Access by the Disabled: Court rules on “Reasonable Accomodations”
In a ruling that could have a profound impact upon large and small property owners Citywide, State Supreme Court Justice Mary Anne Briganti-Hughes upheld a ruling by the City's Commission on Human Rights and held that providing access for a disabled tenant other htan throgh the front door of an apartment building does not...
New DHCR Fact Sheets
DHCR has revised Fact Sheets #1 through #40 and issued three new Fact Sheets which summarize existing law: Fact Sheet #41relaing to tax abatement; Fact Sheet #42, relating to hotels, single room occupancy dwellings and rooming houses, and Fact Sheet #43, relating to foreclosure and the rights of owners and tenants. (For more information...
Annual Apartment Registration Form
The Annual Apartment Registration Form RR-2A (2011)
One form must be filed for each stabilized housing accommodation in New York City and in the municipalities covered by the Emergency Tenant Protection Act.
Carbon Monoxide Detector Update
A recent incident in a Brooklyn apartment building highlighted the imporatnce of installing carbon monoxide alarms in residential buildings.
Tenants were alterted to a potentially lethal carbon monoxide problem early on a Sunday morning when an alarm went off in an apartment. WHen firefighters arrived in response to the alarm, they found that the monoxide...
DHCR Releases New Schedule of Rent Decreases for Tenants Paying Electricity in New York
The Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) released an updated schedule for rent decreases in apartments where the tenant becomes responsible for their electricity consumption. The new schedule set forth in Operational Bulletin 2003-1 (issued Novemmber 12, 2003) and Update Number 1 (issued September 3, 2008) and any other outstanding formula or schedule...
