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In December 2023, Governor Hochul signed legislation (S2980C/A6216B) that seeks to strengthen rent-stabilized tenant protections. The legislation broadens the definition of fraud in rent overcharge cases, requires owners going forward to get approval from the DHCR before deregulating a unit due to a substantial rehabilitation, increases penalties for failing to register a unit, and codifies methods ...
The city’s landmark climate law went into effect Jan. 1.
DOB recently adopted a second major rules package for the implementation of Local Law 97 of 2019, the city's carbon emissions law that places limits on greenhouse gases coming from the city’s largest buildings. DOB’s second set of Local Law 97 rules became effective on Jan. 20.
Here are the highlights that owners of rent-regulated apartments need to be aware of.
On Oct. 23, the DHCR announced that it filed the necessary “Notices of Adoption” required by law to enact rent regulatory amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code, the Tenant Protection Regulations, and the New York State and City Rent Control Regulations. Originally proposed last August, the amendments now have been published in the NY State Register ...
But a recent law eliminates the $5 surcharge for tenant-installed A/C units.
The Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) recently announced an increase in this year’s air-conditioner rent surcharge for owners who pay for electricity. In rent-controlled or rent-stabilized buildings where the rent includes the use of electricity, an owner may charge a surcharge for the use of electricity for each air conditioner that has be...
The city wants to limit how long these eyesores stay up.
Sidewalk sheds are temporary structures built to protect people or property from falling debris during construction work. Currently, according to the DOB, there are approximately 9,000 active, permitted construction sheds spanning more than 2 million linear feet, or nearly 400 miles, about 3 percent of the city’s sidewalk space.
Is your building likely to be one of the 300 buildings inspected annually?
Part of the legislation that was passed in response to the January 2022 Twin Parks high-rise fire in the Bronx required the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to propose rules relating to inspections of self-closing doors in multiple dwelling buildings.
On June 21, the NYC Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted to raise rents on rent-stabilized apartments. In a 5 to 4 vote, the RGB adopted guidelines for Rent Guideline Board Order (RGBO) #55, which sets the rent increases you may take for rent-stabilized tenants in New York City on leases beginning anytime on or after Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024. According to RGBO #55, you may take a 3 percent increase on a one-year lease. And two-year leases get a 2.75 percent inc...
From time to time, you may need to ask the DHCR for certain information or documents. For example, you may be defending against a reduced services complaint and want to see the DHCR inspection report, or you may want a printout of all cases currently pending at the DHCR for a building you’ve just bought. Or you may want to obtain copies of all prior MCI orders that relate to your building to check the age of equipment being replaced. If so, you can get this inform...
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