Neighbor vs. Neighbor
IMAGINE a letter slipped under an apartment door, and then a warning of a lawsuit in the offing: “As you may not be aware, we are both lawyers and both litigators, for whom the usual barriers to litigation are minimal.”
That was the curt beginning of a lawsuit at the Ansonia, a condominium on Broadway and […]
Once Exclusive Enclaves, Subject to Change
IN the case of tiny Agate Court in Brooklyn, perhaps the sincerest form of flattery is not imitation, but annexation. The little cul-de-sac of 18 row houses off chaotic Atlantic Avenue in southern Bedford-Stuyvesant was built in the late 1880s along with the flanking Alice Court, and the two have slumbered for more than a […]
Maintenance Fees: Up, Up, Up
NEW YORK CITY apartment owners can hardly be blamed for feeling nostalgic, and a little depressed, as they receive their increases in condominium common charges and co-op maintenance fees this year, for many, the fifth or sixth in a row.
In the old days, the fees rarely rose, and then usually by very little. Owners and […]