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A warning for co-op apartment sellers…and buyers

Yesterday’s Daily News catches us up on the Affaire Huguette Clark, the hugely wealthy, hugely reclusive, hugely strange heiress who died last May, at 104. Her estate thought they’d sold her several Fifth Avenue apartments. Uh-uh. Even those of us … Continue reading

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Rights of rent-controlled tenants in a co-op building

A few weeks ago I expressed great sympathy for rent-stabilized tenants in a co-op building. They were being harassed by their landlord who was making a nasty and illegal effort to set them up for eviction. I quoted from my … Continue reading

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A really, really interesting co-op lawsuit

From Friday’s Daily News, with the headline “Co-op board voids ‘steal’ at auction”: Linda Salamon thought she won the real estate lottery last May when she bought a $400,000 one-bedroom co-op apartment on the lower East Side for $33,000 at … Continue reading

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