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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Surpassing the Shareholders?]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1829/1/QampA-Surpassing-the-Shareholders/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Several others and I are shareholders in a co-op on the East Side of Manhattan.
 Our board and management company are putting through Local Law 11 repairs. This
 is not a problem. However, they have refused for any of the shareholders to see
 the architect&#8217;s plans and have refused to get more than one bid. At a recent informational
 meeting we were told what was going to happen without having given our input.
 On top of that the management company is charging a hefty fee for this and we
 have not been allowed to see the contracts that authorize the project. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (C. Jaye Berger, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:42:56 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: A Receipt for Maintenance]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1828/1/QampA-A-Receipt-for-Maintenance/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ Do we, as a co-op collecting maintenance, need to comply with a shareholder&#8217;s written request, pursuant to RPL: Article 7 Section 235-e for written receipts
 for maintenance paid by personal check? Does this section even apply to
 maintenance? Would the same be true for assessments?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Thomas D. Kearns)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:41:30 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Lethal Airborne Waste?]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1827/1/QampA-Lethal-Airborne-Waste/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ I live in a large co-op on the Upper East Side which consists of 300 units. Six
 residents on the second floor, including myself, have terraces. Over the years
 large quantities of various items have come out of the windows above us and
 have landed on our exterior property, such as cigarette butts&#8212;some still burning, glass bottles, burning paper towels, clothing, burnt
 popcorn, and various personal hygiene products. Falling lit cigarettes have
 burned holes in awnings, umbrellas, and plants and burning paper towels have
 burned cushions. The fact that these items are coming out of the windows is
 unsanitary and dangerous. Our managing agent circulated a letter throughout the
 building but it hasn&#8217;t really stopped things from being deposited on our property. A security camera
 was focused on one particular apartment out of which previous items had been
 thrown, but the camera&#8212;part of a rotating security system&#8212;only catches seconds of footage here and there and does not consistently record
 one location for an extended period of time. Unless someone is caught in the act at that particular second, we still have no
 record of it happening. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Thomas D. Kearns)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:39:47 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Closing Question]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1826/1/QampA-Closing-Question/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ I have an accepted offer on a condo in Manhattan, and I have a letter of
 commitment from my lender. Before proceeding to submit my application to the
 board, I was instructed by the managing agency that submission of tax returns,
 payroll stubs, and bank statements are necessary to process the application, in
 addition to the credit check.  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Guy Arad, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:38:25 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: One Good Reason]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1825/1/QampA-One-Good-Reason/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ When an applicant applies to buy into a co-op and pays the high application fee,
 yet is denied by the board, shouldn&#8217;t they be given a reason why they were rejected? I feel strongly that the board
 is wrong in turning someone away without so much as an explanation, especially
 after accepting the non-refundable application fee, which is often in excess of
 $700 and holding the prospective buyer up with all the documentation required
 before even meeting him or her. Is the no-reason-given policy written into law,
 or just standard board practice? 
  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Adam Leitman Bailey)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:37:06 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Use of the STAR Abatement]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1824/1/QampA-Use-of-the-STAR-Abatement/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ Our co-op owners were just notified that the board has decided to appropriate
 the New York state School Tax Relief (STAR) tax abatement due to us for 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 as an assessment to
 do work on the building. Is this legal? We are also getting a maintenance
 increase as of April 1st.  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Kenneth Jacobs, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:36:01 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[I Got Rights!]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1337/1/I-Got-Rights/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[In many ways, a co-op or condo building is a lot like a tiny democratic nation. Like an independent state, a building elects its leaders, and those leaders have certain responsibilities to the people who elected them. Each &#8220;citizen&#8221; of the building has a vested interest in the continuing prosperity and harmony of their community&#8212;and each has a right to know how their elected directors are making decisions and running the building&#8217;s business affairs. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Hannah Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:41:56 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Royal Treatment]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1340/1/Royal-Treatment/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Manhattan&#8217;s Upper West Side is a repository of striking architecture&#8212;it seems like every block features a different, breathtaking example of residential construction. One of these is the Park Royal, located on 73rd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. A co-op since 1985, the building has twice been named one of the top ten most desirable co-ops in the city. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Denton Tarver)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:30:14 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Building Community and Value]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1344/1/Building-Community-and-Value/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[One visit to Great Neck and it&#8217;s not hard to
 figure out why it&#8217;s become such a desirable neighborhood to live in.
 The first Nassau County town you reach driving east out of New York City,
 Great Neck offers scenic waterfront views, proximity to Manhattan (about 25
 minutes on the Long Island Rail Road), parks and shopping.
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Anthony Stoeckert)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[No Sale Ever Final]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1343/1/No-Sale-Ever-Final/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ Whether you&#8217;re part of a giant co-op
 the size of Co-op City, a 21-story building with over 15,000
 residential units, or a small 25-unit condo in Staten Island,
 whether your building is self-managed or uses a management
 company, your board will at some time have to make decisions on
 how to deal with vendors.
 ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Raanan Geberer)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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