Homes and Liam-ma Community Renewal ANDREW M. CUOMO JAMES S. RUBIN . GOVemor Commissioner/CEO January 6, 2016 Dear Owner: As you may know, New York courts have detennined that any apartment that was Subject to Rent Stabilization at the date of the receipt of the ~51 bene?ts must register those units as rent stabilized with DHCR. Speci?cally, buildings and units xeceiving a J-S 1 tax bene?t for a residential rehabilitation must be registered as rent regulated. This includes all units that ha?? been. treated- by the owner as exempt due to a high?rent vacancy during the 'period of receipt of J~?~l~beneft~ta See, Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Props, L.P., 13 270 (2009), and progenyhegq Robert: V. Tishmah, 89 444 (2012); Borden v. 400 East 5 Streer, 24 382 (2014). Accordingly, any buildings receiving tax bene?ts must be registered. - According to our records, the above-referenced building received a tax bene?t. Our records fm'thcrindicate that you have registered one or more apartments as being exempt from rent stabilization. The court rulings'require you to do two things: If you ?are currently receiving bene?ts and have been treating such a tenant as deregulated due to ~high rent vacancy, you must provide notice to the tenant indicating that the apartment is rent'stabilized and prior to the expiration of the current lease provide-the tenant?v'vith a. lease renewal offer accompanied by required Supportan documents. (2) YOU. are also required to register the apartments in any building receiving bene?ts with DHCR. You Ufa}! register in the upcoming 2016 annual registration cycle using our online ?ling system, Owner Rent Regulation Applications at W, and should include the new count of rent stabilized apartments in the Registration Summary Form. The legal rent to be registered cannot exceed the rent actually being paid by the tenant. con W??'rge?W M?ll-ofeeurso?werlew?thyeu-to . a- compliance With these I I related registration requirements. Yours, Woody Pascal . Deputy Commissioner, Division of Housing 8c Community Renewal