For our co-op and condo clients that find themselves in the middle of the annual meeting season, two of our partners, David L. Berkey and Scott M. Smiler, were recently quoted in this month’s Cooperator discussing how best to hold a virtual annual meeting. 

For a quick refresher, please read Virtual Governance: How Co-ops & Condos Hold Meetings Distantly. 

GDB's head of the Cooperative and Condominium Law practice area, David L. Berkey, Esq. quoted in Gothamist's article, If Your Neighbor Gets COVID-19, Does Your Landlord Have To Tell You?

Please see GDB's David L. Berkey, Esq. discussing how the Paycheck Protection Program can help your co-op/condo association on Habitat Magazine's YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB2YO0_8Yaw#action=share

Video Interview with Partner David L. Berkey

The New York State Legislature in June enacted tenant protection legislation, titled The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, that significantly changes New York’s rent laws and impacts the City’s many cooperatives and condominiums.

May and June are the months when most Cooperatives and Condominiums conduct their annual meetings of shareholders or unit owners.  Advance planning is essential for a successful annual meeting. Most counsel are experienced in leading annual meetings and can help make sure that your meetings run smoothly and your elections will not be subject to challenge.

GDB attorneys Peter R. Massa and David L. Berkey are both quoted in this Habitat Magazine article on NYC's new conflict of interest law requiring board secretaries to keep detailed records on contracts.

GDB's head of the Coop and Condo Law Practice, David L. Berkey, Esq. is quoted in Habitat Magazine.

David L. Berkey, Esq., head of GDB's Coop and Condo Law Practice, opining on conflicts of interests for boards

Partner David L. Berkey lectured on Pre-Contract Due Diligence at a CLE program sponsored by the New York City Bar Association entitled “Residential Real Estate Closings: What You Need to Know From Pre-Contract to Closing.”

Legal Update

New York City recently enacted a new local law that requires all owners of Class A multiple dwellings, which includes most cooperatives and condominiums, to adopt and distribute to shareholders, tenants and unit owners a smoking policy prior to August 28, 2018. Cooperatives and condominiums should act now to adopt a comprehensive written smoking policy, amend their existing rules to conform to the new policy and distribute or post the policy by the August 28, 2018 deadline. Failure to comply with the new law can be costly.

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Senior partner and head of GDB's Cooperative and Condominium Law practice, David L. Berkey, discusses issues related to coops and insurance.

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On September 12, 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Chapter 305 of the Laws of 2017, which imposes an annual conflict of interest reporting obligation on cooperatives and condominiums incorporated under the Business Corporation Law or Not-for-Profit Corporation Law.  Chapter 305 goes into effect on January 1, 2018.

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GDB Senior Partner, David L. Berkey, quoted in The New York Times.

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GDB Managing Partner David L. Berkey quoted in The Cooperator

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