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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Separate But Equal?]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2051/1/QampA-Separate-But-Equal/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Our co-op has a question about our various insurance policies. Our insurance
&nbsp;agent has recommended to the board that we keep our Directors &amp; Officers (D&amp;O) coverage separate from our general liability coverage. I understand that some
&nbsp;commercial general liability policies include D&amp;O, so is there a standard approach or policy for this type of scenario? 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Sal Sciallo)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:19:08 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Conflicted and Confused]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2050/1/QampA-Conflicted-and-Confused/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[I am the vice president of our co-op board. Just recently we found out through a
&nbsp;real estate ad that the president of the board is selling his unit. Does this
&nbsp;pose a conflict of interest? In effect should the president remain the
&nbsp;president while he is selling his apartment? He's postponed several meetings
&nbsp;where we're supposed to address a maintenance increase. My guess is that he's
&nbsp;obligated to tell his prospective buyers about the maintenance increase, but
&nbsp;one would wonder why these meetings have been continuously postponed. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Joseph G. Colbert, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:17:54 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: The Shining]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2049/1/QampA-The-Shining/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;I live in a high-rise co-op on the Upper East Side and have a situation where my
&nbsp;neighbor two floors down built a terrace and installed six string up-lights,
&nbsp;for "landscape" lighting, which shine up into my windows. They leave the lights
&nbsp;on all night and day. Prior to the light installation, the exterior area was
&nbsp;pitch black at night. I am constantly awakened at 3 a.m. thinking it's morning.
&nbsp;Is there any local ordinance which prevents them from keeping their lights on
&nbsp;all night long? My co-op board and management company have had a difficult time
&nbsp;dealing with these shareholders, who claim that they need the lights for
&nbsp;'safety'&mdash;although their apartment is not at ground level and faces the rear of the
&nbsp;building. The co-op board suggested that they install a timer, and almost eight
&nbsp;months later they have yet to install one. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Andrew P. Brucker)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:11:09 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[What Do You Do With Your &quot;Greenie&quot;?]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2048/1/What-Do-You-Do-With-Your-quotGreeniequot/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Most of your buildings have a shareholder&#8212;or maybe two or three&#8212;who fit into a particular mold: you know, longer hair, Birkenstocks, vintage
&nbsp;Woodstock t-shirts; or maybe yours has the $5,000 suit, $1,000 shoes, and
&nbsp;starched attitude. They may look different, but both have the same agenda: &#8220;Green our building!&#8221; 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (F.L. Andrew Padian)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:10:24 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Combining Apartments]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2047/1/Combining-Apartments/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;I often go up to Washington Heights, an area where I lived many years ago, just
&nbsp;to walk around. On one recent trip, I decided to take a look into the lobby of
&nbsp;my old apartment building on Cabrini Boulevard to see if there had been any
&nbsp;changes. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Raanan Geberer)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:09:39 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Multicultural Patchwork]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2046/1/Multicultural-Patchwork/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Astoria Boulevard is the second-to-last stop on the N-W subway line. The N train
&nbsp;whistles against the track on a banking turn near 39th Avenue, five subway
&nbsp;stops south of Astoria Boulevard. There&rsquo;s a sign posted inside the train explaining that &ldquo;falling leaves when crushed by moving trains&rdquo; make for slippery travels, and as a result, &ldquo;trains may operate at reduced speeds and/or operate slower than normal.&rdquo; Despite the redundancy, the ride from Times Square is still under 30 minutes.
&nbsp;At night, on the elevated platform, the lights of Manhattan blink quietly
&nbsp;across the East River, and the city&rsquo;s closeness is clear. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Brendan Flaherty)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:08:58 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Where the Dollars Are]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2045/1/Where-the-Dollars-Are/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Few things can be as upsetting as discovering that the funds that fuel a co-op
&nbsp;or condo have been mishandled&mdash;or worse yet, stolen. For residents, fraud undermines their sense of trust in
&nbsp;the men and women who oversee and manage the place they call home. For managers
&nbsp;and board members, it can breach the trust that exists between each other,
&nbsp;wreaking havoc not only on the bottom line but on the very fiber of the
&nbsp;organization itself. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Liz Lent)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:07:15 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Board Elections]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2044/1/Board-Elections/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Every co-op and condo community has a board of directors in charge of governing
&nbsp;the community&rsquo;s finances, physical maintenance and other day-to-day business. Part of the
&nbsp;board&rsquo;s responsibility also is to keep the community fiscally sound, though not all
&nbsp;boards do a good job of this task. Given all that, it's easy to see why it&rsquo;s important for residents to choose their community&rsquo;s board members carefully. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Jonathan Barnes)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:06:26 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Home Sweet Office]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2043/1/Home-Sweet-Office/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Ari Meisel lives in a 4,000-square foot loft in a four-family co-op building in
&nbsp;Soho&mdash;he also operates several green buildings, consulting and real estate businesses
&nbsp;from the comfort of his own unit. He has lived in this building for his entire
&nbsp;life, renovating the loft to accommodate his growing business. He holds
&nbsp;meetings and occasional gatherings there, like the speaker event he once had
&nbsp;with 30 guests. And in case you&rsquo;re wondering, Meisel says his neighbors and the board don&rsquo;t mind one bit. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Lisa Iannucci)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:05:38 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Board Members and Privacy]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2042/1/Board-Members-and-Privacy/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;As the leaders of a private corporation in which shareholders own stock that
&nbsp;entitles them to live in an apartment within the corporation&rsquo;s building, residential co-op board members have a lot of responsibility. Along
&nbsp;with this responsibility comes questions about what can and cannot (as well as
&nbsp;what should and should not) be openly discussed among board members,
&nbsp;management, and non-board shareholders. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Greg Olear)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:04:57 EST</pubDate>
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