Hi, I’m Michelle Itkowitz, an instructor on the Tenant Learning Platform and Bushwick Dailys Tenant’s Rights Advisor. This is the fourth article in a series about your rights as a New York City Tenant. In this column, I am going to answer one of our reader’s specific questions. 

Question: How much is my landlord allowed to raise my rent? And over what time period?

First of all, are you Rent Stabilized? Or is your apartment free-market? Your answer to my question will make all the difference!