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Residency Requirement for Coop BoardMar 04, 2022

Does the meaning of resident in the context of a Coop board eligibility requirement include only shareholders that reside in the coop full time. Are shareholders with a primary residence elsewhere considered residents.

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Residency Requirement for Coop Board - Carl Tait Mar 05, 2022

That's an unusual requirement, in my experience. Check the precise language in your By-Laws. In many cases, there's no restriction on directors at all. In other coops - such as ours - a director must be either a shareholder or the spouse of a shareholder.

If it just says "resident," that seems ambiguous. Obviously a person would be eligible if it's their primary residence, and not eligible if they're subletting and not living there at all. But what about all the situations in between? Someone with a summer home where they spend three months a year? Someone who plans to sublet two months after the election? Someone who says they're a primary resident but the NYC records do not reflect this (a very common problem)? There's no clearly correct answer.

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