3 rules for unincorporated Ulster County, New York.
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New York State opted Kingston into the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA) in 2022, making Kingston the first upstate city to adopt rent stabilization. This covers buildings with 6+ units built before 1974, limiting annual rent increases under Rent Guidelines Board determinations. Other Ulster County municipalities have not opted into ETPA. The 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act applies statewide protections.
Ulster County has no countywide just-cause eviction law. New York State Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 applies countywide, plus Good Cause Eviction (NY RPL Article 6-A, effective April 2024) which municipalities may opt into. Kingston opted in 2024; unincorporated towns generally have not.
No countywide rental registry in Ulster County. Individual municipalities (notably City of Kingston, Town of Ulster, Village of New Paltz) operate rental registration and inspection programs. Unincorporated areas typically have no registration requirement.
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