"Each year, thousands of older New Yorkers receive this important housing benefit, which protects eligible seniors who live in rent controlled or rent stabilized apartments from most rent increases, allowing them to remain living in their familiar neighborhoods. At the same time the program safeguards building owners by fully reimbursing them for the difference between the actual rent and what SCRIE tenants are responsible for paying," Mayor Giuliani said.
"Your Guide To The Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program, the new booklet from the Department for the Aging, will help seniors and their landlords to learn everything they need to know about SCRIE," the Mayor added.
Commissioner Stupp added, "This comprehensive guide takes you through all aspects of eligibility, the application process, and the rights and responsibilities of both tenants and landlords. Although the guide is separated into sections for tenants and landlords, we recommend that all interested parties read the entire booklet. Tenants should understand their landlord's responsibilities in the SCRIE program and landlords should understand what their tenants must do as SCRIE recipients."
Your Guide To The Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program also answers frequently asked questions and features a glossary of terms, sample application forms, as well as samples of documents applicants are required to submit when applying for SCRIE.
Tenants and landlords who currently participate in the SCRIE program will automatically be mailed a copy of Your Guide To The Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program within the next few weeks. The Department for the Aging is also providing hundreds of copies of the booklet to senior centers, and to elected officials for distribution by their offices.
For further information on SCRIE, or to receive a copy of Your Guide To The Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program, call the New York City Department for the Aging's Information and Referral Helpline at 212-442-1000, or write to:
NYC Department for the Aging
Information & Referral
2 Lafayette Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10007
www.ci.nyc.ny.us