{
    "dataset": "Homzora New York Notice Periods and Rent Increase Rules 2026",
    "jurisdiction": "State of New York",
    "scope": "The notice a landlord must give before ending a tenancy or raising rent under Real Property Law section 226-c, the fourteen day rent demand under RPAPL 711(2), and the statutory caps on late and application fees.",
    "the_headline": "Notice scales with how long you have lived somewhere: 30 days under a year, 60 days from one to two years, and 90 days at two years or more. The trigger is a rent increase of 5 percent or more, or a non renewal. Measured by occupancy or lease term, whichever is longer.",
    "what_changed_in_2019": "The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act replaced a fixed one month non renewal notice with the tiered schedule, and extended the nonpayment rent demand from three days to fourteen. Guidance describing a three day demand or a one month notice predates it.",
    "fee_caps": "New York caps late fees at 50 dollars or 5 percent of monthly rent, whichever is less, and application fees at 20 dollars. No other jurisdiction Homzora covers caps either. Georgia, Illinois and Florida leave both to the lease.",
    "compared": "On notice, New York sits between Florida and Chicago. Florida requires 30 days for a month to month tenancy regardless of tenure. Chicago scales to 120 days at three years. New York scales to 90 days at two years, and unlike Chicago the trigger is an increase of 5 percent or more rather than any increase at all.",
    "documented_disagreement": "The 2024 Good Cause Eviction law makes an unreasonably large increase challengeable on covered units, but published sources describe the threshold differently. One states the lesser of 5 percent or local CPI. Another states the lesser of 10 percent or 5 percent plus CPI. Homzora has not resolved this and does not publish a Good Cause threshold figure. If that question matters to your situation, take advice.",
    "basis": "Compiled from published practitioner summaries of Real Property Law section 226-c, RPAPL 711(2) and 768, and the HSTPA fee provisions. Sources agreed closely on the notice tiers and the fourteen day demand.",
    "sources": [
        "New York Real Property Law section 226-c, as summarized by multiple practitioner sources, 2026",
        "New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law section 711(2) and section 768",
        "Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019"
    ],
    "verified": "2026-09-13",
    "note": "Rent stabilized leases carry their own renewal timing and are not governed by the 226-c tiers in the same way. This is not legal advice and does not evaluate any particular tenancy.",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the Homzora compilation.",
    "methodology": "https://homzora.co/new-york/guides/methodology/",
    "rows": [
        {
            "provision": "RPL 226-c",
            "subject": "Under 1 year occupancy",
            "what_it_requires": "30 days written notice before non renewal or a rent increase of 5 percent or more.",
            "key_figure": "30 days",
            "notes": "Applies where occupancy is under one year and there is no lease term of at least one year."
        },
        {
            "provision": "RPL 226-c",
            "subject": "1 to 2 years",
            "what_it_requires": "60 days written notice.",
            "key_figure": "60 days",
            "notes": "Applies where occupancy is one year but under two, or the lease term is one year but under two."
        },
        {
            "provision": "RPL 226-c",
            "subject": "2 years or more",
            "what_it_requires": "90 days written notice.",
            "key_figure": "90 days",
            "notes": "Applies at two years of occupancy or a lease term of at least two years. Measured by occupancy or lease term, whichever is longer."
        },
        {
            "provision": "RPL 226-c",
            "subject": "What triggers it",
            "what_it_requires": "A rent increase of 5 percent or more, or a decision not to renew. An increase below 5 percent does not trigger the tiered notice.",
            "key_figure": "5 percent",
            "notes": ""
        },
        {
            "provision": "RPL 226-c",
            "subject": "Late or missing notice",
            "what_it_requires": "Where timely notice is not given, the tenancy continues on its existing terms from the date actual written notice is given until the required period expires.",
            "key_figure": "postponed, not cancelled",
            "notes": "This delays the change rather than creating a permanent freeze. A ninety day notice served late starts ninety days from service."
        },
        {
            "provision": "RPL 226-c",
            "subject": "Written only",
            "what_it_requires": "Verbal notice does not satisfy the requirement.",
            "key_figure": "writing required",
            "notes": ""
        },
        {
            "provision": "RPAPL 711(2)",
            "subject": "Nonpayment rent demand",
            "what_it_requires": "A written fourteen day rent demand must be served before a nonpayment proceeding can be filed.",
            "key_figure": "14 days",
            "notes": "Extended from three days to fourteen by the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. No oral demand is permitted and no shorter notice is allowed."
        },
        {
            "provision": "RPAPL 711(2)",
            "subject": "What the demand must contain",
            "what_it_requires": "The amount of rent claimed due, the rental period it covers, a demand for payment or possession within fourteen days, and the disclosure notice required by RPL 231-c.",
            "key_figure": "four elements",
            "notes": ""
        },
        {
            "provision": "lease violation",
            "subject": "Cure then terminate",
            "what_it_requires": "A notice to cure, typically ten days, followed by a thirty day notice of termination if the violation is not cured.",
            "key_figure": "10 then 30 days",
            "notes": ""
        },
        {
            "provision": "RPAPL 768",
            "subject": "Self help eviction",
            "what_it_requires": "Removing a tenant without a court proceeding is unlawful and is a crime.",
            "key_figure": "criminal offense",
            "notes": "Stronger than the equivalent provisions in the other states Homzora covers, where self help is unlawful but not criminal."
        },
        {
            "provision": "HSTPA",
            "subject": "Late fee cap",
            "what_it_requires": "Late fees are capped at 50 dollars or 5 percent of the monthly rent, whichever is less.",
            "key_figure": "50 dollars or 5 percent",
            "notes": "The strictest late fee cap of any jurisdiction Homzora covers. Georgia, Illinois and Florida set no statutory cap at all."
        },
        {
            "provision": "HSTPA",
            "subject": "Application fee cap",
            "what_it_requires": "Application fees are capped at 20 dollars.",
            "key_figure": "20 dollars",
            "notes": "Also unique among the cities Homzora covers."
        },
        {
            "provision": "mid lease",
            "subject": "Increases during a fixed term",
            "what_it_requires": "Rent cannot be raised during a fixed term lease unless the lease contains an escalation clause. Increases apply at renewal or on a month to month tenancy with proper notice.",
            "key_figure": "not permitted mid term",
            "notes": ""
        },
        {
            "provision": "no state cap",
            "subject": "Market rate rent",
            "what_it_requires": "New York sets no statewide percentage cap on market rate rent. Only rent stabilized and rent controlled units are limited, by the Rent Guidelines Board and the Maximum Base Rent system respectively.",
            "key_figure": "no cap on market rate",
            "notes": ""
        }
    ]
}