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Q&A: Forcing Out Co-op Sublease Tenants 2024 August  

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…

Q&A: Illegal Enclosure 2023 November  

Q. I live in a three-flat condo. Before I purchased the second floor, the owner of the third floor opened up the wall to the porch, enclosed the porch, and claimed it as living space. It has since been cited by the city and must come down…

Q&A: Subleasing a Co-op 2023 February  

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…

Q&A: Lease Rights 2024 December  

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 …

Q&A: Storage Lockers and Closet Inspections 2025 January  

Q.  “I live in a building with storage lockers for cooperators on the ground floor and one storage locker on each floor. All the lockers are closed, so the contents are not visible. The building porters inspect the rooms in which the locke…

Q&A: Curbing the Complaints 2024 June  

Q. We have a shareholder who has filed several frivolous and vindictive complaints against the cooperative with various city agencies. While he always loses, these complaints have cost the cooperative money in attorneys’ fees. His latest …

Q&A: Investigating Residents 2023 January  

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…

Q&A: Lights, Camera, Improper Action 2024 January  

Q.   Today shareholders at our Mitchell-Lama co-op in Queens were informed with less than 24-hours notice that there will be a film shoot taking place tomorrow on the property from 6:00 a.m. Thursday and completed 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Not…

Q&A: Mitchell-Lama Unit Rules 2024 September  

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

Running Effective, Efficient Meetings 2023 March  

According to Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief (2005), “The holding of assemblies of the elders, fighting men, or people of a tribe, community, or city to make decisions or render opinion on important matters is doubtless a cus…

Q&A: Can married couples serve on the co-op board at same time? 2019 January  

Q. Can married couples serve on the co-op board at same time?                     —Concerned Stakeholder A. “Unless specifically prohibited in the corporate documents or bylaws,” says attorney Adam Leitman Bailey of Adam Leitman Baile…

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 an owner cannot sublease a unit for more than two years, and it a…

Q&A: Porch as Living Space 2020 December  

Q. I live in a three-flat condo. Before I purchased the second floor, the owner of the third floor opened up the wall to the porch, enclosed the porch, and claimed it as living space. It has since been cited by the city and must come down…

Q&A: Litigious Neighbors 2021 December  

Q. What should you do as an owner if you know of a small subset of owners in your condo that keep bringing coordinated and meritless legal actions, and even make public postings about your building that could harm your own valuation? Are …

Q&A: Dangerous Mitchell-Lama Resident 2021 August  

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…

Q&A: How to handle handicapped/reserved parking? 2015 December  

Q. My question refers to how many handicapped parking spaces must reserved in a particular co-op or a condo. Is there any legal requirement to set aside a certain number of spaces? Must a multiple dwelling with parking spaces used exclusi…

The State of the Business Judgment Rule Appellate Court Rulings 2016 February  

The greatest changes in cooperative and condominium law this past year did not come from the legislature or from the courts but from the New York Attorney General’s office (NYAG).  This article will review some of those changes and the most…

Recent Changes to Co-op & Condo Laws

This past June, the New York State Legislature and Governor enacted into law a sweeping overhaul of landlord-tenant relations throughout the State; just a few days later, these same powers enacted amendments to those amendments. While relat…

Residential Building Laws & the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 May  

Editor's note: This article is Part 1 of a two-part series from the authors examining some of the many legal questions and considerations raised by the global pandemic for co-op, condo, and HOA boards, as well as landlords and building owne…

The Pandemic, Personal Privacy & the Law

Editor's note: This article is Part 2 of a two-part series from the authors examining some of the many legal questions and considerations raised by the global pandemic for co-op, condo, and HOA boards, as well as landlords and building owne…

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