Other rights for senior citizens include: 5. All SCRIE recipients in any municipality
are exempt from rent reductions for DHCR
1. An owner cannot evict a tenant from a rent approved electrical conversions to individual
stabilized apartment in NYC if the tenant or metering (direct or sub-metering), as per the
the spouse of the tenant is 62 years of age Rent Code Amendments of 2014 (RCA 2014).
or older, or has been a tenant in a dwelling The cost of electricity remains included in the
unit in the building for 15 years or more, or is rent until the SCRIE recipient vacates. The
a disabled person unless the owner provides owner is however, permitted to install electric
an equivalent or superior apartment at the conversion equipment in the apartment when
same or lower rent in a nearby area. it is occupied by the SCRIE recipient.
2. An owner cannot evict a tenant from a rent 6. To obtain a Social Security benefit verification
stabilized apartment outside of NYC or a letter, you may visit:
rent controlled apartment statewide when a www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount,
member of the household lawfully occupying create an account and print a copy instantly.
the apartment is 62 years of age or older, or
has been a tenant in a dwelling unit in the
building for 15 years or more, or is a disabled
person.
3. An owner of an apartment or the shares
allocated to it cannot evict a rent stabilized or
rent controlled tenant statewide, for personal
or immediate family use and occupancy,
in buildings converted to a non-eviction
cooperative.