WHAT QUALIFIES - MISCELLANEOUS

DHCR Will Reconsider MCI Application Based on Backflow Prevention Device

May 20, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2021 for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) backflow prevention device that cost $9,556. The DRA ruled against landlord because landlord had failed...

Windowless Kitchens Less Than 60 Square Feet Weren't Rooms for MCI Room-Count Purposes

April 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on elevator and hallway upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won in part. Tenants of the K line in the building argued that their room...

Single-Ply Roof Installation Using New Technology Qualified as MCI

November 19, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that she didn't benefit directly from the roof work and that, at any...

Architect/Engineer Fees Disallowed from MCI Cost for Gas Repiping

September 22, 2023    

The DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's application for an MCI rent hike based on gas repiping at its building. Tenants appealed, claiming that there was insufficient proof supporting landlord's...

Resurfacing of Back Courtyard Only Didn't Qualify as MCI

September 22, 2023    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a newly resurfaced courtyard and steps behind the building. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. RSC Section 2522.4 defined...

Three-Ply Roof Qualified as MCI

August 27, 2023    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. They claimed that the new roof work was a repair and not an MCI. They also...

Insurance Reimbursement Deducted from Total Cost of MCI

August 27, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed $71,712 of the MCI cost that was reimbursed to landlord by its insurance company. Landlord...

Landlord No Longer Entitled to MCI Application for Group Work

July 26, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in 2018 based on new windows, water service repiping, and kitchen and bathroom modernization work. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but, since its order was issued after June 14...

Cost of Hot Plates Provided to Tenants During Gas Re-piping Removed from MCI Costs

June 27, 2023    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on gas re-piping. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won, in part. Among other things, tenants pointed out that landlord had provided hot plates to tenants...

No MCI Increase for Architect Fees That Duplicated Engineering Fees

November 16, 2022    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a parapet, as well as brick and structural steel work for an exterior restoration project. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, including the cost of...

No MCI Increase for Fencing or Landscaping

October 24, 2022    

The DHCR's Rent Administrator partially granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes. The DRA granted increases for a new front door and vestibule door, front entrance masonry work, drainage system, and...

No MCI Increase for Cosmetic Work Done in Connection with Vestibule Door

October 24, 2022    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of front and rear vestibule doors and a TV/security system. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed several expenses related to the vestibule doors...