New York Lease Agreement Template
Fill in a short form and download a signature ready lease agreement that follows New York landlord tenant rules. New York's landlord tenant act requires specific disclosures and caps on deposits and fees. The controlling statute, N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 220-238; RPAPL § 711 et seq.; GOL § 7-108, is cited in the PDF header. This is a software product, not legal advice.
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If any of these sound like you.
- ·You own one to five residential units in New York and need a ready-to-sign lease without hiring an attorney for a simple tenancy.
- ·You are a first-time landlord and want a lease that already includes the state-required disclosures, deposit cap, and late fee cap.
- ·You have been reusing a generic template from a free site and are not sure if it covers the current New York rules.
- ·You want one document for one tenancy, not a monthly subscription to a full property management platform.
New York rules at a glance.
HSTPA 2019 caps security deposits at 1 month (GOL 7-108(1-a)), late fees at $50 or 5% whichever is less, and requires 30 / 60 / 90 day termination and rent-increase notice scaled to tenancy length (RPL 226-c). NYC units are additionally subject to the Good Cause Eviction Law effective 2024-08-18, which requires every lease and notice to state whether the unit is covered and, if not, why.
- Security deposit return
- 14 days
- Pay or quit period
- 14 days
- Month to month notice
- 60 days
The template mechanics.
The residential lease wizard asks for the landlord and tenants, the property address, the rent amount and due day, the security deposit, late fee details, and whether pets, smoking, or a pre 1978 unit apply. LeaseKit then assembles a fifteen section lease with the New York specific disclosures, the correct deposit and late fee caps, and a signature block. The PDF is signature ready and formatted for printing or digital signing.
Honest limits.
LeaseKit is a document service built by a small team of legal researchers and developers, tailored to each state’s landlord tenant rules. For a lease agreement in New York, we assemble the clauses that belong in the document and fill in your details.
It is not a substitute for a licensed attorney on a specific dispute. Housing law changes year to year. Template content is based on publicly available rules as of early 2026. Verify the notice periods and caps against current New York law before using the PDF for anything time sensitive.
Common questions.
Does it cover the New York-specific disclosures?+
Yes. The lease includes the federal lead paint disclosure (for pre-1978 units), New York-mandated disclosures, the correct deposit cap, the state-specific late fee rule, and a signature block formatted for New York.
Free templates exist. Why pay for this?+
Free blank templates are fine if you are comfortable researching which New York clauses are mandatory, editing legal language yourself, and formatting the result for signature. This page generates a New York-specific document with the required disclosures, caps, and notice periods already in place, as a signature-ready PDF. Pay $29 once, download, done.
Do you store my data?+
Submissions are HMAC signed and encoded in the URL, not saved to a database. No account. After you download, nothing about the submission is retained.
What if I need to make edits later?+
The PDF is a flat file once downloaded. If you want a revised version, run the wizard again with the updated inputs and download a fresh copy.
What landlords ask about NY
- What is the security deposit cap in New York?
- New York caps the security deposit at one month of rent. Reference: N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 220-238; RPAPL § 711 et seq.; GOL § 7-108.
- How long does a landlord have to return a security deposit in New York?
- New York requires the landlord to return the security deposit (or an itemized statement of deductions) within 14 days of the tenant vacating. Reference: N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 220-238; RPAPL § 711 et seq.; GOL § 7-108. Missing the deadline can forfeit the landlord's right to withhold any portion of the deposit and, in some states, expose the landlord to double or treble damages.
- How much notice is required for a rent increase in New York?
- New York requires 90 days of advance written notice for a rent increase. Reference: N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 220-238; RPAPL § 711 et seq.; GOL § 7-108.
- What is the late fee cap in New York?
- New York caps late fees at 5% of monthly rent. Reference: N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 220-238; RPAPL § 711 et seq.; GOL § 7-108. Fees above the cap are unenforceable.
- How many days is the pay-or-quit notice in New York?
- New York requires a 14-day pay-or-quit notice before an unlawful detainer or eviction filing can be initiated for non-payment of rent. Reference: N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 220-238; RPAPL § 711 et seq.; GOL § 7-108.
- How much notice terminates a month-to-month tenancy in New York?
- New York requires 60 days of notice during the first year of tenancy and 90 days thereafter. Reference: N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 220-238; RPAPL § 711 et seq.; GOL § 7-108.
- What mandatory disclosures does New York require in a lease?
- New York leases must include these disclosures: Federal lead-based paint disclosure (pre-1978 units); Window guard notice (if children under 11 reside, NYC Health Code § 131.15); Bed bug disclosure (NYC Admin. Code § 27-2018.1 for NYC units); Sprinkler system disclosure (RPL § 231-a); Stove knob covers notice (NYC Admin. Code § 27-2046.4); Security deposit receipt (GOL § 7-103); Good Cause Eviction covered / not-covered statement (Part HH of 2024 budget, statute eff. 2024-04-20; mandatory per-lease notice form eff. 2024-08-18). Missing a required disclosure can invalidate the lease's enforceability on that point and sometimes on the lease as a whole. Reference: N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 220-238; RPAPL § 711 et seq.; GOL § 7-108.
- Which New York statute governs landlord-tenant law?
- HSTPA 2019 caps security deposits at 1 month (GOL 7-108(1-a)), late fees at $50 or 5% whichever is less, and requires 30 / 60 / 90 day termination and rent-increase notice scaled to tenancy length (RPL 226-c). NYC units are additionally subject to the Good Cause Eviction Law effective 2024-08-18, which requires every lease and notice to state whether the unit is covered and, if not, why. The primary citation used across LeaseKit templates for this state is: N.Y. Real Prop. Law §§ 220-238; RPAPL § 711 et seq.; GOL § 7-108.