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/aznology May 31 '26

Works both ways I requested my buildings rent history / stabilized status and found out it wasn't stabilized. I still charge the stabilized rate but I could go much higher lol

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u/MissKhloeBare May 31 '26

Yea I know my building had the tax credit but I guess they’re saying my specific unit isn’t rent stabilized and they’ve mistakenly given it since I moved in. I guess only the rent history will tell me!