While residents of condos, co-ops, and HOAs do their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by staying in their homes as much as they can, they rely on the supers, porters, valets, doorpeople, janitorial workers, handymen and -women, securi…
Social distancing, lockdowns, quarantine, remote work, distance learning—these once unfamiliar terms have changed the way we live our everyday lives in the time of a global pandemic. In a society where a handshake is the social gesture that…
It’s a common bit for comedians and TV sitcoms: making fun of the ‘condo police’—those neighbors who take it upon themselves to enforce the rules set up by your condominium association or co-op corporation to regulate community living. They…
When former Bear Sterns CEO James Cayne - noted for his role in the 2008 financial crisis - sought to sell his five-bedroom, six-bath prewar co-op apartment at swanky 510 Park Avenue, the co-op board rejected three prospective purchaser…
In a recent piece for the New York Law Journal , attorneys from Manhattan-based law firm Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer delve into the issue of privacy as it pertains to the personal information of shareholders and unit owners - and…
The Cooperator Events presents a Virtual Town Hall: Protect & Defend - Fortifying Your Building's Financial Plans in the Ongoing Pandemic sponsored by Czarnowski & Beer LLP. Thursday October 22, 2020 1:30 PM EST REGISTER NOW For many boa…
The Cooperator Events Presents a Virtual Town Hall: Getting What's Due - Collecting Maintenance & Common Charge Arrears During the Pandemic. Sponsored by Schneider Buchel LLP. Tuesday October 13, 2020 2:00 PM EST WATCH ON DEMAND COVID-1…
Several outlets, including NBC News, CBS News, and the New York Post , report that a 24-year-old woman who was struck by a falling lounge chair on January 25 while crossing the street near Union Square in Manhattan is suing several parti…
The Cooperator Events Presents a Virtual Town Hall: Remote Control - Managing Meetings, Elections & Shareholder Anxiety During COVID. Sponsored by Smith Buss Jacobs LLP. Tuesday October 6, 2020 at 2:00PM EST WATCH ON DEMAND Countless co-…
Originally proposed in 2014 by Senator Brad Holyman, Senate Bill S44A - or the ‘pied-à-terre tax,’ as it has become known - was introduced to the New York Assembly in January 2019, partly - a ccording to the National Law Review - in …