New York Rent control / stabilization

Does New York have rent control?

Rent stabilization under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act applies in New York City and, elsewhere, only in a city, town or village whose legislative body declares a housing emergency after a public hearing, which it may do when the vacancy rate is 5% or less (ETPA § 3). The act excludes buildings with fewer than six units and buildings completed or substantially rehabilitated on or after January 1, 1974 (ETPA § 5(a)(4), (5)). Localities that have adopted it include Nassau, Rockland and Westchester counties and the City of Kingston (DHCR Fact Sheet #8). Statute text: "A declaration of emergency may be made as to any class of housing accommodations if the vacancy rate for the housing accommodations in such class within such municipality is not in excess of five percent".

Verified Source: Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 § 3; § 5(a)(4), (5); § 14 (L. 1974, ch. 576, § 4, as amended by L. 2019, ch. 36) · last checked 2026-10-23