adt: If you're a renter in a rent-stabilized apt - not a sublet tenant in a coop shareholder's apt - the coop has no right to collect rent, maintenance or whatever they elect to call it from you, let alone raise it.

The coop can only deal with a shareholder's coop financial matters. If you don't pay your rent, only the landlord who owns the apt you live in can go after you for it, and he's the only one you should pay it to. Similarly, if a sublet tenant doesn't pay rent to the shareholder of his apt, the coop can't go after that tenant. The coop can only collect maintenance from shareholders. If a shareholder can't pay his maintenance because his sublet tenant doesn't pay his rent, that's an issue the coop has to resolve with the shareholder.

Also, if you live in a rent-stablized apt, your landlord can't raise your rent whenver, or as much, as he wants to. Per NYC law, a landlord can only raise your rent 3$ with every 1-year lease or 6% with every 2-year lease.

adt. where is the landlord/owner of your apt? Why isn't he collecting your rent? Unless we don't have all the facts here, stop paying money to the coop and talk to your apt landlord.