New York Landlord Compliance
Everything you're responsible for as a landlord in New York
Rent control, just-cause eviction, deposits, entry, repairs and recordkeeping, written for people who own or manage a few units, checked against the official sources, and kept current when the rules move.
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Rent cap · Detail
Rent-stabilized units follow local guideline boards: NYC RGB Order 58 sets 0% for 1- and 2-year leases from 1 Oct 2026. Good Cause areas: increase above lesser of 10% or 5%+CPI (NYC 8.38% for 2026) is presumptively unreasonable, not a hard cap.
Deposit cap · Detail
No deposit or advance may exceed one month's rent (excludes seasonal units, owner-occupied co-ops and rent-controlled units under the city rent and rehabilitation law).
Rent increase notice · Detail
For increases of 5% or more (or non-renewal): 30 days' notice if occupancy <1 yr, 60 days if 1-2 yrs or lease ≥1 yr, 90 days if >2 yrs or lease ≥2 yrs. Stabilized units follow RGB orders/renewal rules.
City rules · Detail
ETPA lets any city, town or village declare a housing emergency (vacancy ≤5%) and adopt rent stabilization: NYC, Westchester/Nassau/Rockland municipalities, Kingston, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie. Good Cause opt-in by local law (RPL § 213): 18 places.
Just cause · Detail
Good Cause Eviction (RPL art. 6-A) requires a listed ground to non-renew/evict in NYC and 18 opted-in municipalities (Albany, Kingston, Ithaca, Poughkeepsie, Rochester...). Exempt: landlords ≤10 units, post-2009 builds 30 yrs, rent >245% FMR.
Return deadline · Detail
Within 14 days after the tenant vacates, landlord must return the deposit with an itemized statement of deductions; failure forfeits the right to retain any part. Trigger is move-out.
Nonpayment notice · Detail
Written rent demand giving at least 14 days to pay or surrender before a nonpayment summary proceeding; separately, landlord must mail a certified late notice if rent is unreceived 5 days after due date (RPL § 235-e(d)).
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Essential local guides
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View All GuidesRenting in an HOA, Condo, or Co-op in New York City: What Move-In Rules Can the Board Require?
The lease is signed, the board has approved the tenant, and the movers are booked for Saturday. Then the building rejects the reservation because no one filed a certificate of insurance, and the move gets pushed a full week. Once approval clears in a co-op or condo, a separate layer of building-specific logistics still has to happen before a tenant actually moves in, and it's rarely covered anywhere close to well enough in a standard lease.
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When a Tenant Breaks HOA, Condo, or Co-op Rules in New York City, Is the Landlord Responsible?
A tenant blasts music past midnight, a neighbor complains three times, and the board's letter arrives addressed not to the tenant but to the owner. That's not a mistake. In both co-ops and condos, the association's relationship is with the owner or shareholder, not the person actually living in the unit, and that single fact decides who answers for a tenant's conduct, who gets fined, and who ends up in front of a judge if it escalates.
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Can a New York City HOA, Condo, or Co-op Restrict Long-Term Rentals?
An owner lists a Manhattan co-op for rent, signs a tenant, and only then learns the board caps subletting at two years out of every seven and this owner already used up the window three years ago. A condo owner down the block hits no such wall at all. Both buildings look identical from the street. The rules that actually govern whether a unit can be rented come from the building's own structure and its private governing documents, not from one citywide ordinance, and that distinction is where most landlords get tripped up.
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Can a New York City HOA, Condo, or Co-op Approve or Reject Your Tenant?
A landlord finds a qualified tenant, signs a lease, and submits the paperwork to the building expecting a formality. In a co-op, that submission can still be denied on grounds the board never has to explain. In a condo down the same block, the board can slow the process down with paperwork but generally cannot reject the tenant at all. Both landlords are one call away from finding out which building they actually own into, and since 1 January 2025 a citywide law limits what either board can ask about a tenant's past before that decision gets made.
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New York Good Cause Eviction Rent Standard 2026: How the 8.38% and 8.15% Thresholds Work
A New York landlord relying on last year's Good Cause Eviction rent-increase benchmark is now working off an outdated number. DHCR's May 4, 2026 notice reset the "reasonable rent increase" standard tenants and courts use to evaluate a rent hike, dropping it from last year's 8.79% to 8.38% in the NYC area and 8.15% upstate.
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Recent changes
Only substantive changes, not copy edits.
18 Aug 2024
Good Cause Eviction notices become part of leasing
Covered New York tenancies receive good-cause protections, and required notices identify whether a unit is covered or exempt.
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Renting in an HOA, Condo, or Co-op in New York City: What Move-In Rules Can the Board Require? The lease is signed, the board has approved the tenant, and the movers are booked for Saturday. Then the building rejects the reservation because no one filed a certificate of insurance, and the move gets pushed a full week. Once approval clears in a co-op or condo, a separate layer of building-specific logistics still has to happen before a tenant actually moves in, and it's rarely covered anywhere close to well enough in a standard lease. | Guides | Return a deposit | Oct 6, 2026 |
When a Tenant Breaks HOA, Condo, or Co-op Rules in New York City, Is the Landlord Responsible? A tenant blasts music past midnight, a neighbor complains three times, and the board's letter arrives addressed not to the tenant but to the owner. That's not a mistake. In both co-ops and condos, the association's relationship is with the owner or shareholder, not the person actually living in the unit, and that single fact decides who answers for a tenant's conduct, who gets fined, and who ends up in front of a judge if it escalates. | Guides | Keep the right records | Oct 6, 2026 |
Can a New York City HOA, Condo, or Co-op Restrict Long-Term Rentals? An owner lists a Manhattan co-op for rent, signs a tenant, and only then learns the board caps subletting at two years out of every seven and this owner already used up the window three years ago. A condo owner down the block hits no such wall at all. Both buildings look identical from the street. The rules that actually govern whether a unit can be rented come from the building's own structure and its private governing documents, not from one citywide ordinance, and that distinction is where most landlords get tripped up. | Guides | Screen an applicant | Oct 6, 2026 |
Can a New York City HOA, Condo, or Co-op Approve or Reject Your Tenant? A landlord finds a qualified tenant, signs a lease, and submits the paperwork to the building expecting a formality. In a co-op, that submission can still be denied on grounds the board never has to explain. In a condo down the same block, the board can slow the process down with paperwork but generally cannot reject the tenant at all. Both landlords are one call away from finding out which building they actually own into, and since 1 January 2025 a citywide law limits what either board can ask about a tenant's past before that decision gets made. | Guides | Screen an applicant | Oct 6, 2026 |
New York Good Cause Eviction Rent Standard 2026: How the 8.38% and 8.15% Thresholds Work A New York landlord relying on last year's Good Cause Eviction rent-increase benchmark is now working off an outdated number. DHCR's May 4, 2026 notice reset the "reasonable rent increase" standard tenants and courts use to evaluate a rent hike, dropping it from last year's 8.79% to 8.38% in the NYC area and 8.15% upstate. | Guides | Raise the rent | Oct 4, 2026 |
NYC Rent Stabilization 2026-27: Rent Guidelines Board Freezes 1-Year and 2-Year Renewals at 0% A New York City landlord renewing a rent-stabilized lease that commences between October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2027 can't collect a standard guideline increase at all this cycle. Rent Guidelines Board Order #58, adopted June 25, 2026, sets both the 1-year and 2-year renewal increase at 0%, a full freeze rather than the small percentage bumps landlords have budgeted around in past cycles. | Guides | Raise the rent | Oct 4, 2026 |
New York Good Cause Eviction 2026: 18 Localities Beyond NYC Have Now Opted In A New York landlord who checked whether Good Cause Eviction reached their property a year ago needs to check again. DHCR's May 4, 2026 notice lists 18 localities beyond New York City that have now opted into the law, up from 13 as of February 2025, and that expanded list changes who counts as covered almost everywhere in the Hudson Valley and upstate. | Guides | End a tenancy | Oct 4, 2026 |
New York Algorithmic Rent-Setting Ban 2026: What Chapter 437 Prohibits and the Partial Court Block A New York landlord using a pricing tool that pools data from competing buildings to recommend rent levels was supposed to stop by December 15, 2025. As of September 30, 2026, a federal judge has preliminarily blocked enforcement of the law's core "coordinating function" provision, so the statute is on the books but currently unenforceable against the conduct it was written to stop. | Guides | Raise the rent | Oct 4, 2026 |
New York Security Deposit Rules 2025: Protections Now Extend to Rent-Stabilized Units A New York landlord who assumed rent-stabilized tenancies sat outside the state's 14-day deposit-return law was working off an outdated assumption after October 16, 2025. Chapter 436 of 2025 closed that gap, extending General Obligations Law 7-108's itemized-return and inspection-rights framework to rent-stabilized units that had previously been carved out. | Guides | Return a deposit | Oct 4, 2026 |
New York Bounced Rent Check Fee Cap 2025: Landlords Can Charge the Greater of $20 or Actual Cost A New York landlord charging a flat $35 or $40 fee every time a tenant's rent check bounces has been overcharging since October 16, 2025. Chapter 431 of 2025 caps that specific fee at whichever is greater, the landlord's actual documented cost or $20, and requires the fee to have been spelled out in the lease before it can be charged at all. | Guides | Keep the right records | Oct 4, 2026 |
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