New York Eviction Laws

New York notice periods for ending a tenancy and starting an eviction, each as LeaseCraft read it in the statute at the official source, with its citation and read date (most recently ).

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New York notice periods

Periods are as the statute states them: some are minimums, some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means there is no statutory period; "No pre-suit notice" means none is required before filing.

SituationNotice periodSource
Unpaid rent 14 calendar days RPAPL § 711(2); RPAPL § 735; RPL § 235-e(d); RPL § 231-c
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Lease violation 10 calendar days RPL § 216(b) (Good Cause Eviction Law); RPAPL § 753(4)
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Ending the tenancy without a chance to cure Lease controls RPAPL § 711(5); RPL § 216(c), (e)
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Ending a month-to-month tenancy 30 calendar days RPL § 232-a; RPL § 232-b; RPL § 226-c(2); RPL Art. 6-A §§ 212-216
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Tenant staying after the lease ends Lease controls RPAPL § 711(1); RPL § 226-c(1)(b)
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Ending a week-to-week tenancy Lease controls RPL §§ 232-a, 232-b, 226-c
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Notice by length of occupancy Under 12 months: 30 days; 12 to under 24 months: 60 days; 24 months or more: 90 days RPL § 226-c(1)-(2); RPL § 231-c
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What the New York statute says

Unpaid rent 14 calendar days
  • Written demand of the rent with at least fourteen days' notice requiring, in the alternative, payment of the rent or possession of the premises, served as prescribed in RPAPL § 735 (RPAPL § 711(2)).
  • The fourteen-day notice must append or contain the Good Cause Eviction notice required by RPL § 231-c stating whether the premises are subject to or exempt from RPL Article 6-A (and why), the lawful basis for any non-renewal, and the justification for any rent increase above the local rent standard (RPAPL § 711(2), version effective until June 15, 2034).
  • Separate precondition: if rent is not received within five days of the lease due date, the landlord must send a written notice of non-payment by certified mail; failure is an affirmative defense to the non-payment proceeding (RPL § 235-e(d)).

Exceptions

  • Rent-regulated (rent stabilized/controlled) and federally subsidized units carry additional notice requirements not researched here.
Lease violation 10 calendar days
  • No general statewide pre-suit notice-to-cure statute for unregulated tenancies; the cure notice is governed by the lease. Where the Good Cause Eviction Law (RPL Art. 6-A) applies, the landlord must show the tenant 'has failed to cure such violation after written notice' to cease within ten days (RPL § 216(b)).
  • Post-judgment: in a holdover based on breach of lease, the court shall grant a thirty-day stay of the warrant during which the tenant may correct the breach (RPAPL § 753(4), as amended by HSTPA 2019).

Exceptions

  • Rent-stabilized units: 9 NYCRR § 2524.3 requires a 10-day notice to cure followed by a notice of termination (not verified here).
Ending the tenancy without a chance to cure Lease controls
  • Illegal use (RPAPL § 711(5): premises used for prostitution or 'any illegal trade or manufacture, or other illegal business') and nuisance/malicious damage under Good Cause (RPL § 216(c)) support a holdover without a cure opportunity, but no statutory pre-suit notice period is fixed; termination notice terms come from the lease/regulations and general holdover rules.
Ending a month-to-month tenancy 30 calendar days
  • New York City: RPL § 232-a — written notice served like a notice of petition 'at least thirty days before the expiration of the term', or the longer period required by RPL § 226-c(2) (30/60/90 days by occupancy).
  • Outside NYC: RPL § 232-b — either party terminates by notifying the other 'at least one month before the expiration of the term'; § 226-c(2) 30/60/90-day notice also applies to any landlord non-renewal statewide.
  • Where the Good Cause Eviction Law applies (NYC and opt-in localities), a landlord may not end the tenancy or refuse renewal without a § 216 good-cause ground.
Tenant staying after the lease ends Lease controls
  • A holdover proceeding lies when the tenant 'continues in possession of any portion of the premises after the expiration of his term, without the permission of the landlord' (RPAPL § 711(1)); no separate holdover notice period, but the landlord's intent not to renew must have been given under RPL § 226-c (30/60/90 days) or the tenancy continues.
Notice by length of occupancy Under 12 months: 30 days; 12 to under 24 months: 60 days; 24 months or more: 90 days
  • Applies when a landlord intends not to renew or to raise rent by five percent or more (RPL § 226-c(1)(a)); 30 days if the tenant has occupied less than one year and has no lease term of at least one year; 60 days if occupied more than one year but less than two years (or a lease term of at least one but less than two years); 90 days if occupied more than two years or a lease term of at least two years.
  • If the landlord fails to give timely notice, the tenancy continues on the existing terms from the date actual written notice is given until the notice period expires (§ 226-c(1)(b)).
  • The notice must append the RPL § 231-c Good Cause notice.

Just cause, delivery, form and local rules in New York

How the notice may be delivered

The 14-day rent demand (and NYC month-to-month termination notice under RPL § 232-a) is served as a notice of petition under RPAPL § 735: personal delivery; or delivery to a person of suitable age and discretion residing or employed at the premises plus mailing by registered/certified and first-class mail within one day; or, after reasonable application, affixing to a conspicuous part of the property or placing under the entrance door plus the same mailings.

  • Proof of service is filed within three days; service by substituted or conspicuous-place delivery is complete upon filing proof (RPAPL § 735(2)).

RPAPL § 735; RPAPL § 711(2); RPL § 232-a · read

Required form or contents

Mandatory statutory notice: RPL § 231-c prescribes a Good Cause Eviction notice form (with exemption checkboxes A-N) that must be appended to or incorporated in initial and renewal leases, § 226-c non-renewal/rent-increase notices, RPAPL § 711(2) 14-day rent demands, and RPAPL § 741 petitions — https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPP/231-C

  • Applies statewide to landlords as defined in RPL § 211(2); where the locality has not adopted good cause, the landlord checks exemption 'A. Village/Town/City outside of New York City has not adopted good cause eviction under section 213'.
  • RPL § 235-e(d) five-day certified-mail late-rent notice must also precede a non-payment case.

RPL § 231-c; RPAPL § 711(2); RPL § 226-c(1) · read

Statewide just-cause rule

Yes: a statewide law requires a stated legal reason to end some tenancies

  • Covered housing: RPL Article 6-A (Good Cause Eviction Law, enacted April 20, 2024, repealed June 15, 2034) applies to the City of New York (§ 212) and to any village, town or city that adopts it by local law (§ 213); a landlord may remove a tenant or refuse renewal only on a § 216 ground (nonpayment not caused by an unreasonable rent increase, substantial lease violation after 10-day notice to cure, nuisance/damage, illegal occupancy or use, owner's personal use as principal residence, demolition, withdrawal from market, refusal of reasonable lease changes, refusal of access).
  • Exemptions (§ 214): small landlords (no more than ten units statewide, or a lower number set by local law), owner-occupied buildings of no more than ten units, rent-regulated or income-restricted units, condos/co-ops, buildings with a certificate of occupancy on or after Jan 1, 2009 for 30 years, seasonal units, institutional/care housing, manufactured-home parks, hotels/transient, dormitories, sublets, employment housing, and units renting above 245% of fair market rent.
  • Statewide: RPL § 231-c requires every landlord (as defined in § 211) to append a Good Cause notice stating coverage or exemption to leases, renewals, § 226-c notices, 14-day rent demands and petitions.

RPL §§ 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 231-c (L.2024 c.56 Part HH) · read

City and county rules

New York City is automatically covered by the Good Cause Eviction Law (RPL § 212) and has rent stabilization; other villages, towns and cities may opt in under RPL § 213 and may lower the small-landlord threshold by local law (§ 211).

RPL §§ 211, 212, 213 · read

For New York landlords

  • Find the period for your situation in the table above and count it from the day the notice is delivered.
  • Deliver the notice the way New York law allows and keep a record of how and when.
  • A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant.

For New York tenants

  • Compare the notice you received with the period for its situation in the table above and the date it reached you.
  • A notice is not a court order. If a case is filed, the court papers say how and by when to respond.
  • Local legal aid and tenant organizations can explain your options.

How an eviction generally proceeds

A general outline, not New York law: the steps, their names and their deadlines differ by state and court. The New York rules LeaseCraft has verified are the ones above.

  1. Written notice. The landlord gives the notice the situation calls for and waits out its period.
  2. Court filing. If the tenant has not paid, cured or left, the landlord files an eviction case in court.
  3. Hearing. Both sides can be heard; the tenant may raise defenses such as an improper notice.
  4. Judgment. The court decides who has the right to the property.
  5. Removal. If the court rules for the landlord, removal follows its order. A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant.

New York eviction questions

  • 14 calendar days, under RPAPL § 711(2); RPAPL § 735; RPL § 235-e(d); RPL § 231-c. Written demand of the rent with at least fourteen days' notice requiring, in the alternative, payment of the rent or possession of the premises, served as prescribed in RPAPL § 735 (RPAPL § 711(2)). LeaseCraft read this at the official source on 2026-09-27.

  • 10 calendar days, under RPL § 216(b) (Good Cause Eviction Law); RPAPL § 753(4). No general statewide pre-suit notice-to-cure statute for unregulated tenancies; the cure notice is governed by the lease. Where the Good Cause Eviction Law (RPL Art. 6-A) applies, the landlord must show the tenant 'has failed to cure such violation after written notice' to cease within ten days (RPL § 216(b)). LeaseCraft read this at the official source on 2026-09-27.

  • 30 calendar days, under RPL § 232-a; RPL § 232-b; RPL § 226-c(2); RPL Art. 6-A §§ 212-216. New York City: RPL § 232-a — written notice served like a notice of petition 'at least thirty days before the expiration of the term', or the longer period required by RPL § 226-c(2) (30/60/90 days by occupancy). LeaseCraft read this at the official source on 2026-09-27.

  • The 14-day rent demand (and NYC month-to-month termination notice under RPL § 232-a) is served as a notice of petition under RPAPL § 735: personal delivery; or delivery to a person of suitable age and discretion residing or employed at the premises plus mailing by registered/certified and first-class mail within one day; or, after reasonable application, affixing to a conspicuous part of the property or placing under the entrance door plus the same mailings. Source: RPAPL § 735; RPAPL § 711(2); RPL § 232-a. Proof of service is filed within three days; service by substituted or conspicuous-place delivery is complete upon filing proof (RPAPL § 735(2)). LeaseCraft read this at the official source on 2026-09-27.

  • Yes: a statewide law requires a stated legal reason to end some tenancies, under RPL §§ 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 231-c (L.2024 c.56 Part HH). Covered housing: RPL Article 6-A (Good Cause Eviction Law, enacted April 20, 2024, repealed June 15, 2034) applies to the City of New York (§ 212) and to any village, town or city that adopts it by local law (§ 213); a landlord may remove a tenant or refuse renewal only on a § 216 ground (nonpayment not caused by an unreasonable rent increase, substantial lease violation after 10-day notice to cure, nuisance/damage, illegal occupancy or use, owner's personal use as principal residence, demolition, withdrawal from market, refusal of reasonable lease changes, refusal of access). LeaseCraft read this at the official source on 2026-09-27.

  • LeaseCraft's record sets no statutory period for this, so the lease controls. Source: RPL §§ 232-a, 232-b, 226-c. LeaseCraft read this at the official source on 2026-09-27.

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