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Boards vs.the Disabled: The Shameful Case of Churchville Greene

New York State

them to use motorized wheelchairs. They purchased their home in the Churchville Greene housing

Co-op Believe-It-or-Not: Three Tales of One Beleaguered Board

entering anyone's unit." The letter added a warning: "...if you change the locks, the house rules require

It's Time to Draft a Smoking Policy

New York City

lease, sublease, or apartment purchase contract which they enter into. In addition, the bylaws and house

Seniors Protest Cuomo's Budget Cuts for NORCs

Lower East Side

or older,” says Nora Moran, a policy analyst at United Neighborhood Houses (UNH), an advocacy group for 37

Justice: Co-ops No Longer Subject to Constraints of Tenant Protection Act

New York State

bills that effectively carve co-ops out of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act

U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Co-op Boards in Major Discrimination Case

Kings Park, Long Island

for the Second Circuit has ruled that boards and landlords cannot be held liable under the Fair Housing Act

A Working Intercom Isn't an Amenity. It's Required by Law.

Greenwich Village, Manhattan

door to each apartment. The city’s housing maintenance code also requires a functioning intercom. “As

The Long Road to Recovery for a Brooklyn Co-op

Brooklyn

It Back" program, run by the Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD). "The city has paid ... , these housing corporations are like mini-cities with their own bylaws and governing documents. Here you'll find

Shoddy New Construction, p.4

the past six years." As of mid-July, the lawsuit was continuing. "Unit-owners, if they can afford to hire

How Boards Can Reject Owners Wanting Another Co-op in the Building

to the board's demands as she "could not afford a legal fight." The del Puertos further alleged

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