§ 14. Intent. 1. It is the intention of this act to subject to control
only those housing accommodations, as that term is defined herein, which
were subject to rent control and for which a maximum rent was in effect
on March first, nineteen hundred fifty, pursuant to federal or local
laws, and in the discretion of the commission those housing
accommodations for which a maximum rent was thereafter established,
pursuant to the provisions of section four hereof.

2. Any reference made in this act to the local laws specified in
chapter one of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty shall be deemed to be
solely for the purposes of identification, and if any of such laws shall
be held invalid, the reference made herein and any maximum rent
established hereunder shall not be affected thereby.

3. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to supersede any
other inconsistent provisions of this act.

4. Notwithstanding the decontrol of housing accommodations therein
pursuant to this act, unless otherwise provided herein, no municipality
shall have the power to adopt local laws with respect to the
registration or control of rents or evictions or otherwise to the
subject matter of this act.