Manager told me that he is checking to see if our building is really RS. I didn't say anything. I was able to speak to someone at DHCR,who took the time to talk to me without hanging up on me like they usually do. I explained the situation and he told me to request an administrative determination from DHCR regarding the RS status of our building, so that we (tenants) would have something in writing from DHCR in case we have to go to court. He said to include in my request the year of my first lease, the rent and the owner at that time along with the current rent I pay and the name of the owner, and then to explain the situation with the building. Our situation is this: our building was part of a very large garden apartment complex. According to the Rent Regulation Code (2520) it states that because it "was" part of a multiple family garden type maisonette dwelling complex containing 6 or more housing accomodations, having common facilities such as sewer line, water main or heating plant and operated as a unit under common ownership on the date the building complex first became subject to the RSC, even though C of O's were issued for portions of the complex as one or two family dwellings, it remains covered under rent stabilization. I have copies of the mortgages to this complex going back to the early 1970's which lists all of the addresses in the complex. I was able to get these from ACRIS. Our building is part of Parcel 1 which lists the addresses for all five buildings. I would like to know if we sould ask for the Administrative Determination from DHCR. Would having this determination help us should we have to go to court? This is the 4th owner of our building. The buildings were sold off seperately in 1984/85. According to my conversation with DHCR we are rent stabilized. Wouldn't it be to our benefit to have this in writing from DHCR? (sorry about the long post)
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