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.
Jurisdiction
key details
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
If you're new to owning here, these five cover most of what will come up in your first year.
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.
Guide
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.
Guide
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.
Guide
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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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 |
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 |
NYC FARE Act 2025: Whoever Hires the Broker Pays the Broker, Not the Tenant A New York City renter who shows up to a listing and finds a broker fee tacked onto the lease, even though the agent was never hired by the tenant, has run into exactly what the FARE Act was built to stop. Since June 11, 2025, whoever hires the broker is the one who pays, and every mandatory fee a tenant will owe has to be disclosed upfront, in writing, before the lease is signed. | Guides | Keep the right records | Oct 4, 2026 |
Tenant Information in New York City: Collection, Sharing and Retention A landlord likes an applicant on paper and, before making an offer, runs a routine background check to be safe. That single step, at that specific moment, is itself the violation under NYC's Fair Chance for Housing Act, independent of what the check would have shown. This guide walks through the Act's required sequence, eligibility review, then a conditional offer, only then a background check, plus which criminal-history categories are even reviewable, the separate source-of-income protections under NYC Human Rights Law, and the $20 application fee cap, so a screening process holds up on every front, not just the one a landlord thought about. | Guides | Keep the right records | Sep 26, 2026 |
New York Landlord Tenant Rental Laws & Rights for 2026 Did you know that tenants in New York have legal protections that rank among the strongest in the country?... | Guides | Keep the right records | Apr 15, 2026 |
Rent Laws in New York: Legal Overview This article provides a comprehensive overview of rent laws in New York and practical compliance tips for tenants and landlords. | Guides | Keep the right records | Feb 12, 2026 |
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