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Collecting Delinquent Common Charges

A recent article on a real estate website posed a common question: What’s the best way for a condo board to collect unpaid common charges?  The author of the article - presumably an attorney - gave some pretty good advice…and some not so g…

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Access Agreements

With safety and environmental regulations on the increase, co-op and condo communities in New York City face a growing slate of compliance work that must be completed in a timely manner in order to avoid fines and other costly penalties. Of…

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EVs in NYC

President Joe Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act earlier this week has been heralded as the most far-reaching and comprehensive legislative plan to fight climate change to date. Among many other things, it provides millions of d…

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Supporting Aging Residents

Prior to the 1980s, the majority of New York City apartment buildings were rentals, owned by landlords. Then, in the 1980s, many landlords realized that it would be more financially advantageous for them to sell their buildings to the tenan…

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Co-op & Condo Sales Are Slowing

Over the past few years, the New York City condo and co-op market has experienced something of a perfect storm. Changes to the federal tax code and COVID-19 colluded to slow down the market, even as other areas around the country were soari…

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Mid-Year Maintenance Increases?

Like baseball players, condo and co-op owners are often creatures of habit. Settled into their units, they’re used to costs rising over time, but on a regular and predictable basis.  That means once a year - usually in January - and by a co…

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