Storm Waste Plumbing Not an MCI

LVT Number: #24870

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a new concrete courtyard, boiler/burner and heating radiators, storm waste plumbing, water supply plumbing, cellar concrete slab, and sidewalk resurfacing. The DRA granted MCI increases only for the concrete courtyard. Landlord appealed and won, in part. The DRA properly denied any increase for the boiler/burner, risers, and heating radiators because landlord failed to submit electrical or gas sign-offs.

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a new concrete courtyard, boiler/burner and heating radiators, storm waste plumbing, water supply plumbing, cellar concrete slab, and sidewalk resurfacing. The DRA granted MCI increases only for the concrete courtyard. Landlord appealed and won, in part. The DRA properly denied any increase for the boiler/burner, risers, and heating radiators because landlord failed to submit electrical or gas sign-offs. Landlord submitted only an electrical sign-off with its PAR, and there was no proof supporting landlord's claim that no gas sign-off was required from DOB. The DRA also properly ruled that the supply plumbing didn't qualify because it wasn't installed building-wide. The storm waste plumbing wasn't an MCI and wasn't done in connection with a qualifying MCI. The cellar concrete slab installation did qualify as an MCI since landlord removed and replaced the entire concrete floor. The total MCI increase granted was increased by the amount paid for this work.

307 7th Street: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. VK230087RO (4/5/13) [4-pg. doc.]

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