Category: Q&A

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2023 February Q&A: Do Unenforced Bylaws Become Void?

Q.  If the particular bylaws of a condo community are continuously not followed, does the bylaw that is continuously misused become a LEGAL bylaw? Do we have any legal precedence here?                        —Concerned in Chelsea A.  “T…

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2023 February Q&A: Tenant Obligations in 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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2023 February Q&A: Subleasing a Co-op

Q.  A co-op owner purchased her unit in 2005 and has been subleasing it to the same tenant since 2011. The co-op board recently passed an amendment to the bylaws that states that an owner cannot sublease a unit for more than two years, and…

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2023 January Q&A: Staying Stable

Q. I live in a co-op with some unsold share apartments that are occupied by rent stabilized tenants. This month a woman in a rent stabilized apartment passed away. Will her apartment remain rent stabilized, or can the owner transfer it to…

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2023 January Q&A: Investigating Residents

Q. I have lived in a Mitchell-Lama co-op since 1992 and never received a copy of the complete house rules. I have been assaulted by a neighbor’s husband; he is not a tenant on record yet lives here and is a very dangerous person. Does the…

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2023 January Q&A: A Post-President Problem

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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2022 December Q&A: Wait Just a Minute

Q. Why are co-op board minutes so sparse that others who read them—shareholders, lawyers, brokers—have no real idea what goes on at meetings? This is because minutes are routinely ‘sanitized’ to leave out any troublesome issues, any comme…

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2022 December Q&A: Whose (Sewer) Line is It?

Q. I live in a condominium that consists of seven individual buildings, all three- to four-family, that is co-joined by another condominium on the same block. We are sharing a private sewer line with one connection out to the city sewer; …

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2022 November Q&A: Appropriate Assessments?

Q. In addition to our monthly $942 common charges, the board of our condominium complex has been collecting an additional $257 assessment each month since August 2018 in anticipation of future repair work, and to replenish our underfunded…

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2022 November Q&A: Buyer’s Remorse

Q. I signed a contract at the end of November 2021. There was an increase in the maintenance in February 2022, so it’s likely they got notice of this in December. Unfortunately I wasn’t given notice of this $55 increase per month until th…

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