Is there rent control in New York?
Only in some places. In New York, there is no statewide rent cap, but rent stabilization covers most apartments in buildings of six or more units built before 1974 in New York City and in localities that have declared a housing emergency under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act, including many in Nassau, Westchester and Rockland counties and the City of Kingston; since 2019 any locality with a rental vacancy rate below 5% may opt in. New York City and municipalities that opt in also apply the Good Cause Eviction Law, under which a rent increase above inflation plus 5%, never more than 10%, is presumptively unreasonable. This is NYC Admin. Code § 26-501 et seq.; Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974; N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 212, 214.
| What | New York |
|---|---|
| Rent control | Local: rent stabilization in NYC and opt-in localities |
| What the law does | Lets localities regulate rent |
Source
NYC Admin. Code § 26-501 et seq.; Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974; N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 212, 214
Read the statute in the New York Consolidated Laws (New York State Senate): nysenate.gov.
Checked against the statute on October 23, 2026.
This is a summary of a published statute, not legal advice. Rules change, local ordinances can add to them, and the terms of a specific lease may differ. Check the citation and speak to a lawyer before acting.
How Seayora uses this rule
This page states whether the state lets its cities control rent, and any statewide limit on an increase, so a renewal can be checked before it is offered. In New York City, Seayora’s rent-increase advisor goes further: it computes the highest increase the Rent Guidelines Board order and the Good Cause standard allow for each apartment, with the law cited, and gives no number where the law is not verified.
Guides on this rule
- NYC Rent Stabilization 2026–27: The Rent Freeze and Renewal Rules — The Rent Guidelines Board froze stabilized rents for leases starting October 2026 to September 2027. What Order 58 means and how renewals work.
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