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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Super Required?]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1771/1/QampA-Super-Required/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a shareholder in a co-op in Park Slope. The board has summarily decided that
 we no longer require a full-time, live-in superintendent. When I served on the
 board several years ago, I understood that a building had to have a particular
 number of units to require a super. I don&#8217;t recall the legal number, but, for example, a six-unit building didn&#8217;t require a super. Is it legal for us not to have a super? If that&#8217;s true, who would take care of our building&#8217;s business?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Michelle Freudenberger, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:17:36 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Policing the Board]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1770/1/QampA-Policing-the-Board/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Who checks up on the board? Does the board police themselves from within, or is
 the managing agent checking up on their actions? If the board makes a mistake,
 will the shareholders be notified? In what way is a board accountable to the
 shareholders?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (C. Jaye Berger, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:15:41 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Evicting Renters]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1769/1/QampA-Evicting-Renters/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ I live in a 140-unit co-op building. The building was built in 1961 and was
 converted in 1985 under a non-eviction plan. The former sponsor still owns
 about 20 percent of all the units. These units are either rent-controlled or
 rent-stabilized. The sponsor has approached me to buy either one of the
 rent-controlled or rent-stabilized units. He claims that by law now, he has to
 get rid of the apartments and that if I buy the apartment, then I can ask the
 present tenant(s)to leave the apartment. He said that I, as the new owner, can
 do this, but the law does not allow him to do it. Is he right? Can he sell
 these units to new owners that will force the tenants out without offering them
 any compensation?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Abbey Goldstein)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:14:27 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: In the Dark]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1768/1/QampA-In-the-Dark/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ My family lives in a beautiful three-bedroom apartment on the first floor of an
 Upper West Side apartment building in Manhattan. Twelve months ago the co-op
 elected to begin a re-pointing project on the exterior of our building that we
 were told would last 3 months. Scaffolding was erected shielding our apartment from all natural light. It has
 now been 12 months and there is still no end in sight. We can not get a
 straight answer from our board as to when we can expect the scaffolding to come
 down. Not only do we have no light, but the scaffolding serves as an easy entry
 through our street side windows for any determined burglar. 
  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Eric P. Gonchar, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:12:56 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Leak Costs]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1767/1/QampA-Leak-Costs/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ I live on the top floor of a co-op. Over the past three years water seeping
 through our parapet wall did considerable damage to one room in my apartment.
 Repairs were finally made. The walls and ceiling took two days to plaster and
 the painting took another day. Who is responsible for the cost of the
 plastering and the painting?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Andrew B. Freedland, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:11:24 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Board Resource Guide: Etiquette for Board Members]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1491/1/Board-Resource-Guide-Etiquette-for-Board-Members/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Serving on the board of directors for your building brings on a range of emotions: pride that you were selected to represent the best interests of your fellow shareholders; unease at the thought of the additional time commitment of meetings; and, perhaps most importantly, nervousness that you will do or say something that will ultimately be problematic for your board or for you personally. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Domini Hedderman)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:17:07 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Board Resource Guide: Serving on the Board: What It&#039;s Really Like]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1490/1/Board-Resource-Guide-Serving-on-the-Board-What-It039s-Really-Like/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[As any co-op or condo board member knows, serving on the board carries with it a responsibility to fellow residents and shareholders to make decisions in the best interest of the building. They don't leave their role as board members at the door after a meeting, and this can present a problem if neighbors pick inappropriate times to discuss building matters.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Stephanie Mannino)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:13:03 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Board Resource Guide: Orienting New Board Members]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1489/1/Board-Resource-Guide-Orienting-New-Board-Members/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Getting elected to a building's board can be a big job in and of itself&#8212;but the truth is that winning a seat is only the beginning. After making the decision to campaign for a seat, and then winning it, new board members can find themselves failing to understand exactly what they've gotten themselves into. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Lisa Iannucci)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:05:06 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Board Resource Guide: Training the Board]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1488/1/Board-Resource-Guide-Training-the-Board/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Board members come in all shapes and sizes&#8212;literally and figuratively. In some buildings, no one wants the hassle of working a thankless job for no compensation, and the same four people are guilted into the job every year by default. In other buildings, a board membership is a badge of honor, carrying great cachet, and residents vie for the privilege.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Greg Olear)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:44:41 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Insurance and Your Contractor]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1486/1/Insurance-and-Your-Contractor/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Co-op buildings routinely require contractors to provide a Certificate of Insurance before any work is started either in a building or for individual shareholders. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (C. Jaye Berger, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:40:44 EDT</pubDate>
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