Rental Market in Slope - Am I screwed?

If your apartment isnt rent stabilized (or controlled), I dont think theres much you can do. Does anyone know otherwise? I'd like to know the answer to this as well.

My landlord has consisently raising the rent for my free-market apartment steadily over the last 3 years, but I got the apt at a low point in the market (super cheap), so I cant really complain - although its now been raised fully to market price.

I'd say it depends on how below market value your current apartment is, and in turn how likely it is that your landlord can really get that 15% increase. If he kicks you out and doesn't rent it for a month while he looks for a tenant, he's forgoing rent for that month. If we're talking $4,000 and he's able to then rent it out at $4,600 after just a month's loss, he could make that back in under 7 months. But if the numbers are smaller and the probability that he can really get that kind of increase is lower, then you have a certain amount of bargaining power as he may not want to forgo the current income without assurance of future offsetting gains. You might be able to at least negotiate a smaller increase, like 5-10%. However, if he's got tenants knocking down the door, then you're screwed.