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An App Called Slack Can Organize Board Conversations
Written by Kathryn Farrell on September 11, 2017
A way to manage the flow of talk between boards and their managers.
Trump to Pocket $14 Million If Feds Approve Sale of Starrett City
September 11, 2017
Largest subsidized housing development in nation selling for $850 million.
The Incredible Shrinking Mitchell-Lama Program
September 07, 2017
Defections like Trump Village add to scarcity of affordable housing.
Disciplining an Amorous Super
August 29, 2017
Boards need to act when staffers get out of line.
Look at Options Before Leaping Into Capital Projects
Written by Arlene Waye on August 21, 2017
Alternative approach saves big money on a Brooklyn roof job.
Only in Brooklyn: Discrimination Against Baby Strollers
August 10, 2017
Co-op says parents with strollers must use the building’s rear door.
Meet New York’s “Mr. Solar”
Written by Marianne Schaefer on July 27, 2017
“How could co-ops not do this?”
Brooklyn Home Sales Set Another Record
July 17, 2017
Is there no end in sight to this insanity?
Is Slack the Future of Board-Manager Communication?
Written by Kathryn Farrell on June 22, 2017
Messenger system cuts through the tech blizzard.
For-sale listings have fallen by as much as 50 percent in the past year.
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