And new ownership, officials said, would allow the city to impose rules for those owners, requiring them to stay current on taxes, keep buildings in good condition and maintain income caps for tenants.
The commission has set out rules for the app store owners to follow, including not advertising games as "free" and misleading people about the true costs; and banning "direct exhortation to children to buy items in a game or to persuade an adult to buy items for them".
But some legal experts aren't sure whether, if faced with cases from those municipalities, Indiana state judges would even rule for the business owners.
Just a year ago, the court's majority ruled for the Christian owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, holding they had a religious-freedom right to refuse to pay for certain contraceptives mandated by the Obama administration under the federal Affordable Care Act.
So, Mr. Ng said, if the condominium's board of managers changes the building's house rules, it is often possible for the owner of a rented unit to adjust the rules applying to that unit so they conform.
The government has announced a relaxation of planning rules for the construction industry and owners of homes and businesses in England.
The rule requires that, in order for the owner to take the money penalty-free, he or she must take at lease five "substantially equal periodic payments".
Toward that end, the group is creating a guide to the rules for cyclists, building owners and office managers, and the city has posted it online at nyc.gov/bikesinbuildings.
But they point out that many of his signature accomplishments, like a ban on smoking in restaurants, mandatory sentences for those who carry illegal guns and energy-efficiency rules for building owners, were approved by the City Council.
Each claimed at the time that he had not known it was against the rules for owners to profit by laying their own horses.
