New York Landlord-Tenant Laws
Local rent regulation in New York
New York expressly authorizes local rent regulation — any city, town, or village may opt into rent stabilization under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act by declaring a housing emergency where the rental vacancy rate is five percent or less, an option the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act extended statewide.
- New York City — Rent Regulation (Rent Stabilization, Rent Control, and Good Cause Eviction)
- Emergency Tenant Protection Act (opt-in rent stabilization)
Cited to Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 § 3 (Unconsol. Laws § 8623) · Verified August 12, 2026 · Full New York rent-increase rules →
New York landlord-tenant laws by topic
New York security deposits
New York caps security deposits at one month's rent for non-rent-stabilized units, and the landlord must return the deposit with an itemized statement within 14 days of the tenant vacating — miss the deadline and the entire deposit must be returned.
New York rent increase notice
New York landlords must give written notice before raising rent 5% or more (or declining to renew): 30 days for tenancies under one year, 60 days at one to two years, and 90 days at two years or more, counting the longer of occupancy or lease term.
New York late fees
New York caps residential late fees at $50 or 5% of the monthly rent, whichever is less, and no fee may be demanded unless rent remains unpaid five days after its due date — a statutory grace period that applies statewide.
New York entry notice
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.
New York eviction process
New York's eviction process — a 'summary proceeding' under RPAPL Article 7 that is anything but summary since the 2019 HSTPA — starts, for nonpayment, with a certified-mail notice once rent is five days late and then a written 14-day rent demand (the old 3-day/oral demand is gone).
New York application & screening fees
New York bans rental application and processing fees outright and allows only one application-stage charge: reimbursement for a background check and a credit check, capped for both together at the actual cost or twenty dollars, whichever is less.
New York deposit interest
New York requires interest on a security deposit whenever the property has six or more family dwelling units: the money must sit in an interest-bearing account at a New York banking organization, and the interest belongs to the tenant.
New York habitability & repairs
New York implies into every written or oral residential lease a warranty that the premises and the areas within the landlord's control are fit for human habitation, match the uses the parties reasonably intended, and subject nobody to conditions endangering or detrimental to life, health or safety.
New York lease termination
In New York a landlord ending or declining to renew a residential tenancy must give at least 30, 60 or 90 days' written notice, set by how long the tenant has lived there rather than by a flat month.
New York mobile home park laws
New York regulates lot tenancies in manufactured home parks under Real Property Law § 233, one of the most detailed manufactured housing acts in the country: lot rent may rise only once a year, on at least 90 days' written notice, and by no more than three percent unless the park owner can point to higher operating expenses, higher property taxes or capital improvement costs.
New York Fair Market Rents (FY 2027) — HUD's benchmark rents for every New York metro area and county.
Changes since last full verification
The Verified date above (July 8, 2026) marks the last time every figure on this page was verified end-to-end against official state sources. The changes below were published since then, each verified against the official source it names (what these dates mean).
- Updated, August 12, 2026 — Two 2025 New York chapters are now encoded. Chapter 436 rewrote GOL 7-107, extending the one-month deposit cap, the 14-day itemized return with forfeiture, inspection rights, the landlord's burden of proof, and the anti-waiver rule to rent-stabilized and ETPA units — prospectively, for leases and renewals entered into on or after November 15, 2025, with successor liability now keyed to a purchaser's actual knowledge. Chapter 431 added RPL 238-a(2-a), effective October 16, 2025: no bounced-rent-check fee unless the lease provides for one, capped at the greater of the landlord's actual returned-check cost or $20, with substantiation owed on request above $20.
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 — 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.