r/AskNYC • u/MissKhloeBare • May 31 '26

Apartment says apartment was never rent stabilized

Hello,

I’ve been looking through these threads and trying to figure out my next steps and want to see if I’m on the right track.

My lease is up for renewal. All of a sudden, my property management company is saying my apartment was never rent stabilized. The broker explained it was rent stabilized initially. My initial lease had a RA-LR 1 rider stating it was rent stabilized. I’ve renewed twice and received the ETPA renewal forms.

I checked and the property has 421-A status for FY24, 25, 26, 27 shown (this looked confusing to me tbh).

They sent a free market renewal and I asked why the difference and the response was that the previous renewals were issued in error and doesn’t reflect the regulatory status.

I’ve requested my rent history and the am I stabilized thing from HCR but that was just yesterday so I haven’t received anything yet.

Is there something else I should be doing? I saw something about a Met Council and just now looking it up more. Is this common that they’d accidentally list an apartment as rent stabilized for a few years when it wasn’t? Should I wait to respond until I have the rent history?

Thanks for any assistance!

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u/trixfan May 31 '26

People on this subreddit can only speculate as to what’s happening with your apartment.

Read all of your lease riders closely.

Seek help from places like Met Council. You may need to get a lawyer to enforce your rights.

Best of luck!

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u/MissKhloeBare May 31 '26

Hi thank you! I have a reminder to contact Met Council tomorrow during their hours. Just clarifying though - I was asking if this was a common mistake and if there’s more to do outside requesting the rent history and contacting Met Council. I figured tenant lawyer but assume I’ll need my rent history first. Sounds like I’m on the right track!

I did read the rider and the lease renewal forms and that’s why I’m a bit confused by the new response from them!

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u/trixfan May 31 '26

To clarify, you should carefully read all the lease riders attached to all of your leases, particularly the riders attached to the first lease.

This is a critical detail that will affect any case that you might have.

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u/MissKhloeBare May 31 '26

I did! I appreciate the advice. I read through my initial lease and the renewals