N.Y. Multiple Dwelling Law § 282-a

§ 282-a. Limitation on applications for coverage of interim multiple\ndwellings and residential units. 1. All applications for registration as\nan interim multiple dwelling or for coverage of residential units under\nthis article shall be filed with the loft board within six months after\nthe date the loft board shall have adopted all rules or regulations\nnecessary in order to implement the provisions of chapter one hundred\nforty-seven of the laws of two thousand ten. The loft board may\nsubsequently amend such rules and regulations but such amendments shall\nnot recommence the time period in which applications may be filed.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this article, after such date no\nfurther applications for registration or coverage as an interim multiple\ndwelling or for coverage under this article shall be accepted for owners\nor occupants of buildings that would otherwise qualify as interim\nmultiple dwellings or for coverage pursuant to this article.\n 2. Where any occupant has filed an application for coverage pursuant\nto this article and has received a docket number from the loft board, it\nshall be unlawful for an owner to cause or intend to cause such occupant\nto vacate, surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy,\ndue to repeated interruptions or discontinuances of essential services,\nor an interruption or discontinuance of an essential service for an\nextended duration or of such significance as to substantially impair\nhabitability of such unit, at any time before the loft board has made a\nfinal determination, including appeals, to approve or deny such\napplication. This subdivision shall not grant any rights of continued\noccupancy other than those otherwise granted by law. Any agreement that\nwaives or limits the benefits of this subdivision shall be deemed void\nas against public policy. In addition to any other remedies provided in\nthis article for failure to be in compliance, in article eight of this\nchapter, or in the regulations promulgated by the loft board, an\noccupant who has filed an application with the loft board for coverage\nunder this article may, no later than thirty-six months after the loft\nboard shall have adopted rules and regulations as set forth in\nsubdivision one of this section, commence an action or proceeding in a\ncourt of competent jurisdiction, which notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law shall include the housing part of the New York city\ncivil court, to enforce the provisions of this subdivision.\n