Cement Work Qualifies

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a number of improvements, including cement work to the building's interior courtyard. The DRA ruled for landlord, and tenants appealed. They claimed that the cement work was mere repair work. The DHCR ruled against tenants. The cement work wasn't mere maintenance, but involved considerable digging and removal of deteriorated slates, dirt, and concrete in the upper and lower courtyards, a laying in of wire mesh throughout the area to be cemented, and complete and in-depth cement work. The work qualified as an MCI.

651 N. Terrace Ave.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. NA930032RT (7/21/00) [2-pg. doc.]