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Staten Island Tenants:
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Staten Island has a significant rental market — and tenants who often do not know their rights. From St. George to New Dorp to Stapleton, if your landlord is overcharging you, refusing repairs, or trying to push you out illegally, we fight back. We come to you anywhere on the Island.

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Staten Island Housing Rights

Staten Island Tenants Have
More Rights Than Most Know.

Staten Island may have a different character from the other boroughs but the same NYC tenant protection laws apply here in full. Here is what your landlord is and is not allowed to do.

Rent Stabilization on Staten Island

Rent stabilization applies to Staten Island buildings with 6 or more units built before 1974. While the concentration of stabilized units is lower than in other boroughs, they exist throughout the North Shore and other older neighborhoods. Check HCR.ny.gov to see if your unit is registered.

Rent Overcharge Claims

If your Staten Island apartment is rent stabilized and your landlord has charged more than the legal regulated rent, you have an overcharge claim. For willful violations, courts award treble damages — three times the overcharged amount. The New York's tenant-protection law 2019 made these claims significantly easier to pursue.

Repairs and Habitability

Staten Island landlords are required to maintain apartments in habitable condition — functioning heat, plumbing, electrical, and freedom from vermin and mold. An HP Action in Richmond County Housing Court can compel emergency repairs within days. We come to you anywhere on the Island to handle these cases.

Heat Season Rights

From October 1 through May 31, your Staten Island landlord must maintain 68°F during the day and 62°F at night. Cold Staten Island winters make heat violations particularly serious. Call 311 to document every violation — those records are critical evidence in enforcement proceedings.

Landlord Harassment

Even outside the rent stabilization context, landlords cannot harass tenants. Cutting off services, making unauthorized entries, sending threatening letters, and interfering with quiet enjoyment are all actionable under NYC law. Courts have awarded substantial civil penalties for harassment violations.

Richmond County Housing Court

Staten Island housing matters are handled in Richmond County Housing Court at 67 Targee Street in Stapleton. HP Actions, eviction proceedings, and housing conditions cases are heard there. We appear in Richmond County Housing Court and know the local procedures for getting results quickly.

What We Handle

Every Staten Island Tenant
Rights Issue We Handle

Staten Island has a different housing landscape than the other boroughs — more single-family homes, a higher homeownership rate, and a lower concentration of large multi-unit stabilized buildings. But tenants who do rent on Staten Island have the same rights under NYC and state law as tenants anywhere else in the city.

The North Shore of Staten Island — St. George, Stapleton, Tompkinsville, and New Brighton — has the highest concentration of multi-unit rental buildings on the Island and the most active market for housing rights issues. As the North Shore undergoes redevelopment, tenant displacement pressure is increasing in these neighborhoods.

We Come to You Anywhere on Staten Island

If you cannot make it to our office at 579 5th Avenue in Manhattan, we come to you. For injured clients, elderly tenants, or anyone who needs us to meet them at home — we make house calls anywhere on Staten Island. Your housing rights consultation does not require a trip to Midtown Manhattan.

Habitability cases are among the most common housing rights issues on Staten Island. Older rental housing stock throughout the Island creates exposure to lead paint, mold, pest infestations, and plumbing failures. When landlords fail to address these conditions, HP Actions in Richmond County Housing Court can compel repairs within days.

Rent Overcharge

Stabilized units, treble damages

Harassment

Services, repairs, unauthorized entry

Repairs / HP Actions

Richmond County Housing Court

Eviction Defense

Wrongful holdover proceedings

DHCR Complaints

Formal rent overcharge proceedings

Lease Issues

Renewal refusals, illegal clauses

The Process

From Your Call to Your Resolution

1

Free Review

We check your Staten Island building status and identify all potential violations — at no cost. We come to you if needed.

2

Filing

DHCR complaint or HP Action in Richmond County Housing Court at 67 Targee Street — whichever is the right strategy.

3

Enforcement

We document the violation pattern and use court tools to stop illegal landlord conduct quickly.

4

Resolution

Rent refunds, repair orders, civil penalties against your landlord, and attorney fees in successful cases.

FAQ

Staten Island Tenant Questions

Is my Staten Island apartment rent stabilized?

Check HCR.ny.gov using your building address. Stabilized units are most common in older multi-unit buildings on the North Shore and other pre-1974 buildings with 6 or more units. If your building shows as stabilized and you are paying more than the registered legal rent, call us for a free evaluation.

My Staten Island landlord has not fixed a major leak for months. What are my options?

File an HP Action in Richmond County Housing Court at 67 Targee Street in Stapleton. An HP Action is an emergency proceeding that can compel your landlord to make repairs by court order within days. We handle HP Actions for Staten Island tenants and will appear in Richmond County Housing Court on your behalf.

I received an eviction notice. What do I do?

Do not ignore it. If your landlord files a holdover or nonpayment proceeding in Richmond County Housing Court, you have the right to respond and contest it. Many eviction proceedings are based on procedural defects or landlord violations that provide valid defenses. Call us before the return date on the notice.

My landlord is doing construction next door and it is making my apartment uninhabitable. Do I have any recourse?

Yes. If the construction is making your apartment uninhabitable — dust, noise, structural damage, loss of services — your landlord may be liable for constructive eviction and harassment. You may be entitled to a rent abatement for the period your apartment was uninhabitable. Document every problem with photos and dates and call us.

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