Establishes the legal regulated rent for the combination of two or more vacant apartments; defines permanently vacated; relates to exemptions from rent stabilization on the basis of substantial rehabilitation; relates to public hearings by the city rent agency (Part A); relates to clearly defining the scope of the fraud exception to the pre-HSTPA four-year rule for calculating rents (Part B); relates to the failure of owners to file rent registration statements and the enforcement powers of the commissioner of housing and community renewal (Part C).

Statutes affected:
A6216: 14 public housing law, 14(4) public housing law, 302-a multiple dwelling law, 302-a(3) multiple dwelling law
A6216A: 14 public housing law, 14(4) public housing law, 302-a multiple dwelling law, 302-a(3) multiple dwelling law
A6216B: 14 public housing law, 14(4) public housing law, 14(1) public housing law