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
POLICY STATEMENT 89-9
SPONSOR REPRESENTATIONS, IN COOPERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM OFFERINGS,
TO BEAR COST OF MCIs: EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT TO MCI INCREASES
The Rent Stabilization Code Section 2522.4(a)(9) states that DHCR
shall not grant a Major Capital Improvement (MCI) application, to
the extent that, after a plan for the conversion of a building to
a cooperative or condominium ownership is declared effective,
such improvement is paid for out of the cash reserve fund of the
cooperative conversion or condominium association. Nothing in
this paragraph (9) shall prevent an owner from applying for, and
the DHCR from granting an increase for such improvement to the
extent that the cost thereof is otherwise paid for by an owner.
The DHCR has several MCI applications from sponsors of converted
buildings in which the offering plan states that an improvement
or improvements will be made at the sponsor's sole expense" or
cost and expense". The agency has received correspondence from
the State of New York Department of Law stating, This
representation can only be interpreted to mean that no
non-purchasing tenant would bear any responsibility" for the
improvement. The Department of Law regards the owner who makes a
statement such as this in an offering plan as ineligible to
recover the cost of the subject improvement in an MCI increase
After reviewing the applications along with the offering plans,
the Division of Housing and Community Renewal concurs with the
Department of Law's interpretation of the phrase sole cost and
expense . Any MCI application for a cooperative or condominium
converted building, where the offering plan includes this (or
similar) language without additional exclusionary language
relating to an MCI application, will be denied to the extent that
the costs for the improvements mentioned are included in the
application.
August 28, 1989
Elliot G. Sander
Deputy Commissioner
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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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