MCI Rent Hike Granted for Electronic Keycard System

LVT Number: #25947

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new lobby entrance door. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants argued that the new lobby door didn't lock and that the change from a key lock to an electronic keycard system was a reduction in services that didn't qualify as an MCI. But the DHCR had already granted landlord permission in a prior decision to change the front door entrance to a keycard system. So tenants couldn't oppose the MCI increase on that basis. And inspection showed that the door was in working order.

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new lobby entrance door. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants argued that the new lobby door didn't lock and that the change from a key lock to an electronic keycard system was a reduction in services that didn't qualify as an MCI. But the DHCR had already granted landlord permission in a prior decision to change the front door entrance to a keycard system. So tenants couldn't oppose the MCI increase on that basis. And inspection showed that the door was in working order.

39-89 50th Street: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. YC110051RT (11/25/14) [3-pg. doc.]

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