Section 28-107.4. Required submittal documents

The commissioner shall not
  approve any construction documents for a single room occupancy  multiple
  dwelling  for  the  covered  categories  of  work  unless  the applicant
  provides:
    1. A sworn affidavit by or on behalf of all the owners, as  such  term
  is  defined  in section 27-2004 of the New York city housing maintenance
  code, of such multiple dwelling that there will be no harassment of  the
  lawful  occupants  of  such  multiple  dwelling  by or on behalf of such
  owners during the construction period;
    2. A tenant protection plan as provided for in this code; and
    3. One of the following documents from  the  commissioner  of  housing
  preservation and development:
     3.1.  A certification that there has been no harassment of the lawful
  occupants of such multiple dwelling within the 36 month period prior  to
  submission of an application for such certification to the department of
  housing  preservation  and  development,  provided,  however,  that such
  certification shall except any portion of such 36  month  period  during
  which title was vested in the city; or
     3.2. A waiver of such certification.