Some days it rains, some days it pours — and some days, there’s a Category 4 hurricane. And while the latter is relatively rare, it can be a true disaster, and any condominium, co-op or homeowners association worth its salt should be prepar…

Everyone is right to be concerned with the safety of their communities, whether they live in an area highly susceptible to crime or a sleepy Mayberry-esque hamlet. Condominiums, cooperatives, and homeowners associations are no exception; in…

While safety and security are concerns for all multifamily communities, suburban co-ops and condos have different concerns from their urban counterparts. Here are a few of the biggest. 

The City and State of New York have been in a very public fight with homeshare giant Airbnb for what feels like the last decade (the current short-term leasing laws were passed in 2006, so it’s been at least that long), but they haven’t bee…

Gone are the days of windowless rooms filled with bulky recording equipment, multiple flickering screens, and file cabinets full of disks containing endless hours of footage. The state of the art in surveillance equipment today is all abou…

 The foundation of a condominium or cooperative community rests on the ability of residents to cohabitate in a complimentary – or at the very least, peaceful - manner. Everyone in a building is ostensibly concerned with their investment, an…

Most of us don't think much about the pipes that deliver water to our homes (and carry waste far away from them), but your building's plumbing health is a crucial part of basic maintenance. 

There's a long-standing assumption that the big city is a center for both hustle and bustle, a fast-paced place designed for the benefit of fast-paced folks--while on the other hand the suburbs are a mecca for those more easy and breezy; a …

In looking at Manhattan residential sales trends this year so far, you could interpret the data as looking at the glass either half-full or half-empty According to the recent  Corcoran Report for third quarter 2016, the median price …

Over the last few years in New York, there has been a push to get as many people on renewable energy as possible. Last September, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City was looking to increase its goal of solar power capacity to…