Boards -- whether co-op, condo, or HOA -- hire managers to handle the administrative, operational, and social sides of what can often be a tricky field. How much leeway a manager has to get the job done depends on several different variable…
Updated 6/20/19, 9:53 a.m. You could own two pieces of property that once belonged to Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, courtesy of the American government. Manafort is currently a serving seven-and-a-half-year feder…
It sounded too good to be true when it was first publicized last year: buy an $85 million Manhattan penthouse condo, and you'll get two Rolls Royces and a trip to space as perks. Now it might've been just wishful thinking. The New York…
Dealing with indoor pests -- be they rodents, bugs, or even birds -- in multifamily settings has been a challenge ever since humans started living in close proximity to one another. In this clip, a trio of pest control experts discuss how t…
Like many other American cities, New York City is currently mired in an affordable housing crisis. And the situation seemingly grows more dire by the day. As Gothamist reported earlier this year, weakened rent laws and economic pressure…
For a fleeting moment, it appeared as if Jeff Bezos had emptied his proverbial shopping cart and left New York behind after the fallout from the Amazon HQ 2 reversal . But it now seems like the famed billionaire and CEO of the …
To actually remove floors or space from a newly-constructed building because of a violation of zoning rules is quite rare as it is drastic. And i t is a situation that a nearly-completed Upper East Side condo tower could be facing. Manh…
A penthouse in United Nations Plaza was among 23 Manhattan luxury residential properties listed at $4 million or more that signed into contract last week. It marked six straight weeks of 20 or more sales, according to Oshan's latest r…
Q. I live in a New York City co-op and would like to understand exactly what the legal responsibilities of board members are. Our board has not posted board meeting minutes for a few years (although annual meeting minutes are distributed …
Q. We have a problem with a shareholder circumventing sublet rules by claiming that the occupant of their unit is a ‘roommate.’ The actual shareholder does not live here, but she shows up occasionally and sits on the stoop to make her pre…