Increase Granted for Repiping

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on repiping and bathroom modernization. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants said that landlord had replaced plumbing and fixtures in a few apartments in 1995, and the useful life of those improvements had not expired before landlord performed the MCI. The DHCR ruled that landlord didn't charge tenants a rent increase for the 1995 work. Therefore, landlord was not barred from making new installations and seeking MCI hikes.

216 West 102nd St.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket Nos. SD430029RO & SD430072RT (11/9/06) [5-pg. doc.]