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Defamation Against Co-op and Condo Boards Is Hard to Prove
Written by Andrew P. Brucker on February 02, 2023
The “common interest privilege” is a popular defense in defamation lawsuits.
Amalgamated Warbasse Houses Co-op Tackles a “Giant” Project
Written by Bill Morris on September 29, 2021
Co-op board is replacing the original heating and cooling system.
How Warbasse Houses Turned Its Messy Basements Into a Revenue Stream
Written by Sue Treiman on October 14, 2020
Storage lockers are an amenity that produces a $50,000 yearly windfall.
Mitchell-Lamas Sued For Letting Applicants Skip Waiting List
December 11, 2019
Affordable-housing applicants decry “pervasive corruption” at HPD.
Is the Trump Name Behind the Blizzard of Lawsuits in Brooklyn?
December 29, 2015
The Department of Justice announced on Dec. 23 that it has filed a lawsuit against Trump Village for violating the Fair Housing Act.
Luna Park co-op on Coney Island allowed applicants to leapfrog waiting list.
Co-op Board Uses Airbnb Records to Fight Sublets
Written by Bill Morris on January 04, 2018
Board gets access to “smoking gun” on illegal short-term sublets.
The Incredible Shrinking Mitchell-Lama Program
September 07, 2017
Defections like Trump Village add to scarcity of affordable housing.
Submetering: No Longer a No-Brainer
Written by Paula Chin on December 30, 2016
Loss of incentives, new rule make electric submetering too costly for many boards.
I Heard the News Today, Oh Boy
Written by Richard Siegler & Dale Degenshein on December 16, 2015
What happens when a disgruntled (or perhaps a “principled”) apartment owner creates a website for the purpose of discussing events and conditions in a building and allegedly posts defamatory statements? In the case of Trump Village Section 4 and Igor Oberman v. Yuliya Bezvoleva Aka Julia Bezvoleva, Inna Yeselson, Josef Stalin, Aborigen, www.tv4news.org, two shareholders were sued by the cooperative corporation, Trump Village Section 4, and its board president, Igor Oberman.
The defendants, Julia Bezvoleva and Inna Yeselson allegedly started a website for the purposes of discussing events and conditions in Trump Village. According to the co-op, the website was designed to provide information, announcements, and advice to and for residents of Trump Village. The co-op asserted, however, that the website was not being used as a forum to benefit the Trump Village community but instead was being used as a site to post 19 separate defamatory statements throughout a one-year period. Although the complaint asserts that Bezvoleva and Yeselson authored the statements, there is no proof of that since they were posted anonymously.
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