Carol Ott

New York

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at Habitat Magazine

The queen of NYC co-op/condo board director reportage since 1982. Publisher & Editor of @habitatmag Habitat Magazine. All tips welcome.

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Articles

NYC Fair Chance Act: A new law for co-op admissions

2 weeks ago | habitatmag.com | Carol Ott |Amy Clark

Co-op admissions have never been simple, but a new law has changed what used to be a fairly straightforward, one-step process into more complex two-step dance. The law, which went into effect in January, is the New York City Fair Chance for Housing Act (Local Law 24), which is designed to protect potential co-op buyers from discrimination based on their criminal history.
Condo board's facade crisis: Financing woes and evacuation

3 weeks ago | habitatmag.com | Carol Ott

Over the years, the various condo boards at a small converted loft building commissioned several facade engineering studies. All of them discovered noticeable cracking and recommended remediation. Each board apparently believed that a long-standing brick building was safe — and they apparently were unwilling to pay for repairs that were not absolutely necessary — and so they never moved forward with the suggested fixes. Big mistake.