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How Technology Has Changed the Role of the Superintendent

constructed state-of-the-art buildings. Neither is technology just about remote-monitored boilers and air ... and financial challenges that have to be solved. Whether it's a question of how to raise more money, how to deal ... oversees a 120-unit co-op building in Forest Hills, Queens. "You might be able to get away with just a high

Ask Habitat: When Buying Apartment, Should I Ask About Building's Finances?

New York City

occur outside of what has been budgeted for the year. It’s often used by co-ops and condos to pay ... is one of the biggest investments you'll every make. This purchase is more than just buying a home, it ... the home you hope to live in, it’s an investment in a vertical city. And like most cities, it has

Energy-Benchmarking Scores Go Public Next Year. Will Your Building Look Bad?

New York City

or a burden — then we need to get those people out of the market. Because it's not valuable for people to just ... -ops and condos NYC co-ops and condos face legal and financial challenges that have to be solved. Whether it ... . One can easily imagine a time, in the not too distant future, when your energy performance will play

GAF VersaShield Fire-Resistant Slip Sheet

to the elements between the time you install it and install the membrane. Just sayin'.) According to the company ... soon, and it's not too early for co-op boards and condo boards to starting thinking about building

Board Service: Michael O’Brien on Practical Car-Parking Policies

to arrive at just the right mix. I was really impressed with the way the board hung in there to propose ... to be solved. Whether it's a question of how to raise more money, how to deal with angry owners, or the best ... we did, and what you might do, too.

Bally-ho

apply. Same answer, too: It's in your own proprietary lease. You can't take someone else's word for it

A Mortgage Refi Should Fit Like a Tailor-Made Suit

New York City

where it has borrowed too little – and winds up having to seek another refi in just a few years ... -ops and condos face legal and financial challenges that have to be solved. Whether it's a question of how ... One size does not fit all co-ops when it's time to refinance the mortgage.

More Insurance Shenanigans: An Attorney Exposes an Outrageous Loophole

not believe it had any legal obligation to the seller, it did not report the threat to its insurance carrier ... to be solved. Whether it's a question of how to raise more money, how to deal with angry owners, or the best ... Nov. 23, 2009 — It wasn't a lawsuit threat. It was just some blowhard venting, the way blowhards

Convincing Your Board to Switch to Cogen: How One Board President Did It

201 E. 66th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan

citywide, according to Con Ed. Cogent When Burt Spiegel was elected board president, he, too ... The co-op at 201 East 66th Street in Manhattan heats both its apartments and its domestic hot

Co-op Coup! Midnight Elections, Competing Boards and a Divided Building

the same. "It was crazy," says Neubohn. "It [was] just a mess." Both sides agree on the outline of what ... wouldn't know that there had just been a very uncivil war going on there, with two competing boards each

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