§ 302-a. Abatement of rent in the case of serious violations.\n 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to all cities with a\npopulation of four hundred thousand or more.\n 2. a. A "rent impairing" violation within the meaning of this section\nshall designate a condition in a multiple dwelling which, in the opinion\nof the department, constitutes, or if not promptly corrected, will\nconstitute, a fire hazard or a serious threat to the life, health or\nsafety of occupants thereof.\n b. The determination as to which violations are "rent impairing" shall\nbe made in the following manner. Within six months after the enactment\nof this section, the department shall promulgate a list of conditions\nconstituting violations of the provisions of this chapter and of any\nregulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of subdivision four\nof section three of this chapter. Such list shall contain a brief\ndescription of the condition constituting the violation, the section of\nthis chapter or regulation violated, and the order number assigned\nthereto. The department may from time to time change the number or\ndescription of violations on such list, as may seem appropriate to the\ndepartment. Such list shall be available at all times to the public.\n c. At the time of the promulgation of the list of violations, the\ndepartment shall also designate, by reference to the order number, those\nviolations which it proposes to classify as rent impairing as above\ndefined. Within thirty days thereafter, the department shall hold a\npublic hearing at which all persons interested may be heard as to the\npropriety of the classification of such violations as rent impairing. At\nleast twenty days' notice of such hearing shall be given by publication\nin the city record or other publication in which official notices of the\ncity are regularly published. Within a reasonable time after the\nhearing, the department shall make and publish a list of those\nviolations which are classified as rent impairing. Any person interested\nmay, within four months thereafter, seek a review by the supreme court\nof the propriety of the classification of any of such violations as\n"Rent Impairing" by a special proceeding pursuant to article\nseventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules. No other body or\nofficer shall have the power to review said classification.\n d. The department may at any time change the number or description of\nrent impairing violations but no such change shall be made except in the\nmanner above set forth after notice and public hearing.\n 3. a. If (i) the official records of the department shall note that a\nrent impairing violation exists in respect to a multiple dwelling and\nthat notice of such violation has been given by the department, by mail,\nto the owner last registered with the department and (ii) such note of\nthe violation is not cancelled or removed of record within six months\nafter the date of such notice of such violation, then for the period\nthat such violation remains uncorrected after the expiration of said six\nmonths, no rent shall be recovered by any owner for any premises in such\nmultiple dwelling used by a resident thereof for human habitation in\nwhich the condition constituting such rent impairing violation exists,\nprovided, however, that if the violation is one that requires approval\nof plans by the department for the corrective work and if plans for such\ncorrective work shall have been duly filed within three months from the\ndate of notice of such violation by the department to the owner last\nregistered with the department, the six-months period aforementioned\nshall not begin to run until the date that plans for the corrective work\nare approved by the department; if plans are not filed within said\nthree-months period or if so filed, they are disapproved and amendments\nare not duly filed within thirty days after the date of notification of\nthe disapproval by the department to the person
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