Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled against landlord because landlord failed to submit a Certificate of Electrical Inspection and gas sign-off. Landlord...
(Decision submitted by David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, who represented the tenants.)
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a 2007 elevator upgrade. The DHCR ruled against landlord because the useful life of a 1991 elevator MCI hadn't expired. Landlord appealed, claiming that the DHCR's...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DCHR ruled for landlord in part, but disallowed $12,750 for the elevator cab after DHCR inspection found that the cab didn't appear to be...
Westchester County landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on an elevator upgrade. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The DRA denied any increase because a building-wide rent reduction order was...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on boiler replacement, along with a new fireproof roof door with alarm. Landlord claimed that the old boiler was 18 years old and that replacement was needed to ensure heat...
Landlord applied on March 17, 2009, for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled against landlord because its application wasn't filed within two years from the completion date of...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new roof and smoke stack. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting the increase for the roof. But the DRA denied any increase for the smoke stack...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on building-wide rewiring. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the work was completed more than two years before landlord's application was filed. Landlord...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on facade and facade bay window improvements. Tenants appealed and lost. Among other things, tenants claimed that they should pay no increase during...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and waterproofing. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The DHCR had granted a prior MCI rent increase application in 2004 for pointing and...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new roof, exterior renovation, a boiler/burner, and new exterior doors. Tenants appealed and won, in part. Among other...
