Mount Vernon, NY — landlord and rental rules

ETPA generally stabilizes non-rent-controlled apartments in buildings with six or more units completed before 1974, with renewal, service and permitted-increase rules administered by HCR.

Six units is the statewide general floor. A municipality may adopt a narrower class or a higher threshold, so confirm the building's HCR registration and the local declaration before concluding that it binds.

HCR's current Fact Sheet 8 lists this municipality as participating. ETPA does not apply county-wide: neighboring municipalities inherit no rent-stabilization claim from this entry.

Vacancy decontrol

No

Unit counts

6+ units

Construction

Built before 1974

A residential nonpayment case requires a written 14-day rent demand. Rent increases of 5% or more and nonrenewals require 30, 60 or 90 days' notice according to occupancy and lease length; a late fee cannot exceed $50 or 5% of monthly rent, whichever is less.

These are statutory notice periods, not an estimate of how long a court case will take.

Rent demand

14 days

Nonrenewal / 5%+ increase

30, 60 or 90 days

Late fee

lesser of $50 or 5%

In effect since 2019-06-14.

Absentee owners register annually, and each vacant rental offered for rerental must be inspected and certified before reoccupancy.

The inspection request is due within two days after vacancy. City pages and the displayed code disagree on the fee, so no fee is projected.

New York caps a residential security deposit at one month's rent and requires return with an itemized statement within 14 days after the tenant vacates.

The cap applies statewide. Keep the deposit in trust, provide the required pre-move-out inspection opportunity, and document deductions rather than treating the deposit as the final month's rent.

In effect since 2019-07-14.