MANHATTAN

When boards negotiate with a developer, they need to build in protections.

Most luxury condos sold at a loss over the past four years.

Works orders and more will be integrated with current accounting system.

Pied-a-terre tax gains new momentum in Democrat-controlled Legislature.

Supers, managers and board members can pitch in to save 20 percent on energy costs.

Board not responsible for shoddy work in “luxury” apartment renovation.

Ingenious solutions cut cost of a state-of-the-art system.

State busts landlord who held all shares and charged market-rate rents.

The “experience economy” includes pricey condos on top of pricey shops.

Sometimes disaster has an ugly smell but a silver lining.