City and state guidelines require rent-stabilized homes be used as residences.
Rangel spokesman Emile Milne says the congressman will not disclose the details of his decision.
It was was reported on Friday that Rangel occupies the rent-stabilized apartments at the Lenox Terrace complex in Harlem.
His family uses three of the four.
The congressman is one of New York's most influential politicians and the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
