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Co-op Board Fights to Keep Its 90-Year-Old Laundry Room
Written by Marianne Schaefer on March 05, 2020
Judge rules laundry does not need sprinklers or Certificate of Occupancy.
Take 20 Stories Off the Top? Not So Fast.
March 05, 2020
City joins developer’s appeal of order to chop top off condo tower.
Judge Blocks Three Condo Towers from Two Bridges
February 28, 2020
Another blow to the city's powerful real-estate interests.
A 90-Year-Old Co-op Lobby Steps Into the 21st Century
Written by Marianne Schaefer on February 19, 2020
The hardest renovation jobs are the ones that require subtlety.
Judge Orders Developer to Chop 20 Stories from Condo Tower
February 19, 2020
Controversial Upper West Side luxury tower could undergo a “top chop.”
Billionaire's Condo Taxed at Rate of Laredo, Texas
February 11, 2020
Tax Reform Commission cites $238 million condo's low tax bill.
An Upper West Side Lobby Renovation That Made Everyone Happy
Written by Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal on January 29, 2020
This condo board avoided the common clashes over aesthetics and money.
Running an Art Deco Co-op Isn't All Glamor
Written by Paula Chin on January 24, 2020
Sometimes the job gets downright prosaic.
Don’t Let Violations Derail Sales or a Mortgage Refinance
Written by Bill Morris on January 23, 2020
DOB violations are multiplying, but workarounds exist.
Historic Co-op Allowed to Replace Terra Cotta with Cast Stone
Written by Bill Morris on January 22, 2020
Landmarks Preservation Commission agrees to bend the rules.
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