M. The landlord is not renewing the lease because the landlord seeks in good faith to
withdraw the unit from the housing rental market. To establish this good cause in an
eviction proceeding, the landlord must establish good faith to withdraw the unit from the
rental housing market by clear and convincing evidence (good cause for eviction under
paragraph i of subdivision 1 of section 216 of the Real Property Law);
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N. The landlord is not renewing the lease because the tenant has failed to agree to
reasonable changes at lease renewal, including reasonable increases in rent, and the
landlord gave written notice of the changes to the lease to the tenant at least 30 days, but
no more than 90 days, before the current lease expired. A rent increase is presumptively
unreasonable if the increase from the prior rent is greater than the lower of:
(a) 5 percent plus the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for all
urban consumers for all items as published by the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics for the region in which the housing accommodation is located, as
published by August 1st of each year by the Division of Housing and Community
Renewal; or
(b) 10 percent
(good cause for eviction under paragraph j of subdivision 1 of section 216 of the Real
Property Law).
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