Rent stabilization guides for building owners

What DHCR notices mean, what the deadlines are, and what an owner has to prove. Written for owners and managers of New York City rent-stabilized buildings.

• DHCR late registration notices: what owners must do

  DHCR's late registration penalty is $500 per unregistered unit per month. What the notice means, the rent freeze, and what to decide before filing.

• The substantial rehabilitation exemption: what DHCR requires

  What DHCR requires to find a NYC building exempt from rent stabilization after a substantial rehabilitation: the 75% systems rule, proof, and the 2024 application requirement.

• DHCR final notice of treble damages: how owners respond

  A DHCR Final Notice proposing treble damages is not yet an order. What it means, the willfulness presumption, the refund option, and what to argue.

• DHCR records requests and default overcharge findings

  When an owner does not produce leases and rent records, DHCR decides the overcharge case on what it has. How default findings happen and how owners address them.

• Bought a rent-stabilized building? You inherited its rent history

  New owners of NYC rent-stabilized buildings are generally responsible for overcharges collected by prior owners. What that means and what to do after closing.

• Petition for administrative review: appealing a DHCR order

  An owner appealing a DHCR Rent Administrator's order files a Petition for Administrative Review within 35 days. What the PAR can and cannot do.

• High-rent vacancy deregulation after HSTPA: which apartments stay deregulated

  The 2019 HSTPA ended high-rent vacancy deregulation. How to tell whether a NYC apartment deregulated before June 14, 2019 was deregulated lawfully.

• Rent stabilization due diligence before you buy

  What to review before buying a rent-stabilized NYC building: registration history, deregulation claims, tax benefits, records, and contract protections.

Practice areas

• Rent stabilization attorney for New York City building owners

  New York City rent stabilization attorney representing building owners only. Registration audits, legal rent histories, deregulation review, overcharge defense, and due diligence.

• DHCR attorney for landlords and building owners

  Owner-side DHCR attorney in New York City. Tenant overcharge complaints, treble damages notices, records requests, late registration penalties, exemptions, and PARs.

• Landlord-tenant attorney for New York City property owners

  New York City landlord-tenant attorney representing owners in Housing Court. Nonpayment and holdover proceedings, rent-stabilized tenancies, leases, and HPD violations.