New York Eviction Notice

New York notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-09-27).

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.

Delivery, form and other New York rules

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 2026-09-27

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 2026-09-27

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 2026-09-27

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 2026-09-27

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the kind of notice and the dates, and the notice ends with a Certificate of Service to record how you delivered it. Beside the finished notice you get a New York checklist of the period, form and delivery rules LeaseCraft recorded. The period in the notice is the one you choose; where LeaseCraft has verified the New York period and your deadline is too soon, the document is not prepared until you move it.

Create a New York eviction notice

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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