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Is "rent stabilized" apt unit still RS or not anymore?

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Is "rent stabilized" apt unit still RS or not anymore?

Postby tinyslim » Sat May 06, 2023 10:54 am

Hello friends

I am living in a building with SOME RS units I believe. We currently do not pay for gas or hot water so I thought that was interesting and requested the rental history for the unit we live in.

From 1984 - 1990 the rental history says Apt Status is "RS" with rent that is only around 500-600 dollars. Then starting in 1991 to the present, the record says "REG NOT FOUND FOR SUBJECT PREMISES".

I read on the forum here that if there is a 421 tax abatement that would be a reason for explaining why the unit may not be registered anymore since that means the unit was taken off of Rent Stabilization. I wasn't able to find a 421 tax abatement form online (unsure if I am just not looking correctly), but on one of the columns in the rental history records, under "Reasons Differ./Change", in 1986, it says "421-A" which I assume means the 421 tax abatement and the unit is no longer RS? (After the 1986 date though, the unit still shows "Apt Status" as RS)

Is the unit I live in potentially still rent stabilized or because of the 421-A note in the "Reasons Differ./Change" it means it no longer is?

Thank you in advance for any help and advice
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Re: Is "rent stabilized" apt unit still RS or not anymore?

Postby TenantNet » Sat May 06, 2023 11:38 am

The registrations reflect only what the LL tells DHCR, so I would not rely on that.

I'd check on these pages:

https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefi ... -421a.page

https://citylimits.org/2015/06/03/find- ... ax-breaks/

https://furmancenter.org/coredata/direc ... ve-program

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/download ... -sheet.pdf

https://hcr.ny.gov/system/files/documen ... 7-2022.pdf

You can also check with the NYC Dept of FInance to see if the abatements show up on their tax bills.

You can just Google something like "nyc list of 421-a buildings"

I would also check with DHCR as I believe they administer some and HPD administers some (I'm not sure what the difference it).

I also believe certain paperwork or riders must be given to tenants for the RS coverage to expire.
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Re: Is "rent stabilized" apt unit still RS or not anymore?

Postby tinyslim » Sat May 06, 2023 12:44 pm

Thank you for all those helpful links! I didn't even know there were such lists.

Interestingly...I cannot find my building in the nyc list of 421-a buildings
hmmm very very interesting...I shall try to dig deeper
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