For more episodes of Take It To The Board, click here! In this special 100th episode of Take It To The Board, we’re excited to welcome back our very first guest, James Donnelly. When host Donna DiMaggio Berger first sat down with James in 2021, he was leading Castle Group, one of Florida’s largest […]
Yearly Archives: 2025
Q: I bought a co-op apartment in Queens about 35 years ago and I’ve been renting it out. About 15 years ago, the co-op imposed a 10 percent surcharge on the maintenance fees for apartments that are rented out. That increased to 20 percent about five years ago. Should my […]
Hot Topics “2025 Legislative Session Extended and Budget” On Friday, May 2, both chambers announced that the 2025 Legislative Session has been extended to Friday, June 6, 2025. During this time, the Legislature may only consider the General Appropriations Act, implementing bills, and conforming bills. All other bills are indefinitely […]
Congress Pivots to Summer Agenda The House and Senate return to Washington this week following President Trump’s release of his FY26 budget request last Friday, which largely calls for non-defense spending cuts while boosting defense and homeland security funding. Members have already begun soliciting local appropriations requests for the FY26 […]
May 5, 2025 – Tampa, FL — Becker, a multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists, and other professionals in offices throughout the East Coast, announced that eight community association and litigation lawyers will join the firm in Tampa from Shumaker, significantly strengthening the firm’s Condo, Co-Op & HOA Practice […]