Tile Floor Replacement Qualifies as MCI

The DRA granted landlord’s application for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of wiring, gas meters, intercoms, tile floors, vestibule doors, and hallway/lot-line windows. Tenant appealed and lost. Among other things, tenant claimed that the replaced items hadn’t exceeded their useful life. But landlord had collected no MCI rent increases during past 30 years and otherwise proved that the work was done.

Decena: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. CP410046RT (7/20/16) [3-pg. doc.]