I was asked to pay a $500 'processing fee' for a rental application. Is this legal?

… … In most cases charging this kind of fee is illegal under rent reform legislation passed in 2019  … Act  HSTPA passed by the New York State legislature caps application fees charged to renters at $20to cover the cost … this renter This is clearly an application fee and there is no doubt that HSTPA outlaws it Himmelstein says Despite the …

By Alanna Schubach |July 12, 2021 - 1:30PM
NYC renters can be asked to pay fees for brokers hired by landlords, a judge decides

… by the broker  That guidance has now been deemed null and void by State Supreme Court Judge Susan Kushner  In …

By Emily Myers |April 12, 2021 - 1:30PM