A nuisance may include a recurring pattern of conduct that jeopardizes the life, health, or safety of fellow tenants.
A landlord may commence a holdover summary proceeding against a tenant who has committed a nuisance, such as allowing water to overflow into an apartment below. No notice to cure is required. A landlord can serve a notice of termination since a nuisance is not curable.
The Appellate Term, First Department, held in one case that a notice to cure is not required where a tenant is committing a nuisance or has engaged in a course of conduct intended to harass the landlord.