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Co-op Nearly Burned by Heat Pump Installers

Written by Bill Morris on February 02, 2022

Upper West Side, Manhattan

Demand for clean energy may be outrunning the supply of qualified workers.

Site Safety Plan hit a snag thanks to an uncooperative next-door neighbor.

Some shareholders ponied up early, others can sign on later.

Upper West Side condo board may have overreached in setting rules and fines.

Ballooning cost of a facade project is turned into a positive.

Religious symbols are source of contention in East Side co-op. 

Neighborhood activists fail to keep hotel from becoming homeless shelter.

Only Murders in the Building delivers laughs – and lessons for co-op boards.

White brick facade is replaced by state-of-the-art porcelain tiles.

Shareholders Wrest Power From an Entrenched Harlem Co-op Board

Written by Andrew P. Brucker on October 22, 2021

Harlem, Manhattan

Shareholders followed the bylaws to oust an entrenched, self-dealing board.

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