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State Summary
Got a New York HOA fine? No statutory fine cap and no statutory hearing right — but condo liens are foreclosed judicially, and a 2025 law requires 90 days notice first. Free defense guide.
Governing Law: New York Condominium Act (RPL §339-d to §339-mm) and Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Researched by Brandon Sorensen
New York regulates condominiums through the New York Condominium Act (Real Property Law §339-d through §339-mm) and homeowner associations through the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law (N-PCL) and recorded covenants. Cooperative apartments, which are prevalent in New York City, operate under the Business Corporation Law and proprietary leases. Each structure has distinct legal characteristics that affect homeowner rights and enforcement procedures.
New York does not impose statutory fine caps on condominium or HOA fines, and — unlike most states — it sets no statutory notice or hearing requirement before a fine. Fine authority, amounts, and any procedure you are owed come from the association's bylaws, house rules, and proprietary lease (for co-ops). That makes your governing documents nearly the whole of your rights in New York: where the bylaws prescribe notice or a hearing, a board that skips it has committed a procedural failure you can use — but where they are silent, no statute supplies one.
One important exception arrived in 2025: Chapter 433 of the Laws of 2025 now requires 90 days' written notice before foreclosing on unpaid charges — including fines owed to an incorporated homeowners' association. See the fine limits section for how to use it.
This guide covers everything you need to know about New York HOA and condominium law: how to fight violations, your rights as a unit owner or shareholder, board obligations, and what limits exist on fining. Use the sections below to find the information most relevant to your situation.
Max Fine
Set by bylaws/house rules
Aggregate Cap
No statutory cap
Notice Period
90 days before foreclosure (2025 law); fining notice per bylaws
Hearing
No statutory requirement — bylaws only
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New York has no single HOA act, so board duties come from the Condominium Act, the N-PCL, and your bylaws. Condo owners get books of receipts and expenditures "available for examination" under RPL §339-w; six-month N-PCL members can demand members'-meeting minutes and the membership list on five days' notice (§621(b)), plus an annual balance sheet (§621(e)). Also covers why no statute forces board meetings open, and the Solar Rights Act's §342 limit on solar bans.
Read the full New York HOA laws guide →New York caps no fine by statute — amounts come from the bylaws and house rules, including graduated schedules ($50/$100/$250) and daily fines where authorized, still bound by reasonableness and the business judgment rule. Shows what a condo lien reaches under RPL §339-z (below tax liens and a first mortgage) and how §339-aa forces judicial foreclosure. New in 2025: Chapter 433 requires 90 days' written notice, in 14-point type, before foreclosing over unpaid fines — skipping it is a defense.
Read the full New York HOA fine-limits guide →New York sets no statutory hearing right, so a fine fight runs through the business judgment rule from Levandusky (1990) — beaten by showing a procedural failure, selective enforcement, or bad faith. Covers the six-step fining process and the forums that actually fit: the AG's Real Estate Finance Bureau (offering plans and sponsor conduct only), Article 78 against an incorporated association, and small claims from $10,000 in NYC down to $3,000 in Justice Courts.
Read the full New York dispute guide →New York does not have a statutory cap on HOA or condominium fines. Fine amounts are set by the association's bylaws, house rules, or proprietary lease. New York also sets no statutory notice or hearing requirement before a fine — the board must follow the procedures in its own governing documents, and a board that skips a step its bylaws require has committed a procedural failure you can challenge. Where the bylaws are silent, no statute fills the gap.
The New York Condominium Act (Real Property Law §339-d through §339-mm) governs the creation, governance, and management of condominiums in New York. It establishes requirements for condominium declarations, bylaws, common element ownership, assessments, and board governance. Condominiums in New York are distinct from co-ops, which operate under the Business Corporation Law.
Yes — no New York statute requires a hearing before a fine. The Condominium Act prescribes no notice period, hearing, or cure period, and there is no HOA act for non-condo communities. What binds your board is its own governing documents: where the bylaws or house rules require notice or a hearing, skipping that step is a procedural failure that can defeat the deference courts otherwise give boards under Levandusky v. One Fifth Avenue Apartment Corp. (1990). Read your bylaws first — in New York they are the source of nearly all your procedural rights.
In a condominium, you own your individual unit as real property, governed by the Condominium Act (RPL §339-d). In a co-op, you own shares in a corporation that owns the building, and you have a proprietary lease for your apartment. Co-ops are governed by the Business Corporation Law. Co-op boards generally have broader authority over shareholders than condo boards have over unit owners.
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