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 ...