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NJCOOPERATOR.COM THE NEW JERSEY COOPERATOR — FALL 2020 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Yale Robbins Publisher Henry Robbins Executive Vice President Joanna DiPaola Associate Publisher Hannah Fons Senior Editor Darcey Gerstein Associate Editor Pat Gale Associate Editor Shirly Korchak Art Director Anne Anastasi Production Manager Alan J. Sidransky Staff Writer Peter Chase Director of Sales Fred Marks Director of Sales The New Jersey Cooperator is published quarterly by Yale Robbins Publications, LLC, 205 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10016, (212) 683-5700. President: Yale Robbins, Executive Vice President: Henry Robbins. Subscriptions are available free by request to co-op and condo board members and homeowner associations. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The New Jersey Cooperator, 205 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10016. ©Yale Robbins Publications, LLC 2020. All rights reserved. Application to mail Periodicals postage rates is pending at New York NY. FREE Subscriptions for Board Members, Property Managers and Real Estate Decision Makers. To Subscribe, please visit us at: njcooperator.com/subscribe Multifamily Energy Saving Solutions .......... 1 Whether you reside in, manage, or serve on the board of a condo, HOA, or co-op, examining your building’s energy efficiency from top to bottom, inside and out, will COVID-19 by staying in their homes as much as they can, they rely on the supers, have enormous implications for individual and communal costs, energy conserva- tion, and environmental conditions. What New Boards Members Need to Know ...... . 1 Residential communities such as co-ops, condos, and HOAs are unique in that they take the governance of their properties into their own hands. Handling Harassment in Multifamily Housing.... 1 Whether you live in a super-luxe Park Avenue co-op in New York City, a beachfront condo in Florida, a sprawling HOA in Nevada, or a multifamily community in New Jersey, one thing is certain: you have neighbors. Supporting Essential Building Workers...... 6 While residents of condos, co-ops, and HOAs do their part to prevent the spread of porters, valets, doorpeople, janitorial workers, handymen and -women, security personnel, managerial staff, maintenance workers, and others to leave their homes to keep these multifamily communities safe, clean, and operational. Community Meetings in the Time of COVID..... 8 Social distancing, lockdowns, quarantine, remote work, distance learning—all new terms to most of us just a few months ago—have not just entered our everyday vocabularies; they have changed the way we live our everyday lives. Pulse...... 4 Q&A...... 5 Marketplace..... 23