Tenants

Updates on Municipalities that Adopt ETPA

The Village of Nyack adopts the Emergency Tenant Protection Act

ETPA Updates

Important Notices and Recently Revised Documents

New Regulations Published in the NYS Register on November 8, 2023

DHCR has filed the Notices of Adoption required under the New York State Administrative Procedure Act (SAPA) to amend various regulations in the Rent Stabilization Code, the Tenant Protection Regulations and the State and New York City Rent Control Regulations. These documents or their summaries, where applicable, have been published in the New York State Register on November 8, 2023.

DHCR’s Office of Rent Administration (ORA) is now reviewing all of its forms and documents and will be making needed edits to reflect changes required by the new regulations. Certain regulatory changes may relate to matters that were previously addressed in Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) and previously edited at the time HSTPA was enacted.

The following documents have been revised and have been posted to the website.

• Fact Sheet 1: Rent Stabilization and Rent Control NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 5: Vacancy Leases in Rent Stabilized Apartments NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 11: Demolition NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 14: Rent Reductions For Decreased Services NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 17: Harassment NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 18: Appealing a Rent Administrator’s Order: Petition for Administrative Review (PAR) NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 26: Guide to Rent Increases for Rent Stabilized Apartments NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 30: Succession NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 35: Collectibility of Major Capital Improvement (MCI) and/or Individual Apartment Improvement (IAI) Rent Increases (Where the Rent is Reduced Because of Diminution of Services) NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 38: Substantial Rehabilitation NEW! (11/23)
• Fact Sheet 42: Hotels, SROs, and Rooming Houses NEW! (11/23)
• Operational Bulletin 2023-3: Substantial Rehabilitation NEW! (11/23)
• Operational Bulletin 2023-4: Collectibility of MCI/IAI Increases Where the Rent is Reduced Because of Diminution of Services NEW! (11/23)
• FAQ #2 on rent receipts for rent stabilized tenants NEW! (11/23)

• Form RA-89/89.1: Tenant's Complaint of Rent and/or Other Specific Overcharges in a Rent Stabilized Apartment and Rent Overcharge Application - Information NEW! (12/23)
• Form MRTE-N: Notice of 421-a (16) Apartment Market Rate Threshold Exemption – 2024 NEW! (12/23)

• Fact Sheet 6: Fair Market Rent Appeals NEW! (12/23)

   

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