For NYC landlords with 10 or fewer units
NYC has 6 different agencies telling you what your building owes. Miss one filing and it's $500 per unit, per month.
The Small Landlord Compliance Kit: every deadline, notice, and disclosure you owe — in plain English, with templates and an annual calendar. Updated every year the law changes.
One hour of a landlord-tenant attorney costs more than the kit.
The rules changed three times in three years. They change again every year.
$500/unit/month
DHCR registration is due July 31
File late and it costs up to $500 per unit, per month — and your legal rent can reset to the last compliant year.
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Every lease needs a Good Cause notice
Since 2024, every lease, renewal, and 14-day rent demand needs the standardized notice attached. File an eviction without it and the court can dismiss your petition.
2026
New rules, again
Multilingual building signage, a new 8.38% rent standard, and a 0% rent freeze on stabilized units. If you blinked, you missed something.
Sure, you could ask a chatbot. It won't tell you what you forgot to ask — and it won't be there in January when the law changes again.
What's inside the kit
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Annual Compliance Calendar
Every filing and deadline, month by month — DHCR, HPD, RGB votes, DHCR standards, lease-renewal windows, inspection cycles. The thing that makes sure nothing falls through the cracks.
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Two plain-English playbooks
Rent Stabilization under HSTPA (registration, riders, preferential rent, increases, record-keeping) and Good Cause Eviction — Article 6-A with the 5-step coverage check, including the ≤10-unit small-landlord exemption most owners don't know they qualify for.
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Template pack
Renewal offer letter, Good Cause notice worksheet, rent-increase justification template, bedbug disclosure checklist, lead-paint Local Law 1 checklist, record-keeping log, 14-day rent demand checklist. Fill-in-the-blank, ready to use.
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Annual update bulletin
What changed this year — new RGB rates, new DHCR standards, new laws — emailed to you every January. Buy once, stay current. This is what the renewal is for.
Pricing
The 2026–27 Kit
$179
one-time
- Complete compliance calendar
- Both plain-English playbooks
- Full template pack
- 12 months of update bulletins
Annual updates
$79/yr
renewal
- January law-change bulletin
- Revised templates every year
- Never miss a new rule again
Included free for the first 12 months with the kit.
Educational reference, not legal advice. See FAQ.
FAQ
Is this legal advice?
No. It's an educational reference with worksheets and checklists — the organized version of what the law requires, in plain English. For legal questions about your specific situation, consult a New York landlord-tenant attorney.
I only own 3 units / I'm exempt from Good Cause — is this for me?
Yes — arguably more so. The ≤10-unit small-landlord exemption is exactly why you need the coverage worksheet (most owners don't realize they qualify), and exemption from Good Cause doesn't exempt you from DHCR/HPD registrations, lease riders, or disclosures.
Why not just ask an AI chatbot?
A chatbot answers the questions you think to ask. It won't tell you about the filing you never heard of, it mixes up state and city rules, and its training data goes stale while the law keeps changing. The kit is verified against current statutes, complete by design, and updated every January.
What if the law changes after I buy?
That's the point of the $79/yr plan. Every January you get a bulletin covering every change — new RGB rates, new DHCR standards, new legislation — plus revised templates. The kit gets smarter every year.
Who makes this?
NYC Landlord Desk — an independent NYC housing-compliance publisher. We don't sell legal services, we don't take referral fees, and we don't represent landlords or tenants. We publish the rules, clearly.
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