Landlord Didn't Prove Entire Claimed Cost of Roof

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on several improvements. The DRA approved rent increases for a boiler/burner installation but denied any increase for a new roof and waste compactor installation. The DRA found that landlord's application for the roof wasn't filed within two years of completing the work. Landlord appealed, showing that the roof improvement application was, in fact, filed within two years after the work was done. But out of the claimed $54,000, the DHCR found that only $20,500 was spent on the roof installation. Another $34,000 was instead spent on new waterproofing done two years before the roof installation. So the DHCR ruled for landlord only in part, allowing less than the claimed cost for the roof installation.

117 E. 71st St.: DHCR Admin. Rev. Dckt. No. IJ410109RO (9/12/02) [5-pg. doc.]