Good Cause Eviction

N.Y. Real Prop. Law Art. 6-A §§ 210-218

New York's Good Cause Eviction Law (N.Y. Real Property Law Article 6-A), effective April 20, 2024 and automatically applicable in New York City, bars a landlord of a covered (generally market-rate, non-exempt) unit from refusing to renew a lease or evicting a tenant without one of the statute's enumerated good-cause grounds, and lets tenants challenge rent increases that exceed a presumptively unreasonable threshold of 5% plus the annual change in the regional CPI (capped at 10%). The law exempts categories including owner-occupied buildings with 10 or fewer units, rent-regulated units, and units renting above a high-rent deregulation threshold (published annually by NY State HCR), and requires landlords to include good-cause coverage/exemption disclosure language in leases, renewals, and legal notices. It is a state statute enforced through the courts (raised as a defense in eviction proceedings), not administered by HPD; the article sunsets June 15, 2034.