Sanders v. State of New York Division of Housing

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), entered June 26, 2006, dismissing this proceeding, brought pursuant to CPLR article 78, challenging an upward modification to a major capital improvement (MCI) rent increase, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The only contention pressed on behalf of the tenants on this appeal is that the Division of Housing and Community Renewal improperly approved the MCI increase without requiring the owners to provide detailed evidence distinguishing rewiring work (for which the MCI increase was sought) from the non-MCI cable telecom work…