Rent-stabilized tenants filed an Article 78 court appeal of a DHCR order granting landlord's application for MCI rent increases based on exterior facade work and installation of security cameras. Tenants claimed...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on roof replacement. The DRA ruled against landlord based on water intrusion it determined was related to the MCI. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord argued that defects...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of new apartment windows, a security system, and pointing. The DRA disallowed any increase for bathroom modernizations. Landlord appealed and won, in part...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on repiping and kitchen and bathroom modernization. Tenant appealed and lost. The work qualified as an MCI. And tenant wasn't charged for the...
The DRA granted landlord's MCI rent increase application based on pointing and waterproofing. Tenant appealed, claiming that water was still leaking into his apartment. The DHCR ruled against tenant. Landlord had...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on repiping, as well as installation of a new boiler and burner. Tenants appealed and lost. They claimed that the useful life of the old...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new boiler. Tenants appealed and lost. They claimed that the boiler installation was merely maintenance and repair work...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the building-wide installation of new windows. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed any increase for labor costs because the work was performed by the company...
Landlord of a cooperative building with rent-stabilized tenants applied for MCI rent hikes based on facade restoration. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed no increase should be...
The DRA granted landlord's MCI rent increase application based on the installation of hallway windows and entry doors. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants argued that the hallway windows didn't contain...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of aluminum siding to the building exterior. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. While several tenants initially complained of leakage...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and lintel replacement. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that the lintels were only partially replaced. But the work qualified...
