Colonie, NY Rental Property Rules: Just Cause Eviction (2026)

New York's 2024 Good Cause Eviction Law (L.2024 c.56, Part HH) added Article 6-A to the Real Property Law, restricting non-renewal and 'unreasonable' rent increases for covered units, defined as market-rate apartments not exempt by reason of owner-occupancy, building size, condominium/co-op status, or new-construction date. Unlike the 2019 HSTPA framework, however, Good Cause applies of its own force only within New York City. For any city, town, or village outside NYC - including the Town of Colonie - the statute requires the local legislative body to pass an opt-in resolution, which may also customize the rent-increase threshold and the small-landlord exemption. The Town of Colonie has not adopted a Good Cause opt-in resolution, and Colonie residential tenancies remain governed by the default New York landlord-tenant framework. Under that framework, a landlord may decline to renew a lease at its end for any non-discriminatory and non-retaliatory reason, with the RPL §226-c notice (30/60/90 days depending on tenancy length). Eviction proceedings are filed in Colonie Town Court under RPAPL Article 7; the predicate notice (typically a 14-day rent demand for non-payment under RPAPL §711(2) or a notice of termination for holdover) is fixed by state statute, and Colonie's Town Code at ecode360.com/CO0290 contains no chapter modifying these procedures. Retaliatory eviction is independently prohibited under RPL §223-b for one year following the tenant's protected activity (such as a complaint to Colonie Building Department or to NY DHCR). The New York Multiple Residence Law (MRL) supplies habitability standards for buildings outside NYC; an eviction predicated on the tenant's MRL complaint can be defended as retaliatory.