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MCI for a non-regulated apartment?

Postby dmkfhq » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:28 pm

I live in a rent-stabilized building, but my apartment is non-regulated (as are several other apartments in the building). I recently renewed my lease, effective May 1.

I received my rent statement today, and it includes charges for Major Capital Improvements (MCI) and Retroactive MCI. I know that building recently received approval to charge MCI for improvements it made. But I thought that MCI charges applied only to rent-stabilized apartments. (What sense would it make to pass on MCI charges to a non-regulated tenant, when the landlord is free to raise rents as much as he wants the next time I renew my lease?)

These charges total a little more than $100 a month, so I really don't want to just shrug it off if it's not legitimate ...
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Postby TenantNet » Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:02 pm

You're right, it's not legit if you're bonafide unregulated.

But on the other hand, if there's a chance that your unit should still be regulated, then you might be better off being regulated even with a MCI. Do not accept that you are unregulated just because the LL says you aren't. You should get a rent history from DHCR (to start) and then examine if the supposed deregulation was legal.
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Re: MCI for a non-regulated apartment?

Postby Landlord's Boy » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:34 am

dmkfhq wrote:What sense would it make to pass on MCI charges to a non-regulated tenant, when the landlord is free to raise rents as much as he wants the next time I renew my lease?

It's a goof. I've made it myself. Just call up your LL and you'll probably get an apology and be told to ignore the notice.
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