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When the Interests of Boards and Resident Groups Diverge

/ Owner - June 7, 2018

Late last year, a conflict developed between a board and some residents at the Windsor Oak co-op in Queens over shelters protecting a colony of feral cats that lived behind the property. As the New York Post reported, a contingent of shareholders accused the board of repeatedly destroying the shelters, despite the colony being protected via its registration with the Mayor’s Alliance for New York City Animals. The board apparently had apparently wanted to build a clubhouse and additional parking spaces on the land which the cats had made for their homes. Eventually, the board acquiesced to leave the cats alone and table its clubhouse dreams, but not before the seeds tension between various factions (pro-cat residents/pro-parking lot board/anti-cat residents) were planted throughout the community.     Read the article………………

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