The DRA denied landlord's MCI rent increase application, finding that repairs to balusters, cornices, dentils, and coping stones were repair and maintenance work, not major capital improvements. Landlord appealed...
Yonkers landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new sidewalk in front of the building. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. It is long-established DHCR policy that a...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on courtyard and walkway resurfacing. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won, in part. The work qualified as an MCI. The previous courtyard and walkway surfaces...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading and installation of a backflow prevention device. Tenants appealed and lost. Any elevator defects were fixed as the work was...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes for courtyard concrete, fencing, landscaping, irrigation, new canopies, and vestibule doors, and new lobby and basement doors. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, but denied...
(Decision submitted by David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, LLP, attorneys for the tenants.)
The DRA denied landlord's application for an MCI rent hike based on the installation of a new garage roof. Landlord appealed and lost. The DHCR's position is that replacement of a garage roof by itself doesn...
White Plains landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on driveway paving. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the installation of new asphalt driveways in front of all...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of gas piping and meters, as well as a backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that there was...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new stoop, front door, and vestibule door, and hallway work and rewiring. The DRA granted the application concerning the new doors and denied all other...
The DRA denied landlord's MCI rent hike application based on installation of a new chimney and boiler because the DRA found that the application wasn't filed within two years of the installation completion...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on new windows, elevator replacement, electrical work, and exterior restoration. The DRA ruled against landlord based on its failure to submit information required for...
