Feathered, who lives in a co-op in Washington Heights, is having a problem with the lady below, who tosses seed out her second floor window attracting all the pigeons in the neighborhood and beyond. It's dirty and disgusting and unsanitary. What can I do, she wants to know. Read more »

Today the podium goes to Marcie Waterman Murray, a partner at Deutsch Tane Waterman & Wurtzel, specializing in representation of co-ops and condos as well as commerical and residential real estate transactions. She tackles the tough problem of what warring neighbors can do to restore peace to their home front. Read more »

I’m surrounded by a sea of balconies stacked up and down the facades of nearby white-bricked buildings. But no one’s ever on them – not even any would-be Juliets. You can’t barbeque on them because if everyone lit up at the same time the building would go up in smoke. You can’t hang out on them because strangers stare up from the street. But are they safe to sit on? Read more »

It’s not a crazy as it sounds. In fact with the summer vacation season looming and the economy still in the doldrums, it’s increasingly likely, all the more so because new and expanding platforms exist to help would-be hoteliers turn their apartments into cash – legally or not. What's to be done? Read more »

Living in High Rise Society can send you over the edge – not literally – although there was a lady in my building years back who jumped off the roof and splattered to her death though I think whatever made her take flight had more to do with her than the building. But it is indisputable that a higher percentage of off kilter people live inside High Rise Society than outside, which doesn’t make a lot of sense because all the people inside High Rise Society came from outside. Read more »