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Condo Board’s Win-Win: Saving Money While Saving the Planet
Written by Bill Morris on August 16, 2023
The Avery condominium has cut its costs along with its carbon emissions.
Lone Holdout Settles With Luxury Condo Developer
June 16, 2023
Little guy gets "enough to buy a place" from exasperated developer
Co-op Board Keeps Pandemic Ban on Door-to-Door Deliveries
March 17, 2023
Do boards have the power to keep bans in place as the pandemic recedes?
Angry residents say the board's actions are pricing them out of their homes.
Co-op Board Overcomes Shareholder Apathy and Sells a Flip Tax
Written by Carol J. Ott on March 08, 2023
Persistence pays off for a board seeking to replenish its reserve fund.
Co-op Board Feeds Reserve Fund With an Annual “Capital Contribution”
Written by Carol J. Ott on January 12, 2023
Method doesn’t rely on the vagaries of the city’s cyclical real-estate market.
Worker’s Death at Co-op Underscores Importance of Air-Tight Insurance
Written by Scott S. Greenspun and Jillian Menna on December 01, 2022
Co-op and condo boards can leave nothing to chance during repairs.
Problem Solved: Owners Squabbling Over Necessary Structural Repairs
November 22, 2022
Deferred maintenance and foot-dragging are no longer viable options.
Video Doorbells Pitting Security Against the Right to Privacy
Written by Bill Morris on August 05, 2021
Co-op and condo boards need to take a stand on new breed of watchdog.
The Growing Pains of a 40-Year-Old Co-op on Central Park West
Written by Bill Morris & Carol J. Ott on September 09, 2022
These cooperators had to start from scratch back in the 1980s.
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