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					  <title><![CDATA[Legislation Helps Senior Homeowners]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/832/1/Legislation-Helps-Senior-Homeowners/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg recently signed legislation increasing the income exemption eligibility levels to help reduce the tax burden on senior homeowners.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Debra A. Estock)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2003 16:11:32 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[MLS-Less]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/835/1/MLS-Less/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[The road toward having a single, comprehensive Multiple Listing Service, or MLS, in New York City has so far been long and arduous. Most major U.S. cities have had their own version since the 1970s, but for a host of reasons - size, sheer number of listings, and fierce competition for listings among brokerages - an MLS for Gotham has never really gotten off the ground. Here's a quick look at the concept's stop-and-go history, and at some of the alternatives vying with MANAR's efforts to fill the void.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Hannah Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Manhattan Association of Realtors]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/834/1/Manhattan-Association-of-Realtors/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[If you're house hunting anywhere outside of Manhattan, you can waltz into pretty much any real estate office in the town of your choice and, within minutes, with a click of the mouse, your agent can produce a list of every available property in your price range. Even in less technologically advanced offices, your agent can leaf through listing books to find all available choices. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Meryl Feiner)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Mi Casa Es Su Casa]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/833/1/Mi-Casa-Es-Su-Casa/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Subletting your co-op or condo apartment in the city is a lot like subletting a rental - but with a few important differences. Many co-op apartment boards flatly refuse to allow subletting, and of those that do allow it, nearly all have strict guidelines about how long a shareholder can sublet, and to whom. Condos - over which the owner maintains more direct control - often prove easier to negotiate.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Michael McDonough)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[A Meeting of the Minds]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/831/1/A-Meeting-of-the-Minds/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[The Cooperator recently hosted the first of what is hoped to be an ongoing series of casual, roundtable-style forums in which co-op and condo presidents from all five boroughs met to discuss issues and concerns of particular interest to shareholders and unit owners. The brainchild of the Federation of New York Housing Cooperatives and Condominiums (FNYHC) and The Cooperator, the roundtable idea was pitched to a cross-section of building presidents ranging in size from fewer than a dozen units to multi-unit high-rise complexes. They were invited to sit down with their colleagues to share experiences, air concerns, trade ideas, and even vent a little.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Hannah Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Harlem Song]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/830/1/Harlem-Song/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Just about every neighborhood in New York City has had its ups and downs and its own particular stereotypes. Areas rise and fall as centers for culture or as fashionable places to live. For whatever reason, few places have been on the roller coaster longer than Harlem. Harlem is home to both jazz and hip-hop, the rich artistic history of the Harlem Renaissance, and the stereotypical concept of the urban ghetto.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (David Garry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Bye-Bye Birdie]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/829/1/Bye-Bye-Birdie/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[When you think of household pests - that's pests, not pets - it's usually bugs and rodents that come to mind. In New York, however, birds are pests too; especially the overabundance of pigeons that congregate on buildings seeking food and shelter and leaving their feathers and droppings behind. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Lisa Iannucci)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[No Easy Task in Today's Market]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/828/1/No-Easy-Task-in-Todays-Market/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Back in the days of irrational exuberance, co-op board directors would occasionally contact me to inquire about investing in stocks to achieve higher rates of return on reserve funds. I believed it was an unwise move then and my advice would be the same today. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Gary Q. Kokalari)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Developing the Downtown]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/827/1/Developing-the-Downtown/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the agencies charged with overseeing the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site, have narrowed the field from nine design concepts to two, both of which contain varying residential components.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Debra A. Estock)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[My Green Heaven]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/826/1/My-Green-Heaven/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[When someone says the words "tree-lined street," what comes to mind? Whatever you're envisioning, chances are it's easy on the eyes and the spirit. The phrase connotes a certain placid, upscale sensibility, which can translate neatly into rising property values. (There's a reason realtors are so fond of the expression.) But if you're amongst the ranks of the treeless, maybe this is the year to do something about that. Planting trees is a dramatic and inexpensive way to give your building a major makeover. The following tips and wisdom may help you begin to turn your block into a leafy wonderland.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Alexandra Wolf)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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