I live in a rent-stabilized apartment in Brooklyn. I am fairly sure that my building, one of several row houses under common ownership, is part of a "horizontal multiple dwelling." Now, here is the situation:
My landlord recently applied for an MCI based on a capital improvement in my building only--not the others.
My questions are this:
1. Assuming my building is part of a horizontal multiple dwelling, can the MCI be defeated because it only affects my building and not the others? (MCI rules, I understand, require that capital improvements affect "all tenants.")
2. How do I determine that my building is part of a "horizontal multiple dwelling"? Is this on file somewhere, or is this determined as the occasion arises?
Any thoughts or comments on the above would be greatfully appreciated, to me here publicly or by private email to sammysfather@aol.com.
thanks in advance,
Phil