Elevator Upgrade Incomplete

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on an elevator upgrade. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed, claiming that the elevator wasn't inspected on Jan. 5, 2005, as landlord claimed. Tenant also said that the elevator floor indicator wasn't replaced. The DHCR ruled for tenant. In response to a request for information from the DRA, landlord advised the agency on June 22, 2005, that the contractor was awaiting a shipment of the parts needed to install the floor indicator, and that it would be installed within 14 days from the date of that letter. The DRA sent landlord another letter on Aug. 11, 2005, asking whether the floor indicator had been installed. Landlord didn't answer that letter by the time the DRA's order was issued. Because the floor indicator wasn't properly installed at the time of the elevator upgrade and landlord didn't supply information when requested, the MCI rent increase was revoked.

706 Riverside Drive: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. TC430069RT (11/30/07) [2-pg. doc.]