New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal Office of Rent Administration Gertz Plaza, 92-31 Union Hall St. Jamaica, New York 11433 Public Information: (718)739-6400 Mario M. Cuomo, Governor Donald M. Halperin, Commissioner Joseph A. D'Agosta, Deputy Commissioner for Rent Administration New York City Rent Stabilization Code New York City Rent and Eviction Regulations < OPERATIONAL BULLETIN NO. 87-1> 1987 FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT FOR NYC RENT CONTROLLED APARTMENTS Owners who are required to file the 1987 Landlord's Report, Certification and Notice of Fuel Cost Adjustment Eligibility - Form RA-33.10 (3/87) based on the fact that they used a fuel in 1986 for which the price declined, may find that the cumulative Fuel Cost Adjustment surcharge to tenants this year may be minimal or zero. For such owners, the following special procedures have been established, effective immediately: Owners wishing to minimize the reporting requirements under the Fuel Cost Program may, under these circumstances, elect not to file the 1987 Landlord's Report, Certification and Notice of Fuel Cost Adjustment Eligibility by waiving the right to collect the cumulative surcharge for the period January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987. Under these special procedures, the owner will have to serve on each affected tenant a STATEMENT OF WAIVER (containing all the information in the approved sample attached) and must file with the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal a MASTER SCHEDULE OF WAIVER (sample also attached) indicating the apartment number and name of each tenant who has been served with a STATEMENT OF WAIVER and the cumulative Fuel Cost Adjustment surcharge that had been collectible from each tenant during 1986 (or earlier). If the owner elects to waive the collection of the surcharge, the owner must serve the tenant with the STATEMENT OF WAIVER and file the MASTER SCHEDULE OF WAIVER with the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal by July 31, 1987. An owner who elects to continue this waiver in subsequent years may do so without taking further action. The waiver will automatically remain in effect until such time as the owner, in some subsequent year, files a timely LANDLORD'S REPORT, CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT ELIGIBILITY pursuant to the rules then in effect, in order to collect the Fuel Cost Adjustment surcharge that may be collectible at that time. For any subsequent year that the owner elects to file and collect the surcharge, the collectible amount will be based upon the amount that was waived in 1987 (if greater than zero) plus or minus any adjustments that would have been made to the cumulative total in the interim if the owner had not waived collection. -------------------------------------------------------------- DHCR Operational Bulletins are issued by the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) and update agency administration of the rent laws. Electronic versions of the documents on TenantNet are for informational purposes only and there is no guarantee they will be accepted by any court (or even DHCR) as true copies of DHCR policy. The reader is advised to obtain true copies of these documents from DHCR. Also see DHCR Policy Statements, DHCR Advisory Opinions, the Rent Stabilization Code, the Rent Stabilization Law and various Rent Control Statutes. 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Jamaica, NY 11433 (718) 739-6400 Bronx One Fordham Plaza Bronx, NY 10458 (718) 563-5678 Brooklyn 250 Schermerhorn St. 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 780-9246 Lower Manhattan 156 William Street 9th Floor NY, NY 10038 (212) 240-6011, 6012 South side of 110th St. and below Upper Manhattan 163 W. 125th St. 5th Floor NY, NY 10027 (212) 961-8930 North side of 110th St. and above Staten Island 350 St. Mark's Place Room 105 Staten island, NY 10301 (718) 816-0277 Nassau County District Rent Office 50 Clinton Street, 6th Floor Hempstead, NY 11550 (516) 481-9494 Westchester County District Rent Office 55 Church Street, 3rd Floor White Plains, NY 10601 (914) 948-4434 Rockland County District Rent Office 94-96 North Main St. Spring Valley, NY 10977 (914) 425-6575 Albany Regional Office 119 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12210 (518) 432-0596 Buffalo Regional Office Ellicot Square Building 295 Main St., Room 438 Buffalo, NY 14203 (716) 856-1382 ------------------------------------------------------------