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After Devastating Fire, Condo Board Is Sued Over Insurance Coverage
Written by Bill Morris on July 29, 2021
Lawsuit claims building insurance was not sufficient to cover total loss.
Brooklyn-Built Wind Turbines Could Cut Buildings' Carbon Emissions
December 30, 2020
Renewable energy will help co-ops and condos meet Climate Mobilization Act.
A Sunset Park Co-op’s Solar Success Story
Written by Kathryn Farrell on March 20, 2020
Asking the right questions leads to big savings on electric bills.
Boards Need to Crack Down on Homeowner’s Insurance
Written by Tom Soter on August 08, 2019
Devastating Brooklyn fire points to hazards of being uninsured.
Meet New York’s “Mr. Solar”
Written by Marianne Schaefer on July 27, 2017
“How could co-ops not do this?”
Gentrification Has Arrived in Sunset Park
March 20, 2017
A $2 million townhouse sale in neighborhood that spawned the co-op movement.
Sunset Park Co-op Let the Sun Shine In
Written by Marianne Schaefer on December 29, 2016
Unique loan allows co-op to go solar for no money down.
Would You Be Interested in Free Solar Panels?
December 21, 2016
Brooklyn co-op becomes city’s first to benefit from new solar financing model.
"Just Do It"
Written by Tom Soter on June 22, 2016
A dedicated co-op board president tackles a long-overdue roof project in Brooklyn.
Happy 100th Birthday, Co-ops!
Written by Bill Morris on April 12, 2016
In 1916, the nation’s first nonprofit housing cooperative was born in Brooklyn.
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