Upper Manhattan, particularly the neighborhoods of Washington Heights and Inwood, continues to be Manhattan’s last frontier for residential development. With a relative abundance of residential-zoned building sites and excellent subway acce…

It's hard to bring up Long Island City nowadays without the conversation turning toward Amazon, as the online shopping behemoth's massive new HQ2 location prepares to descend upon the neighborhood . And while it's true that the Amazon pr…

A Carroll Gardens condo that was recently signed into contract could set a record in the neighborhood. According to Stribling's Brooklyn luxury report , a contract was signed for a penthouse at the condo building called 145 Carroll …

Q. I am an original and current shareholder in an HDFC co-op in Manhattan; I am on the lease and stock certificate along with my father (a co-shareholder). We both became shareholders along with the other existing tenants in the building …

Q. The president of our board holds two positions, and his wife holds another. Their friend holds the last position. We had an election yesterday, and two new residents gave speeches running for positions on the board – one for the presid…

Q. My apartment was flooded four times with sewage, along with kitchen and bathtub pipes bursting. As a result, mold is everywhere in my apartment. The co-op board refused to do mold remediation except for the four sewage leaks in the kit…

Q . Our condo board recently proposed a large loan for a capital expense. The bylaws stipulate monthly maintenance assessment based on size of the unit. This assessment includes maintaining a cash reserve for smaller projects. There is no …

Planning for a rainy day is pretty easy. Have an extra umbrella handy or a waterproof coat, and you’re probably fine. Planning for the rainiest day ever, on the other hand, is significantly more daunting. Especially if during that day there…

On Thursday, October 11, The Cooperator welcomed thousands of board members, managers, building owners, and co-op and condo decision-makers from across the tri-state area to the Jacob Javits Convention Center for the second annual Fall edit…

People feel ‘harassed’ all the time – by crowded trains, loud noises, and even the weather. Co-op and condo residents often feel that their board, or even a neighbor, is ‘harassing’ them. But what qualifies as harassment in the legal sense?…