Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on boiler/burner replacement. The DRA ruled against landlord because a prior MCI increase for a boiler/burner was issued in 1997. The old unit hadn’t outlived its...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed the cost of overtime for the acceleration of the elevator installation. Landlord appealed and won. There was...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on repiping and bathroom/kitchen modernization. The DRA ruled for landlord in 2006 and granted the rent increases. Some tenants appealed, and the DHCR revoked the MCI...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new roof and engineering costs. The DHCR ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. The DRA properly included the cost of pointing, lintels, and a...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installations of a new closed-circuit television (CCTV) security system, hallway and lobby lights, a new entrance door and entrance lights, new concrete resurfacing, and...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of new windows, elevator upgrading, and other improvements costing $2,061,000. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting an increase based on $1,644,...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a number of improvements. The DRA ruled for landlord in part and granted increases for replacement of a compactor, hopper door, hopper door tile walls, hopper door room...
