rent laws

This is a photograph of spring flowers blooming beside residential buildings in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.

Should you get a smaller rent increase under Good Cause? A new tool helps you figure it out

… Thousands of tenants across New York City are entitled to smaller rent increases this summer under a new law Good Cause … from city agencies to help identify who owns your building how old it is and if it falls under any of the Good Cause …

By Celia Young |April 24, 2025 - 2:30PM

NYC apartment buildings on Bleecker Street in Manhattan

Affordable Housing

Ask Altagracia: Can my roommate and I challenge a non-renewal notice under Good Cause eviction law?

… Good Cause eviction law aims to protect some marketrate tenants by limiting rent increasesto 882 percent currentlyand … between landlord and tenant with respect to marketrate apartments said Altagracia PierreOuterbridge attorney and … of the properties they own In calculating the number of units a landlord owns this also includes any legal entity …