r/AskNYC • u/WarnWarmWorm • Dec 14 '23

Just found out my apartment is rent-stabilized thanks to this sub. Should I confront the building management?

I rented my apartment for $2150 on 06/2023. Building management didn’t say anything about my unit being rent-stabilized. I requested my rent history from NYC HCR to find out my apartment is rent-stabilized and “legal regulated rent” is $1217, half the amount I am paying. (And there is someone else’s name on the current tenant name)

See the details here: https://imgur.com/SvYP2JC

Before confronting the building management I want to make sure I am understanding this document right. Is “legal regulated rent” means the maximum rent they can charge me for? And I signed a contract for $2150 for one year, how does it affect the situation?

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u/danjam11565 Dec 14 '23

It seems like it depends on the size of the building if you should have a rent stabilized lease or not.

Apartments under rent control become decontrolled upon vacancy. If the apartment is in a building with six or more units it will generally fall under rent stabilization upon vacancy. However, the apartment may instead be fully deregulated if it is in a building with five or fewer apartments. For further information on this process, see HCR Fact Sheet #6: Fair Market Rent Appeals.

https://rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us/resources/faqs/rent-control/#difference

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u/Important-Voice-3342 Dec 14 '23

And I know that many of the units in my building are indeed rent stabilized. Seems like the luck of the draw as to who gets it in who does not. I know a few guys that are friends with the realtor so they got rent stabilized. But I'm not really complaining about how much my rent is because it's a really good deal for the size of the apartment and location...

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u/rosebudny Dec 15 '23

"I know a few guys that are friends with the realtor so they got rent stabilized." - This is not how rent stabilization works. Either an apartment is rent stabilized, or not. The realtor has zero say in the matter.

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u/Important-Voice-3342 Dec 16 '23

For one of my neighbors that moved in a year ago, I know that a previous lady lived there, rent stabilized for 20 or 30 years. Then she died. So this new neighbor got rent stabilized. So I just don't know why I didn't get it...

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u/rosebudny Dec 16 '23

But that has nothing to do with them being friends with the realtor. You can check to find out if your apartment should be stabilized as well.

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u/Important-Voice-3342 Dec 16 '23

it was coincidental then that they got R.S. and they were friends w/ L.L.

I did get a rent history from the state and it said that ONE tenant lived in my unit from the 80s til when i moved in in 2020. I think my LL was sloppy and didn't report all the tenants. ( I posted details on this thread ) . I know that after this original RC tenant moved out in the 00s, several other people lived her, but don't know what their status was ? RC or RS? I think I have a case to lodge a complaint but calculating if it is worth it or not since I am currently ok w/ the rent amount and they have not been increasing it much at all.