Landlord Stated No Rent Hike Would Result from Electrical Upgrading

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on electrical upgrading work. The DRA ruled against landlord because it had stated in a letter to tenants that no rent increase would result from that work. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that its statement in a 2006 letter to tenants meant to apply only to part of the claimed electrical work being done at that time. But that letter referred to "electrical upgrades" in general and gave no indication that it referred to only part of the electrical upgrading or that landlord would be seeking an MCI increase for any portion of the work.

318 West 106th Street: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. WC410035RO (5/24/13) [2-pg. doc.]