No MCI Rent Hike for Piecemeal Roof Installation

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new roof. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the work had been done piecemeal. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord's documentation showed that the roof installation was undertaken in two distinct phases, beginning in July 2007 and proceeding for two and a half months. Work then stopped for two years before it was restarted and completed. The work therefore didn't qualify as an MCI. That fact that landlord didn't obtain all required NYC governmental approvals before starting the work, which would have allowed the installation to be completed in a single phase, was no excuse.

140 West Broadway: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. YK410019RO (9/27/13) [1-pg. doc.]