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Category: Q&A

Q&A Q&A: When Unit Owners Fail to Pay
2009 July Q&A: When Unit Owners Fail to Pay

Q Our 200-unit condo association has seven delinquencies. Six of these cases have  been delinquent for over a year. Liens are in place, and all are in the hands  of our attorney for collection. Most are mortgaged past fair market value…

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Q&A Q&A: Entitled to Tabulated Election Results?
2009 July Q&A: Entitled to Tabulated Election Results?

Q Do the shareholders in a New York City co-op have the right to obtain the tabulated results of a board of director’s election, rather than simply the names of the shareholders that won? If you are a shareholder who is running for th…

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Q&A Q&A: Charging For Common Space Storage?
2009 June Q&A: Charging For Common Space Storage?

Q I am the president of a 60-unit condominium in Brooklyn. Years ago, the board created some bicycle storage space (a room with some bicycle racks) in the basement and allocated the two spaces to owners on a first-come, first-serv…

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Q&A Q&A: Subletting Sisters
2009 June Q&A: Subletting Sisters

Q  I have used my sister’s co-op apartment as my primary residence for 12 years. She holds the  proprietary lease and owns the shares but she has never lived here. Recently  the old co-op board was replaced, and the new board is tryi…

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Q&A Q&A: Right to Inherit
2009 May Q&A: Right to Inherit

Right to Inherit Q What are the laws in New York City regarding domestic partners who are technically the tenants of a co-op owner? My domestic partner and I have been living in my Jackson Heights co-op for over five-years. H…

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Q&A Q&A: Board Resisting Removal
2009 May Q&A: Board Resisting Removal

Board Resisting Removal Q A group of majority unit owners in our Manhattan condominium are trying to remove our current board of managers for failing to operate the building in compliance with our bylaws. This group signed a pet…

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Q&A Q&A: Foreigners in Flats
2009 April Q&A: Foreigners in Flats

Q We live in a medium-sized co-op in Chelsea with seven apartments per floor. It is clear to me that a woman who lives on our floor is using one or two of her bedrooms as a bed and breakfast (B&B). She must advertise on something lik…

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Q&A Q&A: Charging Shareholders for Washing Machine Usage
2009 April Q&A: Charging Shareholders for Washing Machine Usage

Q In a previous issue of The Cooperator, attorney C. Jaye Berger discusses the matter of allocation of costs by shares for services such as electricity and water, as opposed to person adjusted usage. I do not take issue with her com…

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Q&A Q&A: Buying Into Building with Low Reserves
2009 April Q&A: Buying Into Building with Low Reserves

Q My offer on a co-op was accepted and the co-op sent some of the financials to my attorney. I’m told that the building’s financials are “OK,” not terrific and not terrible. My attorney said that the reserves are $140,000 or approxima…

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Q&A Q&A: Purchasing Co-op Shares Under Holding Company
2009 March Q&A: Purchasing Co-op Shares Under Holding Company

Q Our co-op has a prospective purchaser who refuses to buy the shares in his own  name. He wants the shares to be purchased by a holding company or limited  liability corporation (LLC) that was created specifically for that purpose. Ho…

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