Sec. 26-515.   RECOVERY OF POSSESSION.

a.   An owner seeking to recover possession pursuant to
     subparagraph (c) of paragraph nine of subdivision c of
     section 26-511 of this chapter shall notify the tenant in
     occupancy not more than one hundred fifty and not less than
     one hundred twenty days prior to the end of the tenant's
     lease term, by mail, of such owner's intention not to renew
     such lease in order to recover the dwelling unit for its
     charitable or educational purposes. The owner may give such
     notice within one hundred twenty days of the expiration of
     the tenant's lease term, provided it may not commence a
     summary proceeding to recover the dwelling unit until the
     expiration of one hundred twenty days from the giving of
     such notice and, provided, further, that the tenant may
     remain in occupancy until the commencement of such
     proceeding at the same rent and upon the same terms and
     conditions as were provided in his or her expired lease. The
     notice of intention not to renew the tenant's lease shall be
     accompanied by a notice on a form prescribed by the division
     of housing and community renewal setting forth the penalties
     to which an owner may be subject for his or her failure to
     utilize the tenant's dwelling unit for the charitable or
     educational purpose for which recovery of the dwelling unit
     is sought.

b.   If any owner who recovers a dwelling unit pursuant to such
     subparagraph (c), or any successor in interest, utilizes
     such unit for purposes other than those permitted under such
     subparagraph, then such owner or successor shall, unless for
     good cause shown, be liable to the removed tenant for three
     times the damages sustained on account of such removal plus
     reasonable attorney's fees and costs as determined by the
     court, provided that such tenant commences such action
     within three years from the date of recovery of the unit.
     The damages sustained by such tenant shall be the difference
     between the rent paid by such tenant for the recovered
     dwelling unit, and the rental value of a comparable rent
     regulated dwelling unit on the open market. In addition to
     any other damage, the reasonable cost of removal of the
     tenant's property shall be a lawful measure of damages.

c.   Where a dwelling unit has been recovered pursuant to such
     subparagraph (c) and within four years of such recovery is
     rented to a person or entity for purposes other than those
     permitted pursuant to such subparagraph (c), unless for good
     cause shown, the rent charged by such owner or any successor
     in interest for four years following such recovery shall not
     exceed the last regulated rent payable prior to such
     recovery.

d.   If the owner is found by the commissioner, to have recovered
     possession of a dwelling unit pursuant to such subparagraph
     (c) and within four years of such recovery such owner or any
     successor in interest shall have utilized such unit for
     purposes other than those permitted pursuant to such
     subparagraph (c), unless for good cause shown, the
     commissioner shall impose upon such owner or successor in
     interest, by administrative order after hearing, a civil
     penalty for any such violation. Such penalty shall be in an
     amount of up to one thousand dollars for each offense. Such
     order shall be deemed a final determination for the purposes
     of judicial review. Such penalty may, upon the expiration of
     the period for seeking review pursuant to article seventy-
     eight of the civil practice law and rules, be docketed and
     enforced in the manner of a judgment of the supreme court.