N.Y. Multiple Dwelling Law § 325: Registry of owner, agent and lessee

§ 325. Registry of owner, agent and lessee. 1. Every owner of a

multiple dwelling, every lessee of a whole dwelling and every agent or

other person having control of such a dwelling, shall file in the

department a notice containing his name, address and a description of

the premises, by street number or otherwise, and the class and kind of

the dwelling thereon, in such manner as will enable the department to

find the same; and also the number of apartments and rooms in each

apartment on each story, and the number of families occupying the

apartments. If such owner or lessee be a corporation, other than a

banking organization as defined in section two of the banking law, a

national banking association, a federal savings and loan association,

The Mortgage Facilities Corporation, Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund,

The Savings Banks Retirement System, an authorized insurer as defined in

section one hundred seven of the insurance law, or a trust company or

other corporation organized under the laws of this state all the capital

stock of which is owned by at least twenty savings banks or a subsidiary

corporation all of the capital stock of which is owned by such trust

company or other corporation, the names and residence addresses of its

officers shall also be contained in such notice. A similar notice shall

be filed within thirty days following an election of any new officer or

a change of address of any such officer. The provisions of this section

also shall apply to successors in title, ownership or control of any

premises, whether by act of the parties or by process or operation of

law and, within thirty days after such succession, particulars of such

ownership or control shall be filed in the department. If any successor

in interest be under the age of twenty-one years his duly appointed

guardian or, if there be no guardian, his administrator shall comply

with this section in his behalf. Where after the filing of any notice

under this section, the premises shall have been declared a public

nuisance to any extent pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision one of

section three hundred nine of this chapter and such declaration shall

have been filed as therein provided, the owner, if a corporation, other

than a banking organization as defined in section two of the banking

law, a national banking association, a federal savings and loan

association, The Mortgage Facilities Corporation, Savings Banks Life

Insurance Fund, The Savings Banks Retirement System, an authorized

insurer as defined in section one hundred seven of the insurance law, or

a trust company or other corporation organized under the laws of this

state all the capital stock of which is owned by at least twenty savings

banks or a subsidiary corporation all of the capital stock of which is

owned by such trust company or other corporation, shall file a similar

notice within ten days which shall in addition contain the name and

residence and business address of each director and stockholder of the

corporation and of each person known to have any beneficial interest in

such stock.

2. In any city of over one million which, by local law, requires the

registration of owners of multiple dwellings and which prescribes

penalties, remedies, and sanctions to be imposed for the violation of

such local registration requirements, no rent shall be recovered by the

owner of a multiple dwelling who fails to comply with such registration

requirements until he complies with such requirements. If a resident of

an unregistered dwelling voluntarily pays rent or an installment of rent

when he had a right to withhold the same under this subdivision, he

shall not thereafter have any claim or cause of action to recover back

the rent or installment of rent so paid. A voluntary payment within the

meaning of this subdivision means payment other than one made pursuant

to judgment in an action or special proceeding.