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June 2008

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▶ I Spy
Case: Branscombe Investments Ltd. vs Board of Managers of the Olympic Tower Condominium

 

 

Post-Issue Updates
Property-Tax Abatement Extended

Post-Issue Update: June 17, 2008 New York State Governor David Paterson has signed a four-year Read More >>

Web-Exclusive Adaptations
Arrears and Late Payments: A Strategy for Collecting
By Tom Soter

Nov. 21, 2008 — The small Manhattan co-op's commercial tenant is chronically late Read More >>

HDFC Low-Income Co-ops: The Last Gasp of Affordable Housing?
By Bill Morris

When Andrew Reicher arrived in New York in the 1970s, the Bronx was burning and the Daily News summed Read More >>

Financial Disaster: How to Recover, How to Avoid: Part II
By Bill Morris

In Part I, we looked at Seacrest Towers in blue-collar Brooklyn, which fell into and Read More >>

Financial Disaster: How to Recover, How to Avoid: Part I
By Bill Morris

This is a tale of two co-ops, in two very different parts of the city, that fought their different problems Read More >>

Boilers: Repair or Replace? Four Boards Solve Four Common Problems
By Alan Saly

The 40-year-old boiler at 504-510 West 110th Street in Manhattan had been giving the Read More >>

Local Law 48: The Creeping Horror
By Frank Lovece

You may call me mad — other men have. Yet a story is no less true for having driven Read More >>

Board Service: Angela Hirsch, Queens
By Angela Hirsch. Third in an occasional series of real-life stories by board members about serving on co-op and condo boards.

June 11, 2008 — What an incredible learning experience…! As the long-time president of my cooperative's Read More >>

Buying Insurance in a Soft Market: How to Negotiate a Good Deal
By Tom Soter with Laurie Wiegler

Insurance rates for buildings spiked after the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, as Read More >>

When Flip Taxes Flip Back: The Danger of Imposing Fees without a Shareholder Vote
By Bill Morris

With real estate taxes, energy costs and repair bills continuing to head into the ionosphere, Read More >>

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2008 Source Guide

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