Piecemeal Window Installation Didn't Qualify as MCI

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of interior windows that weren't visible from the street, for the installation of exterior landmark windows that were visible from the street, and for exterior and interior work in the windowsills and window lintels directly related to the window installations. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The work was done piecemeal instead of as part of a consecutively timed project. Thirty windows were installed by one contractor between October 2005 and March 2008. Twenty-one windows were installed by a different contractor between July 2005 and March 2006, and the windowsill and lintel work was done by another contractor between October 2005 and June 2008. The building contained only six apartments with a total of 12 rooms. It took landlord three years to install a total of 51 windows, and the interior window installation wasn't completed until two years after the exterior windows. 

125-127 Grand Street: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. XB410036RO (6/13/13) [3-pg. doc.]