BOTA Property Management LLC

05/03/2024

Happy Anniversary BOTA Property Management LLC! Great Team, Great Year, Great Clients!

03/04/2024

https://www.habitatmag.com/Publication-Content/Green-Ideas/2024/February-2024/Report-Predicts-Drastic-Rise-in-New-York-City-s-Sea-Levels

Report predicts drastic rise in New York City's sea levels in coming years.

02/27/2024

https://cooperatornews.com/article/new-law-affects-contractor-retainage-for-co-ops-condos

As if New York co-op and condo communities weren’t under enough pressure from sluggish sales, high interest rates, and the ever-increasing volume of work required to comply with environmental requirements like Local Law 97, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law on November 17 amending Secti...

02/27/2024

https://cooperatornews.com/article/thats-super

At the heart of every shared interest community is the person who makes it run.  That person is known by many names: superintendent (or just ‘super’), building engineer, resident manager, community manager. Their duties and responsibilities may vary somewhat from region to region and building t...

02/27/2024

https://cooperatornews.com/article/who-pays-for-garage-inspections-repairs

After the deadly collapse of a parking garage building in lower Manhattan last year, the City of New York moved to prevent similar tragedies from occurring, undertaking the herculean task of inspecting every garage in New York City for cracks and weaknesses that might lead to collapse. That effort w...

02/27/2024

https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/affordable-housing/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-final-challenges-to-rent-stabilization-laws-122955

In rejecting the appeals, Justice Clarence Thomas invited further challenges to rent control laws.

12/20/2023

https://citylimits.org/2023/12/19/two-bills-targeting-illegal-rent-increases-await-their-fate/

The state Senate and Assembly passed a duo of bills in June aimed at helping rent stabilized tenants dig deeper into their rent histories to challenge suspicious increases. The governor has until the end of the year to sign them.

12/14/2023

12/14/2023

https://cooperatornews.com/article/emergency-preparedness-in-the-era-of-climate-change

The acceleration of global warming and the accompanying climate crisis is affecting shared-interest residential communities all over the United States and around the world. This past September was the wettest ever recorded in the eastern United States, with nine times the normal rainfall. Scientists...

12/12/2023

https://citylimits.org/2023/11/29/efforts-to-block-gas-bans-across-the-nation-are-growing-will-it-work-in-new-york/?utm_source=City+Limits&utm_campaign=3c5648805d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12_04_02_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bcc34d62ff-3c5648805d-54663626&mc_cid=3c5648805d&mc_eid=d0b21b1b6f

After a lawsuit in California toppled the city of Berkeley's efforts to replace gas stoves with clean electric energy, fossil fuel industry groups are testing the same legal strategy in New York.

12/12/2023

https://cooperatornews.com/article/powering-e-devices-safely

All over the news, from coast to coast, reports of fires and explosions caused by lithium-ion batteries describe blazes that are out of control, difficult to extinguish, and excessively smokey. Tragically, many have resulted in fatalities and serious injuries, and certainly all have caused extensive...

11/27/2023

https://www.habitatmag.com/Publication-Content/Legal-Financial/2023/2023-November/Banning-Short-Term-Rentals-A-Guide-to-Local-Law-18

Short-term rental platforms are a thorn in co-op and condo buildings' sides. With the recent passage of Local Law 18, boards are getting some welcome relief.