Comments on: How To Overthrow A Tyrant: Fighting A Co-op Board Rejection http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/ Wed, 3 Dec 2008 03:26:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Madonna Sues Her New York Co-op Board http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-163346 Madonna Sues Her New York Co-op Board Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:06:09 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-163346 [...] How to Overthrow a Tyrant: Fighting a Co-op Board Rejection Co-op to Give Reasons for Rejecting a Buyer? [...] […] How to Overthrow a Tyrant: Fighting a Co-op Board Rejection Co-op to Give Reasons for Rejecting a Buyer? […]

]]> By: sellsius° real estate blog » Blog Archive » Co-ops To Give Reasons For Rejecting a Buyer http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-6397 sellsius° real estate blog » Blog Archive » Co-ops To Give Reasons For Rejecting a Buyer Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:43:22 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-6397 [...] To learn how to force a co-op Board to give you a reason for a rejection see How to Overthrow a Tyrant: Fighting a Co-op Board Rejection. [...] […] To learn how to force a co-op Board to give you a reason for a rejection see How to Overthrow a Tyrant: Fighting a Co-op Board Rejection. […]

]]> By: elatedclients http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-351 elatedclients Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:06:55 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-351 Good advice Tony. You obviously have experience dealing with tyrants. I did visit fairhousing.com and highly recommend it. Good advice Tony. You obviously have experience dealing with tyrants. I did visit fairhousing.com and highly recommend it.

]]> By: Tony Baize http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-349 Tony Baize Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:23:10 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-349 Oops. I left "suggest" out of my 3rd sentence. Doh! Oops. I left “suggest” out of my 3rd sentence. Doh!

]]> By: Tony Baize http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-348 Tony Baize Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:22:32 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/how-to-overthrow-a-tyrant-fighting-a-co-op-board-rejection/2006/03/26/#comment-348 Good post. You are right. I, however, that before contacting HUD, you contact a private, nonprofit fair housing group. (I run one in Kentucky.) They will assist you, conduct an undercover investigation, *and* will provide an attorney for you to take on the co-op board. Also, HUD does have the power to award damages, if you allow your case to proceed to an administrative law judge after an investigation where HUD determines there is evidence to support your claim of discrimination. Or, you can file a "notice of election." At that point, HUD must refer the case to the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Attorney General will file a case in federal court on your behalf (at no cost to you). It is ALWAYS better to have a private fair housing group on your side. There are several groups in New York. Check out fairhousing.com and click on "Get Help Near You" for a list. -- Tony Good post. You are right. I, however, that before contacting HUD, you contact a private, nonprofit fair housing group. (I run one in Kentucky.) They will assist you, conduct an undercover investigation, *and* will provide an attorney for you to take on the co-op board.

Also, HUD does have the power to award damages, if you allow your case to proceed to an administrative law judge after an investigation where HUD determines there is evidence to support your claim of discrimination. Or, you can file a “notice of election.” At that point, HUD must refer the case to the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Attorney General will file a case in federal court on your behalf (at no cost to you).

It is ALWAYS better to have a private fair housing group on your side. There are several groups in New York. Check out fairhousing.com and click on “Get Help Near You” for a list.

– Tony

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