While a board - or their constituent homeowners - may feel their community needs to employ all the latest gadgets and technology to secure their property and safety, the fact is, it's a rare community that truly needs biometric retinal scan…

The trend today is toward a paperless world.  Electronic record keeping can reduce costs overall by eliminating the need for physical paper, while also helping to improve our environment and save space. But are electronic records the right …

One could be forgiven for growing tired of reading about how expensive New York City real estate is. The prices trend ever upward--everybody gets it. But the curiosity of even the most cynical spectator might be piqued if he or she knew the…

Twice a year, The Cooperator Expo New York brings together not only more than 300 vendors and service providers, but also an impressive array of professionals to share their expertise in a well-curated roster of educational seminars…

The main takeaways that describe the Brooklyn and Queens residential market in the first quarter of 2018 were record-setting prices and slow sales, according to Douglas Elliman's most recent 1Q 2018 report. For Brooklyn condos, the ave…

Q. My brother passed away in August of last year. He was a cooperator at Rochdale Village, in Jamaica, New York. When we went to sit down with management, we were informed that the deposit my brother put down in 1992 is all that can be ex…

One of the components that makes co-op ownership unique is its financing structure. Unlike a condominium, the property is owned as a whole, fee-simple estate – and so the entire property can be encumbered by a permanent, long-term loan. Thi…

The Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of New York, and the head of the New York State Government’s Department of Law, often referred to as the Attorney General’s Office. The office traces its history all the way back …

Every co-op, condo, and HOA has rules and regulations that residents and their guests must abide by. For the most part, they’re usually pretty straightforward: no smoking in common areas, limits on pets, no hockey-playing in the hallways. T…

Whether you live in a condo, co-op, or HOA, board elections are a complicated process, especially when it comes to voting and counting ballots. Yet electing (or re-electing) a board is probably one of the most important exercises the reside…