Non-Owner Run for Condo Board?
In general in NYC, can a non-owner of a condo run for the condo board and be a member? A person does not own the their unit, it is not in their name – the ownership and deed is under a family members name that bought the unit for them to live in. The the…
In general in NYC, can a non-owner of a condo run for the condo board and be a member? A person does not own the their unit, it is not in their name – the ownership and deed is under a family members name that bought the unit for them to live in. The the actual buyer and owner does not live in the building.
Can a person living in a unit that they don’t own run for the condo board? It would seem to me just like a owner “renting” it out without actually collecting “rent”.
It would be completely nuts for a condo association to seat a non-owner on the board. I can’t imagine why any association would let that happen.
Here’s the statute if anyone is interested:
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS
If the bylaws allow, a non-owner could run, however, if there were more candidates than positions available and an election were to take place, I would not like the non-owners chances of success against resident owners.
Times Real Estate section on last Sunday had exactly this question – look at their site. Says it’s dependent on individual rule book of that corp. as Christopher said.
As previously stated it is dependent on the association’s bylaws, however it seems like a terrible idea for someone whom isn’t a stakeholder in the building to be granted the power to make decisions which effect stakeholders.
Check the condo documents/by-laws. They’ll outline the specifics of the board and all requirements, expectations, etc, etc
It all depends on the by-laws of coop/condo as to who can serve on the Board.