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Real Estate Trends Flat style vegetable kitchen scraps and green compost bin on background with doodles. Organic waste for domestic composting. Parings and peelings of banana, egg, potato, apple, corn, onion, pepper
Food Scrap Recycling

With organic composting requirements now instituted citywide, many buildings are looking to expand their own composting efforts. Along with information outreach and proper collection and storage containers, boards are turning to tech for ad…

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Energy Conservation Sustainable Green Buildings, Green Business Concepts, Environmental Sustainability Goals 2050, Construction Planning and Ecology, Green Urban Living, ESG, Renewable Energy
CNYC Launches LL97 Planning Tool

The Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums ( CNYC ) has announced the release of a new planning tool to help boards plan Local Law 97 (LL97) projects. The tool is a user-friendly, dynamic, Excel-based spreadsheet that enables…

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Law & Legislation Washington DC, USA - July 3, 2017: Federal Trade Commission and Housing Finance Agency seals in downtown with closeup of sign and logo
Revolution at Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

In a recent essay published in the National Housing Conference (NHC)’s newsletter, NHC President and CEO David M. Dworkin breaks down ‘What we know about Fannie and Freddie as we begin the 10th week of revolutionary change’ for readers.   …

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Board Operations The CooperatorEvents Spring Expo
The CooperatorEvents Spring Expo

For over 20 years now, co-op and condo board members, managers, and the professionals they depend on to keep their buildings running safely and smoothly have made the annual pilgrimage to the CooperatorEvents Expo—and this past March 4 was …

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Building Operations Flat style vegetable kitchen scraps and green compost bin on background with doodles. Organic waste for domestic composting. Parings and peelings of banana, egg, potato, apple, corn, onion, pepper
Bin There, Done That

With NYC’s waste collection rules now requiring organic food waste to be composted rather than tossed into the bin with other trash, many residents have questions—not least of which is, ‘What’s the point of keeping a bin of stinky decaying …

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On The Board Young woman trying to sleep but disturbed by noisy neighbors and covering ears with pillows. I can's sleep with all that noise! Sleep problems. Angry woman disturbed with a noise trying to sleep
What's That Racket!?

In a shared-interest community, neighborly noise is an ever-present issue. Of course, one would hope that as neighbors, an effort would be made to keep noise to a minimum, and when asked to ‘tone it down,’ one would do just that.  But that’…

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