RENT HIKE GRANTED

Useful Life of Existing Elevator Controller Hadn't Expired

December 22, 2014    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new security monitor system, new lobby entrance door, and overhaul and modernization of three elevators. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and...

MCI Increase Granted for New Courtyard

December 22, 2014    

The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new courtyard. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the rent increase was too much for the type of work performed and...

Elevator Upgrade Qualifies as MCI

December 22, 2014    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on an elevator upgrade costing over $324,000. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed DOB filing fees. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that the two first-floor...

MCI Granted for CCTV Security System

October 27, 2014    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new CCTV security system, four wooden entrance doors, new windows and lintels, a sidewalk bridge, and engineer fees in connection with the window...

Gas Repiping Qualifies as MCI

October 17, 2014    

The DRA granted landlord's MCI rent increase application based on gas repiping. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that they had no gas service for several months and that the work done was a repair, not...

MCI Increases Granted for Stuyvesant Town Roof Installations

October 17, 2014    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes at its building complex based on the installation of new roofs with related insulation, doors, bulkhead pointing/wall repair, and asbestos removal. The DRA ruled for landlord and...

Landlord Can Collect MCI Increase After J-51 Benefits Expire

October 16, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge because landlord didn't notify tenant in all his leases that an approved MCI rent hike would be restored after it was temporarily reduced by landlord's...

Landlord Can Collect MCI Increase from New Tenant After J-51 Offset Ends

September 26, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $1,800, including interest. Among other things, the DRA disallowed an MCI increase for new tenant who wasn...

Landlord Proves Application for Cornice Work Was Timely

September 26, 2014    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes for various improvements. The DRA granted rent increases for exterior restoration and a new boiler/burner. But the DRA denied any increases for cornice installation, replacement...

Steel Beams and Stairs Related to Catwalk Replacement

August 18, 2014    

The DRA granted landlord's application for catwalk replacement but disallowed any increase for related costs associated with architectural fees, steel beam replacement, steel stairway replacement, and concrete...

MCI Increase Granted for Sidewalk Work

August 18, 2014    

The DRA granted landlord's MCI rent increase application based on the installation of a concrete walkway but denied any increase for work to the sidewalk, gate, fencing, or for architectural fees. Landlord...

Landlord Gets MCI Increase for Labor and Contractor Fee

July 14, 2014    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a building security system. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, denying a portion of the rent increase related to labor costs and general contractor...