We had litigation with our last 2 landlords, rent-stabilized units. First one, noise issues. They took us to court after we withheld a portion of rent and they refused to accept partial payment. Won that one, had DEP violations and lots of documentation to support.
Next landlord (current one), we had lead issues and complained to city. When renewal came last year, she refused to give us our lease and moved to evict us. Won that one too, again lots of documentation of retaliatory eviction, etc. Didn't hurt that I'm the President of our tenants' association.
However, our space is rapidly becoming too small for our family. We would like to move into a 3 bedroom in our neighborhood, but we are concerned we will not get approved for a lease because of our history, right though we were. I looked online at the Court system here (http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivi ... ch?param=P)
and here
(http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/housing ... rchServlet)
but I can't find any results for our last name.
I guess my question is: how do landlords/management companies run this search to verify info? I want to see what they see. Is it too much to hope that our case history won't show up?
Thanks!