Courts rule that co-ops and condos are entitled to fees for granting building access.  Construction workers at the building next door to your co-op want to gain access to your property. In the past, if you did not come to terms with the builder, he would just go to court and get a license requiring that you let his workers and equipment in.  That has changed, thanks to the decision in the landmark DDG Warren LLC v. Assouline Ritz 1, LLC handed down by the state appellate court in Manhattan. The court ruled that gaining access “often warrants the award of contemporaneous license fees.”    Read the article…………….

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