Tag: Pierre Debbas

Q&A Q&A: NY Confidential
2013 June Q&A: NY Confidential

Q Our co-op has a board member who shared a confidential board decision with the  shareholders and went so far as to initiate and circulate a petition for a  meeting of shareholders to reverse the board decision. Naturally, many  sharehol…

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Q&A Q&A: Providing Services to Hotel-Converted Condo
2012 September Q&A: Providing Services to Hotel-Converted Condo

Q The building where I live, a former hotel, was converted to a condo about four years ago. There are nine hotel-stabilized tenants remaining as renters within the condo. Management says that our hotel-stabilized units have been “condom…

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Q&A Q&A: Imposing a Flip Tax or Transfer Fee
2011 December Q&A: Imposing a Flip Tax or Transfer Fee

Q At a general meeting of our condominium, a proposal for a flip tax/transfer fee on the sale of a unit failed to get enough votes. Subsequently, the board of managers decided to impose a transfer fee of five months maintenance charg…

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