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Co-op Boards' Broad Powers Do Not Include the Right to Discriminate
December 26, 2023
Seller suspects the co-op board might be discriminating against her. That's illegal.
Co-op Board Follows Its Gut in Hunt for a New Property Manager
Written by Bill Morris on September 14, 2023
The relationship is like a marriage. Choose wisely.
Jackson Heights Co-ops Band Together to Cut Carbon Emissions
Written by Bill Morris on October 26, 2022
Hawthorne Court’s 14 co-ops are convinced there’s strength in numbers.
Queens Climate Project Acts Locally to Fight Global Warming
Written by Bill Morris on August 18, 2022
Neighborhood activists band together to push green projects and legislation.
Interest Rate Hikes Are Hitting Co-op Mortgage Refinancing
Written by Bill Morris on July 06, 2022
Inflation is squeezing a prime tool to pay for capital projects.
Birchwood House Co-op Goes on a Buying Spree
Written by Frank Lovece on March 22, 2021
Co-op board realizes long-term gain by buying up apartments in-house.
Landmarks Conservancy Rescues a Queens Co-op
Written by Bendix Anderson on April 03, 2020
Low-interest loans can be life-savers for small, historic co-ops.
Elderly Residents Struggling With Cost of Compliance
Written by Marianne Schaefer on February 12, 2020
NORCs squeezed by flurry of regulations, limited resources.
A Co-op Consolidates – and Protects – Its Reserve Fund
Written by Bendix Anderson on September 26, 2019
Ultra Money Market account allows board to park money in one place, worry free.
The Co-op Board President Who Misses Nothing
Written by Bill Morris on January 04, 2019
Lillian Wong sees all – but not in a nosy way.
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