A Manhattan state judge has dismissed most of a sweeping class action that sought to represent tenants throughout the state against their landlords in order to get rent abatements for services lost after Superstorm Sandy.
The case, Adler v. Ogden Cap Properties, 650292/13, was filed by three tenants of three different landlords seeking abatements for loss of electricity and other basic services. It was filed as a bilateral class action, with a class of renters statewide potentially bringing claims against a defendant class of landlords statewide.
