Category: Q&A

Q&A Q&A: Contesting an Election
2024 December Q&A: Contesting an Election

Q. I am a shareholder and current member of the board of directors running for reelection. At the elections, we did not have a quorum, and the other members decided to keep the elections open for a month. So the ballots were given to mana…

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Q&A Deal with difficult people, bossy manager or trouble employee, tough or complicated colleague, confusion or conflict concept, frustrated business people dealing with difficult and fussy coworker.
2024 December Q&A: Removing a Problematic President

Q. We recently had to vote to remove our board president from his position, because he was taking small amounts of funds on a regular basis. He said it was all ‘petty cash reimbursements,’ but he never told the board or treasurer about ma…

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Q&A Q&A: Bilked by Bulk Billing
2024 December Q&A: Bilked by Bulk Billing

Q. The bylaws of [my co-op] currently charge utility costs—water, sewer, heat/AC, and electricity—to our shareholders on the basis of the number of shares each unit is assigned. The shares apportioned are variable depending on unit size, …

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Q&A Q&A: Lease Rights
2024 December Q&A: Lease Rights

Q.  I serve on the board of my co-op in Forest Hills, and own one unit. Our ‘unsold unit owners’, as they demand we call them, have been in control forever. Originally, there were two sponsors, but both have since passed away, one leaving …

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Q&A A dog, who serves as an emotional support animal, is lying on a bed after spending most of the day moving into her new home, a college dormitory.
2024 November Q&A: Pup Papers, Please

Q. I sit on the board of directors of a Nassau County cooperative. The building has a no-pets policy that residents are obliged to comply with. A few residents have cats that were grandfathered in prior to rules changing. On occasion, we’…

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Q&A Are You Covered?
2024 October Q&A: Coverage Required?

Q. My co-op board just voted to require all shareholders to buy homeowners insurance. I’d like to find out if that’s a common thing, but I don’t know who to ask. Thanks!                                 —Can They Do That? A. “Requiring…

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Q&A Divided house and wooden gavel. Division of real estate in case of divorce or inheritance.
2024 October Q&A: Tenant Obligations During Foreclosure

Q. One of our condo units that the owner was renting out to a tenant is now in foreclosure. But before the unit went into foreclosure, the owner (who has been missing in action) was behind on the common charges and the condo board was tak…

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Q&A A hand presents an eviction notice isolated in flat design style (cut out)
2024 September Q&A: Co-op Tenant Evicted

Q. In 1999 I inherited a low-income HDFC co-op, which at that time the president told me I could rent out. When my relative passed away in 1998, I had just bought myself a condominium, so I took the president at his word and rented the co…

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2024 September Q&A: Rent Stabilization

Q. I live in a co-op with some unsold shared apartments. This month a woman in a rent stabilized apartment passed away. Will her apartment remain rent stabilized, or can the owner transfer it to market value?                             …

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Q&A Symbol for increasing or decreasing fees. Hand turns a dice and changes the direction of an arrow. Dice form the word "FEE".
2024 September Q&A: Late Increase Notice

Q. I signed a contract for a condo unit at the end of November 2023. There was an increase in the maintenance in February 2024, so it’s likely they got notice of this last December. Unfortunately I wasn’t given notice of this $55 increase…

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