How much notice must a landlord give before entering in New York?

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Check your municipality. New York does not preempt local rent regulation — city or county ordinances may impose rent caps, notice rules, and fee limits that are stricter than the state-level rules on this page and are not covered here. Verify your municipality's ordinances before relying on any figure below.

What the state record says

New York has multiple rent-regulation regimes: rent control and rent stabilization (NYC Rent Stabilization Law and the Emergency Tenant Protection Act, administered by DHCR, with annual increases set by Rent Guidelines Boards), significantly strengthened by the 2019 HSTPA. Separately, the 2024 Good Cause Eviction law (RPL Article 6-A) applies in NYC and in localities that opt in: for covered units, a rent increase above the lesser of 5% plus CPI or 10% is presumptively unreasonable and can defeat an eviction for nonpayment of the increase.

Pending legislation — not yet law. The rules on this page reflect current law only. The following bill would change it if enacted:

S4856 (2025-2026 session) — Would amend GOL 7-108(1-a)(e) to extend the security-deposit return/itemized-statement deadline from 14 days to 30 days after the tenant vacates.Status: In Senate Judiciary Committee. Referred 2025-02-13; re-referred 2026-01-07 for the second year of the 2025-2026 session (routine). Assembly same-as: A2652. Not enacted as of the checked date. (checked 2026-07-08).

New York has no statute requiring a specific number of hours' notice before a landlord enters an occupied unit; the statewide standard is reasonable prior notice, at a reasonable time, with the tenant's consent, except in emergencies.

The Attorney General's official guidance treats about 24 hours as reasonable for inspections and about a week for planned repairs, and courts enforce the standard through the covenant of quiet enjoyment — a landlord without a reserved right of entry has no common-law right to enter at all. Leases commonly specify 24 or 48 hours, and rent-stabilized units and some localities layer on additional access rules.

New York entry notice at a glance

Advance notice required	No fixed statutory period (see notice standard)
Notice standard	No New York statute sets a fixed advance-notice period for landlord entry. The controlling standard is 'reasonable prior notice at a reasonable time' with tenant consent for non-emergency entry, grounded in the covenant of quiet enjoyment and case law; the NY Attorney General's official guidance treats roughly 24 hours as reasonable for inspections and about one week for repairs, with no notice needed in emergencies.
Permitted reasons	Providing necessary or agreed repairs or services, entry in accordance with the lease, and showing the unit to prospective purchasers or tenants — with reasonable notice, at reasonable times, and with the tenant's consent (which may not be unreasonably withheld; the landlord's remedy for refusal is a court order, not forced entry).
Emergency exception	Yes
Time-of-day restrictions	Not addressed by statute

Notes and caveats

notice_hours is null because no statute fixes a period; the 24-hour figure is official guidance, not statutory text, and page copy must draw that distinction. The AG guide is cited as the official state source articulating the standard; RPL 235-b is cited as the statutory framework for the tenant's possessory rights, not as an entry statute (mirroring the MI record's approach). Local ordinances (e.g., NYC rules for rent-stabilized showings) are out of scope for v1 and should be flagged on-page.

Statute citations

NY Attorney General, Residential Tenants' Rights Guide (official guidance; no entry-notice statute exists) Official source
RPL 235-b (warranty of habitability / possessory-rights framework) Official source

How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official NY Senate legislation site (nysenate.gov): GOL 7-108 (full text), GOL 7-103 (full text read 2026-07-08, session 3 — confirmed subdivision structure: (1) trust/no commingling, (2) bank notice + 1% admin fee when interest-bearing, (2-a) 6+ unit interest-bearing mandate, (3) waiver void), RPL 238-a and RPL 226-c (official-source text confirmed via nysenate.gov), cross-checked against the NY Attorney General's Residential Tenants' Rights Guide (ag.ny.gov) and NYC Rent Guidelines Board guidance.