New York Rent Laws
RSL Table of Contents
NYC Rent Stabilization Law of 1969
Sec. 26-514. MAINTENANCE OF SERVICES.
In order to collect a rent adjustment authorized pursuant to the
provisions of subdivision d of section 26-510 of this chapter an
owner must file with the state division of housing and community
renewal, on a form which the commissioner shall prescribe, a
written certification that he or she is maintaining and will
continue to maintain all services furnished on the date upon
which the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-
four becomes a law or required to be furnished by any state law
or local law, ordinance or regulation applicable to the premises.
In addition to any other remedy afforded by law any tenant may
apply to the state division of housing and community renewal for
a reduction in the rent to the level in effect prior to its most
recent adjustment and for an order requiring services to be
maintained as provided in this section, and the commissioner
shall so reduce the rent if it is found that the owner has failed
to maintain such services. The owner shall also be barred from
applying for or collecting any further rent increases. The
restoration of such services shall result in the prospective
elimination of such sanctions. The owner shall be supplied with a
copy of the application and shall be permitted to file an answer
thereto. A hearing may be held upon the request of either party,
or the commissioner may hold a hearing upon his or her own
motion. The commissioner may consolidate the proceedings for two
or more petitions applicable to the same building or group of
buildings or development. If the commissioner finds that the
owner has knowingly filed a false certification, it shall, in
addition to abating the rent, assess the owner with the
reasonable costs of the proceeding, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, and impose a penalty not in excess of two
hundred fifty dollars for each false certification.
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