Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a replacement staircase and related work. The DRO ruled for landlord in part, granting an increase for the stairs but disallowing the cost of prime and...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and waterproofing at the building. The DRO ruled for landlord and increased tenants’ rents. One tenant appealed, claiming that she had leaks damaging her...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a courtyard/walkway with related engineering. The DRO ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the rent increase would cause...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of parapets, sidewalk shed, window sills, and lintels. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed any rent increase for a wrought iron fence,...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of new fire escapes. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that she had applied for a SCRIE and therefore shouldn’t...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of new floor tiles in the building lobby and hallways, as well as a new front entrance door. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost....
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of new floor tiles in the lobby and in all of the hallways. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. A complete replacement of a building’...
The DRA granted landlord’s application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new gas system. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that there wasn’t an MCI but merely a repair of the building...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of new floor tiles in the building lobby and all of the hallways, along with installation of a new front entrance door. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on two elevator installations. The DRA ruled for landlord in part. The cost for one of the elevators was excluded because the DRA found the work was done on a piecemeal basis...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the replacement of lobby entrance doors. The DRA ruled against landlord because there was no handicap access ramp to the lobby entrance doors and no access ramp for...
The DRA granted landlord’s MCI rent increase application based on conversion from an oil boiler to a gas boiler. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the boiler conversion was done solely to comply...
