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BEA G3 Automatic Door Sensor

? But sometimes you need complicated, too. That's where the "one-way evening mode" comes in, which allows you ... 're at it? OK, maybe that's overkill. But BEA, a maker of automatic doors and sensor equipment, offers

Taking Out a Mortgage with Friends Is Tricky But Not Impossible

New York City

is one of the biggest investments you'll every make. This purchase is more than just buying a home, it ... and unpleasant surprises, especially once it's too late and you're all stuck, erm, living in the same place.

Window Stories UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Bill Morris on June 01, 2009

buildings with three different solutions and one common result: success. How did they do it? ... windows work almost too well. “It was so hot in here at the end of the winter that sometimes we had

Surtec Graffiti Buster VOC

of graffiti to be removed, you just wipe off the offending art. Or, actually, in the most cases, "art." (If ... -graffiti law in New York City, and, well, graffiti everywhere — and we mean you, too, Nova Scotia and Addis

A (Hard) Lesson in the Importance of Clear language

New York City

transferred to the town many years before so that the town — and not the HOA — would maintain it. When ... -ops and condos face legal and financial challenges that have to be solved. Whether it's a question of how ... in Queensbury, New York. They had placed a political sign by the road that bordered their home. The HOA objected

“I Hate the Word Transparency”

New York City

board members pledge “transparency.” And I keep wondering just what “transparency” means, and how do you

Former Finance Commish Says Co-op Taxes Still Crazy After All These Years

New York City

-ops in the last three decades. It is true that all politics are personal; so, too, are all property tax issues ... ." Are those numbers fair? Have they ever been? Will they ever be? As Habitat celebrates its 30th anniversary

Fish Farm in a Bronx Apartment: A Co-op Board's Tankless Quest

Windsor Apartments, Riverdale, The Bronx

. It's 3:30 in the morning, and you hear him dragging his aquarium or whatever it is across the floor ... . This purchase is more than just buying a home, it's investing in a housing corporation. Articles, here ... . "We are a pet-friendly cooperative, but I think he's going too far with these huge tanks."

Toby Johnson's Journey: From Math Professor to Co-Op Treasurer in Brooklyn UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Paula Chin on May 02, 2024

started last June and was just completed in December. Each apartment has its own compressor, two of them ... budgeted for repairs and switched to electrification, saving the building money and reducing its carbon

Watt's Up? UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Sullivan, Michael on March 01, 2002

A look at cogeneration, a process by which a user can create its own electricity and thermal ... with the manufacturer, at a fixed rate. Get the works, too. As one engineer calls it, "the cradle to the grave" program

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