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Borough Rent Offices - New Procedures. Visitors must schedule an appointment in advance. NEW! (6/20)
REC-1: Request for Records Access NEW! (Revised 9/20)
Fact Sheet #1: Rent Stabilization and Rent Control NEW! (Revised 9/20)
Fact Sheet #5: Vacancy Leases in Rent Stabilized Apartments NEW! (Revised 9/20)
Fact Sheet #16: Collecting Overcharges in Rent Stabilized Apartments in New York City NEW! (Revised 9/20)
Fact Sheet #26: Guide to Rent Increases for Rent Stabilized Apartments NEW! (Revised 9/20)
35th Annual Update to Operational Bulletin 84-4, Supplement 1 NEW! (9/20)
Policy Statement #2020-1: Application of the Treble Damages Penalty NEW! (Issued 8/20)
Fact Sheet #6: Fair Market Rent Appeals NEW! (Revised 8/20)
2020 Annual Rent Registration Deadline Extended to 9/30/2020 - see AO 2020-5 NEW! (7/20)
Fact Sheet #32: Eviction (Revised 7/20)
R-33.8: Owner’s Sixty-Day Notice of Maximum Rent Adjustment (Rent Control Outside NYC) (Revised 7/20)
HCR has modified the NYC Renewal Lease Form (RTP-8) to capture the requirements of NYCRGB Order #52 NEW! (Revised 6/20)
HCR Has Launched New Individual Apartment Improvement Reporting Requirements NEW! (Revised 2/20)

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