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					  <title><![CDATA[Board/Building Harmony]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1187/1/BoardBuilding-Harmony/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[As an attorney who represents co-op boards, building managers and shareholders, one sometimes wonders if the expression&#8212;&#8220; You can&#8217;t please all the people all of the time&#8221; best applies to the idea of creating harmony between these parties. However, I believe that there is hope and that you can try to please more of the people more of the time, if you just listen to what they are saying and respond promptly. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (C. Jaye Berger, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:19:17 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[A Tree With Many Branches]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1191/1/A-Tree-With-Many-Branches/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[They say that it takes a village to raise a child. If that&#8217;s true, then
 it takes even more than that to keep the thousands of New York City co-ops and
 condominium building communities solvent, harmonious, and informed. With all
 its potential social, political, and financial quagmires, who on earth would
 take on such a job? Enter the Council of New York Cooperatives &amp; Condominiums
 (CNYC), an organization founded in 1979 by a group of people up to the challenge.
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Mary K. Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Where City and Community Meet]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1190/1/Where-City-and-Community-Meet/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ You know you&#8217;re living in a hot neighborhood when people from Manhattan
 visit the area to sample the restaurants and shopping. That&#8217;s exactly
 the status enjoyed by Park Slope, Brooklyn, the area under the south side of
 Prospect Park that is home to a varied and vibrant population that includes
 students, young married couples, new parents, wealthy professionals&#8212;and
 some longtime residents who stuck with the area through some rough times and
 are now enjoying the social and financial fruits of the neighborhood&#8217;s
 revitalization. It&#8217;s hard to find someone who lives in &#8220;The Slope&#8221;
 who doesn&#8217;t love it.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Anthony Stoeckert)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Business Corporation Law]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1189/1/Business-Corporation-Law/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ The Business Corporation Law, or BCL, is one of the primary statutes regulating
 operation of cooperative housing corporations. The BCL was implemented over
 a century ago, and remained more or less unchanged until it was overhauled in
 1998. The BCL provides a template for managing the board election process and
 protecting shareholders&#8217; rights, and outlines legal methods of corporate
 governance. The following is a summary of some of the key points in the BCL
 impacting cooperative apartment corporations&#8212;things every board member
 and managing agent should be aware of, plus some points that should be of interest
 to shareholders themselves. (It should be noted, however, that these items apply
 to co-ops&#8217; bylaws and Certificates of Incorporation, not their proprietary
 leases.)]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Bruce A. Cholst Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Industry Standards for Public Spaces]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1188/1/Industry-Standards-for-Public-Spaces/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ The lobbies and hallways of residential buildings are not high-end private
 residential projects&#8212;yet they&#8217;re not back stairwells or utilities
 spaces either. They literally fall somewhere in between, and no matter how new
 or sophisticated the building itself is, or how lavishly constructed, by the
 very nature of architecture and construction, nothing is exactly straight or
 perfectly plumb. It&#8217;s a given on any project that almost all walls, floors
 and ceilings will be out of alignment&#8212;it is just a matter of how much.
 As interior designers, we are not hired to re-build the building. We are hired
 to enhance its appearance, which increases value for residents, as well as attracting
 prospective buyers.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Marilyn Sygrove)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[The Wild West]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1186/1/The-Wild-West/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[After what seemed like years, the wrangling over the proposed West Side Stadium
 in Manhattan and the city&#8217;s bid for the 2012 Olympics is over. A new stadium
 will now be built in Queens, not Manhattan; New York wasn&#8217;t chosen for
 the Olympics in 2012; the Jets, sans Chad Pennington, are still in New Jersey;
 Chelsea residents like this reporter no longer get &#8220;No Stadium!&#8221;
 flyers under our doors, and opponents of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg must now
 find new issues to fight over.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Raanan Geberer)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[To Err is Human]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1185/1/To-Err-is-Human/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Boards of directors are usually made up of ordinary people, elected or appointed
 by their neighbors to run their building smoothly and efficiently. Most board
 members do their utmost to fulfill that expectation, but occasionally, even
 the most well-intentioned board members can make mistakes&#8212;some of which
 may have serious legal ramifications for their buildings. Fortunately help is
 available to both novice board members as well as seasoned veterans, in the
 form of fellow board members, building professionals and seminars. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Michael McDonough)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Taking Charge]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1184/1/Taking-Charge/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Every co-op shareholder knows that their board president is responsible for
 making decisions that affect the entire building community&#8212;but not as
 many grasp the amount of responsibility and decision-making that a person undertakes
 when they become board president. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Keith Loria)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Better Meetings]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1183/1/Better-Meetings/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Is there anybody in this world who likes sitting through meetings? Too often
 they seem pointless, endless and directionless. But they&#8217;re part of co-op
 and condo life, an important part in fact, so if you&#8217;re a board member
 or property manager, it&#8217;s best to accept them and make them as useful
 and worthwhile as possible.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Anthony Stoeckert)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[The Balancing Act]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1182/1/The-Balancing-Act/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[With upkeep and mortgage payments, even the occasional renovation, owning your
 own co-op or condo can be work enough on its own. Now imagine being responsible
 for 10 units, or 50, even 200. That daunting task is up to each building&#8217;s
 board of directors and managing agent. Together, they form the team that makes
 sure each co-op and condo community runs smoothly and efficiently, making them
 a welcoming and safe place for shareholders and unit owners to live and play.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Elizabeth Lent)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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