Category: Community Living

Organizations The National Fire Protection Association
2011 December The National Fire Protection Association

 Fire in the home can be an absolutely terrifying and life-altering occurrence.  In 2010 alone, there were 1,331,500 fires reported within the United States,  causing more than 3,000 civilian deaths, 17,720 injuries, and $11.6 billion in  …

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Neighborhoods White Plains
2011 November White Plains

 Thirty minutes outside of Manhattan, the city of White Plains has grown from a  historic colonial village to a thriving retail and cultural hub, offering a  more placid but not at all mundane environment for both its citizens, visitors,  …

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Organizations Inside SEIU Local 32BJ
2011 November Inside SEIU Local 32BJ

If you feel safe entering your office or apartment building, see clearly outside your apartment window to gaze at the New York City skyline or receive a package of important papers on time, you have some very special service workers to …

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Real Estate Trends Holiday Harmony
2011 November Holiday Harmony

 One of my five-year-old daughter’s favorite YouTube clips involves an elaborately decorated house, whose  thousands of colored Christmas lights were programmed to flicker, strobe, wave,  and blink to the tune of the Trans-Siberian Orchest…

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Real Estate Trends Something Old Into Something New...
2011 November Something Old Into Something New...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 136 million tons of construction and demolition waste was generated in 1996, which was the last time these figures were made available, and those numbers have most likely ri…

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Neighborhoods Murray Hill
2011 October Murray Hill

 If we gave Manhattan neighborhoods human personalities, the meatpacking district may be the hip,  in-the-know popular cousin and Central Park South would be the conservative  Wall Street banker uncle, it would stand to reason that Murray …

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Neighborhoods Long Beach
2011 July Long Beach

 Imagine a quiet oceanfront community with powdery, white sand beaches, wonderful  restaurants, a thriving cultural scene, and all of this less than an hour away  from Midtown New York City. Look no further than Long Beach.    Long …

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Real Estate Trends What's a Biennial Statement
2011 April What's a Biennial Statement

A fact that is often overlooked is that the corporate operations of most co-ops are governed by the Business Corporation Law (BCL). The Business Corporation Law is the main New York State law which governs how co-op corporatio…

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Real Estate Trends Is Your Building Wasting Energy?
2011 April Is Your Building Wasting Energy?

Steam heating using both single- and two-pipe steam radiators will continue to dominate the heating of a majority of buildings in New York City well into the present century. But how do we determine if an apartment building is energy e…

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Real Estate Trends False Billings and Kickbacks?
2011 April False Billings and Kickbacks?

 Building owners spend billions of dollars a year to construct and refurbish  their properties, yet many are unaware of the hidden costs some contractors  charge improperly. Building owners are often vulnerable to this kind of  corruption …

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