Tag: Andrew B Freedland

Board Operations It Just Takes a Minute
2013 July It Just Takes a Minute

 While a lot of the day-to-day business of running a co-op or condo building  happens in the management office or on-site at the level of maintenance and  staff management, meetings—board-only and resident alike—are the forum where importa…

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Q&A Q&A: Sunshine Law and Co-ops
2010 September Q&A: Sunshine Law and Co-ops

Q Does the sunshine law pertain to co-ops? And if so how, as far as keeping shareholders in the dark about misused finances? We recently overturned our board except for the president that still is finishing her term. The new vice pre…

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Q&A Q&A: It's Bath Time
2010 June Q&A: It's Bath Time

Q I’ve had a long existing leak in my full bathroom since the shareholders above me moved in. It so happens that the shareholders’ son runs a bath for as long as two hours at a time, blasting the water at full force. Over time this h…

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Q&A Q&A: Removing Names on Stock Certificate
2009 Feb Q&A: Removing Names on Stock Certificate

Q I live in a 15-unit co-op in Queens. A single tenant owner lives in one of the apartments. She has requested, while still living here, to remove her name from the stock certificate, and replace it with her daughter’s name. Is this le…

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Q&A Q&A: Who Pays the Assessment?
2008 July Q&A: Who Pays the Assessment?

Q There is a question in my building as to whether or not a new homeowner is responsible for paying an assessment that was extended by the HOA board before the transaction was completed. The previous homeowner paid the two-year assessment…

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Q&A Q&A: Shady Election
2007 Dec Q&A: Shady Election

Q I live in a condominium and we just had our annual election. Each year, new people run for the board, but the existing board members solicit proxies in order to remain on the board. As a result, five “old-timers” seem to make all the …

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Q&A Q&A: New Management, No Minutes
2007 Dec Q&A: New Management, No Minutes

Q In years past, unit owners were given copies of the minutes of the annual meeting. A new management company was engaged and this practice stopped. Now, when I have requested the minutes of the annual meeting, I have been told that …

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Q&A Q&A: Leak Costs
2007 Aug Q&A: Leak Costs

Q 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…

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