changing primary address but still living primarily in stabilized apt

[not david tennant]

Jurisdiction

New York

Hello,
I live in a rent stabilized apartment in NYC and I recently purchased a house. I want to register a car using the house address because a) i don't trust the mail delivery at the apartment and b) I would not be keeping the car at the apartment or driving it in the city. If i change my address at the DMV to reflect the house rather than the apartment will I run into problems?

more specifically, I know if i change my primary address from the apt it could be an issue - but if it was ever a problem (such as if the building was sold and the new owners ran background checks), what would be helpful for me to have a case that I mostly live in the apartment?
I have a camera that shows me there 90 percent of the time but I use the new house for most documentation because things like insurance and taxes are cheaper there.

thanks!

 

[zddoodah]

We have no way of predicting your future.

If i change my address at the DMV to reflect the house rather than the apartment will I run into problems?

more specifically, I know if i change my primary address from the apt it could be an issue

What is the distinction you're apparently drawing between an "issue" and "problems"?

what would be helpful for me to have a case that I mostly live in the apartment?

What does "mostly live in the apartment" mean, and what difference would that make to anyone?

I have a camera that shows me there 90 percent of the time but I use the new house for most documentation because things like insurance and taxes are cheaper there.

Sounds like possible tax and/or insurance fraud.

 

[not david tennant]

these are the questions i'm asking you because i do not know.

by problems i suppose I mean - are landlords notified of a change like this?

and the issue that I am aware of is - a stabilized rental is supposed to be your primary.

what difference it would make:
this is the main question I'm asking this community . By "mostly" I mean - I hardly am able to be home at the house so I basically live in the apartment more than the house by about 90 percent if not more.

I suppose I poorly worded that last part. The house is what I would like to be my primary and i declare as my primary and therefore have all of my documents attached to it - which is beneficial anyway because of those things.
Stuff like insurance i am required to have for the house and a car would only be used at the house so it makes no sense for those to be declared at the apartment. Taxes i was always told to declare at my primary as well - so i believe i am doing the right thing there.

the overall concern here is that i do not want to risk losing my apartment. So maybe that was too much information and the real question is - does it matter what address i use with the dmv?

 

[adjusterjack]

the overall concern here is that i do not want to risk losing my apartment.

Then start by carefully and thoroughly reading the NYC Rent Stabilization Code:

Rent Stabilization Code

And then carefully and thoroughly read your apartment lease.

If your questions remain unanswered an anonymous call to the Rent Guidelines Board might get you an answer.

Rent Guidelines Board

 

[not david tennant]

Thank you jack!

 

[zddoodah]

are landlords notified of a change like this?

"A change like this"? Are you asking if someone will notify your landlord if you "change [your] address at the DMV to reflect the house rather than the apartment"? If that's what you're asking, the answer is almost certainly no (and I only say "almost" because crazy and unpredictable things do happen now and then). The DMV certainly isn't going to tell your landlord what you do (among other reasons because the DMV almost certainly doesn't know you have a landlord).

and the issue that I am aware of is - a stabilized rental is supposed to be your primary.

If you're living there 90% of the time, then that probably won't be a problem or an issue.

The house is what I would like to be my primary and i declare as my primary

"Primary" is an adjective, not a noun. Your primary what?

Stuff like insurance i am required to have for the house and a car would only be used at the house so it makes no sense for those to be declared at the apartment.

Your auto insurer will want to know where the car is primarily garaged. If the car is "only . . . used at the house," then you've got no issue. Homeowner's insurance won't be an issue at all.

Taxes i was always told to declare at my primary as well - so i believe i am doing the right thing there.

There are lots of different types of taxes, so it's impossible to address this in any detail without knowing that taxes you're concerned about.