My landlord bought a holdover petition against me in housing court and I would like to get that dismissed. I currently live in a building that is registered as a two family house. However, I know that the basement is rented illegally and the floor I live on is an SRO (each bedroom is leased individually and tenants share the kitchen and bathroom. Two of the rooms are illegal since the landlord divided the living room with a wall to make it into two separate bedrooms). That means that there are at least 6 separate units within the house and the landlord is only trying to evict me. Is there any way I can argue that this is a de facto multiple dwelling and therefore subject to rent stabilization? Are there any other cases like this that I can use as defense? If not, then what kind of argument can I use to defend myself in court and get this case dismissed?
Also, the landlord didn't serve me properly, but the case has already been adjourned a few times. Can I still bring this argument up (that I wasn't served properly) or is there a statue of limitation on these kind of things?