There are a number of things that make shareholders unhappy in a co-op or condo, but chief among the complaints is when the board just doesn’t seem to hear their concerns or doesn’t do its duty to keep shareholders informed of board meet…
Out of nowhere, someone is regularly using the parking space you have had for years. And strangers are appearing regularly in your building’s hallways, though you’re not sure where they belong or if they should even be there. Strangely, …
If you want to find out about the history of a town, region or country, head to a museum or look it up on the Internet. If you want to find out about your family’s history, look at your photo album, whether it’s in a book or online. And…
The foundation of any properly run condo association or co-op building rests on residents paying their monthly maintenance fees on time and in full, with no delays or delinquencies. However, in the wake of the recession, with many shar…
While the vast majority of one-time projects and long-term service contracts involving vendors and service providers and their co-op, condominium or HOA clients go smoothly and either conclude or continue without incident, a small perc…
While natural disasters have impacted the United States for countless decades—from The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina—these catastrophic events are seemingly occurring with a more severe frequency. For…
Q Our co-op has a board member who shared a confidential board decision with the shareholders and went so far as to initiate and circulate a petition for a meeting of shareholders to reverse the board decision. Naturally, many sharehol…
Q I have lived in my cooperative apt for the past 13 years and have never been late with my carrying charges. In those years, the only repairs that the cooperative has made in my apartment have been emergency repairs (there was a broken…
Q I am a board member and shareholder in a Westchester County cooperative where there has recently been a lot of conflicts among board members. There is a board member who owns her own realty company and is now privy to all confidentia…
Q I am a co-op owner of 8 years and our management has raised the late fees from $25 to $50. Can this be done without any warnings? This affects me as I am not able to pay the maintenance and parking by the 10th of each month. I have wr…