New York State
Division of Housing and Community Renewal
Office of Rent Administration
Gertz Plaza, 92-31 Union Hall St.
Jamaica, New York 11433
Public Information: (718)739-6400
Mario M. Cuomo, Governor
Donald M. Halperin, Commissioner
Joseph A. D'Agosta, Deputy Commissioner for Rent Administration
New York City Rent Stabilization Code
New York City Rent and Eviction Regulations
OPERATIONAL BULLETIN 85-1 (JULY 1985)
RENT STABILIZATION RIDER FOR APARTMENT
HOUSE TENANTS IN NEW YORK CITY
INTRODUCTION
Pursuant to Section YY51-6.0d of the New York City Rent
Stabilization Law (RSL), the State Division of Housing and
Community Renewal (DHCR), has promulgated a rent stabilization
lease rider (Rider) which describes the rights and duties of
owners and tenants as provided for under the RSL and other laws.
The Rider also informs rent stabilized tenants of the rent paid
by the previous tenant. The Rider is only informational and its
provisions do not modify or become part of the lease. The Rider
does not replace or modify the RSL, the Rent Stabilization Code,
or any order of DHCR or the New York City Rent Guidelines Board.
The Rider must be in larger type than the lease. Upon the face of
each lease, the following language must appear in bold type
"Attached to this lease are the pertinent rules and regulations
governing tenant's and landlords' rights under the Rent
Stabilization Law."
1) SERVICE OF RIDER
Owners must provide every rent stabilized tenant with a copy of
the Rider, as follows:
a) No later than October 4, 1985, a copy of the Rider must be
served on every tenant who signed a vacancy or renewal lease
which commenced before or after April 1, 1984, but prior to
October 4, 1985. Owners may serve the Rider personally or by
mail;
b) An owner must attach a copy of the Rider to every vacancy
lease signed by a new tenant which commences on or after
October 4. 1985;
c) A copy of the Rider must be attached to every renewal lease
(or short form renewal) which commences on or after October
4, 1985.
2) PENALTIES
a) A tenant who is not served with a copy of the Rider by
October 4, 1985, if applicable, or who signs a vacancy or
renewal lease (or short form renewal) thereafter, to which a
copy of the Rider is not attached, may file form RA-90 with
DHCR. This form is called "Tenant's Complaint of Owner's
Failure to Renew Lease and/or Failure to Furnish a Copy of a
Signed Lease." Tenants should use the reverse side of this
form (the additional comments section), specifying the
complaints.
b) Upon complaint by the tenant, DHCR will notify the owner to
serve the Rider by certified mail. Non-compliance by the
owner within 10 days thereafter will result in the denial of
any rent increases commencing on or after October 4, 1985,
resulting from a lease renewal, a hardship, or a Major
Capital Improvement, until the Rider is served. In addition,
an owner who fails to serve a tenant with a Rider after
being ordered to do so by DHCR may be fined $250.00.
3) "STATUS OF APARTMENT AND LAST TENANT" SECTION OF RIDER
This section of the Rider contains three boxes:
a) If the last tenant after April 1, 1980 was rent stabilized,
the owner must check this box and fill in the last tenant's
final monthly rent;
b) If the tenant receiving the Rider is the first rent
stabilized tenant in the apartment, and the apartment was
rent controlled when the last prior tenant vacated, the
owner must check this box, but does not need to fill in such
last prior tenant's rent;
c) If the last tenant living in the apartment received a
special rent reduction, such as a resident superintendent,
the owner should check the box marked "other". If the
current tenant's occupancy of the apartment commenced prior
to April 1, 1980, the owner should also check this box, but
does not have to fill in any rent information.
4) AVAILABILITY OF RIDER
Copies of the Rider are available from Blumberg's Law
Products and any legal stationery store, the Rent
Stabilization Association, and the Real Estate Board of New
York, Inc.
Copies of the Rider are not available either from DHCR's
District Rent Offices or DHCR's Office of Rent
Administration at 10 Columbus Circle, New York City.
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For more information or assistance. call the DHCR Rent Infoline
at (718) 739-6400, or visit your Borough Rent Office.
Queens Central Office
92-31 Union Hall St. 4th Fl.
Jamaica, NY 11433
(718) 739-6400
Bronx
One Fordham Plaza
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 563-5678
Brooklyn
250 Schermerhorn St.
3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 780-9246
Lower Manhattan
156 William Street
9th Floor
NY, NY 10038
(212) 240-6011, 6012
South side of 110th St. and below
Upper Manhattan
163 W. 125th St.
5th Floor
NY, NY 10027
(212) 961-8930
North side of 110th St. and above
Staten Island
350 St. Mark's Place
Room 105
Staten island, NY 10301
(718) 816-0277
Nassau County District Rent Office
50 Clinton Street, 6th Floor
Hempstead, NY 11550
(516) 481-9494
Westchester County District Rent Office
55 Church Street, 3rd Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 948-4434
Rockland County District Rent Office
94-96 North Main St.
Spring Valley, NY 10977
(914) 425-6575
Albany Regional Office
119 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 432-0596
Buffalo Regional Office
Ellicot Square Building
295 Main St., Room 438
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 856-1382
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