Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration and installation of a new roof, along with related architect's fees and sidewalk shed. The DRA ruled for landlord.
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new garage roof that functioned as a courtyard. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed the costs of the garage walls and interior, foundation...
(Decision submitted by David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, LLP, attorneys for the tenants.)
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on garage roof improvements. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed some of landlord's claimed costs. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that painting...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of skylights. The DRA ruled against landlord because the work wasn’t done in connection with installation of a new roof. Landlord appealed, and the...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a new roof and facade restoration with related engineering costs. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but excluded certain unrelated work. Landlord and tenant both appealed...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and waterproofing and a roof installation. The roof work consisted of application of spray polyurethane foam (SPF) onto the pre-existing roof surface, followed by...
The DRA denied landlord’s application for MCI rent hikes based on a new roof installation. Landlord appealed and won, in part. Landlord proved that a comprehensive roof replacement was performed. Tenants didn...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on various improvements. The DRA granted rent increases for the installation of apartment windows, rewiring, pointing, a main entrance door, and courtyard improvements. But...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a plaza-level roof. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed any rent increase for one apartment that had leaks from the building roof. Landlord...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on roof and building facade work. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, but disallowed $780,000 of claimed costs. The DRA found that the work had been performed in two separate...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on spray foam roofing. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Under long-standing agency practice and DHCR Policy Statement 91-2, spray foam...
