Tag Archives: co-op apartments

Preliminary investigation: Before finding a lawyer

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Naomi

A quickie here, supplementing yesterday’s piece about my valiant—if counterintuitive—efforts to save my building by getting it violated. The Department of Buildings does much more than send out inspectors (although since NYC is now publicly up-in-arms about illegal apartments that … Continue reading →

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How I became a plaintiff: Mistakes I made

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Naomi

The statute should be comprehensible.  It should not be written in Chinese anyway. It should be in passing English…so that common, human beings would understand what it meant… – Clarence Darrow, in Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, 1925. Let me … Continue reading →

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How I became a plaintiff: Red Herrings, negotiations and Proprietary Leases

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Naomi Fein

If you buy a co-op apartment, you’ll sign a fat ugly document called The Proprietary Lease. All the laws and rules of your co-op are in there. It’s a miserable read. Read it. Continue reading →

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