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Draft your RTP-8 renewal computation worksheet Pick lease term, enter the current rent, and get the RGB-capped renewal rent and the 150–90 day service window pre-computed against RGB Order #57.

Free preview — no sign-up, no card. Submitting opens a worksheet that maps each computed value to the RTP-8 line where it goes. Nothing about your tenant, unit, or rent is stored on the server until you explicitly purchase the $9 archived worksheet + compliance-log entry.

This is a worksheet, not the RTP-8. 9 NYCRR § 2523.5 requires that the renewal offer be served on official DHCR Form RTP-8. No other form satisfies the regulation. Get the current RTP-8 from hcr.ny.gov. This worksheet verifies the math you copy onto RTP-8 — and gives you a dated, signed record of the RGB order that was in effect when the rent was set, which is the documentation needed to defend an HSTPA overcharge claim.

Step 1 — Parties and premises

This appears on the worksheet as the serving owner.
For tenant responses; goes on the worksheet header.
List all named tenants on the lease (comma-separated).
Full street address with apartment number, as it appears on the lease.

Step 2 — Renewal computation

The rent the tenant is currently paying (HSTPA preferential-rent base if applicable).
Tenant picks on RTP-8 Section A. Whichever they pick is the rate you apply.
Default = current rent × the picked RGB rate. Must be at or below the cap.
When the new lease term starts (the day after the current lease expires).
When you intend to serve RTP-8. Worksheet flags too-early / too-late vs the 150–90 day window. Blank = today.

On submit, this form opens a new tab at /notice/ny/preview.html with your inputs as URL parameters. The worksheet renders the RGB-capped renewal rent computation, the 150–90 day service-window math, and citations to RGB Order #57 and 9 NYCRR § 2523.5. Use your browser's Print → “Save as PDF” to capture the free preview (orange “draft” banner is hidden in print). The paid $9 flow archives the worksheet to your unit's compliance log keyed to your account — that flow isn't live yet; the worksheet is.

What you'll get

The worksheet maps every line to where it goes on RTP-8.

  • RGB Order #57 cap math. Whichever lease term the tenant elects, the worksheet uses the matching RGB rate (2.75% for 1-year, 5.25% for 2-year) and computes the maximum lawful renewal rent. RGB votes Order #58 in June 2026 for leases commencing Oct 1, 2026 — this page refreshes within 7 days of that vote.
  • Per-line RTP-8 mapping. Each value — current rent, RGB rate, RGB-capped renewal rent, lease term — carries an italic note pointing to the RTP-8 section where it goes (Section A, Section B(1), Section B(2), Section B(3)).
  • 150–90 day service window. Computed from your renewal commencement date. The worksheet flags TOO EARLY, WITHIN, or TOO LATE against your planned service date so you don't void the renewal under 9 NYCRR § 2523.5(a).
  • Compliance verdict. If your proposed new rent exceeds the RGB cap, the worksheet says ABOVE in red so you can correct before serving.
  • HSTPA preferential rent + vacancy bonus block. Verbatim summary of NYC Admin. Code § 26-511(c)(14) as amended by HSTPA 2019 — the two rules most likely to trip a small landlord.
  • Versioned audit token. Every preview prints an audit token that's deterministic for the same inputs against the same rule version — useful when you want to prove next year that this is the worksheet that backed the rent you served.

Before you serve RTP-8

Three RSL gotchas the worksheet won't catch.

  1. IAI / MCI adjustments. Individual Apartment Improvements and Major Capital Improvements get added to the RGB-capped rent under separate DHCR formulas (with their own caps under HSTPA 2019). The worksheet does not include them — if you have an IAI or MCI claim for this renewal, compute it separately under DHCR’s formula and add it to the line on RTP-8.
  2. Preferential-rent base lock. If the tenant is paying a preferential rent (below the legal regulated rent), HSTPA 2019 locks that preferential rent as the base for renewal increases. Enter the preferential rent (what the tenant actually pays) as the current rent above — not the legal regulated rent. Confusing the two is the #1 source of post-2019 overcharge claims.
  3. Building scope. RSL covers buildings built before Feb 1, 1974 with 6+ units, plus post-1974 buildings receiving 421-a / J-51 / Article XI / Article XIV tax benefits during the benefit period. Buildings outside this scope are not stabilized and the RGB cap doesn't apply — this worksheet shouldn't be used for them. See /new-york for the scope details.