steve gibson also has a weekly podcast/webcast on the TWIT.TV network. Steve also has a hard drive recovery tool that is backed by a money back guarantee, i am gong to order one today to check my hard drives. Its purpose is to recover your hard drive if you have a spinning type hard drive failure (not SSD) All the programs on the twit.tv network are great pod/webcasts. i listen them rather then the radio , since i learn ,while doing other chores. Net at night is great to keep up on new , mostly free, Web 2.0 sites hat can make your daily life easier.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
prior contractors dump their construction debris in the walls and in the ceiling, they are paid to carry it out.
i had a leak aboe my bathroom ceiling lastweak. it was nighttime when u returned home and notived water coming out from cracks in thr vertivle wall.
manny came out and busted the ceiling ipen, we were greeted by a load of tiles , unbriken 4x4 and a load of construction debris. none of this stuff should have been in my ceiling. the plasterers worked for a full day in the bathroom, tey said thyhad to plaster above thethey tub, eventhough the leak was abive the sink, seems all the construction debris thatwas dumped there by orior contractors, added to the wet conditiond from the leak , caused the eiling tio bevery weak and needed a ful plasterjob..
in out contracts with the trdesmen, they are supposed to remove from the building all materials. we pay for this. They are not suppose to dumpo it in between the walls and floors, to make their life easierand get paqid for work they didn'tperform. There is also a hazard that they cause, if tise tiles landed on my head, that is not a normal part of a leak, that will be pursedin the courts, so i hope the BOD id checking the insurance certificates very closely of the workers. There are plenty of scams with thesecopys of insurance papers. The co-operator has a whole section on them.
So wehave contractors that are stealing from us by not removing their debris, plus caisng a haxard that the building/co-op will be liable for.
next we end up paying the plastersa lot more money, since the contractures before made their job muc harder and more time consuming.
The contracors that dumped all theirr garbage in the walls , may have not been thre plumbers that came to fix the leak this time.
which ever contracter that did the inter wall dumping/inter floor dumping, should never be allowed to worrk here again.
i wonder if it was the bunch that left my door, and no one in the apartement , wide open 3 times in one day.i will come back laterandfix the spelling and gramtcs, just wanted to get this posted
manny came out and busted the ceiling ipen, we were greeted by a load of tiles , unbriken 4x4 and a load of construction debris. none of this stuff should have been in my ceiling. the plasterers worked for a full day in the bathroom, tey said thyhad to plaster above thethey tub, eventhough the leak was abive the sink, seems all the construction debris thatwas dumped there by orior contractors, added to the wet conditiond from the leak , caused the eiling tio bevery weak and needed a ful plasterjob..
in out contracts with the trdesmen, they are supposed to remove from the building all materials. we pay for this. They are not suppose to dumpo it in between the walls and floors, to make their life easierand get paqid for work they didn'tperform. There is also a hazard that they cause, if tise tiles landed on my head, that is not a normal part of a leak, that will be pursedin the courts, so i hope the BOD id checking the insurance certificates very closely of the workers. There are plenty of scams with thesecopys of insurance papers. The co-operator has a whole section on them.
So wehave contractors that are stealing from us by not removing their debris, plus caisng a haxard that the building/co-op will be liable for.
next we end up paying the plastersa lot more money, since the contractures before made their job muc harder and more time consuming.
The contracors that dumped all theirr garbage in the walls , may have not been thre plumbers that came to fix the leak this time.
which ever contracter that did the inter wall dumping/inter floor dumping, should never be allowed to worrk here again.
i wonder if it was the bunch that left my door, and no one in the apartement , wide open 3 times in one day.i will come back laterandfix the spelling and gramtcs, just wanted to get this posted
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Bedbug-sniffing dogs are raising doubts for some | Seattle Times Newspaper
To clarify, there are no cases of bedbugs in this coop, the reason i have been posting all the links and info is knowledge is the most important way of keeping them away.
There have been cases reported in nyc where exterminators have been milking the apartment owners for thousands of dollars, with no relief.
unscrupulous Exterminators can use the bedbug scare as their guaranteed income fund. Coop can get scammed out of thousands a month, and in our case that is a big problem as our BOD has never done their due diligence on any matters that i have brought to their attention, Our managing company IMO should have been replaced long ago, the rooftop waterproofing as the final straw. Over 25 years as the managing agent and they either never opened the door to walk around and inspect the roof or waited until it was a big multi thousand job to give to one of their contractor friends.
Home & Garden | Bedbug-sniffing dogs are raising doubts for some | Seattle Times Newspaper
There have been cases reported in nyc where exterminators have been milking the apartment owners for thousands of dollars, with no relief.
unscrupulous Exterminators can use the bedbug scare as their guaranteed income fund. Coop can get scammed out of thousands a month, and in our case that is a big problem as our BOD has never done their due diligence on any matters that i have brought to their attention, Our managing company IMO should have been replaced long ago, the rooftop waterproofing as the final straw. Over 25 years as the managing agent and they either never opened the door to walk around and inspect the roof or waited until it was a big multi thousand job to give to one of their contractor friends.
Home & Garden | Bedbug-sniffing dogs are raising doubts for some | Seattle Times Newspaper
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Cooperator
Cooperator
October 2010 Vol. 30, No. 10
In this issue, you can read about codes of ethics, handling closed-door meetings, and board etiquette
Visit our archives to see other articles that were published in 2010.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
update: board member has no idea on who has check signing powers for co-op and doesnt see why they would want to know
This female board member who lives in the building also has no idea why our maintenance monies is now being processes by a bank in long island ny. This is the same board member who stated they refused to have their contact information made available to the shareholders. I asked for this two annual meetings ago.
worse is the sheep in the annual meeting, my fellow shareholders did not open their mouths to back me up.
The BOD members present at the meeting should have spoken up and offered this info to evereybody, but they act like puppets. It is Sad,
i rarely ask a question when dealing with the BOD or managing company that i do not know the answer to already .
This way i know if they are honest,up to date on regs and laws, or bs artists. Our co-op falls into the BS category. I also check on any answer they give meandat i am not 100% sure of. I take none at their word, they have not shown that type of integrity concerning BOD operations. In thier personal lives i believe some have outstanding integrity,let me be clear on that. I speak no ill out side of the BOD operations.
It is the the requirement under BCL, that the BOD contact information be made available, that is the law that governs NYS co-ops.
Who in their right mind would buy in a place with this kind of board. The few remaining shareholders that live in the building better step on and start reading, i have made it easy for them, i post links to articles that are related to the building
myself and one other person have fortitude and guts in this building. A bunch talk but Talk is cheap , put it in writing or it is talk, not action.
worse is the sheep in the annual meeting, my fellow shareholders did not open their mouths to back me up.
The BOD members present at the meeting should have spoken up and offered this info to evereybody, but they act like puppets. It is Sad,
i rarely ask a question when dealing with the BOD or managing company that i do not know the answer to already .
This way i know if they are honest,up to date on regs and laws, or bs artists. Our co-op falls into the BS category. I also check on any answer they give meandat i am not 100% sure of. I take none at their word, they have not shown that type of integrity concerning BOD operations. In thier personal lives i believe some have outstanding integrity,let me be clear on that. I speak no ill out side of the BOD operations.
It is the the requirement under BCL, that the BOD contact information be made available, that is the law that governs NYS co-ops.
Who in their right mind would buy in a place with this kind of board. The few remaining shareholders that live in the building better step on and start reading, i have made it easy for them, i post links to articles that are related to the building
myself and one other person have fortitude and guts in this building. A bunch talk but Talk is cheap , put it in writing or it is talk, not action.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
security problems 1 hawley terrace
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I came in on the 27th and found the hawley terrace door left top lock lever in the open position. When i was using my key i realized the left door felt loose. i checked and someone had opened the top lock, this way they could jimmy the solenoid lock. You can see by the scrapes on the door, by the lock and the missing screws in the lock, that this is all preplanned for easy illegal entry. i checked the patio door and they were ok, the lever locks were in the locked position.
Tonight aug 31, came in after a walk around 9pm and the patio top lever was opened. this woulds make it easy to jimmy the lock.
security along with maintenance is extremely lacking, I hope that when the shareholders get their maintenance increase they realize that the board gave the manging company a raise this year. If you look back on the pictures i have posted here, The pot holes in the garage and in the areas where people walk were not fixed for about a year, some were reported to barhite and holzinger, the managing company twice. This is a easily grounds for a lawsuit , if there is a trip and fall. the good news is , if the problem was pointed out to the board and managing agent, their protection under the boards indemnity insurance, may become null and void, and they will be responsible , the old lack of due diligence again. it is a shame that the few shareholders left , about 60%, not the 80% it is supposed to be let themselves be walked over and have they investment ruined by these people.
these are sheep going to slaughter, unless they fax letters and demand board of directors contact info, they are doing nothing .
Nothing was mentioned in the annual minutes about the illegal change to the method of voting for board members.
There is a free magazine called the cooperator, and it has an on- line section. There is also a web presence called the Habitat, it is all about nys co-op laws. The new york times has a co-op q & a section. i believe my letters and questions concerning this building have been in all , with all opinions favoring my position . Read and Learn
I came in on the 27th and found the hawley terrace door left top lock lever in the open position. When i was using my key i realized the left door felt loose. i checked and someone had opened the top lock, this way they could jimmy the solenoid lock. You can see by the scrapes on the door, by the lock and the missing screws in the lock, that this is all preplanned for easy illegal entry. i checked the patio door and they were ok, the lever locks were in the locked position.Tonight aug 31, came in after a walk around 9pm and the patio top lever was opened. this woulds make it easy to jimmy the lock.
security along with maintenance is extremely lacking, I hope that when the shareholders get their maintenance increase they realize that the board gave the manging company a raise this year. If you look back on the pictures i have posted here, The pot holes in the garage and in the areas where people walk were not fixed for about a year, some were reported to barhite and holzinger, the managing company twice. This is a easily grounds for a lawsuit , if there is a trip and fall. the good news is , if the problem was pointed out to the board and managing agent, their protection under the boards indemnity insurance, may become null and void, and they will be responsible , the old lack of due diligence again. it is a shame that the few shareholders left , about 60%, not the 80% it is supposed to be let themselves be walked over and have they investment ruined by these people.
these are sheep going to slaughter, unless they fax letters and demand board of directors contact info, they are doing nothing .
Nothing was mentioned in the annual minutes about the illegal change to the method of voting for board members.
There is a free magazine called the cooperator, and it has an on- line section. There is also a web presence called the Habitat, it is all about nys co-op laws. The new york times has a co-op q & a section. i believe my letters and questions concerning this building have been in all , with all opinions favoring my position . Read and Learn
Saturday, June 12, 2010
A New Lease on Life?
Does "˜And' Mean "˜With'?
The occupancy clause of the lease states that the shareholder and members of the immediate family are the only legal tenants of a co-op apartment. (Same-sex couples and unmarried heterosexual couples are protected under the New York Roommate Law.) For the nuclear family raising two school-age children, this works out simply enough. But what happens years later, when the shareholder decides to relocate to Paris but hang onto the apartment, enticing one of the now-grown children to return to the nest?
In this scenario, the meaning of the word "˜and' is the difference between a very lucky child and an illegal subtenant. "The courts have read that conjunction as very important," says Murray. And, over the years, they have also read it differently.
"One said that "˜and' means "˜or' and another court said that "˜and' does not mean "˜or,'" says Weinstein. More recently, courts have been ruling consistently in favor of the latter. A shareholder's children can only reside in the apartment when the shareholder is in residence. Otherwise, they're right alongside the rest of the city's apartment seekers, holding a broker's check in hand, in line to tour a tenth-floor walkup. In order to terminate the "and/or" debate, drafters of the CNYC's updated lease sought to write an occupancy clause with unbending definitions.
http://www.cooperator.com/articles/794/1/A-New-Lease-on-Life/Page1.html
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Board Talk / Activities / Home - Habitat Magazine
i asked a question concerning the statement on our financial that states that our reserve funds may not be not be or may be in excess of FDIC insurances.
Read the responses at the habitat CO-OP magazine . A magazine everone should read, unless they don't care about losing all their monies.
Board Talk / Activities / Home - Habitat Magazine
Read the responses at the habitat CO-OP magazine . A magazine everone should read, unless they don't care about losing all their monies.
Board Talk / Activities / Home - Habitat Magazine
FDIC regulators close seven banks; failures may cost insurance fund $7.33 billion
i always thought is was totally insane in the last two years to keep any of our reserve funds in non fdic insured funds. i wouldn't keep my personal monies in a non fdic fund, yet i see every year on our co-ops financial that our reserve fund may not be fdic insured.
FDIC regulators close seven banks; failures may cost insurance fund $7.33 billion
FDIC regulators close seven banks; failures may cost insurance fund $7.33 billion
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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