Increase Granted for Electrical Work

(Decision submitted by James R. Marino of the Manhattan law firm of Kucker & Bruh, LLP, attorneys for the landlord.) Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on electrical rewiring. The DHCR ruled against landlord, finding that the work was done in a piecemeal manner. Landlord appealed. In court, the DHCR agreed to take the case back for reconsideration. The DHCR then ruled for landlord based on proof of payment, municipal approval for the work, the contract for the work that showed a unified plan and which contained provisions for lower prices for possible and anticipated delays, and the fact that the work was completed within two and one-half years.

Visalo Realty: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. RL130016RP (4/6/04) [3-pg. doc.]