New York City has a system of rent stabilization that is meant to provide affordable housing to the working class. The rent stabilization program limits the rents a landlord can charge and caps the annual rate of rent increases. Landlords must also offer renewal leases and required services to tenants, who can be evicted only for specific reasons set forth in the law. The subject is controversial and leads to many landlord-tenant disputes. This article provides an overview of the rent stabilization program in New York City.
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The prototypical eviction involves a landlord and a tenant who has not paid his rent. However, evictions come up in other situations. A landlord might evict a squatter. Or a roommate who is not on the lease may be evicted by his fellow roommates. The legal process used in all these situations are the same: a summary eviction proceeding filed in Civil Court. (A rather important, though rare, exception: if the premises being rented lacks a proper certificate of occupancy from the city, you have to bring an action for ejectment in NY Supreme Court. This is really slow and troublesome.) Read the rest of this entry »