In August, the New York Post reported that Eddie Wong, a resident of a luxury Greenwich Village co-op, was accused of "watching a 30-year-old neighbor through her bedroom window after she got out of the shower." According to the story,…
Like just about everything else we encounter and use every day, the lines of communication in a co-op or condo building have been scrutinized, analyzed, and updated for the cyber age. The question is whether that new approach has made co-op…
It appears that an Upper West Side co-op scored a legal victory over Madonna -- for now. The pop music legend's lawsuit against the Harperley Hall co-op over the issue of occupancy was dismissed by a Manhattan judge because she a…
Property management may not be aircraft control or open-heart surgery, but anyone who tells you it's 'easy' is either lying, or not playing with a full deck. Managers of communities both large and small face an array of challenges every day…
Earlier this month, Neal Milano, the property manager of a 47-unit condo building in Sunnyside, Queens, was arrested for allegedly and repeatedly “following, yelling obscenities at, grabbing and pulling a 43-year-old woman" who was a former…
Co-op and condo boards must remain vigilant against all kinds of potential hazards in their buildings; everything from Legionnaires' disease in rooftop cooling tanks to deteriorating pointing on brick facades, to unsecured window-unit air c…
A luxurious penthouse condo at One57 that was owned by Nigerian oil tycoon Kola Aluko (who, according to The Daily Beast , reportedly dated supermodel Naomi Campbell, once held a birthday party for actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and rented a y…
The management-board relationship is the bedrock on which every successful condo/co-op/HOA community rests. Learn how to optimize that partnership in your own community by finding out what management pros wish all their boards knew. Communi…
The management-board relationship is the bedrock on which every successful condo/co-op/HOA community rests. Learn how to optimize that partnership in your own community by finding out what management pros wish all their boards knew. Communi…
Self-management definitely has its perks - autonomy and cost-savings being two big ones - but eschewing professional management also has its downsides. In this video, legal professionals discuss how boards that opt to self-manage can steer …