N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 2201.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 2201.1 - Maximum rents for housing accommodations

(a) The maximum rents for housing accommodations shall be the maximum rents in effect on April 30, 1962 pursuant to the State Rent Act, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(b) For housing accommodations for which there was no maximum rent in effect on April 30, 1962, and which were rented subsequent to April 30, 1962, the maximum rent shall be the first rent charged, subject to adjustment as provided by section 2202.15 of this Title and conditioned upon the filing of a proper registration statement within 15 days from the date of such first renting, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(c) For housing accommodations in any establishment which has been deemed to be a hotel by reason of an order, finding, opinion or determination of the State Rent Commission, and which is found by the administrator not to be a hotel as defined by section 2200.3(d) of this Title, the maximum rent shall be the rent charged on the date six months immediately prior to the date of the issuance of the notice of commencement of proceedings to determine that these regulations shall apply to the housing accommodations in such establishment, or on the date of the first renting, whichever is later; subject, however, to adjustment as provided by section 2202.4 of this Title.

(d) For housing accommodations in an establishment which the administrator finds no longer to be a hotel, where such accommodations were not subject to rent control because such establishment was a hotel on March 1, 1950, the maximum rent shall be the rent charged on the date six months immediately prior to the date of issuance of notice of commencement of proceedings to determine that these regulations shall apply to the housing accommodations in such establishment, or on the date of the first renting, whichever is later; subject, however, to adjustment as provided by section 2202.4 of this Title.

(e) For housing accommodations subject to rent control as provided by section 2200.2(e)(4) of this Title, the maximum rents shall be established or fixed by order of the administrator pursuant to section 2202.22(b) of this Title.

(f) Any tenant in a rooming house or in a single-room occupancy accommodation on a daily term of occupancy, who has resided in such rooming house or single-room occupancy accommodation continuously for a period of more than 14 days, shall thereafter be deemed to be a tenant on a weekly term of occupancy.

(g) For housing accommodations in rooming houses or single-room occupancy, no maximum rent shall be established on the basis of renting in excess of the permissible occupancy thereof.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 2201.1