Rent Restoration Took Effect Before Date of MCI Order

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of an intercom. The DRA ruled against landlord because there was a building-wide rent reduction order in effect at the time that the DRA's order was issued. Landlord appealed, arguing that the DRA had denied its rent restoration application in error and that the DHCR had later restored the rents. The DHCR ruled for landlord and granted the MCI rent increases. Although the rent reduction order was still in effect at the time that the DRA denied landlord's MCI application, the DHCR later restored rents to a date effective before the issuance of the MCI order. So landlord was entitled to MCI rent increases.

30-59 49th St.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. ID130082RO (2/29/00) [3-pg. doc.]