By Elizabeth Doran | edoran@syracuse.com The case of a Central New York couple sued by a homeowners’ association in the town of Manlius for parking their pickup truck in their driveway has been settled. The two sides reached an agreement … Continue reading
OPPOSING VIEWS.COM: Homeowners Sued For Parking Truck In Their Own Driveway January 20, 2015 By Matiss Batarags David and Arna Orlando are being sued by their homeowners association for parking their pickup truck in their own driveway. The Kimry Moor … Continue reading
By Frank Lovece Published: Nov. 21, 2014 In the great big playground of life, co-ops and condos are the sandbox, or maybe the tree house. Either way, the kids playing there mostly get along and mostly determine their own workable … Continue reading
Posted November 9, 2014 If there were ever a doubt about the appropriateness of withholding building amenities from condominium owners in arrears, a recent court decision in New York City lays it to rest — and lays out what a … Continue reading
N.Y. Daily News: MEOW NIX: Homeowners want ‘crazy cat lady’ to quit feeding strays By Melissa Chan — June 10, 2014 It’s a feline free-for-all in Fresh Meadows. Homeowners are fed up with a crazy cat lady and the cat … Continue reading
Rockland County Times: Former Bon Aire treasurer indicted for allegedly pilfering $81K from condo fund June 3, 2014 Former Bon Aire Condominium One Complex Treasurer Kostantina Gardner, 25 Haskell Avenue, Suffern, 51-years-old, has been indicted by a Rockland County Grand Jury for grand larceny in … Continue reading
The New York Times: Second Thoughts on Neighborhood Watches By The Editorial Board November 6, 2013 Far too late to save the life of Trayvon Martin, the community of Sanford, Fla., where Mr. Martin was shot to death last year … Continue reading
August 30, 2013 8:15 pm • JAMIE MUNKS – jmunks@poststar.com QUEENSBURY — A local homeowners association doesn’t have the authority to ban residents from displaying political signs, according to a state Supreme Court decision released this week. Peter and Peg Jasinski … Continue reading
By Susan Chiappone — June 7, 2013 SILVER CREEK – Residents on a stretch of Stewart Avenue in Hanford Bay are going to court to force the Town of Hanover to maintain that section of the road. Robert Whalen, one of … Continue reading
By Brendan Pierson — May 10, 2013 Months after Hurricane Sandy devastated buildings all over New York City, co-op and condo owners are still filing lawsuits accusing their building managers of negligence in preparing for the storm. These plaintiffs face a … Continue reading
I was on Nevada Public Radio the other day with the state ombudsperson, an HOA lawyer, and an owner advocate. It was a good conversation. But there was something that kept going through my mind that I never got a … Continue reading
By Paul Squire | 02/24/2013 More than a year after three homeowners at a 55-and-older community in Calverton filed a petition against their homeowners association alleging the group broke state law, a state Supreme Court justice has ruled against the … Continue reading
By Carole VanSickle – February 19, 2013 Vacation-home buyers are finding it harder and harder to finance their purchases, even with good credit and a healthy down payment. In some cases, the culprit behind their lenders’ skittishness is not even … Continue reading
By Brian Sullivan – February 1, 2013 There’s a mindset that craves the acquisition of any kind of authority and takes full—even excessive—advantage of it. Individuals afflicted with said mindset tend to amplify the significance of insignificant matters and insist, … Continue reading
By Louis DiPietroIthaca – January 23, 2013 Proceeding with a comprehensive overhaul of its lakeshore zoning law, the Ulysses Town Council is facing criticism from a group of Cayuga Lake homeowners requesting town leaders pitch the plan overboard. Over the … Continue reading