Tackling Mental Health Issues in Community Associations
CAI’s annual Community Association Law Seminar was held in February 2022 in Palm Springs California The Law Seminar is an opportunity for community association attorneys across the country to meet and attend seminars in trending areas of community association law....
PREPARING FOR THE IMPACT OF NEW FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC REGULATIONS
The tragic collapse of the Champlain South Tower in Surfside, Florida has led to a series of new requirements that impact all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans for the purchase of units in community associations that have five or more attached units Citing concerns...
VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETINGS
Virtual annual meetings are now a permanent fixture in NY. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Community Boards for, Co-ops and Homeowners’ Associations relied heavily on virtual platforms to stay connected, informed and conduct their business. Now, Governor Hochul has...
WHEN IS INSURANCE…NOT INSURANCE?
A co-op apartment corporation Board was sued for alleged failure to properly hire and supervise a contractor, which led to damage to an owner’s apartment. A homeowners association Board was sued due to an alleged delay in repairing a building after a fire, resulting...
STILL HAVEN’T HELD YOUR ELECTIONS? CONSIDER THE RISKS OF CONTINUED DEFERMENT
For many Boards, the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown a monkey wrench into governance efforts, particularly with holding annual meetings and elections. In New York, amendments to the Business Corporation Law and the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law temporarily allowing...
GOING SOLAR- SOLAR RIGHTS
The New York State Legislature recently passed a bill prohibiting Homeowners Associations (“HOA”) from unreasonably restricting the installation or use of solar power systems. A “solar power system” is defined as solar panels on a rooftop. The new law becomes...
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS: ONE BOARD’S ROADMAP FOR DOG REMOVAL DEMANDS, FINES, AND ATTORNEY’S FEES
Recently, an appeals court upheld a Board’s demand for the removal of residents’ dogs… but held that repeated fines for failure to remove the dogs were not proper – all pursuant to the Condominium’s by-laws. In Board of Mgrs. of Fishkill Woods Condominium v Gottlieb,...
STATE LAW v. BY-LAW
As a general rule, federal, New York State and local laws are applicable to community associations and any such statutes usually have priority over the governing documents of individual community associations when the law is in conflict with those documents. The...
CHANGES TO LANDLORD-TENANT LAW
On June 14, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, which consists of several amendments to the state’s landlord-tenant law that are aimed at strengthening protections for tenants. This Act will significantly impact...
Going Dutch
In historian Russell Shorto’s book, Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City, he discusses the unique circumstances which resulted in Amsterdam contributing so much to modern society. He often mentions the Dutch concept of gedogen as being an integral...
TO FILE, OR NOT TO FILE? FOR AN HOA BOARD, THAT MAY NO LONGER BE THE QUESTION
Life used to be fairly simple. In the old days, when a Long Island Homeowners Association (HOA) amended its Declaration or By-Laws, the common practice was for the Board to file a Certificate of Amendment with the County Clerk. First of all, when an amendment is...
New York Smoke Detector Law
On April 1, 2019, a new law went into effect in New York State changing the type of smoke detectors that will be permitted for sale in the State. Section 399-ccc of the General Business Law prohibits the sale of smoke detectors that are powered solely by a...
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