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.
White Plains, NY
White Plains did NOT opt into Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA). Rent stabilization/control does not generally apply in White Plains, unlike Yonkers, Ne...
White Plains, NY
NY's 2019 HSTPA and 2024 Good Cause Eviction Law apply. White Plains has NOT opted into local Good Cause coverage; statewide Good Cause applies only to NYC u...
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