Income Criteria for Multiple Occupants

[Guan Hong Guo]

Seem like a silly question but I'm renting out my first rental in the Bronx. For applicants with multiple adult occupants, do you take the combined income for everyone into your income criteria? For example if rent is $2,500, you would expect total gross income of 7,500/month if my criteria is 3x income?

Additionally, do you all generally use a smaller income criteria if the rent is inclusive of utilities? I own a multi-family house that was converted from a single family, therefore, there is only one gas meter. It may be easier to include utilities in the rent.