New York Real Property Law, Articles 6-A (Good Cause Eviction) and 7 (Landlord and Tenant)

NY landlord-tenant law: Art. 6-A — the 2024 Good Cause Eviction Law (§§ 210–218, statewide just-cause protections); Art. 7 — warranty of habitability, rent-increase notice, termination notice, attorney fees, roommate law, fee caps.

Provisions (64)

§ 210

Short title

§ 211

Definitions

§ 212

Applicability in the city of New York

§ 213

Voluntary participation by local governments outside the city of New York

§ 214

Covered housing accommodations

§ 215

Necessity for good cause

§ 216

Grounds for removal of tenants

§ 217

Preservation of existing requirements of law

§ 218

Waiver of rights void

§ 220

Action for use and occupation

§ 221

Rent due on life leases recoverable

§ 222

When rent is apportionable

§ 223

Rights where property or lease is transferred

§ 223-A

Remedies of lessee when possession is not delivered

§ 223-B

Retaliation by landlord against tenant

§ 224

Attornment by tenant

§ 225

Notice of action adverse to possession of tenant

§ 226

Effect of renewal on sub-lease

§ 226-A

Effect of new lease on tenant's right to remove fixtures or improvements

§ 226-B

Right to sublease or assign

§ 226-C

Notice of rent increase or non-renewal of residential tenancy

§ 227

When tenant may surrender premises

§ 227-A

Termination of residential lease by senior citizens or individuals with a disability moving to a residence of a family member or entering...

§ 227-B

Termination of certain contracts by senior citizens

§ 227-C

Termination of residential lease by victims of domestic violence

§ 227-D

Discrimination based on domestic violence status; prohibited

§ 227-E

Landlord duty to mitigate damages

§ 227-F

Denial on the basis of involvement in prior disputes prohibited

§ 228

Termination of tenancies at will or by sufferance, by notice

§ 229

Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of intention to quit

§ 230

Right of tenants to form, join or participate in tenants' groups

§ 231

Lease, when void; liability of landlord where premises are occupied for unlawful purpose

§ 231-A

Sprinkler system notice in residential leases

§ 231-B

Flood history and risk notice in residential leases

§ 231-C

Good cause eviction law notice

§ 232

Duration of certain agreements in New York

§ 232-A

Notice to terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from month to month in the city of New York

§ 232-B

Notification to terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from month to month outside the city of New York

§ 232-C

Holding over by a tenant after expiration of a term longer than one month; effect of acceptance of rent

§ 233

Manufactured home parks; duties, responsibilities

§ 233-A

Sale of manufactured home parks

§ 233-B

Manufactured home parks; rent increases

§ 233-B*2

Campgrounds

§ 233-C

Residential ground lease cooperative apartment buildings

§ 234

Right to recover attorneys' fees in actions or summary proceedings arising out of leases of residential property

§ 234-A

Unauthorized legal fees

§ 235

Wilful violations

§ 235-A

Tenant right to offset payments and entitlement to damages in certain cases

§ 235-B

Warranty of habitability

§ 235-BB

Certificates of occupancy; required disclosure to tenant

§ 235-C

Unconscionable lease or clause

§ 235-D

Harassment

§ 235-E

Duty to provide a written receipt

§ 235-F

Unlawful restrictions on occupancy

§ 235-G

Electronic billing and/or payment of rent

§ 235-H

Waiver of right to bring a declaratory judgment action

§ 235-I

Unreasonable tenant fees for reproductions of keys

§ 235-J

Duty to inform of bed bug infestation

§ 236

Assignment of lease of a deceased tenant

§ 236-A

Termination of lease of a deceased tenant

§ 237

Discrimination in leases with respect to bearing of children

§ 237-A

Discrimination against children in dwelling houses and manufactured home parks

§ 238

Agreements or contracts for privileges to deal with occupants of tenements, apartment houses or bungalow colonies

§ 238-A

Limitation on fees