Building Management Calendar

Submit Cooling Tower Annual Certification to DOB.

November 2, 2020    

If your building uses a cooling tower as part of its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, this is your last day to certify with DOB that your cooling towers have been inspected, tested, cleaned, and disinfected in compliance with Local Law 77 of 2015.

File J-51 application with HPD.

November 2, 2020    

The last period for filing J-51 tax abatement and exemption applications with the city’s Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) starts today. Applications can be filed during this period, up to and including Dec. 15, 2020.

File petition to review tax commissioner’s final determination of 2020–21 real property taxes.

October 22, 2020    

If you reject an offer by the Tax Commission to get a reduction of your 2020–21 real property taxes, or if you don’t get an offer, this is your last day to seek a court review of the assessment by filing a lawsuit in the state’s Supreme Court.

Use Columbus Day building schedule.

October 11, 2020    

Columbus Day is a Sanitation Department workers’ holiday, which means there’s no garbage pickup or street cleaning.

Distribute fire safety plan to current occupants & building employees.

October 9, 2020    

Today is the last day during Fire Prevention Week to distribute a copy of the fire safety plan to current occupants of every apartment, and to building employees, if you won’t be distributing the plans in January with the Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene’s required window guard...

File Supplemental Storefront Registry.

September 30, 2020    

Today is the last day for Class two and four building owners who have filed storefront information as part of their 2019 RPIE filing to file a Supplemental Storefront Registration form to report any property ownership changes or storefront vacancies that occurred between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2020...

Pay union contribution.

September 30, 2020    

Service Employees International Union (Local 32BJ) contribution to the pension and welfare fund is due today. To avoid interest and penalties, pay by the end of October.

Pay New York City real property taxes.

September 30, 2020    

Today is the last day to pay the second quarterly installment of 2020–21 taxes to the city’s Dept. of Finance (DOF).

Provide heat.

September 30, 2020    

If your building has a central heating system, you must provide heat every day from Oct. 1 through May 31. Between 6 a.m and 10 p.m. you must maintain a temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit (F) in your tenants’ apartments when the outside temperature falls below 55° F. Between...

RGBO #52 goes into effect.

September 30, 2020    

Rent Guidelines Board Order #52 goes into effect today. The RGBO applies to renewal leases for rent-stabilized apartments, beginning anytime on or after Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021. You can take 0 percent on a one-year lease; 0 percent on the first year of a two-year lease; and 1...

File RPIE Rent Roll Addendum with DOF.

September 30, 2020    

Real Property Income and Expense (RPIE) filers whose properties have an actual assessed value of $750,000 or greater are required to file an addendum containing rent roll information. Although the deadline to file the RPIE was July 1, the DOF  extended the deadline to file this addendum to...

File J-51 application with HPD.

September 14, 2020    

The third filing period in 2020 for tax abatement and exemption applications with HPD ends today. If mailed, the applications must be postmarked no later than Sept. 15, 2020.