Board Operations Running the Gauntlet
2006 Oct Running the Gauntlet

Talk about tense situations. There’s the sweaty-palm inducing job interview or the anxiety-riddled prospect of getting down on one knee to propose. And who can forget those tense moments scratching out an answer on the SAT test, knowing …

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Q&A Q&A: Smoking Ban?
2006 Sep Q&A: Smoking Ban?

Q I have a question about a condo owner’s right to smoke in their apartment. Having secondhand smoke infiltrate our units troubles many of my fellow condo owners—including myself. Our property manager suggests that we approach the offend…

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Q&A Q&A: Surpassing the Shareholders?
2006 Sep Q&A: Surpassing the Shareholders?

Q Several others and I are shareholders in a co-op on the East Side of Manhattan. Our board and management company are putting through Local Law 11. This is not a problem. However, they have refused for any of the shareholders to see th…

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Q&A Q&A: Unfair Allocations
2006 Sep Q&A: Unfair Allocations

Q Our 20-floor co-op consists of two small buildings. The building went co-op in 1982 and the sponsor/owner converted from oil to gas, removed the boiler at his expense, and converted the basement space into a 1,200-square-foot-duplex …

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Q&A Q&A: Hot Under The Collar
2006 Sep Q&A: Hot Under The Collar

Q We moved into our Chelsea co-op last spring, and when the heating was turned on in the fall, we learned that the west wall fin tube radiation wasn’t working. This means that we have no heat in the bedroom and partial heat in the livin…

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Energy Conservation Reducing High Energy Costs
2006 Sep Reducing High Energy Costs

Energy usage and cost savings are on everybody’s mind these days— especially those of us in charge of running our buildings, keeping them both comfortable and financially solvent. Each building community is unique, and boards and manager…

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Buildings The San Remo
2006 Sep The San Remo

Located on the luxurious Upper West Side along breathtaking Central Park West, the San Remo is one of the premier luxury apartment buildings in New York City. The first to incorporate the twin tower concept, this building’s addition to New …

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Organizations Growing the Green Apple
2006 Sep Growing the Green Apple

When people think of New York City, they tend to think of things like Times Square, The Empire State Building, and Broadway—sparkly icons of the Big Apple. What most people don’t think of when they think of the city is green spaces. Sure…

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Real Estate Trends New Life for Old Technology
2006 Sep New Life for Old Technology

Where would we be without our personal computers? From news to e-mail to online shopping and financial management, they’ve brought so much convenience to our lives. Along with their associate devices such as printers and monitors, PCs ha…

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Board Operations Watts Up?
2006 Sep Watts Up?

Seasonal spikes in the prices of fuel, oil and gas rising, higher costs of electricity, the need to bring those energy bills down—your condo or co-op will likely feel all of these, especially if it has older boilers, appliances, and so f…

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