilized housing accommodation is subject to the provisions of article 7 of the General Obligations...

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

...The deposit is meant to cover the costs of repairing damages to the apartment" ( 14 E. 4th St. Unit 509 LLC v Toporek , 203 AD3d 17 [1st Dept 2022]). The security deposit "must be returned at the conclusion of the...

Benchmark Farm, Inc. v. Red Horse Farm, LLC, 2018 NY Slip Op 4522 (2018)

Benchmark Farm, Inc. v. Red Horse Farm, LLC, 2018 NY Slip Op 4522 (2018) New York state

...Red Horse Farm, LLC, asserting, inter alia, constructive eviction, interference with quiet enjoyment, and unjustified failure to return a security deposit. The plaintiff served the defendant pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law § 303, by personal delivery of copies of the...

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

On August 11, 2021, claimant Arlene Marie Karole commenced this small claims action against defendant 340 West End Ave, LLC, seeking $2,655.86 in damages for, among other things, defendant's failure to return a security deposit for an...

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022)

Karole v 340 W. End Ave., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50317(U) [74 Misc 3d 1233(A)] (2022) New York state

...On June 7, 2021, the Community Liaison/Scheduler for Assemblymember Rosenthal emailed Kirschner, stating, in pertinent part, "Even if everything that you are claiming is true, it is not grounds for withholding her security deposit. The tenant left the unit...