§ 13-03 Application and Prerequisites.
RCNY § 13-03
(a)An application for a stay shall be made during regular business hours to the Department's Agreements and Compliance Unit, 150 William Street, 6th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10038.
(b)A new owner must submit, in support of an application for a stay of legal action, documentary proof that: (1) the applicant is a new owner as defined in 28 RCNY § 13-02 "New owner"; and (2) a registration statement has been filed with the Department's Office of Code Enforcement by the new owner, or proof that registration is not required for or allowed to be filed by the applicant.
(c)A new owner seeking a stay or an extension thereof may submit in support of the application any additional statements, information, documents, affidavits, records or reports as he or she may consider desirable to assist the Department in reaching its determination as to whether a stay or an extension thereof should be granted or the length of such stay or extension thereof.
(d)All written materials shall be submitted with a certification by the new owner, or if such an application is submitted by a corporation or partnership, by an office or partner thereof, that all statements contained in all forms and documents submitted in support of the application are true and correct, and an acknowledgement that the applicant is aware that, under § 27-2118(a)(3) of the Housing Maintenance Code, any false or misleading statement in an application or an accompanying document, relating to an action to be taken or determination to be made by the Department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), for each such violation or by imprisonment up to one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
