Kips Bay Condo - Cooper Square

An email forwarded to me, although not confirmed at this time, is just a FYI purposes. Please, anyone with more information, provide additional information as it becomes available. Here it is. Take it for what it's worth:



Recent activities within my condominium have compelled me to write about this. I will try to be as concise as possible.

I purchased my condominium some years ago with the understanding that this is my home. I sold my home outside of the city when my children grew up and moved away. My husband passed away a number of years before, never quite recovering from the injuries he sustained as a child at the hands of the Nazis, but we had a comfortable and loving home and raised two incredible children.

My dream was to return to Manhattan and live uptown from my childhood home on the Lower East Side. My income is currently limited, but I've always made sure that I would have the ability to pay for maintenance and tax increases during my advancing years. I also wanted to make sure I was close to the best medical care in the world. We worked very hard in our youth for a reasonably comfortable retirement.

My husband and I also realized one was likely to survive the other.

To the point.

Our current management company, Cooper Square, has imposed fees that none of us could have ever foreseen. They charge us for handyman tasks which were previously included with our common charges. They now charge extra to hang blinds, to change a light bulb, and for a host of other basic services, to each owner, over and above the common charges. I always tip the staff when they help me out. Fortunately for me, I am in a position to absorb these extra costs when I need to. But I am disgusted by this stealing from us, especially when it comes to my neighbors who can't afford all these new charges that we never expected to have to fight.

Shame on you to our Board of Managers for allowing, encouraging, Cooper Square for making these changes.

Shame on you and to any other Board in any other building which allows such a thing to happen.

With warmest regards,

A Concerned Neighbor