MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

DHCR Finds No Merit to Tenant Objections to MCI Rent Increases

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a water heater supplier and installer. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants made a number of claims that the DHCR...

MCI Increase Denied for Boiler Replacement Using #4 Fuel Oil

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on an elevator upgrade and boiler installation. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting rent increases only for the elevator work. Since the replacement...

Lobby/Vestibule Renovations Don't Qualify for MCI Rent Hikes

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes. The DRA ruled in part for landlord, granting an increase for building entrance doors but disallowing claimed costs related to new stone flooring and saddle, new lobby...

No MCI Increase for Fuel Tanks Where Landlord Didn't Submit Waiver Request

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of two fuel oil tanks. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. When landlord filed its application in 2021, fuel tanks weren't...

MCI Increase Denied Where 35% or Fewer of Building Apartments Were Rent Regulated

June 24, 2024    

Landlord applied in November 2018 for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled against landlord in November 2019 because fewer than 35 percent of the building's tenants were rent...

Appeals Court Upholds DHCR's Application of HSTPA to MCI Application Pending on June 14, 2019

May 24, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes. The DHCR ruled for landlord in part but denied portions of landlord's application. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal, and the court annulled the DHCR...

Late-Filed MCI Application Accepted as Timely Under COVID-Era Executive Orders

May 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that its application hadn't been filed within two years from the completion date of the...

MCI Increase Granted for New Roof, Pointing, and Exterior Restoration

May 23, 2024    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof, pointing, and exterior restoration. The DRA ruled for landlord, and tenants appealed. They claimed that the roof wasn't installed in a...

DHCR Grants Waiver of Reasonable Cost Schedule for Landmark Building Windows

May 20, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of lot line and hallway windows in a landmark building. The DRA ruled for landlord; tenants appealed and lost.

Tenants argued that the DRA...

No MCI Increase for Electric Range Stoves Since Group Work No Longer Eligible

May 20, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2021 for MCI rent hikes based on installation of electric range stoves in building apartments. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that these items didn't qualify for MCI rent...

DHCR Will Reconsider MCI Application Based on Backflow Prevention Device

May 20, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2021 for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) backflow prevention device that cost $9,556. The DRA ruled against landlord because landlord had failed...

Landlord's Application Was Timely in Light of Delay Caused by Defective Floor Coating

April 26, 2024    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration with related professional services. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that landlord hadn't filed its application within two years of...