RENT HIKE DENIED

Landlord Didn't Prove Useful Life Waiver Should Apply to Elevator Upgrade MCI

May 22, 2023    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord because the DHCR had issued a prior MCI rent increase in 2008 for elevator upgrading that was still within...

Landlord Had No Explanation for Delay in Obtaining Government Sign-Off for Rewiring Work

April 23, 2023    

Nassau County landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on rewiring. The DRA denied the application as untimely. The application was filed on June 14, 2019, more than two years after the work was...

Landlord's MCI Application Denied as Untimely

April 23, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that landlord's application was untimely. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that its application...

HSTPA Now Bars MCI Rent Hikes If 35 Percent or Fewer Apartments in Building Are Rent Regulated

January 23, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of windows and an intercom system. The DRA ruled against landlord because the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) amended the rent...

No MCI Increase for Conversion to No. 4 Fuel Oil

December 19, 2022    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new fuel oil tank and fuel line. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the work was an interim repair rather than a building-wide improvement....

DHCR and Courts Uphold HSTPA Ban on MCI Increases Where 35% or Fewer Units Are Regulated

December 19, 2022    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof, iron fences, and railings. The DRA ruled against landlord because 35 percent or fewer of the building's apartments were subject...

No MCI Increase for Group Work Where MCI Application Decided Post-HSTPA

December 19, 2022    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on building-wide kitchen and bathroom modernizations. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Effective June 14, 2019, HSTPA amended rent control and rent...

Landlord's Wheelchair/Accessibility Ramp Wasn't a Building-Wide Improvement

November 17, 2022    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a wheelchair/accessibility ramp. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Since 2016, the DHCR had granted MCI applications for wheelchair/...

Gas Piping Service Costs for New Boiler Disallowed

November 17, 2022    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, denying any increase for costs associated with engineering, installation of bypass equipment, and...

Prior Pointing and Waterproofing Was Part of Project Whose Useful Life Hadn't Expired

November 17, 2022    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and building facade work. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The DRA found that a prior MCI rent hike was granted in 2001 for exterior...

Pointing and Waterproofing Were Done Within Useful Life of Prior MCI Increase

October 25, 2022    

(Decision submitted by Ronald S. Languedoc of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP, attorneys for the tenants.)

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on...

MCI Increase for Facade Work Denied Based on Prior Increase

October 24, 2022    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and steam cleaning. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The DRA found that landlord had previously obtained an MCI increase in 2008 for...