New Air Conditioning System

April 1, 2005

LVT Number: 17988

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of an air conditioning system. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed, claiming that the new system didn't work well and that no MCI rent hike should have been granted for an absorption chiller. The DHCR ruled against tenants. The absorption chiller was a major component of the entire air conditioning system. The air conditioning system qualified as an MCI. Only eight out of 300 tenants complained to the DRA about insufficient cooling. This didn't show that there was a problem with the overall system.

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of an air conditioning system. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed, claiming that the new system didn't work well and that no MCI rent hike should have been granted for an absorption chiller. The DHCR ruled against tenants. The absorption chiller was a major component of the entire air conditioning system. The air conditioning system qualified as an MCI. Only eight out of 300 tenants complained to the DRA about insufficient cooling. This didn't show that there was a problem with the overall system. There were no building violations or rent reduction orders regarding air conditioning at the building.

888 8th Ave.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. Nos. OB410074RT & OB410077RT (2/24/05) [3-pg. doc.]

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