Residential Lease
(Short Form) (Apartment) (NY)

Summary

This apartment lease template may be used to document the terms and conditions of a residential apartment lease in New York. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, an alternate and optional clause. This template assumes that the landlord is an individual, and not a corporate entity and that the landlord owns the building in which the apartment is located. It also assumes that the building has not been converted to cooperative or condominium use. This template should be tailored to suit each transaction. In New York, it is uncommon for the landlord to agree to tenant requested lease revisions. For further guidance, see Residential Lease Agreements (NY). For a more detailed template, see Residential Lease (Apartment) (NY). For a full listing of key content covering residential leasing agreements, see Residential Leasing Resource Kit. For a statutory overview of landlord-tenant law, see Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, 2019 N.Y. ALS 36, 2019 N.Y. Laws 36, 2019 N.Y. Ch. 36, 2019 N.Y. SB 6458; Tenant Safe Harbor Act, S8192B; and Good Cause Eviction Law, N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 210 et seq.