This page is a guide for owners to file initial and annual rent registrations with the Office of Rent Administration (ORA). New York State Law requires owners of buildings with rent stabilized apartments to file apartment registrations and to provide each tenant in occupancy with a copy of the registration as it pertains to the tenant’s unit.
Initial registrations are required to be filed on paper forms for the registration year the building first becomes subject to Rent Stabilization. This section contains forms and instructions for all buildings including those that have become subject to rent stabilization due to receipt of tax abatement benefits such as 421-A, and/or a NYC Regulatory Agreement.
Annual registration filings are required to reflect apartment information for April 1 of the registration year and can be submitted through the Owner Rent Regulation Application (ORRA) online system.
Owner of rent stabilized premises are required to file initial registration statements with DHCR for each unit covered by the rent laws within ninety (90) days of such premises becoming subject to rent stabilization. Owner of rent stabilized premises are also required to file annual registration statements with the DHCR for each unit covered by the rent laws by July 31st of the registration year. Registrations submitted after the aforementioned deadlines are considered delinquent. The rent laws subject the owner of rent regulated premises to a fine of five hundred dollars per unregistered unit for each month registrations are delinquent. For more information, please see Operational Bulletin 2024-1.
In addition, property owners of NYC residential buildings are required by law to register their buildings (not each apartment) annually with the New York City Department of Housing