Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new garbage compactor, along with the cost of inspecting the compactor. The DRA ruled for landlord in part. The cost of the compactor qualified, but...
The DHCR granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on facade restoration. Tenants appealed, claiming that the work was done piecemeal and therefore didn't qualify as an MCI. The court ruled...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrade, chimney replacement, boiler/burner installation, as well as pointing and waterproofing. Tenants appealed, claiming that the...
(Decision submitted by David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, who represented the tenants.)
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 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...
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 denied landlord's application for MCI rent hikes because it was filed more than two years after the completion of the work. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord performed exterior pointing and...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on facade restoration and roof work. The DRA ruled for landlord, then granted tenants' PAR and revoked the MCI increase. Landlord then appealed, and the rent increase was...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new roof with related coping and masonry work. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, but disallowed $5,000 for masonry work. Landlord appealed and lost...
