I just discovered this site and am so thankful. I hope someone else can help me understand.
I just received my rent history. It was first registered in 1989 as rent-stabilized for $775. It has VAC/LEASE for $600 after that date and gets to $707 in 2001 and then the final rent I see is for $783.89 in 2006 and it says LEASE/RNL. I don't see any "D" which I think is supposed to mean deregulated. After that, it says "REG NOT FOUND FOR SUBJECT PREMISES" from 2007 through 2021.
So I moved in July 2019. In 2020, I never received a lease renewal. Two weeks ago (2/28/22), my super gave me two lease renewals, one backdated from 7/1/2020-6/30/2021 (with no increase) and 7/1/2021-6/30/2022 (with a $30 a month increase).
My questions are:
1) I've read that my rent history isn't really official, so how do I know if my apartment is really rent-stabilized if my landlord hasn't registered it since 2007?
2) If it is rent-stabilized, can I make him register the apartment? The fact that he tried to get me to pay from a backdated lease is making me feel like he's going to try something. I called and spoke to someone in the office who told me that they couldn't contact me since 2020 to sign that first renewal. I never left NYC during the pandemic and see my super fairly often. Obviously, they are lying but I am afraid that they will increase the rent a lot or try and de-stabilize my unit.
3) Will filing a complaint with the DHCR be a good idea to get him to register? I want to confirm whether I am in a rent-stabilized apartment before I do anything that could have negative results for me.
Thank you!