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For more episodes of Take It To The Board, click here! Choosing the right attorney for your community association is about much more than comparing hourly rates. In this episode of Take It To The Board, host Donna DiMaggio Berger sits down with Tana Bucca, Vice Chair of Becker’s Community Association practice in New […]

Conducting board meetings under the new law, effective July 1, 2025, is a bit more cumbersome, can be confusing, and frankly not quite clear in all respects, especially in regard to video meetings and requirements for same.  I will start with the basics, which have not changed too much, and then […]

Q: Our homeowners’ association has a rule of 3 minutes maximum speaking time per owner, per topic. What can we do if an owner refuses to stop talking when their time is up?  How can we get the speaker to stop without calling the police?  (J.C., via e-mail) A: Section […]

Can a unit owner halt a condominium foreclosure by claiming she was misled about the building’s smoking rules? In the latest issue of Co-op & Condo Case Law Tracker, Becker shareholder Steven S. Anderson explores a recent Brooklyn case, the court rejected a plaintiff’s bid to consolidate her sweeping misrepresentation […]

Q:  How is a lawsuit formally settled in mediation, and how is that settlement enforced? A:  Any settlement agreement reached between the parties at mediation must be properly documented in order to be enforceable. This means that all of the terms of the settlement need to be reduced to writing […]