For the purpose of establishing the initial legal registered rent and required services under the Rent Laws, the date immediately preceding the date of the buy-out or other termination of such regulation shall be referred to as the base date for rents and services. This requirement applies to Housing Companies which are regulated by Federal, State or municipal agencies, and is in addition to any ubmission of pre-registration information which such agency may require of owners.
Detailed instructions are available with the forms.
The information to be registered concerns rents, leases, services and number of rooms in each apartment. Income related surcharges which may have been paid by the most recent tenant will not be included in the initial legal registered rent. This Order will also set forth the conditions under which the owner may collect the higher and lower regulated rents as determined by the prior regulating agency. For such appliances brought into an apartment subsequent to the base date, the owner may be permitted an additional charge which, in New York City, will not become part of the base rent. In New York City, the rate allowable as an additional electrical charge for air conditioners is promulgated in the Annual Update of Section B of Supplement No. 1 to Operational Bulletin 84-4.