Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of building hallway carpeting. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that pre-existing hallway carpeting hadn't...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and masonry work. Tenants appealed, arguing that the DRA shouldn't have granted the application. There were two DOB immediately...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. This installation qualified as an MCI, and landlord showed that the...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing work. The DHCR ruled against landlord, finding that no pointing was done on the back side of the building. Landlord appealed. The case was sent back to the DHCR,...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on elevator modernization. Tenants appealed, claiming that landlord's application was untimely. The DHCR ruled against tenants. The installation...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration. Tenants appealed. Among other things, they claimed that the work was defective and incomplete and that there was water...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes and then temporarily reduced the MCI increases to offset a J-51 tax abatement landlord received relating to the MCI work. Landlord appealed, claiming that...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a new front entrance/patio/walkway and new granite flooring in the lobby and hallways. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed certain additional costs. Landlord...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of video intercoms. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that this MCI rent increase, together with another MCI increase...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration work. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, but disallowed any increase for the replacement of dentils--that is, moldings beneath the cornices on the...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes, based on an elevator upgrade. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, disallowing any increase for the cost of elevator plans. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord contracted with one...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and waterproofing. Tenants appealed, claiming the work had been done in a piecemeal fashion and in an unworkmanlike manner. The DHCR ruled against tenants....
