§ 4. General powers and duties of the commission. 1. At the time this\nact shall become effective, the commission shall establish maximum rents\nwhich shall be\n (a) for housing accommodations outside the city of New York, the\nmaximum rent which was established on March first, nineteen hundred\nfifty, pursuant to the federal act, and shall not include adjustments\ngranted by orders issued under the federal act after that date,\nregardless of whether they were made effective as of, or retroactive to,\nthat date or a date prior thereto; and\n (b) for housing accommodations within the city of New York, the\nmaximum rent which was established on March first, nineteen hundred\nfifty, pursuant to the federal act, and shall not include either, (1)\nadjustments granted by orders issued under the federal act after that\ndate, regardless of whether they were made effective as of, or\nretroactive to, that date or a date prior thereto, or (2) adjustments\ngranted by orders increasing the maximum rent, issued after March first,\nnineteen hundred forty-nine, under the federal act, regardless of\nwhether the order of increase was made effective as of, or retroactive\nto, March first, nineteen hundred forty-nine, or a date prior thereto,\nbut shall include adjustments for new or additional services or\nfacilities provided by the landlord while the housing accommodations\nwere not rented or where tenant-occupied, to which the tenant then in\npossession had agreed, either expressly or impliedly; and\n (c) for housing accommodations within the cities of New York and\nBuffalo which on March first, nineteen hundred fifty, had no maximum\nrent established pursuant to the federal act, but which were subject to\na maximum rent established pursuant to the local laws of the cities of\nNew York and Buffalo, the maximum rent which was established on March\nfirst, nineteen hundred fifty, pursuant to such local laws.\n 2. Whenever the commission determines that such action is necessary to\neffectuate the purposes of this act, it may also establish maximum rents\nfor housing accommodations, as that term is defined herein, in\nmunicipalities in which no maximum rent was in effect on March first,\nnineteen hundred fifty. Any housing accommodation for which a maximum\nrent is so established shall be deemed a housing accommodation for all\nthe purposes, and subject to all the provisions of this act.\n 2-a. For housing accommodations created by a change from a non-housing\nto a housing use or by conversion on or after February first, nineteen\nhundred forty-seven, including those decontrolled by order, and\ncertified by a municipal department having jurisdiction to be a fire\nhazard or in a continued dangerous condition or detrimental to life or\nhealth, the maximum rent shall be the rent charged on January first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-seven, or the date of first rental, whichever is\nlater. Any housing accommodations for which a maximum rent is so\nestablished shall be deemed a housing accommodation for all the\npurposes, and subject to all the provisions of this act, but only so\nlong as such illegal or hazardous condition continues and further\ncertification with respect thereto shall not be required notwithstanding\nany inconsistent provision of this act.\n 2-b. Provision shall be made pursuant to regulations prescribed by the\ncommission for the establishment, adjustment and modification of maximum\nrents in rooming houses, which shall include those housing\naccommodations subject to control pursuant to the provisions of\nparagraph (b) of subdivision two of section two of this act, having\nregard for any factors bearing on the equities involved, consistent with\nthe purposes of this act to correct speculative, abnormal and\nunwarranted increases in rent.\n 3. Whenever the foregoing standard is not susceptible of application\nto a housing accommodation to which this act applies, and for which no\nmaximum rent was established on March first, ninetee
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