Title 9 Part 2509

An annual registration statement shall be filed containing the current rent for each housing accommodation and such other information specified in section 2509.1 of this Part as shall be required by the division, pursuant to the ETPA, TPR and section 2507.11 of this Title. 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 housing accommodation. An owner seeking to file an amended registration statement for other than the present registration year must file an application pursuant to section 2502.6(a) and Part 2507 of this Title as applicable to establish the propriety of such amendment unless the amendment has already been directed by the division or is directed by another governmental agency that supervises such housing accommodation.

Penalty for failure to register

requirements of this Part shall, until such time as such registration is completed, bar an owner from

applying for or collecting any rent in excess of the base date rent, plus any increases allowable

prior to the failure to register. Such a bar includes but is not limited to rent adjustments pursuant to

section 2502.7 of this Title. The filing of a late registration shall result in the prospective

elimination of such sanctions, and for proceedings commenced on or after July 1, 1991, provided

that increases in the legal regulated rent were lawful except for the failure to file a timely

registration, an owner, upon the service and filing of a late registration, shall not be found to have

collected rent in excess of the legal regulated rent at any time prior to the filing of the late

registration.

Registration pursuant to this Part 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 authorized representative.