Category: Q&A

Q&A Q&A: Sponsor Control over the Board
2012 March Q&A: Sponsor Control over the Board

Q I serve on the board of a Brooklyn co-op which is only 52 percent shareholder  owned. Shareholders now have the simple majority on the board. Our sponsor owns  the management company (which is non-responsive), has a relationship with ou…

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Q&A Q&A: Power Grab
2012 February Q&A: Power Grab

Q I am a co-op owner. A renovation plan for my apartment was approved by the building, the board and the city. Con Edison added a new power line to the building at no cost because the building was at its capacity for the existing electr…

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Q&A Q&A: Is it Ethical to Get Paid?
2012 February Q&A: Is it Ethical to Get Paid?

Q Is it ethical for board members or immediate family members to choose to do a job that would normally be something the community would get together to do for free (i.e. spreading out mulch in the park, pressure-washing the gazebo or …

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Q&A Q&A: Exemption Used for Maintenance
2012 January Q&A: Exemption Used for Maintenance

hroom sink. But he did so by taking it from our SCRIE-DRIE-STAR credit  checks from the New York City Department of Finance. According to our bylaws  and proprietary lease, he is not supposed to charge for this service. What can  I do about…

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Q&A Q&A: Marijuana Problem in Manhattan
2012 January Q&A: Marijuana Problem in Manhattan

Q I live in a co-op in Manhattan and have a neighbor who enjoys smoking pot. The  problem is he does a horrible job containing the smell. He smokes out the  window and around the apartment. The smell comes into my apartment (which is  dir…

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Q&A Q&A: Inequity in Building Maintenance?
2011 December Q&A: Inequity in Building Maintenance?

Q I am a shareholder in a Lower East Side tenement co-op. The building was originally 6 floors with 4 apartments on each floor. In 1985, we formed a corporation and purchased the building from the landlord who had us purchase a money m…

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Q&A Q&A: Imposing a Flip Tax or Transfer Fee
2011 December Q&A: Imposing a Flip Tax or Transfer Fee

Q At a general meeting of our condominium, a proposal for a flip tax/transfer fee on the sale of a unit failed to get enough votes. Subsequently, the board of managers decided to impose a transfer fee of five months maintenance charg…

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Q&A Q&A: Maintenance Obligations?
2011 November Q&A: Maintenance Obligations?

Q My co-op allegedly has mold growing inside the central air conditioners. Isn't this the responsibility of management to clean? There is water inside the units which apparently is causing the mold. The maintenance crew said they will on…

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Q&A Q&A: Convicted Director?
2011 November Q&A: Convicted Director?

Q “I live in a co-op in Queens that still has a small percentage of apartments held by the sponsor. Last year the sponsor was voted off the board (they held 2 seats). This year only one person was nominated and seconded by two people who…

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Q&A Q&A: Accessing Common Elements
2011 October Q&A: Accessing Common Elements

Q In our parking garage we have access to a bike storage room and an outside bike rack that is next to a resident's handicapped parking spot. Right now the only way to get to the bikes is to "trespass" over the parking spot. Our concern…

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