Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler and burner. The installation involved a conversion of the building's heating system from #6 fuel oil to #2 fuel oil and gas....
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenants' rents. One tenant appealed, claiming that the DRA incorrectly found that his unit had six...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and related architect fees. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that stucco stonework performed at the building,...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of public area floors on a building-wide basis. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that the installation of new...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of new windows. After the DRA ruled for landlord in 2011, tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that the useful life of the prior windows...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of building-wide rewiring. The DRA ruled for landlord, and tenants appealed. Tenants claimed that some of the room counts listed in landlord...
The DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on building-wide gas re-piping. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that the cost for the work claimed by landlord...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes on March 29, 2019, based on exterior building restoration work. The DRA ruled for landlord. However, because the HSTPA amended the rent stabilization and rent control laws...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of windows and an intercom system. The DRA ruled against landlord because the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) amended the rent...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in January 2019 based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord in October 2019. The DRA applied provisions concerning MCI rent hikes contained in HSTPA, which amended the...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new fuel oil tank and fuel line. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the work was an interim repair rather than a building-wide improvement....
