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someone gave an anonymous call to the fire department concerning a non functioning fire door in the garage.
The fire department came and gave the co-op a fine.
The door was rusted shut, the frame which is steel is rusted so dad that it too has to be replaced. i neighbor called me and asked me about it, i didnt even know there was a fire door.I did go to that spot and take pictures of the car parked there , since the president of the BOD made a space where there was never a space and squeezed the original space and her car so she had trouble getting out. i also want to make sure that they are paying for the spot. I made a big deal when i found out the pres and vice pres where self dealing and giving their grandson/son a prime upstairs space, when he was not a renter or shareholder, and people who were shareholders for 10 years were downstairs skipped, one was down there for less time but she was disabled and they skipped her , plus others, and there is no elevator going down there, just a horrible battleship like steel staircase.
The president of the board or managing company is on a witch hunt to find out who turned them in, which i find appealing and disgusting. I called the fire department a couple days after i found out about it and i told them i want a copy of the violation, i heard first that the door was locked, but that was from a person that may confuse terms, i spoke to the super he told me it was rusted shut. i want to get the violation, since if it was locked with a chain or wedge, that IMO is criminal. Rusted shut may be criminal if someone couldn't get out, that would be a court matter . However rusted shut shows that the managing agent and agents have not checked the door in many years. We have had potholes on the walk path that people could trip in, that in spite of being called in were not fixed in a year. I could temp fix them, make them safe in 30 minutes. I then noticed that the main vestibule the main entrance, i rarely go out or come in that way , the paint is peeling visually , this is the way they bring prospective buyers in, First impressions mean a lot. Coming home through a big rain storm, I saw a puddle on the floor that had no origin, on the 5th floor, I wasnt sure if it was piss, or a leak from some place so i had to drop off a card to the 6th/.top flor and saw all these wet spots on the hallway ceiling, i rarely am on the 6th floor. i decided to check the fire door to see if any leaks and the pictures will show what i saw plus the fire door and the vestibule. Meanwhile the pres praises the managing company and tries to find out who dared call in a violation. IMO unbelievable stuff and i am the only one who see's a problem
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Well that is what i have been trying to do since starting here.
i want a template on bringing my management company/BOD to the right court., They refuse to provide me with the shareholders list and the financial s allowed for it the proprietary lease.
i have evidence id of a lot of failures. i asked for a template of how to bring them to court before , i got nothing, i don't need a lawyer for this stuff, and i haven't found one yet, i want to start,
i don't care if you find it inarticulate, the pictures are very articulate, The recording's i have of the president at the annual meeting stating 4 times for my recorder that he will self deal whenever he wants too, is very articulate. My calling a board member fraudulent in his listing for 10 years as the building as his residence, when he has never lived here.
i have evidence of a lot of failures. i asked for a template of how to bring them to court before , i got nothing, i don't need a lawyer for this stuff, and i haven't found one yet, i want to start.,
i don't care if you find it inarticulate, the pictures are very articulate, The recordings i have if the president at the annual meeting stating 4 times for my recorder that he will self deal when ever he wants too,is very articulate.
did you look at the pictures? That fire door lack of inspection and maintenance lies in the realm of criminal liability if someone was injured due to it. Did you see the picture of the stairwell ? is that how your building looks? would anyone here consider that proper maintenance? No ! I worked in maint for over 25 years, not building maintenance but utility maintenance, they have a lot of parallels. This Managing agent has 20 years experience In ??? is my personal guess. it is evident that his boss doesn't care, The board , is very liable , they probably have been given the wrong info on being indemnified for board decisions, , i explained to a new guy , that they are not indemnified for self dealing lack of due diligence, and not fulfilling their fiduciary duties to the co-op. They have failed multiple times times over the last couple years. Due to multiple actions of fraudulent behavior, such as changing the voting, not in accordance with the by-laws, plus 10 years of improperness by the appointment of the wife and daughter of the pres and vice-president to count the votes, and now new improprieties with the proxy votes and the handling of the proxy votes by a non shareholder, but son of the president , i see a extreme amount of problems that directly reflect my value of my co-op, including approx 50% owner occupied, but they tell the buyers it is 90% O/O and sign off on the mortgage papers from the banks That it is 90%Owner/Occupied.
So if you look at the pictures,and you think that its no big deal, your not paying for maint service, or if you provide them your standards are so low, that your in the wrong business , nor IMO be on a board, because your a liability, the proof of their failure in the pictures and violation they received from the FD , i may bring them to court so that is is paid for out of the managing company pocket. I also pointed out last annual meeting, that the contractors who are paid to remove the work debris, put it between floors, threw the tiles and debris plaster in the space above me. When a pipe broke and my super opened the ceiling to see where the water was coming from he was bombarded with tiles, that were dumped the previous contractor. They were too unprofessional to do what they were paid to do. The super or i could have been injured by the tiles and excess weight . it cost the building more money ,needlessly, since a lot of my ceiling had to be plastered,not sheet rock , a hawk with brown coat to the lathing , with a white coat, This was a professional job,.
So this is not just a rant, it is evidence of the manging company not doing the job they are paid to and given raises for the last two years,plus most likely a Xmas tip to the MA, something i find totally inappropriate The BOD not doing their Fiduciary duty to the building, plus add in all the lack of due diligence when self dealing is reported to the BOD . The BOD is required to look into all reports of self dealing by the pres and anyone else, The BOD is required to check into reports of fraud by other board members which they do not do
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Did you have a point here? A message? A question? Or did you just want to vent? I got lost. I can tell you're angry and frustrated, and probably with good cause. However, I believe this venue is for people to assist one another with their coop issues, get questions answered, receive suggestions and recommendations from others having experienced similar problems... NOT to be a sounding board for inarticulate, rambling rants.
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