Pointing and Installation of Heat Computer Qualify as MCIs

The DRA granted landlord's MCI rent increase application based on exterior restoration work and installation of a heat computer. Tenants appealed and lost. They claimed that landlord didn't submit a diagram showing where the pointing work was done, and that the contract was missing information. Tenants also claimed that water leaks continued in 10 apartments and that "C" violations were issued at the building both before and after the MCI order was issued. The DHCR found that landlord submitted a full contract with photographs of the exposed sides of the building. And eight of the 10 tenants for whom continued water leaks were claimed didn't sign the PAR. The other two tenants, who signed the PAR, didn't complain of water leaks to the DRA. Landlord also submitted proof to the DRA that "C" violations had been corrected.

Various Tenants of 2015 Foster Avenue: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. CQ210039RT (8/18/17) [2-pg. doc.]