Legal Question in Real Estate Law in New York

Once the landlord accepts rent afyer the one-year term is up, you have a new lease by operation of law. A month to month lease. See Real Property Law Section 232-C. Landlord can kick you out, provided he gives a full (calendar) month's notice. Therefore he can raise the rent as long as he gives a full month's notice...unless the premises are rent stabilized. In that case, landlord was supposed to give you a renewal lease at no greater rent than the legally stabilized amount.

I agree with Kevin, unless the expired lease has a provision regarding a hold-over tenant (one whose lease has expired and has not signed a new one yet). Not having seen the original lease, I can only render a generic, non-specific, opinion.