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The Solarscaping of Georgetown Mews UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Ronda Kaysen on August 01, 2014

How a multi-building co-op in Queens used its ample roof space – and state incentives – to provide ... will shave the price down to a modest $458,000. “For a cooperative like this, it’s huge, it’s just immense

A Question of Confidentiality UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Robert Tierman on November 01, 2007

, it just may not be practical to enhance confidentiality much beyond today’s usual and customary practices. ... how the shareholder voted as well as whether they voted at all? We just finished a meeting where I

The Step-by-Step to Stepping Up: How One Co-op Recovered from Sandy

200 East End Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan

, their subterranean storage was not covered by individual insurance policies. And the building had its own insurance ... and financial challenges that have to be solved. Whether it's a question of how to raise more money, how to deal ... . Could this happen to you? Of course it could. If and when it does, here's one example of how you, too

Living Busy Is the Best Revenge UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Interview by Tom Soter on June 01, 2015

, landscaping, writing building newsletters, just to name a few of the many improvements and projects she's been ... the newspaper cover to cover. Do you ever find it’s too much? Do you ever think about stepping down? I don

Do What’s Best for Everyone UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Tom Soter on August 18, 2017

Ellen Scambia didn’t like what the previous board was doing – so she did something about it. ... on the board? Scambia: Yes. I understand how a business runs, and I think a lot of people do not. They’re too

When An Apartment Is Not A Home

to have the occupant removed, get rid of the shareholder or find an amicable solution? It's important ... boards, are certainly within their rights to go to court to evict them. Sometimes it's the right move

The Yacht Club’s Stormy Story UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Stewart Wurtzel on March 01, 2016

. And every unit had anywhere from inches to multiple feet of water on its first floor. Other buildings ... of Hurricane Sandy – and its aftermath.

Is There Anything You Can Do About a Neighbor's Deafening Dogs?

New York City

is one of the biggest investments you'll every make. This purchase is more than just buying a home, it ... to their two-dogs-only pet policy. The writer claims that the three small dogs bark incessantly, and polite

Historic Soho Co-op Recaptures Former Glory with Façade Fixup

SoHo, Manhattan, 537 Broadway

to prepare a top-to-bottom report on the state of the property. “It was built in 1868, and not a great deal ... Broadway — has gotten a major facelift. And just in time, too.

Exit Strategy UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Frank Lovece on April 01, 2014

buildings – and what can be done about it? ... broke out, you would have headed down the stairs. That’s just what Daniel McClung did during the blaze

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