Landlord-Tenant—Nuisance—Landlord Set Up Sting Operation to Respond to Tenant’s Craigslist Advertisement to Rent out Part of His Apartment—In Tape-Recorded Conversation, Tenant Asked Undercover to Pay Rent in Cash—Too Few Incidents Over a 46-Year Tenancy to Constitute Nuisance—Tenant Sought Short-Term Rentals, But Did Not Actually Engage in Short-Term Rentals
A landlord commenced a nuisance holdover proceeding, seeking to terminate a rent-controlled tenant who occupied a three-bedroom apartment. The tenant had lived in the apartment for more than 40 years. The landlord alleged, inter alia, that the tenant damaged the building, engaged in “illegal subletting,” had sub-divided a master suite, and had profiteered on short-term rentals.
