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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Democracy Lost?]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1801/1/QampA-Democracy-Lost/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ Our board selected a Nominating Committee, which chose only the current board
 members as candidates. Six additional residents wanted to run, but their names
 were left off the ballot. The committee claims it selected the best for the
 community. With numerous mail-in ballots these people don&#8217;t stand a chance. Is this legal? 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Regenesis.net )</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:55:58 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Financial Fiasco]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1800/1/QampA-Financial-Fiasco/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ I moved out of my Queens co-op apartment two years ago, right before the
 building started having numerous financial problems including bankruptcy and
 sponsor embezzlement. I am trying to sell my apartment, and have finally found
 a bank willing to give mortgages. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Geoffrey Mazel, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:52:53 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Will vs. Trust]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1799/1/QampA-Will-vs-Trust/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ I have been a shareholder in my Brooklyn co-op since 1986, and am facing a
 problem that has come up since my husband&#8217;s death almost 18 months ago. My husband was an active participant on our board
 of directors&#8212;past president, vice president, committee chairperson, and a proactive director
 for our co-op. Shortly after he passed away, a directive was issued from our
 board that for a $25 fee, shareholders could add or change a name on a lease. I
 considered doing this and adding my daughter&#8217;s name, but by the time I was ready to do so, I learned that the policy had
 changed and that new names could not be added. However, for a $50 fee, my
 husband&#8217;s name could be deleted from our lease, and&#8212;to guarantee my children the right to sell the apartment without difficulty upon
 my death&#8212;I would have to draw up a &#8220;living trust,&#8221; because a living will is not sufficient to insure the proper handling of my
 estate. Is this really the case? 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Joseph G. Colbert and Richard H. Lewis)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:51:19 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Long Live the Queens]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1262/1/Long-Live-the-Queens/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Of the over 2 million people who inhabit the borough of Queens, there are probably at least one or two members of actual royalty. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Mary K. Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:44:58 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Living By the Rules]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1265/1/Living-By-the-Rules/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ All communities, be they nation-states, municipalities,
 or co-op or condo buildings, have rules. Respect for -- and adherence to --
 these rules is essential for many people to coexist peaceably in the same
 communal space. In the co-op and condo setting, rules come in two forms:
 bylaws and house rules.
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Greg Olear)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[NYSERDA Provides Energy Assistance]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1264/1/NYSERDA-Provides-Energy-Assistance/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ NYSERDA Provides Energy Assistance
]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Erik Neumann)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[After the Rain]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1263/1/After-the-Rain/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ Water damage and related liability has always been
 &#8212; and always will be &#8212; a big issue for co-op buildings and
 their shareholders. Few other issues are as complicated and potentially
 volatile as the challenge of tracing the leak, repairing it, and then
 sorting out the financial and legal ramifications of the problem.
 &nbsp;
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					  <author>no@spam.com (C. Jaye Berger, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Jackson Heights]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1261/1/Jackson-Heights/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ Historical district. Garden sanctuary. Street food
 paradise. Jackson Heights Queens is all of these things. From its humble
 beginnings as dirt-paved farmland to its construction renaissance in the
 1940s and 50&#8217;s, Jackson Heights is re-emerging as one of New York
 City&#8217;s most diverse and livable communities.
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Erin Bradley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Real Estate Royalty]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1260/1/Real-Estate-Royalty/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ If Manhattan is the black-Amex-carrying Wall Streeter
 of the New York City real estate scene and Brooklyn is the too-hip-to-care
 rock star, then Queens is the hardworking third sibling, eschewing the
 spotlight while slowly-but-surely amassing both a fortune and a loyal
 following. For years now, Brooklyn and Manhattan have dominated the New
 York co-op and condo market, but now the borough to the east is making
 waves, building its own housing momentum and creating an appealing
 alternative for those in search of an affordable, safe and welcoming place
 to call home.
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Elizabeth Lent)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Buyer's (and Seller's) Best Friend]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1259/1/Buyers-and-Sellers-Best-Friend/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ Ever try to sell &#8212; or buy &#8212; an apartment in
 Manhattan without using a real estate broker? It&#8217;s sort of like that
 joke about lawyers who try to defend themselves: They have a fool for a
 client.
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Keith Loria)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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