10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 4 cities in Westchester County, New York.
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Three Westchester cities (Yonkers, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon) have opted into the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA), meaning rent stabilization applies to buildings 6+ units built before 1974. Other Westchester municipalities can opt in.
Under NY Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) 2019, some just-cause-like protections apply to regulated units. Statewide Good Cause Eviction passed in April 2024 applies to NYC automatically; Westchester municipalities can opt in.
Westchester County does not maintain a countywide rental registry. Many Westchester municipalities (Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Greenburgh, Port Chester, Peekskill, etc.) require landlords to register rental units locally.
New York General Obligations Law Section 7-108, amended by HSTPA in 2019, caps residential security deposits in Westchester at one month's rent and requires return within 14 days of move-out with an itemized statement of any deductions.
New York's Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 sharply limits no-fault evictions across Westchester County by extending notice periods, requiring good-cause grounds in ETPA villages, and capping landlord recovery to specified statutory bases.
In Westchester's ETPA-stabilized villages, landlords may pass through major capital improvement costs and individual apartment improvement costs to tenants only after approval by NY Homes and Community Renewal under strict caps and amortization schedules.
New York Real Property Law Section 235 and Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Section 768 prohibit Westchester landlords from harassing tenants through utility shutoffs, repeated baseless lawsuits, or threats intended to force the tenant to vacate.
New York Executive Law Section 296(5), the State Human Rights Law, prohibits Westchester landlords from refusing to rent to applicants based on lawful source of income, including Section 8 vouchers, Social Security, SSI, alimony, and HASA assistance.
Westchester County administers Housing Choice Vouchers through its Section 8 office, and NY law forbids landlords from refusing to participate in the voucher program, charging unauthorized fees, or denying applicants based on voucher status.
New York has no direct equivalent to California's AB-1482 statewide rent cap, but HSTPA imposes its own lease-disclosure regime in Westchester, including notices about ETPA status, security-deposit rules, and rent-history rights.
4 cities in Westchester County have their own rental property rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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