RENT HIKE DENIED

Pointing/Waterproofing Was Done Within Useful Life of Prior Work

October 23, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and waterproofing, exterior restoration work, and a sidewalk shed installed while the work was being performed. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that it...

Useful Life Waiver Request Was Untimely

September 22, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration, including pointing and waterproofing. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but reduced the amount of the approved cost by a percentage of a prior MCI...

Landlord Showed No Good Cause to Require DHCR's Late Acceptance of Proof of Violation Clearance

September 22, 2023    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes. The DRA ruled against landlord in 2011 due to outstanding Class C violations, one of which involved lead-based paint in a tenant's apartment. Landlord appealed,...

MCI Increase Reduced by Cost of Elevator Controller and Selector Included in Prior MCI Increase

May 22, 2023    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for rent hikes based on elevator and elevator room installation. The DRA ruled for landlord.

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/...