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New York Civil Practice Law and Rules 213-a - Actions To Be Commenced Within Four Years; Residential Rent Overcharge.

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    § 213-a.  Actions to be commenced within four years; residential rent
  overcharge.  An  action  on  a  residential  rent  overcharge  shall  be
  commenced  within  four  years  of  the  first overcharge alleged and no
  determination of an overcharge and no award or calculation of  an  award
  of  the  amount of any overcharge may be based upon an overcharge having
  occurred more than four years  before  the  action  is  commenced.  This
  section  shall preclude examination of the rental history of the housing
  accommodation prior to the four-year period  immediately  preceding  the
  commencement of the action.

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