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• How Best to Hold a Virtual Annual Meeting - DLB Partners Quoted in the Cooperator

  11/18/2020 | The Cooperator

  For our co-op and condo clients that find themselves in the middle of the annual meeting season, two of our partners, David L. Berkey and Scott M. Smiler, were recently quoted in this month’s Cooperator discussing how best to hold a virtual annual meeting. 

  For a quick refresher, please read Virtual Governance: How Co-ops & Condos Hold Meetings Distantly. 

• If Your Neighbor Gets COVID-19, Does Your Landlord Have To Tell You?

  4/20/2020 | Gothamist

  GDB's head of the Cooperative and Condominium Law practice area, David L. Berkey, Esq. quoted in Gothamist's article, If Your Neighbor Gets COVID-19, Does Your Landlord Have To Tell You?

• New Tenant Protections Could Pinch Co-op Sales

  11/5/2019 | Habitat Magazine

  Marc Luxemburg, partner at Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, LLP and president of the New York Council of Cooperatives and Condominiums, quoted in Habitat Magazine's article "New Tenant Protections Could Pinch Co-op Sales." 

• Q&A: Stock Certificate Problem

  April 2019 | The Cooperator

  In the April issue of The Cooperator, GDB partner Marc J. Luxemburg answers a coop board member's question regarding a shareholder's stock certificates in the coop.

• A Bigger Role for the Board Secretary

  March 2019 | Habitat Magazine

  GDB attorneys Peter R. Massa and David L. Berkey are both quoted in this Habitat Magazine article on NYC's new conflict of interest law requiring board secretaries to keep detailed records on contracts.

• The New Face of Ownership

  February 2019 | Habitat Magazine

  GDB partner Peter R. Massa, Esq. is quoted in this Habitat Magazine article on how to deal with trusts and LLCs.

• Help! My Co-Op Has No Leader and Might Collapse

  12/29/2018 | The New York Times

  GDB Partner, Beatrice Lesser, is quoted in The New York Times regarding small co-ops without leaders and what can be done to avert a collapse. 

• The Perils of the Moonlighting Super

  11/8/2018 | Habitat Magazine

  GDB's head of the Coop and Condo Law Practice, David L. Berkey, Esq. is quoted in Habitat Magazine.

• Enclosed Balconies Can Stay -  Provided They're Safe

  5/3/18 | Habitat Magazine

  Marc Luxemburg, partner at Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, LLP and president of the New York Council of Cooperatives and Condominiums, quoted in Habitat Magazine's article "Enclosed Balconies Can Stay – Provided They’re Safe."

• For a Mess Made by a Few, Many May Be Punished

  4/29/18 | The New York Times

  GDB Partner, Peter R. Massa, Esq. is quoted in the Real Estate Section of The New York Times answering the question regarding what can be done if a mess is left in the common spaces of a co-op.

• Bank Reticence, Longstanding Obstacles Inhibit US
  Data-Sharing Program: Report

  9/20/2017 | ACAMS

  Jay L. Hack quoted in ACAMS

• Only In Brooklyn: Discrimination Against Baby Strollers

  8/10/2017 | Habitat Magazine

  GDB Partner Beatrice Lesser on discrimination against baby strollers in Habitat Magazine

• Global Banks Identifying and Reviewing Their Links to Trump Administration

  07/11/2017 | ACAMS Money Laundering.com

  Banks reviewing their transactions to determine links they might have to President Trump.

• Can a Stroller Be Sent to the Back Door?

  8/5/2017 | The New York Times

  GDB Partner Beatrice Lesser is quoted in The New York Times

• The Heartbreak of a Co-op Rejection

  7/21/17 | The New York Times

  GDB Partner Marc Luxemburg is quoted in The New York Times

• Helping Those Who Hoard

  6/30/2017 | The New York Times

  GDB Senior Partner, David L. Berkey, quoted in The New York Times.

• Woman Who Left Husband to Rot, Can Return to Apartment: Judge

  5/3/2017 | New York Post

• Upper East Side Woman Leaves Barely Conscious Husband to Rot on Apartment Floor for Days

  3/22/2017 | NY Daily News

• Should I Tell the Co-Op Board I May Work From Home?

  2/25/17 | The New York Times

  GDB Partner Beatrice Lesser quoted in The New York Times

• The State of Surveillance: Keeping Safe While Respecting Rights

  12/2013 | The Cooperator

  GDB Managing Partner David L. Berkey quoted in The Cooperator

• Low-Income Families in Leaky Townhouses Left to Fight for Themselves

  2/14/2017 | Crain's New York Business

  GDB Partner Marc Luxemburg quoted in Crain's New York Business

• Harassing the Super

  12/17/16 | The New York Times

  GDB Partner Marc Luxemburg is quoted in The New York Times

• New York Attorney General Settles Inquiry Into Once-Successful Developer

  8/29/2016 | The New York Times

• Discord Over Lobby Remodeling

  9/3/2016 | The New York Times

• Q&A: Exercising Your Rights?

  7/25/2016 | The Cooperator

• How to Control Your Online Life After You Die

  2/22/2016 | Observer

• Dangerous Falling Snow - Building Owners Beware

  2/6/2016 | The New York Times

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