HSTPA
Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019
Sweeping NY tenant protection reform. Eliminated vacancy decontrol, capped IAIs/MCIs, restricted preferential rent resets, reformed eviction procedures. Affects ALL rent-stabilized units statewide (not just NYC). Phase 6 landlord suite must comply throughout.
Who must comply
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Other HCR regulations
MCI / IAI Increases
9 NYCRR § 2522.4; N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 26-511(c) (MCI and IAI rent adjustments)
Rent Stabilization Code (RSC)
9 NYCRR Parts 2520-2531 (Rent Stabilization Code)
HSTPA 2019
Ch. 36, Laws of 2019 (Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019)
ETPA 1974
Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974, Ch. 576, Laws of 1974 (N.Y. Unconsol. Laws §§ 8621-8634)
DHCR Rent Registration
N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 26-517 (incl. § 26-517(e)); 9 NYCRR Part 2528 (Rent Stabilization Code — Rent Registration)
Rent Stabilization Law (RSL)
N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ 26-501 to 26-520 (Rent Stabilization Law of 1969, as recodified by Ch. 907, Laws of 1985)
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