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A Contractor Damages A Co-op Bathtub [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Does the Landlord Do Windows? QI am a rent-stabilized tenant. Who is responsible for cleaning my apartment's exterior windows? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Shareholder List Withheld by Agent QOur managing agent refuses to let me have a list of shareholders of our co-op. Isn't he required to provide this list? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New Co-op Policy for Studios QWith board approval, I bought a studio in a Manhattan co-op in 2002 as a pied-a-terre. Several years ago a new board imposed a rule that studio apartments can no longer be used as pieds-a-terre. A broker told me the policy had reduced the market value of my studio. Can the board impose such a policy? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Who Should Fix a Plumbing Problem? QI was recently told that I have to repair a plumbing problem in my co-op's bathroom. A shower stall that had been installed before I bought the unit is causing a delay in feeding hot water to the apartments above mine. Management insists that I am responsible for fixing the problem, even if the work was done by a previous owner. Is this right? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Behavior Issues in a Co-op QI am a shareholder in a Manhattan co-op and have problems with my neighbor, including noise, odors, and threatening behavior toward me. All of this is in violation of the house rules. I have raised these issues with the co-op board, but nothing has been done. The board claims it has no authority to enforce the house rules. Is this possible? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When to Deregulate A Rent-Stabilized Unit [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A 'Future Home' With a Tenant [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Q I live in a co-op in Manhattan. My building shut off the water supply one morning because of a pipe emergency in the basement. No notification was given to tenants and as a result I inadvertently left my water taps in my bathroom in the open position while getting ready for work. I also had my drain closed. When the water was turned back on, it flowed out of my sink down into the apartments below me. Who is responsible for the damages? A Eric P. Gonchar, a Manhattan co-op and condo lawyer, said it would appear that the letter writer is responsible for the problem. Although a co-op would be required to give notice to tenants if the water was going to be shut off, in this case, as the letter writer indicates, the shutoff was the result of an emergency. And that, Mr. Gonchar said, would seem to relieve the co-op of the requirement to provide prior notice. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on the state appeals court ruling that has overturned a lower court ruling that condominium unit owners could be held personally liable for injuries caused by defects in condominium's common areas. Manhattan real estate lawyer John Van Der Tuin expressed his concern on the law.

Reports that owners of buildings more than six stories high must file detailed inspection reports describing the physical condition of their building facades in Manhattan, New York; Need to eliminating potential safety problems indicated in the building's previous filing before a new report can be filed; Imposition of penalty for the violation of the facade law; Implication of the facade law for building owners.