MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

Building's L-Shaped Apartments Contained Two Rooms, Not One Under DHCR Policy

August 27, 2023    

The DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof. Tenants appealed and lost. They challenged landlord's room count, claiming that units...

Gas Piping Was Other Work Necessary to Installation of New Boiler/Burner System

August 27, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a gas/oil burner, chimney, and new roof. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed the claimed cost for installation of gas piping to deliver...

Landlord Properly Limited Collection of MCI Rent Hike Under DHCR Collectability Guidelines

August 27, 2023    

The DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on facade restoration with engineering fees. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the rent increase approved by...

MCI Increase Granted for Window Installation in Landmark Building

August 27, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of apartment windows for a landmark building. Tenants appealed and lost. They argued that the claimed costs were excessive, based on cost estimates the...

MCI Increase Granted for Installation of Hallway Carpeting

August 27, 2023    

The DHCR's rent administrator partially granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of hallway carpeting. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant  said that the hallway carpeting...

Insurance Reimbursement Deducted from Total Cost of MCI

August 27, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed $71,712 of the MCI cost that was reimbursed to landlord by its insurance company. Landlord...

DHCR Applies HSTPA Changes to Landlord's Pending MCI Application After June 14, 2019

July 26, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in April 2019 based on gas repiping. The DRA ruled for landlord but modified the rent increases that landlord applied for to conform with substantial changes to the rent increases...

Landlord No Longer Entitled to MCI Application for Group Work

July 26, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in 2018 based on new windows, water service repiping, and kitchen and bathroom modernization work. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but, since its order was issued after June 14...

Court Rules DHCR's Application of HSTPA Amendments to Pending MCI Applications Was Improper

July 26, 2023    

(Decision submitted by David B. Cabrera and Phillip Billet of the Manhattan law firm of Borah Goldstein Altschuler Nahins & Goidel, P.C., who represented the landlord.)

No MCI Increase for Two Apartments with Leaks Following Pointing Work

July 24, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing, related work, and engineering services. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won, in part. Among other things, tenants claimed that the MCI work was...

Landlord Proved It Obtained DOB Approval for Elevator Upgrading

July 24, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading and installation of elevator shaft steel, elevator bulkhead/roof/interior, elevator wiring, and a TV/security system. Tenants appealed and lost.

Landlord Properly Applied MCI Rent Increase Approved by DHCR

June 28, 2023    

Rent-stabilized apartment tenants sued landlord claiming that landlord sought improper application of MCI rent hikes granted by the DHCR. The court denied tenants' request for a ruling in their favor without...