ยง  86.  Reduction  of  rentals in housing company projects.  If in any
  calendar or fiscal year the gross receipts of any housing company should
  exceed the payments or charges specified  in  section  eighty-five,  the
  sums necessary to pay distributions or interest accrued or unpaid on any
  shares,  income debentures or other capital, and the authorized transfer
  to surplus, the balance  shall,  unless  the  board  of  directors,  the
  partners  or  the trustees, as the case may be, with the approval of the
  commissioner shall deem such balance  too  small  for  the  purpose,  be
  applied  to  the  reduction  of  rentals,  for such year or years as the
  commissioner may specify, or to the further reduction  of  any  mortgage
  indebtedness, or both, as the commissioner may determine.
Structure New York Laws
Article 4 - Limited Dividend Housing Companies
72 - Housing Companies; How Created.
73 - Consent of Commissioner to Creation of Housing Companies.
74 - Application of Other Laws.
75 - Designation of and Service of Process on Secretary of State and Registered Agent.
76 - Limited Return on Capital and Debentures.
77 - Time of Payment of Subscription or Capital Contributions.
78 - Consideration for Capital and Bonds.
79 - Minimum Amount of Capital and Debentures.
81 - Mortgages and Mortgage Bonds.
83 - Execution of Housing Company Projects.
84 - Regulation of Housing Companies.
84-A - Additional Supervision and Regulation of Housing Companies.
85-A - Selection of Tenants and Occupants.
85-B - Resale Price of Shares.
86 - Reduction of Rentals in Housing Company Projects.
87 - Increase of Rentals in Housing Company Projects.
89 - Consolidated Projects; Operation of More Than One Project.
90 - Purchase by Housing Companies.
91 - Proceedings Against Housing Companies.
95 - Judgments Against Housing Companies Not Relating to Mortgage Indebtedness.
97 - Corporations in Existence Prior to Enactment of Article.