Good Cause Eviction is a New York State law that went into effect on April 20, 2024. It gives some tenants of unregulated (also known as “market rate”) homes in New York City new protections.

After more than a decade of advocacy by tenants, advocates, and elected off icials, New York State finally passed a Good Cause Eviction law on April 20, 2024 that protects many market-rate tenants against price gouging, evictions for no reason, and non-renewal of leases.

Jun 5, 2024 · Landlords must show "good cause" to evict you. Before this law, unregulated tenants could be evicted at the end of their lease. Many tenants do not have leases, they are month to month tenants.

6 days ago · For this good cause to apply, the obligation the tenant violated cannot be an obligation that was imposed for the purpose of circumventing the intent of Article 6-A of the Real Property Law, known as the New York State Good Cause Eviction Law.

As part of the FY2025 State Budget, Governor Hochul has secured historic anti-price gouging and eviction protections for New York renters.

Apr 22, 2024 · On April 20, 2024, New York eviction laws were updated to enact the Good Cause Eviction Law (Good Cause), which dramatically impacts the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in New York by limiting evictions, requiring lease renewals, and capping rent increases for most market rate apartments in New York City, and potentially, other ...

Just cause eviction, also known as good cause eviction, describes laws that aim to provide tenants protection from unreasonable evictions, rent hikes, and non-renewal of lease agreements. These laws allow tenants to challenge evictions in court that are not for "legitimate" reasons. [1]

Jun 21, 2024 · Good Cause eviction is sort of what it sounds like—a landlord needs a good reason to evict you, such as if you broke the law or violated your lease. It also means your landlord has to justify rent increases above a certain threshold pegged to …

Oct 14, 2024 · Market-rate tenants gained landmark protections against rent increases and evictions this year after New York State passed the Good Cause eviction law. But there’s one catch: to enforce their new rights, tenants need to head to housing court.

May 7, 2024 · State legislators finally passed a Good Cause eviction law—which means a landlord must have a good reason to evict a market-rate tenant, and is required to justify raising a tenant’s rent by more than a certain threshold.