New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR)
Title 9 Part 2203
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9 NYCRR 2203.1 - Registration of housing accommodations
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(a)Except as otherwise specifically provided by these regulations, every landlord of housing accommodations rented or offered for rent shall file a written statement, on the form provided therefor, containing such information as the administrator may require, to be known as a registration statement, unless a registration statement was filed under the Federal Act or the State Rent Act, or unless the maximum rent for such housing accommodations is required, by section 2201.1(d) or (e) of this Title, to be fixed or established by the administrator.
(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of this section, every landlord of a building or property containing dwelling units subject to title YY of the New York City Administrative Code, and housing accommodations subject to these regulations, shall file a registration statement, no later than September 21, 1984, for each housing accommodation subject to these regulations, on a form prescribed by the administrator containing such information as the administrator may require.
(c)Every landlord, of a building or property in which all residential units are subject to these regulations on April 1, 1984, but thereafter one or more of said residential units becomes subject to title YY of the New York City Administrative Code, shall file a registration statement for each residential unit which remains subject to these regulations by September 21, 1984, or within 90 days from the date the first residential unit becomes subject to title YY of the New York City Administrative Code, whichever is later, on a form prescribed by the administrator containing such information as the administrator may require.
(d)The registration required in subdivisions (b) and (c) of this section shall not establish the legal maximum rent unless an order setting forth the legal maximum rent is issued by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal.
9 NYCRR 2203.2 - Report on decontrol of certain housing accommodations
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(a)The landlord of a housing accommodation specified in section 2200.2(f)(11), (12) and (17) of this Title shall file a report of such decontrol, upon forms prescribed by the administrator, within 30 days following the date of vacancy on or after June 30, 1971, or the date of first rental of such accommodations after decontrol (whichever date shall be prescribed in such form), or June 1, 1962, whichever date is later, unless a decontrol report was heretofore filed as required by the State Rent Commission.
(b)The landlord of a housing accommodation specified in section 2200.2(f)(13) of this Title shall file a report of such decontrol, upon forms prescribed by the administrator, within 30 days following the date of first rental of such accommodation after decontrol, or June 1, 1962, whichever date is later, unless a decontrol report was heretofore filed as required by the State Rent Commission; and shall file such additional reports, upon forms prescribed by the administrator, as may be required, showing changes in the rental of, and the essential services, furniture, furnishings and equipment provided for, such accommodation.
(c)The landlord of a housing accommodation specified in section 2202.2(f)(14) of this Title shall:
(1)file a report of the eligibility of a housing accommodation for decontrol under such section no later than April 30, 1964;
(2)file a report of decontrol within 30 days after decontrol; and
(3)file an additional report prior to December 30, 1965, or within 30 days after the anniversary date of decontrol, whichever shall be the later, showing changes in the rental of, and the essential services, furniture, furnishings and equipment provided for, such accommodation, and any change or rearrangement of living space. Such reports are to be filed upon forms prescribed by the administrator.
(d)The landlord of a housing accommodation specified in section 2200.2(f)(15) of this Title shall:
(1)file a report of the eligibility of a housing accommodation for decontrol under such section no later than April 1, 1968; and
(2)file an additional report, within 30 days after the anniversary date of decontrol, showing changes in the rental of, and the essential services, furniture, furnishings and equipment provided for, such accommodation, and any change or rearrangement of living space. Such reports are to be filed upon forms prescribed by the administrator.
(e)The landlord of a housing accommodation specified in section 2200.2(f)(16) of this Title shall file a report of such decontrol, upon forms prescribed by the administrator, within 30 days following the date of first rental of such accommodations.
9 NYCRR 2203.3 - First rent
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For housing accommodations first rented after April 15, 1962, unless a registration statement was filed with the State Rent Commission on or before April 30, 1962, a registration statement, upon forms prescribed by the administrator, shall be filed by May 15, 1962, or within 15 days after first renting, whichever is later.
9 NYCRR 2203.4 - Change of ownership
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- Nov 8, 2023
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- Nov 8, 2023
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9 NYCRR 2203.5 - Service of papers
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Any notice, order or other process or paper directed to the person named in the registration statement as the landlord at the address given therein or, where a notice of change in identity has been filed, to the person named as landlord and at the address given in the most recent such notice, shall constitute notice to the person who is then the landlord.
9 NYCRR 2203.6 - Notices to attorneys at law
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(a)Whenever a person is involved in a proceeding before the administrator, and an attorney at law has filed a notice of appearance for such person in such proceeding, all subsequent written communications or notices to such person (other than subpoenas) shall be sent to such attorney at law at the address designated in such notice of appearance. The notice of appearance to be filed by an attorney at law who represents a party in a proceeding before the administrator shall be on a form prescribed by the administrator, unless proceedings are instituted before the administrator by formal application pursuant to these regulations and the representation of such attorney at law and his mailing address are stated in such application in the space allotted for the mailing address of the represented party. The service of written communications and notices upon such attorney at law shall be deemed full and proper service upon the party or parties so represented.
(b)Whenever an attorney at law shall represent the same party or parties in more than one proceeding before the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, separate notices of appearance shall be filed in each proceeding. For the purposes of this section, a protest against an order of the district rent administrator shall be deemed a separate proceeding.
(c)This section shall not apply to preliminary investigations conducted by the administrator.
9 NYCRR 2203.7 - Failure to file
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Where the landlord has failed to file a proper and timely registration statement as required by this Part, the administrator may establish the maximum rent pursuant to section 2202.22 of this Title, and if such maximum rent has been established, no rent increase may be obtained under any provision of these regulations until compliance with this Part.
9 NYCRR 2203.8 - Records and recordkeeping
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- Aug 31, 2022
(a)Every landlord of a rooming house or hotel subject to these regulations, rented or offered for rent, shall keep, preserve, and make available for examination by the administrator, records showing the rents received for each housing accommodation, the particular term and number of occupants for which such rents were charged, and the name and address of each occupant.
(b)Every landlord shall keep, preserve, and make available for examination by the administrator, records of the same kind as he has customarily kept relating to the rents received for housing accommodations.
9 NYCRR 2203.9 - Other reports required to be filed
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(a)Compensable adjustment of maximum rent.
(1)The landlord of a building wherein the maximum rents for housing accommodations therein are subject to adjustment, as provided in sections 2201.3 and 2202.11 of this Title, shall file a report of such adjustment upon forms prescribed by the administrator.
(2)Prior to filing such report, the landlord shall give the tenants at least five days' written notice of such rent increase, upon forms prescribed by the administrator, as a condition to the collection of such rent adjustment effective on the date of commencement of the next rent payment period following the date of service of such notice.
(3)No report may be accepted by the administrator unless the landlord shall certify compliance with the notice requirement of paragraph (2) of this subdivision.
(b)Change in tenancy with statutory rent increase.
(1)Where a housing accommodation becomes vacant on or after August 1, 1970 and before January 1, 1972, by voluntary surrender of possession by the tenant, and the maximum rent is increased as provided in section 2201.3(e) of this Title, the landlord shall file a report of such rent increase upon forms prescribed by the administrator.
(c)Filing of reports in general.
The landlord shall file any report prescribed by sections 2201.3 and 2202.11 of this Title no later than August 31, 1971, whether or not the filing of such report would result in any increase in the maximum rent for the housing accommodations involved. No maximum rent established pursuant to section Y51-5.0a(3) of the Rent Law shall take effect, with respect to any housing accommodation for which such report, or such alternative report as the administrator may prescribe, is not filed by such date, until March 31, 1972 or 90 days after the date of filing, whichever is later.
(d)Miscellaneous provisions for signing and filing forms prescribed by section 2201.3.
(1)All forms filed pursuant to the provisions of section 2201.3 of this Title must be filed simultaneously.
(2)Notwithstanding any instructions contained on such forms to the contrary, the landlord may, in lieu of signing copies of city report form R-23 and the original and copies of city application form A-23, affix his facsimile signature to all copies of city report form R-23 and the original and all copies of city application form A-23, provided that he shall attach an affirmation to the original city report form R-23, which shall contain a duplicate of such facsimile signature used by him, together with the statement that he affixed such facsimile signature to such forms with the same force and effect as if he had personally signed each of said forms. The affirmation shall also identify the housing accommodations and the property involved, and state the date when such facsimile signature was affixed to such forms.
9 NYCRR 2203.10 - Certification concerning alteration or demolition of buildings
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The landlord shall submit a certified statement to the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, upon forms prescribed by the administrator, before filing plans and applying for a building permit to alter or demolish all or part of a building containing housing accommodations subject to these regulations. Such certified statement shall be submitted at the earliest of the following dates:
(a)not less than 30 days before commencement of any work for which the filing of plans and obtaining of permits is required;
(b)at least 30 days and not more than 120 days prior to filing any such plans or applying for such permit; or
(c)within 30 days after the first communication, written or oral, to any tenant or occupant of such building, of the landlord's intention to alter or demolish.