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Another reason emerges for co-op and condo boards to switch from gas stoves.

Cracking terraces on this high-rise co-op turned out to be an easy fix.

Avoiding a Crack-Up in a Bronx Co-op

Written by Tom Soter on August 31, 2016

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Ingenuity and engineering are keys to a massive terrace refurbishing job.

Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, residents' outrage over rodents reaches a roar in one middle-class Bronx neighborhood's historic old co-ops (albeit spelled "coops"). Meanwhile, in a more upscale area of the borough, a condominium gets millions in tax breaks. Life as usual, in other words. And speaking of taxes, we've news on the class-action suit aiming to make New York City's crazy property-tax calculations fairer, and an Upper East Side condo is suing the MTA for Second Avenue subway-related damage. Plus: Celebrities buy penthouses!

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