No MCI Rent Hike for Loft Tenants

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a TV/security system. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the loft building wasn't subject to rent stabilization. Landlord appealed. Landlord said it filed an application for legalization to the Loft Board six years earlier. The DHCR ruled against landlord. The Loft Board still hadn't ruled on landlord's application for removal from Loft Board coverage. The Multiple Dwelling Law required that the Loft Board set tenants' initial legal regulated rents before the building could be removed from Loft Board coverage and registered with the DHCR. So the DHCR had no authority to process landlord's MCI application.

873 Broadway: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. UC410061RO (7/10/07) [2-pg. doc.]