Hi,

I am not a lawyer but I think you need a lawyer to advise you on this. That being said, the raceway withdraw may be criminal theft and you should run it by the police. The only person who can stop this is you and how you respond. Say nothing and it will continue. Say something and it will stop. Somehow I suspect that you may uncover more misdeeds.

There is very little reason why a Treasurer these days needs to have cash on hand. Take the debit card away too.

Good luck!

we even went to the Bronx Attorney Office in the Bronx and they said their was nothing they could do we have all bank statements and she has the nerve to be elected as a Treasurer, The people that voted for her are also on the Board and dont have the clue what it is to run a building we only have 10 units 5 shareholders me and the other shareholder we dont have money for lawyer ,Treasurer never paid her rent in the past and she hired her son who was just released from Jail to be a super

Did you go to the Attorney General, Mr. Schneiderman? Call up the State of New York Attroney General office, and ask to report white collar crime in the Investor's Protection Bureau, and ask for a complaint form. You can also get it from the Internet.

You might consider withholding your monthly maintenance until the situation is rectified. You could make them take you to court for your maintenance, then you can explain the situation to a judge. Try to get as many shareholders as possible to go on strike and refuse to pay until you get answers and results.

This is, indeed, a very good idea, and perhaps the only one that will work. Our money that we pay the coop every month is our only leverage. I tried it in the past, and it worked. BUT...just make sure that you deposit your maintenance in a specially dedicated bank account - generally called Landlord-Dispute Account, so that you can show it to the judge if they sue, and demonstrate that you are not "in violation" of your obligation, but merely demanding that the outragous robbery ceased. And petition the judge for sanctions against the thieving board member, the dissolution of the board and new elections, under the supervision of the court. Be courageous and sincere. "Audaces Fortuna juvat" (Fortune loves the audacious)

Corruption is a plague in coops. The whole formation of coops was a fraud. The only way we win this fight is fighting together. We are organized and making politicians aware that this is a crime that is destroying us finantially and emotionally; we could end up homeless. Please take at look at COOPABUSE.COM and register to receive info. Also email me at ROSA.NAZAR@GMAIL.COM and I will keep you inform of our activities. We win if you fight the corruption together.

Coop Abuse.com (Cooperative Community Organization) claims to be a contingent of 600,000 Russians living in 60 coops in Brooklyn, mostly in the Brighton Beach area (10,000 per coop?) They claim to be a monolithic organization that could deliver these 600,000 votes to politicians of their choice, inducing them to pass legislation who favor the coop owners. Their candidate in this recent mayoral election, a Black Hispanic reverend head of a church in Washington Heights, only fetched 1800 votes. Where are the rest of them, some 598,200? Maybe they are illegal immigrants who don't vote (?) Maybe there is a lot of fantasy here... So I don't trust this group, or its leadership. Nobody can get to know who their leaders really are, because they don't reveal their addresses, and they speak only Russian in their open meetings, or their radio programs, or their communications (in the the ones translated, the English is atrocious, almost incoherent). Nor can we know what their hidden agenda is, which seems to be purely political. The victims of coop abuse in this group (the one I heard of) seem to belong to coops owned by the Russian mafia. If you decide to interact with this group, be cautious, and do not reveal your personal data to them. .

I don't know what black hispanic reverend you are talking about. We met with Gale Brewer and Helen Rosenthal in Manhattan. At the meeting we spoke english. As a matter of fact most of the attendees did not speak russian; I don't speak russian. We created the coopabuse.com to collect info so we can tell politians what is going. You don't have to write about your problem but you can see what we are doing. By the way both Helen and Gabe were elected. We hope to elect more people who are willing to work with us. We can only win if we stand together. You email me at ROSA.NAZAR@GMAIL.COM

The Black Hispanic reverend I am talking about is the Reverend Eric Salgado, from Washington Heights, who ran for mayor, sponsored by the Cooperative Community Organization of Brooklyn, and got only some 1800 votes. Another reverend of the same area is his friend , Reverend Bauza, who run for City Council, and got almost no votes.Both are against abortion and contraceptio, especially for teenagers, and call the "day after pill", an abortion pill killing hunreds of thousands babies, and they both vowed to stop these "mass killings" if elected.
Gale Brewer was elected, by not by the Alex Litvak's Russian contingent of Brooklyn, she was not even sponsored or recommented by him. I was present in that meeting with Gale Brewer in a private apartment in Manhattan, after Gale Brewer was already elected. Alex was there, acting as the owner of the meeting, he took the floor and lectured Ms. Brewer for almost an hour, handed several papers to her, and refused to yield the floor to me or my wife. The only other persons there, aside from us (from Kingsbridge, Bronx) was Rosa Nazar & Shelly Keeling, from Riverdale, Bronx. Nobody from the 600,000 Russians from Brooklyn (Alex's followers) showed up, and we were made to pass as if we were members of Alex's organization. A blatant shameless manipulation, plus the fact that we were not introduced nor permited to speak to Ms. Brewer.
Alex's has decided now that he wants to be the only leader of the Coop Reform Movement in all boroughs of the City, and towns of the entire State of the New York, and have recruited Rosa Nazar, a Dominican woman from Riverdale, Bronx, who has become an ardent propagandist and recruiter for Alex's Brooklyn organization. Imagine Alex Litvak, a Russian Emperor of the 5 boroughs, and King of the State of New York, and Rosa, his faithful disciple and prophet.
(by the way, Gale Brewer commented to me, wispering, as she was leaving the meeting, that she finds it very difficult to deal with the Russians because of their totalitarian mentality, and their lack of understanding of our American democracy and our political system. Indeed, Alex treated Ms. Brewer, practically the Vice-Mayor elect of New York, as if she was his subordinate, or his servant. I was ashamed of his behavior, and didn't know how to apologise to Ms. Brewer). Jerry Grosof, Concerned Citizens for Coop Reform.

You need to get your fact straights. Any body who google Eric Salgado would know that he is white hispanic not from Washington Heights but from Brooklyn. Cooperative Community Organization never met neither sponsor rev. Delgado, The meeting was scheduled by Alex in a apt belong to his friends. Alex never invited you, neither I. If you did not get your info correct, blame it on yourself. I don't believe Gale Brewers said anything like that. She is a politicians and they are careful what they said. I am concern about you seen things where nothing exists.

I stand by everything I said. Rev. Salgado is certainly a Black Hispanic, and his friend Rev. Bauza describes him as Black, and himself as "white", he calls this "cafe con leche, la buena mezcla". (Coffee with milk, the good mixture). He's originally from Brooklyn, but presently operates out of Washington Heights, after branching out into six churches of his creation.
Regarding the meeting with Gale Brewer, Alex did send a notification-invitation, but I was not planning to attend. But Naomi Semeniuk, who had obtained the meeting in the first place, she being a Manhattanite, invited us personallly, insisting that we should go and present the Coop problems to Ms. Brewer. We went for her sake, but we considered it a monumental waste or our time, and an embarrassment and loss of prestige vis-a-vis Ms. Brewer. Had we known that Alex was the owner of the meeting, we would have never gone.
And yes, Gale Brewer did speak, wispering, her reservations (or difficulty understanding the Russian character), and Naomi was there with me - we both accompanied her to the door, and Gale spoke to both of us. Alex himself noticed Gale was somewhat annoyed, and and said to her, as she was leaving, that he might be considered "a little annoying" with his insistence, and she might have to put up with it.
Rosa Nazar shouldn't be "concern" about what I said, whether she believes it or not. Her opinions and beliefs are of no "concern" to me. Carmen Bejarano & Jerry Grosof - Concerned Citizens for Coop Reform- P. O. Box 568 - Bronx, NY 10463