Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of apartment windows. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed, claiming that not all windows had been replaced. The DHCR ruled for tenants and...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for rent hikes based on MCIs. The DHCR ruled against landlord, who then filed an Article 78 court appeal claiming that the DHCR’s decision was arbitrary and unreasonable. The court...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of an air conditioning system. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed any increase for the installation of air conditioner chillers. Landlord...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of new entrance stairs, expediting services, architect services, and permit fees. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord pointed out...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on balcony and balustrades restoration, lintel replacement, construction of a sidewalk bridge and engineering services. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the work...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of new windows and doors. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the work was done in a piecemeal manner and wasn’t part of a consecutively timed...
The DHCR granted landlord’s MCI rent increase application based on repiping of hot and cold water lines, as well as bathroom and kitchen modernization. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that the work...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on rewiring. The DRA ruled against landlord based on landlord’s failure to submit complete information on the electrical work performed and insufficient proof of...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing, waterproofing, and installation of roof replacements. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, but disallowed certain items including engineering fees. Landlord...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of new cooling towers, oil to gas conversion, and tank abandonment. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, disallowing $100,000 in mobilization costs....
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and waterproofing. The DRA ruled against landlord because no pointing work was done. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the application of stucco...
