In response to the Governor’s directive to take every effort to keep New Yorkers safe and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, the following is being directed with respect to processing and other procedures affecting the Office of Rent Administration (ORA) and Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) under The Rent Stabilization Law, The Emergency Tenant Protection Act, and the New York State and New York City Rent Control Laws.