2006 New York Code - Applicant\'s Statement.

 
    §  27-142  Applicant's  statement.  (a)  A  signed  statement  of  the
  applicant shall also be submitted with the application, stating that  he
  or  she  is authorized by the owner to make the application and that, to
  the best of his or her knowledge and belief,  the  plans  and  the  work
  shown  thereon  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  code  and other
  applicable laws and regulations. If there are practical difficulties  in
  the  way  of  carrying  out  the strict letter of the law, the applicant
  shall  set  forth  the  nature  of  such  difficulties  in  such  signed
  statement.
    (b)  In  addition  to  all  other  requirements  of  this  article, an
  application for approval of plans for  the  alteration  of  an  existing
  building or the construction of a new building shall be accompanied by a
  signed  statement  of  the  applicant  certifying  either  (1)  that the
  building to be altered, or the site of the new building, as the case may
  be, contains no occupied housing accommodations subject to control under
  chapter three of title twenty-six of the  administrative  code,  or  (2)
  that the owner has notified the city rent agency of his or her intention
  to file such plans and has complied with all requirements imposed by the
  regulations of such agency as preconditions for such filing.