Engineering Fee Included

LVT Number: 16386

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrade, boiler/burner installations, and engineering services. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed, claiming that the DHCR shouldn't have included the engineering fee when calculating the rent hike. The DHCR ruled for landlord. Given the size of the job of the boiler/burner installations in multiple buildings, the $39,000 engineer's fee qualified as an MCI expense.

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrade, boiler/burner installations, and engineering services. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed, claiming that the DHCR shouldn't have included the engineering fee when calculating the rent hike. The DHCR ruled for landlord. Given the size of the job of the boiler/burner installations in multiple buildings, the $39,000 engineer's fee qualified as an MCI expense.

Prinos: DHCR Admin. Rev. Dckt. No. QE610093RT (12/17/02) [3-pg. doc.]

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