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- REF Revises Temporary E-Submission and E-Payment Policies and Procedures (6/28/2021)
- REF Updates Guidance Document Entitled “Temporary Submission and Review Policies and Procedures Due to COVID-19 State of Emergency” (6/28/2021)
- REF Revises Temporary E-Submission and E-Payment Policies and Procedures (9/18/2020)
- REF Updates Guidance Document Entitled “Temporary Submission and Review Policies and Procedures Due to COVID-19 State of Emergency” (9/18/2020)
- REF Introduces Temporary E-Submission and E-Payment Policies and Procedures (5/1/2020)
- REF Issues New Guidance Document Entitled “Temporary Submission and Review Policies and Procedures Due to COVID-19 State of Emergency” (3/25/2020)
- REF Issues New Guidance Document Entitled “Disclosure Requirements Regarding Projected Real Estate Taxes After the First Year of Operations” (1/24/2020)
- REF Issues New Guidance Document Entitled “Standards for Submission of Certified Public Copies of Offering Plans and Amendments” (10/15/2019)
- REF Issues Updated Digital Submission Guidance Documents To Assist Sponsors In Complying With Certified Public Copy Requirements (10/15/2019)
- REF Issues Updated Guidance Document Entitled "Disclosure Requirements Regarding New York State's Additional Transfer Tax and New Supplemental Tax" (6/28/2019)
- REF Begins Posting Offering Plans and Amendments to REF Offering Plan Database Search Web Page (6/7/2019)
- REF Launches Updated, More User-Friendly Effective REF Policy Memoranda Page (12/21/2018)
- REF Issues New Guidance Document Entitled “Withholding Condominium Units from the Initial Offer” (12/20/2018)
- REF Issues Updated Guidance Document Entitled “Disclosure Requirements Regarding FinCEN’s Geographic Targeting Order” (12/4/2018)
- REF Issues New Guidance Document Entitled “Disclosure Requirements Regarding Smoking Policies Pursuant to Local Law 147” (08/15/2018)
- REF issues new guidance document entitled “Disclosure Requirements Regarding Changes to Amendment Exhibits” (8/6/2018)
- REF Issues Updated Cooperative Policy Statement #1 (“CPS-1”) (3/13/2018)
- REF Updates its Form RS-3, Notification to the Attorney General of the State of New York of Abandonment of Offering (2/13/2018)
- REF issues new guidance document entitled “Disclosure Requirements Regarding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” (1/9/2018)
- REF Issues New Guidance Document Entitled “Amendment Submissions and Broker-Dealer Registration Requirements Pursuant to New York General Business Law § 359-e” (12/7/2017)
- REF to Issue Digital Acceptance and Notification Letters, Effective August 16, 2017 (8/15/2017)
- REF Updates Notice of Appearance Form (8/15/2017)
Notice of appearance of a third party, subject to the Freedom of Information Law - REF issues new guidance document entitled “Clarification of Procedure for Changes to Sponsor Entities and/or Principals Thereof in Cooperative Interests in Realty with CPS-5 Exemption (5/9/2017).
- REF Issues Updated Cooperative Policy Statement #5 (“CPS-5”) (1/13/2017)
- REF Issues Reminder to All Broker-Dealers Regarding Broker-Dealer Registration Requirements Outlined in July 10, 2014 Guidance Document (1/9/2017)
- REF Adopts Revised 13 N.Y.C.R.R. Parts 18 and 23 Regulations Re: Protections for Eligible Senior and Disabled Tenants, Effective September 1, 2016 (8/31/2016)
- REF Issues A New Cooperative Policy Statement (CPS # 12) Providing Sponsors Of Certain Out-Of-State Offerings An Alternate Means Of Complying With New York’s Filing Requirements (5/5/2016)
- REF’s Revised 13 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 20 Regulations are Effective as of April 15, 2016 (4/15/16)
- REF Adopts Revised 13 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 20 Regulations Re: Condominium Offering Plan Disclosure Requirements, Effective April 15, 2016 (3/15/2016)
- REF Submits Notice of Revised Rule Making Entitled “Clarification of Protections for Senior and Disabled Tenants During Condominium or Cooperative Ownership Conversions” (2/8/2016)
- REF Publishes Guidance Documents To Assist Filers In Complying With New Digital Submission Requirements (2/5/2016)
- REF Issues a New Memorandum Offering Guidance for No-Action Letter Requests for Projects That Include an Affordable Housing Component or Involve the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (1/26/2016)
- The Department of Law Issues a New Cooperative Policy Statement (#11) to Permit Owners of Residential Rental Buildings in New York to Test the Market Prior to Submitting an Offering Plan to the Department of Law in Limited Circumstances (1/22/2016)
- The Department of Law Revises Cooperative Policy Statement #1 to Allow Sponsors to Submit Applications at Any Time Prior to the Offering Plan’s Acceptance for Filing and to Clarify that Extension Applications Will Only Be Granted If Sponsor Has Submitted An Offering Plan to the Department of Law (1/15/2016)
- The Department of Law Issues New Guidance Document re: Small Residential Building No-Action Letters (1/8/2016)
- REF Strongly Suggests All Submitters Sign Up for REF Updates to Keep Up With Revised Submission Requirements (12/17/2015)
- REF Issues Updated Guidance Document re: Digital Submission Requirements for Cooperative Interests in Realty (12/16/2015)
- REF Adopts New Regulations re: Digital Submission Requirements for Cooperative Interests in Realty, Effective February 1, 2016 (12/15/2015)
- The Department of Law Issues New Guidance Document re: Disclaimers of Liability in Offering Plans (11/16/2015)
- The Department of Law issues new guidance document for submitters of descriptions of property under Part 20 (10/14/15)
- The Department of Law issues new guidance document for submitters of descriptions of property under Part 23 (10/14/15)
- REF issues revised policy memo on Certificates of Occupancy and Part 20 Offerings (10/13/2015)
- The Department of Law issues a new guidance document under Section 102(14) of the New York State Administrative Procedure Act on the required disclosure requirements for occupied conversion plans involving renovations, combinations, and expansions (8/19/2015)
- The Department of Law issues new advertising guidelines for out of state offerings. (8/5/2015)
- REF publishes guidance document with HPD and DHCR for HDFC coops seeking to transfer or sell their property for market-rate purposes. (7/16/2015)
- REF issues revised policy memo re: NY Real Prop. Tax Law § 421-a. (7/10/2015)
- REF issues updated policy memo on tenant buyouts in occupied conversion plans. (7/9/2015)
- REF issues a new memo regarding the filing requirements with the DOL pursuant to SEC Regulation A+ (7/6/2015)