5. May I examine my building owner’s MCI DHCR will review all tenant responses. Tenants
application? can challenge the approval of the application
for a number of reasons such as: defects in the
Tenants can review the copy of the owner’s MCI installation of the new equipment, improper cost
application that is in the possession of the DHCR documentation, complaints of harassment by the
and can do so by filling out a Records Access owner, outstanding maintenance or building
(REC-1) request form, available with instructions at: violations of record, lack of building registration,
www.hcr.ny.gov/tenant-owner-forms the issuance of DHCR rent reduction orders,
failure to meet useful life requirements for the item
Submit the request to: being replaced, improper apartment room count.
Some specific grounds for challenging an MCI may
NYS Division of Housing & Community include, but are not limited to:
Renewal
Office of Rent Administration • The work doesn’t benefit all tenants or
Gertz Plaza doesn’t benefit the whole building. EXAMPLE:
92-31 Union Hall Street, 6th Floor The windows were only replaced on the third
Jamaica, NY 11433 floor of a six-floor building.
Attn.: Records Access Unit
• The work was not necessary and is cosmetic
Tenants can request to review the owner’s MCI in nature only.
application at DHCR’s Gertz Plaza office at the
address listed above or request that a copy be • The work was done on a system that has
mailed to them. In addition, if the owner placed a not out-lived its Useful Life, the owner
copy with all supporting documents at the subject previously received a MCI rent increase for
building, the tenants can review it on site. this installation, and the building owner has
not received a waiver from DHCR to replace
6. Can I get a time extension to answer