Co-ops

Lander also proposed ramping up code enforcement at NYC buildings where residents regularly complain of a lack of heat.
Neighborhood Intel
Brad Lander pitches homesharing and co-ownership for city workers to ease the housing crisis
By Celia Young |February 24, 2025 - 3:30PM
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Co-ops
10 steps for creating a stellar co-op or condo board application

… If youre considering buying an apartment in New York City be prepared to overcome hurdles … to the buildings financial wellbeing Increasingly the application package for purchasing a condo requires similar … you are she says adding they typically skip looking at the credit check form and all the rest that the managing agent …

By Evelyn Battaglia |February 12, 2025 - 12:30PM
Traffic on 2nd Ave in Midtown Manhattan, NYC
Co-ops
Is my co-op maintenance tax deductible? How does this work?
By Brick Underground |February 7, 2025 - 12:30PM
NYC apartment building
The Market
The pros and cons of renting in a NYC condo or co-op building
By Jennifer White Karp |February 5, 2025 - 12:30PM
Towers of the East River Co-ops (1956) in the Lower East Side, NYC. In the foreground is the East River and East River Park under renovation. These were the tallest reinforced concrete apartment structures in the United States at the time of their construction.
Co-ops
How first-time buyers can apply for up to $100,000 in down payment assistance

… their first purchase of a condo coop or one to fourfamily house in New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on … to cover from two to six months of the principal interest taxes insurance and mortgage payments on your new property … the program should help more New Yorkers afford to buy in NYCs pricey market said HPD Commissioner Adolfo Carrión Jr …

By Celia Young |February 3, 2025 - 3:00PM
Evening view of Hunters Point waterfront and Manhattan over the East River from a modern condo in Long Island City, Queens.
Co-ops
Co-op and condo boards catch a break as Corporate Transparency Act faces legal limbo
By Celia Young |January 8, 2025 - 9:30AM
Condos in Lower Manhattan
Buy
How to rejection-proof your NYC co-op or condo application package
By Jennifer White Karp |January 7, 2025 - 12:30PM
Drone shot of New York City at sunset, taken from over Greenpoint in Brooklyn.
Sales Market
What a second Trump presidency could mean for NYC buyers and sellers
By Celia Young |December 13, 2024 - 5:00PM
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Co-ops
Can a shareholder be on a parking spot waitlist if they don’t own a car?
By Celia Young |December 5, 2024 - 1:00PM
Shot of water boiling in an open pot on a hot stove at home
Improve
I swapped the gas stove in my Mitchell-Lama co-op for an electric one, but what did I gain?
By Celia Young |November 20, 2024 - 11:30AM