Must the Dreaded Co-op Admission Interview Include Your Children?

Sept. 16, 2014 — Admission interviews by co-op boards strike fear in even the most confident apartment-buyer's heart. Stories abound of New York City boards rejecting people for some imagined imperfection, or for being Madonna or Richard Nixon. Many co-op buyers tell of having to bring their dogs to the interview, so that the board can feel assured that Rover's not an aggressive, 75-pound hell-hound. So what about children, be they toddler tantrum-throwers, teenaged skateboard thugs or, like your kid, of course, well-behaved and above average? Must parents bring children kids to the co-op board interview? Brokers tell all in BrickUnderground.com's latest "Ask the Experts" column.