Last years tax return or W2 form. Remember, it is the landlord's market right now. Know your rights and your landlord's rights as well. If you made this far, you got yourself an apartment. Rental buildings are owned by a company or an individual.
Rental buildings follow stricter guidelines of rental laws.
Rental building owners require application, credit, and deposit before the lease signing. In condominium buildings, individuals, not a single landlord, own the apartments. Single owner determines lease term and so will security deposit and moving fee. Since the corporation technically owns the building, there are likely to be many restrictions governing the usage of the apartments by the individual residents. DHCR is a board of New York City apartments, which determines rent increase of apartments.