An eviction case your landlord can start to ask to have you removed from your apartment. Usually not just for back rent.
Read MoreBefore bringing a holdover case, NYCHA usually holds a termination of tenancy hearing first to determine if they should evict you. Some NYCHA tenants are brought directly to housing court.
Rent stabilized and rent controlled tenants have many rights. The landlord must have a good reason to bring a holdover case.
If you live in a private house, a rented room, or another type of unregulated housing, and you don’t have a lease or the lease is expired, the landlord does not need to have a good reason to have you evicted. At the hearing, you and the landlord will try to come to an agreement about how much time you will get to move out and whether or not you will have to pay any money for rent, use and occupancy or arrears.
The maximum time the court can give you to move out is 1 year from the date of the judgment. You may or may not get the full year but it is...
