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How to file — Lease renewal demand (stabilized)

Landlord (demand) → NYS HCR (complaint of failure to renew)

Deadline

Demand should issue within the 90- to 150-day pre-expiration window or shortly after

9 NYCRR § 2523.5 — owner must offer renewal 90–150 days before expiration. NYC Admin Code § 26-511(c)(4).

How to submit

MAIL

Send the renewal demand to your landlord (certified mail)

If the landlord missed the 90- to 150-day window, send a certified-mail demand citing 9 NYCRR § 2523.5.

ONLINE

NYS HCR — file Form RA-90 (Tenant Complaint of Failure to Renew Lease)

https://hcr.ny.gov/rent-connect

If the landlord still refuses after demand, file Form RA-90 with HCR.

MAIL

NYS HCR — paper filing

NYS Homes and Community Renewal
Office of Rent Administration
92-31 Union Hall Street, 6th Floor
Jamaica, NY 11433

What to attach

Copy of current lease
Any prior renewal leases (showing you are an in-occupancy stabilized tenant)
Rent receipts or canceled checks for the past 12 months
DHCR rent registration history (if available)

Pro tips

If the landlord fails to offer renewal, you stay in occupancy as a statutory tenant — do not move out, and keep paying the prior rent.
You may elect a 1- or 2-year renewal. Specify your election in writing.
Any new "rider" terms imposed at renewal that go beyond NYC RGB increases are unenforceable — § 2523.5(c)(2) requires renewal on the same terms and conditions.

Citations the letter relies on

9 NYCRR § 2523.5 — 9 NYCRR § 2523.5 (Rent Stabilization Code — renewal lease; 90- to 150-day window)
9 NYCRR § 2523.5(c)(2) — 9 NYCRR § 2523.5(c)(2) (Renewal lease on same terms and conditions)
9 NYCRR § 2522.8 — 9 NYCRR § 2522.8 (NYC Rent Guidelines Board — annual increase orders)
NYC Admin Code § 26-511(c)(4) — NYC Administrative Code § 26-511(c)(4) (Required offer of renewal lease)

Tenant Defender is research and self-help. Not legal advice. For complex eviction or harassment cases, contact a NY tenant attorney or Met Council on Housing (311 → tenant rights).