Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. This installation qualified as an MCI, and landlord showed that the...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the replacement of a water main connecting to the building. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Water main replacement isn't an MCI in and of itself...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new intercom system. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The installed system appeared new and in good condition. But there was no...
The DRA denied landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new building entrance door. Landlord appealed and lost. Areas of the newly installed door were rusting and peeling, so an...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of water and gas repiping. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won, in part. Tenants pointed out that two of the installed gas lines and...
The DRA granted landlord's MCI rent increase application based on the installation of hallway windows, but disallowed any additional increase for stucco and thorocoating. The DRA found that this exterior work...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new garage roof. The DRA ruled for landlord except that an increase for engineering services was disallowed. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing work. The DHCR ruled against landlord, finding that no pointing was done on the back side of the building. Landlord appealed. The case was sent back to the DHCR,...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on elevator modernization. Tenants appealed, claiming that landlord's application was untimely. The DHCR ruled against tenants. The installation...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration. Tenants appealed. Among other things, they claimed that the work was defective and incomplete and that there was water...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new roof. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. DHCR inspection showed that a "silver coating" was applied only to the...
