The DRA granted landlord’s application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new gas system. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that there wasn’t an MCI but merely a repair of the building...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of new floor tiles in the building lobby and all of the hallways, along with installation of a new front entrance door. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on two elevator installations. The DRA ruled for landlord in part. The cost for one of the elevators was excluded because the DRA found the work was done on a piecemeal basis...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the replacement of lobby entrance doors. The DRA ruled against landlord because there was no handicap access ramp to the lobby entrance doors and no access ramp for...
The DRA granted landlord’s MCI rent increase application based on conversion from an oil boiler to a gas boiler. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the boiler conversion was done solely to comply...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and waterproofing. Tenants objected, claiming that the building was in poor condition. Landlord responded that any conditions complained of had been repaired. The...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing, waterproofing, and architectural fees. The DRA ruled for landlord, but upon reconsideration changed the effective date of the rent increases from Jan. 1,...
The DRA granted landlord’s application for MCI rent hikes based on chimney replacement but disallowed the cost of work on the building’s parapet and the cost of pointing. Landlord appealed and lost....
Landlord of Stuyvesant and Peter Cooper Village applied for MCI rent hikes for an upgrade of two elevators. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed, claiming that the useful life of the replaced elevators hadn...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed the cost of overtime for the acceleration of the elevator installation. Landlord appealed and won. There was...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on repiping and bathroom/kitchen modernization. The DRA ruled for landlord in 2006 and granted the rent increases. Some tenants appealed, and the DHCR revoked the MCI...
