New York Rent Laws
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NYC Rent Stabilization Law of 1969

Sec. 26-517.   RENT REGISTRATION.

a.   Each housing accommodation which is subject to this law
     shall be registered by the owner thereof with the state
     division of housing and community renewal prior to July
     first, nineteen hundred eighty-four upon forms prescribed by
     the commissioner. The data to be provided on such forms
     shall include the following: (1) the name and address of the
     building or group of buildings or development in which such
     housing accommodation is located and the owner and the
     tenant thereof; (2) the number of housing accommodations in
     the building or group of buildings or development in which
     such housing accommodation is located; (3) the number of
     housing accommodations in such building or group of
     buildings or development subject to this code and the number
     of such housing accommodations subject to the local
     emergency housing rent control act; (4) the rent charged on
     the registration date; (5) the number of rooms in such
     housing accommodation; and (6) all services provided on the
     date that the housing accommodation became subject to this
     chapter.

a.1. Within thirty days of changing his address, the managing
     agent or, if there is no managing agent, the owner, of a
     building or group of buildings or development, such agent or
     owner shall advise the state division of housing and
     community renewal and all tenants of his new address.

b.   Registration pursuant to this section shall not be subject
     to the freedom of information law provided that registration
     information relative to a tenant owner, lessor or subtenant
     shall be made available to such party or his or her
     authorized representative.

c.   Housing accommodations which become subject to this chapter
     after the initial registration period must be registered
     within ninety days thereafter. Registration of housing
     accommodations subject to the local emergency housing rent
     control act immediately prior to the date of initial
     registration as provided in this section shall include, in
     addition to the items listed above, where existing the
     maximum base rent immediately prior to the date that such
     housing accommodations become subject to this chapter.

d.   Copies of the registration shall be filed with the state
     division of housing and community renewal in such place or
     places as it may require. In addition one copy of that
     portion of the registration statement which pertains to the
     tenant's unit must be mailed by the owner to the tenant in
     possession at the time of initial registration or to the
     first tenant in occupancy if the apartment is vacant at the
     time of initial registration.

e.   The failure to file a proper and timely initial or annual
     rent registration statement shall, until such time as such
     registration is filed, bar an owner from applying for or
     collecting any rent in excess of the legal regulated rent in
     effect on the date of the last preceding registration
     statement or if no such statements have been filed, the
     legal regulated rent in effect on the date that the housing
     accommodation became subject to the registration
     requirements of this section. The filing of a late
     registration shall result in the prospective elimination of
     such sanctions.

f.   An annual statement shall be filed containing the current
     rent for each unit and such other information contained in
     subdivision a of this section as shall be required by the
     division. The owner shall provide each tenant then in
     occupancy with a copy of that portion of such annual
     statement as pertains to the tenant's unit.

g.   Each housing accommodation for which a timely registration
     statement was filed between April first, nineteen hundred
     eighty-four and June thirtieth nineteen hundred eighty-four,
     pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall designate
     the rent charged on April first, nineteen hundred eighty-
     four, as the rent charged on the registration date.


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Sec. 26-517.1. FEES.

a.   The Department of Finance shall collect from the owner of
     each housing accommodation registered pursuant to Section 26-
     517 of this law an annual fee in the amount of ten dollars
     per year for each unit subject to this law, in order to
     defray costs incurred by the city pursuant to subdivision c
     of section eight of the emergency tenant protection act of
     nineteen hundred seventy-four.

b.   Pursuant to the provisions of subdivision d of section eight
     of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen hundred
     seventy-four, the failure to pay the fee imposed by the
     provisions of subdivision a of this section shall preclude
     an owner from applying for or collecting any further rent
     increases authorized under this chapter or any other
     provision of law, and the late payment of such fee shall
     result in the prospective elimination only of the sanctions
     contained therein Interest shall be imposed on such late
     payment at the same rate as is imposed on a delinquent tax
     on real property.

c.   The provisions of subdivision a of this section shall be
     deemed to have been in full force and effect as of April
     first, nineteen hundred eighty-four.