Cooperative and Condominium Law

• Mark Axinn Published in Habitat Weekly With Article, “Spread Costs Over Time With Strategic Negotiations"

  11/05/2024

  Mark Axinn, Chair, Cooperative and Condominium Practice at Phillips Nizer, was published in Habitat Weekly’s November issue with the article, “Spread Costs Over Time With Strategic Negotiations”, discussing the up-front expenses Co-ops face when leasing to new commercial tenants.

• Marc Landis Interviewed by Brick Underground On Steps To Replace Your Condo Board

  02/06/2024

  Phillips Nizer Managing Partner and Real Estate Practice Co-Chair, Marc Landis, was interviewed by Brick Underground for an article, published on February 6, titled: “The Big Bad Board: How Do We Replace Our Entire Condo Board?” Marc discusses the process that condominium owners should to take when deciding to replace their board. 

• Allen Brill Featured in Habitat Weekly With Article, “Renovation Responsibilities for Co-op and Condo Boards”

  01/24/2024

  Allen Brill, Partner in Phillips Nizer’s Real Estate Practice, was featured in the January 18^th issue of Habitat Weekly with the article, “Renovation Responsibilities for Co-op and Condo Boards”, discussing new strategies for boards in managing renovations.   

• Mark Axinn Published in Habitat Weekly With Article, “Arrears in Co-op and Condo Communities”

  01/05/2024

  Mark Axinn, Chair, Cooperative and Condominium Practice at Phillips Nizer, was published in Habitat Weekly’s December 28^th issue with the article, “Arrears in Co-op and Condo Communities”, discussing steps co-op and condo boards can take to collect unpaid maintenance and common charges from shareholders or unit-owners.   

• Partner Mark Axinn was recently quoted in a Habitat Magazine article, “Get Your Guard Up”

  12/27/2023

  Mark Axinn, Chair, Cooperative and Condominium Practice at Phillips Nizer, was quoted in Habitat Magazine’s December 2023 issue for the article, “Get Your Guard Up”, discussing co-op and condo boards’ risk of cybersecurity attacks and how to minimize the risk of a breach in security. 

• Allen Brill Interviewed by Habitat Magazine for Article on Trends in Shifting Cost Responsibility When Renovating a Co-op Apartment

  11/07/2023

  Phillips Nizer real estate partner, Allen Brill, was interviewed by Habitat Magazine, for the article, “Shifting the Burden,” discussing trends in boards shifting the cost burden onto the shareholder when renovating a co-op apartment, published in their November 2023 issue.

• Mark Axinn Featured In Habitat Magazine With Article On How to Handle Hoarders

  08/02/2023

  Phillips Nizer Cooperative and Condominium Practice Chair, Mark Axinn, was featured in Habitat Magazine, for his article, “A Primer for Co-op and Condo Boards on How to Handle Hoarders”, August 2, 2023.

• Mark Axinn Featured in the Cooperator News New York Q&A on Window Repairs and Replacements

  06/07/2022

  Cooperative and Condominium Practice head Mark Axinn was featured in the Cooperator News New York's Q&A series discussing who is responsible for window repairs and replacements in proprietary leases. 

• Phillips Nizer Practical News Legal Alert: Good News for Co-op Boards and Managing Agents for the New Year: Changes to Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act Benefit Co-op Corporations, January 2022

  01/04/2022

  Good News for Co-op Boards and Managing Agents for the New Year: Changes to Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act Benefit Co-op Corporations.  On December 22, 2021, Governor Hochul signed legislation exempting co-ops from many of the onerous restrictions in the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. These revisions will allow boards and their agents to represent the shareholders’ interests more effectively in operating their buildings.  

• Condominium and Cooperative Practice Chair Mark Axinn Discusses Coop Meeting Rules in a Q&A for the Cooperator News New York

  12/21/2021

  Condominium and Cooperative Practice Chair Mark Axinn answers a reader question for Cooperator News New York on coop meeting rules.

• Proportionate Shares Are Set in Stone, Habitat Magazine (November 2021), Mark Axinn, Phillips Nizer Condominium and Coop Law Chair  
   

  11/19/2021

  Proportionate Shares Are Set in Stone, Habitat Magazine (November 2021) 

• Habitat Magazine: Co-op Boards Getting Ready for the Reopening of Housing Court, by Mark N. Axinn

  08/19/2021

  The national debate on evictions is set to play out in New York, where the Civil Court’s residential landlord and tenant section, commonly known as housing court, is scheduled to reopen next month for the first time since March 2020. Co-op boards looking to enforce their proprietary leases must grapple with two questions: What if the courts do not reopen in September, despite this month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating the current moratorium on evictions? And even if housing court does reopen, how much of a delay will co-ops face due to the severe backlog of cases after a 17-month hiatus brought on by COVID-19?

• Good News for Co-ops and Condos: Sponsors Are Selling, as seen in Habitat Magazine (July 8, 2021) By: Mark N. Axinn, Phillips Nizer LLP Condominium and Cooperative Law Chair

  07/08/2021

  After decades of fighting their sponsors, New York City co-ops and condominiums may finally be catching a break. Almost 20 years have passed since the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, decided the landmark Jennifer Realty case, holding that co-op apartment corporations may sue their sponsor-developers for breach of an implied promise to sell their unsold shares in the corporation. Despite the ruling, most owners of unsold apartments continued to rent rather than sell their unsold units, especially when the rental market remained strong.

• Phillips Nizer Adds Four Real Estate Partners and an Associate from Brill & Meisel: Allen H. Brill, Elliott Meisel, Mark Axinn, Christopher Aldridge, and Amanda Benishai

  06/01/2021

  Four partners and an associate join top NY Real Estate practice