(General Business Law, § 352-e [2-a])
With respect to any proposed offering involving conversion of a rented building or groups of buildings or development to cooperative or condominium status within the State of New York, the offeror shall give each and every resident a 15-day period after the date of the submission of the proposed offering plan to the Attorney General for examination of the said proposed submission. Said period of examination shall commence on the date of submission to the Attorney General or within three calendar days after mailing notice to residents pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section with enclosures required pursuant to subdivision (e) of this section.
Written notice of said proposed submission shall be mailed to each resident of the premises sought to be converted and a copy thereof posted in a prominent place in the lobby or lobbies of the building or buildings affected. Said notice shall set forth the date when the proposed submission was made to the Attorney General which shall be the same date the aforesaid notice of opportunity to review shall be mailed to the residents.
The notices mailed to residents shall be accompanied by the initial proposed offering plan and a copy of the affidavit of no excessive long-term vacancies. On the face of the proposed plan, there shall be printed in red ink, the following legend:
"A PROPOSED OFFERING PLAN RELATING TO CONVERSION TO COOPERATIVE (OR CONDOMINIUM) STATUS OF THE APARTMENTS IN THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUREAU OF SECURITIES AND PUBLIC FINANCING, BUT HAS NOT BEEN ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND HAS NOT YET BECOME EFFECTIVE. INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THESE APARTMENTS MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A COMPLETED OFFERING PLAN HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND A FINAL COPY DELIVERED TO EACH PURCHASER."
The notice to residents of opportunity to review shall be in substantially the following form:
Name
Address
Date ___________________________________________________
Re: Address of Premises Proposed Conversion to Cooperative (or Condominium) Status ________________________________________
Dear Resident:
Please take notice that the undersigned sponsor has this day submited to the Attorney General of the State of New York an initial proposed offering plan for the conversion of (premises) New York, to cooperative (or condominium) status. This is a preliminary plan which has not yet become effective.
Under the laws of the State of New York residents including tenants and subtenants have 15 days from the receipt of this plan within which to examine said proposed submission. Herewith enclosed for your convenience is a copy of the initial proposed offering plan which you may review and retain. Also included herewith is a copy of an affidavit of no excessive long-term vacancies. One copy of these documents is also available for review during the same period at the New York State Department of Law, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005.
If and when an offering plan is accepted for filing by the Attorney General pursuant to law you will be duly notified and a copy of the plan as accepted will be delivered to you. It is only thereafter that the offering will actually be made.
Comments regarding the proposed submission may be addressed to the sponsor with a copy forwarded to the New York State Department of Law, Real Estate Finance Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, or you may wish to write to the Department of Law directly.
Very truly yours,
______________________________________________________
An affidavit of such mailing and posting shall be mailed or delivered to the Attorney General and copies thereof shall be mailed to the residents within three days of service. Said affidavit shall include the name, address and apartment number of each such resident, tenant and subtenant, and a copy of said notice.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 13 § 17.6