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Board transparency requirements are increasing. Boards need to be legally ready.

Home BoardsBoard transparency requirements are increasing. Boards need to be legally ready.
Board transparency requirements are increasing. Boards need to be legally ready.

Board transparency requirements are increasing. Boards need to be legally ready.

Posted by Team Colbert Law Boards, Business, Condo Coop HOA, Litigation

There is increasing pressure towards Board transparency and member entitlement to records. This is yet another example. A New York City Appeal Court’s recent decision addressed in the article requiring greater access to Board records and the right to make paper and electronic copies of records subject to a confidentiality agreement is a huge transparency shift that Boards have to be prepared to deal with.

Read this Article from Habitat Magazine.

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