Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a parapet, as well as brick and structural steel work for an exterior restoration project. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, including the cost of...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof, building facade, and sidewalk bridge set up during the work. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that he...
The DHCR's Rent Administrator partially granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes. The DRA granted increases for a new front door and vestibule door, front entrance masonry work, drainage system, and...
The DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of an intercom, security cameras, new roof, and exterior restoration. Tenants appealed and lost. They...
The DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of two gas boilers. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that her apartment had only two rooms and...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and steam cleaning. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The DRA found that landlord had previously obtained an MCI increase in 2008 for...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of front and rear vestibule doors and a TV/security system. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed several expenses related to the vestibule doors...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in 2012 based on a number of improvements. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting an increase for parapets and related work, as well as a CCTV system. But the DRA denied any...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting the increase for the upgrade but denying any increase for costs claimed in connection with cleaning and...
In September 2018, the DHCR's Rent Administrator issued an order modifying a prior MCI rent increase order, by modifying the rent increase for parapets temporarily due to a J-51 tax abatement offset for the work...
(Decision submitted by Mary D. Milone, Esq. of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
