MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

Landlord's Useful Life Waiver Request Didn't Convince DHCR to Grant MCI Increase

March 28, 2025    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on an elevator upgrade. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that an MCI increase was previously granted for an elevator upgrade and that the useful life of the prior MCI...

MCI Application Reopened Based on Questions About Hazardous Violation Clearance

March 28, 2025    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes. The DRA ruled for landlord based on installation of a new boiler/burner. The building's tenant association appealed, and the case was reopened. Tenants claimed...

MCI Application Denied Based on Missing Annual Rent Registrations

March 28, 2025    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for rent increases based on installation of major capital improvements (MCIs) consisting of new flooring, boiler/burner, lobby doors and intercom. The DRA ruled against landlord because...

DHCR Won't Apply HSTPA Provisions to MCI Application Decided before June 14, 2019

February 25, 2025    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DHCR ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that landlord filed its application more than two years after completion of the...

Appeals Court Annuls Portion of Ceiling Provision in MCI Reasonable Cost Schedule

December 19, 2024    

A tenants' association sued the DHCR in an Article 78 proceeding, seeking annulment of a newly issued regulation and related operational bulletins that set a reasonable cost schedule for major capital...

DHCR Disallowed Engineer Services Claimed in Connection with Boiler/Burner Installation

November 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a boiler/burner. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting the MCI rent increase but disallowing the costs for fluorescent light fixtures,...

DHCR Denies Landlord's Reasonable Cost Waiver Request for Water Tank Installation

November 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on replacement of a water tank at the building. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord had requested a waiver of the DHCR's...

MCI Increase Granted for New Gas Piping

September 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of gas piping. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenants' rents. Tenants appealed and lost. Some tenants claimed that they hadn't...

DHCR Upholds Application of HSTPA Modifications to MCI Application Pending on June 14, 2019

September 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on plumbing repiping, rewiring, and roof door installation. The application was filed before June 14, 2019, when the HSTPA substantially amended MCI provisions of...

No Rent Reduction Orders Were Pending When MCI Application Was Granted

September 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new fuel storage tank. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. They claimed that the DRA erred by processing the MCI...

MCI Application Reopened Based on Questions About Hazardous Violations

September 19, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a firestone eco white roof/skylight. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenants' rents. One tenant appealed, and the case was...

New Elevators Were Installed Before Useful Life of Old Elevators Expired

September 19, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent increases based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenants' rents. Tenants appealed and won in part. They claimed that landlord failed to...