With infection rates plateauing and vaccination rates accelerating, it appears that we may be able to contemplate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Travel professionals expect tourism to pick up - and property management professionals expec…
The long-awaited rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations has begun at last, but has gotten off to a decidedly bumpy start. Getting shots to nearly 20 million New Yorkers - twice - has hit snags around everything from the supply chain to equitable …
With 2020 finally behind us, co-op shareholders and condominium owners are looking forward - and their boards are seeking to make improvements and changes that reflect both the crises of the past year and issues put on hold as the pandemic …
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on many segments of the real estate market in the past year. A recent article in The New York Times notes that many home markets have been very active and have seen prices increase - with the exce…
Since the second week of January, many co-op boards have been busy working with their banks to complete Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applications. The inclusion of co-ops in the Fed’s forgivable loan program was the result of a joint e…
On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order requiring that employers receive revised guidance for workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to this order, the Occupational Safety and Health Administratio…
You may have heard that co-ops can now obtain loans under the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as a result of their being included in the new Stimulus Bill. The rules governing the inclusion have finally been released …
Patch.com reports that a recent study by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) concluded that 2020 was a slow year for construction in the city—hitting the lowest point since 2012, according to the report. With shutdowns and economic …
According to a January 11 legal alert from the New York-based law firm of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, it may be possible for employers - presumably including cooperative corporations, condo associations, and HOAs - to require their employe…
According to a January 7 policy update from New York City housing advocacy organization Care For the Homeless (CFH), the fast-approaching expiry of eviction moratoriums in New York and across the country will not only spell disaster for tho…