Increase Granted for New Windows

(Decision submitted by James R. Marino of the Manhattan law firm of Kucker Kraus & Bruh, LLP, attorneys for the landlord.) Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of new windows. The DRA ruled for landlord, and tenants appealed, claiming that landlord wasn't maintaining building services, that the windows were of poor quality, and that they weren't installed properly. The DRA ruled against tenants. There were no DHCR rent reduction orders in effect documenting any failure by landlord to provide required services when the MCI increases were granted. Only two tenants complained that their windows weren't installed properly. Repairs had been made by the time tenants filed their PAR, and the rent increase for these apartments didn't go into effect until the repairs were completed.

Little/Breslow: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. NC430029RP (8/12/99) [4-pg. doc.]