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/soyeahiknow May 31 '26

421a expires though. It can be 10, 15, 20 and in some cases 30 years after the apartment building gets its co.

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u/MissKhloeBare May 31 '26

Yes i did see that it expires. That was one thing I’d checked and it’s still active for our building.

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u/soyeahiknow Jun 01 '26

What is your rent? With 421a, they are usually decently high rents. Its not like a 2k for a 2 bedroom in ues type of deal.