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.
About 25 Westchester villages, including parts of Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and New Rochelle, operate under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act. ETPA landlords seeking to recover capital costs must file a Major Capital Improvement application with NY Homes and Community Renewal, which caps pass-through increases at 2 percent of the rent annually and amortizes recovery over 12 to 15 years post-HSTPA. Individual Apartment Improvements have their own cap. Routine maintenance, painting, and operating expenses cannot be passed through. Unauthorized pass-throughs are rent overcharges subject to treble damages.
Unauthorized pass-throughs are treated as rent overcharges, triggering refund orders, treble damages, and DHCR enforcement penalties.
New Rochelle, NY
New Rochelle is covered by the NY Good Cause Eviction Law (where locally opted in) and ETPA for stabilized units. Non-ETPA tenants also have statewide Housin...
New Rochelle, NY
New Rochelle is one of three major Westchester ETPA cities (with Yonkers and Mount Vernon). Emergency Tenant Protection Act covers buildings of 6+ units buil...
See how New Rochelle's pass-through charges rules stack up against other locations.
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