By adjusting rent thresholds and shrinking landlord exemptions, more than a dozen municipalities have adopted stronger versions of a state law that protects tenants from high rent increases and unreasonable evictions. Frances Nguyen, Shelterforce's housing fellow, reports.

Read the full story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/01/29/more-upstate-towns-opt-in-to-and-toughen-new-yorks-good-cause-eviction-law/

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