New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle S - Division of Housing and Community Renewal › Chapter VIII - Rent Stabilization Regulations › Subchapter B - Rent Stabilization Code › Part 2520 - Scope › Section 2520.5 - Designations

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
When used in this Code, unless a different meaning
						clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall mean and
						include:
(a) RSL. Title 26 of the
					 Administrative Code of the City of New York, sections 26-501 through 26-520, as
					 recodified by chapter 907 of the Laws of New York for the year 1985,
					 constituting the New York City Rent Stabilization Law.
(b) ETPA. The Emergency Tenant Protection Act
					 of 1974.
(c) State Rent Law. The
					 New York State Emergency Housing Rent Control Law, commonly referred to as the
					 State Rent Control Law.
(d) City
					 Rent Law. Title 26 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, sections
					 26-401 through 26-415, as recodified by chapter 907 of the Laws of New York for
					 the year 1985, constituting the New York City Rent and Rehabilitation Law,
					 commonly referred to as the City Rent Control Law.
(e) PHFL. The Private Housing Finance
					 Law.
(f) MDL. The Multiple Dwelling
					 Law.
(g) City Rent and Eviction
					 Regulations. Regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Division of
					 Housing and Community Renewal pursuant to the City Rent Law, Parts 2200-2211 of
					 Title 9 NYCRR, officially known as the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and
					 Regulations of the State of New York.
(h) DHCR. State Division of Housing and
					 Community Renewal in the Executive Department.
(i) Commissioner. Commissioner of the
					 DHCR.
(j) City Rent Agency. DHCR as
					 defined in the City Rent Law.
(k)
					 HPD. New York City Department of Housing Preservation and
					 Development.
(l) Loft Board. The
					 board created in the City of New York pursuant to article 7-C of the MDL, to
					 resolve complaints of owners of interim multiple dwellings and of residential
					 occupants of such buildings qualified for the protection of MDL article 7-C,
					 and to act upon hardship applications made pursuant to such article.
(m) Rent Guidelines Board. The board created
					 in the City of New York pursuant to the RSL to establish guidelines annually
					 for rent adjustments for leases or other rental agreements.
(n) Office of Rent Administration. The office
					 of the DHCR designated by the commissioner to administer the ETPA, the RSL and
					 the City and State Rent Laws.
(o)
					 The office of the tenant protection unit (TPU). The office of the DHCR
					 designated by the commissioner to investigate and prosecute violations of the
					 ETPA, the RSL and the city and State rent laws. In furtherance of such
					 designation, the TPU may invoke all authority under the ETPA, RSL, RSC and the
					 State and city rent laws and the regulations thereunder that inures to the
					 commissioner, DHCR or the Office of Rent Administration. However, nothing
					 contained herein shall limit the mission and authority of the Office of Rent
					 Administration to administer and enforce the ETPA, the RSL, and the city and
					 State rent laws and all such regulations promulgated thereunder.
(p) District Rent Office. The local rent
					 administration office of the DHCR for a particular rent area in the City of New
					 York.
(q) Rent Administrator. The
					 person designated by the commissioner to issue orders based on complaints or
					 applications made to the DHCR.