NYC Real Estate

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management Company EBMG sits down with Stephen M. Lasser, Esq. , of Lasser Law Group to discuss a variety of topics with relation to condo and coop collections. Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com to speak with Mark or ask for future topics. Topics discussed on this episode include: Differences between Coops and Condominiums Procedures and Policies on...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG hosts a quick solo show to bring listeners important updates for June 2023. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com or call Mark directly at 212-335-2723 x.201. Important updates include: Heating Season is over as of May 31, 2023 A reminder on #4 becoming outlawed in July 2027 (no further triennial approvals for #4 after June 2024) HPD R...

Host Mark Levine of New York City property management company EBMG LLC sits in the studio with Deborah Koplovitz , a partner at Herrick, Feinstein LLP to discuss a package of proposed bills relating to cooperative apartment purchases, their applications and specific written reasons for a declined application. This proposed bill was sponsored by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams , among others. Emai...

Host Mark Levine from NYC property management company EBMG sits down with Peter Hurley , an iconic photographer based in New York City.  Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com On this 1st edition of the "Know Your Neighbor" podcast, we're peering into one of our buildings and interviewing a resident with an interesting story. Peter's experiences in life; from training for the Olympi...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG gives a quick update on important topics in the real estate world, covering: - Reverse Mortgages for Coops (recently allowed) - Multiple Dwelling Registrations - Bed Bugs Filings - NYS Sexual Harassment Laws - and more Feel free to email Mark Levine's corporate email at mblevine@ebmg.com or via phone at 212-335-2723 x.201. If you'd like to conn...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management company EBMG sits down in the zoom studio to talk with Josh Thompson, owner of Thompson Window Services .  Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com Topics discussed on today's show include window washing, facade inspections (FISP), mandated garage inspections, drone inspections and more. Josh can be reached at 732-997-8138 and through his webs...

Host Mark Levine from NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits with Julie Schechter, Esq. , a frequent guest and partner at law firm Armstrong Teasdale to go over the fundamental differences between cooperative and condominium buildings. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com or call 212-335-2723 x.201 Email Julie Schechter at jschechter@atllp.com Topics discussed on this episode include: -...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits with Joe DiPompeo, PE of Structural Workshop and Scott Baryiewski of South Shore Construction to discuss the new Local Law 126 of 2021 imposed by NYC DOB, relating to regular parking lot inspections in the five boroughs. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com or 212-335-2723 x.201 **New Law** Beginning January 1, 2022 , Local Law 1...

Host Mark Levine of Property Management firm EBMG talks about the tragic fire over the last weekend that killed at least 19 residents along with requirements from ownership's perspective to give out Fire Safety information, signage and more, to reduce the risk of an occurrence like this from happening again.  Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com or call Mark directly at 212-335-2723...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG gives a quick walkthrough of the J-51 program's extension through June 30, 2022. Mark also includes timing protocols for filing, restrictions based on assessed value and the type of work that can be considered for the J-51 program. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com or call Mark Levine directly at 212-335-2723 x.201.

Host Mark Levine of EBMG LLC goes over some of the more pressing issues at the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com or call Mark Levine directly at 212-335-2723 x.201. NYC Bed Bugs Filings: Due 12/31/21 Local Law 152 of 2016 Gas Inspections: 6 Month Extensions Permitted for 2021 FISP / Local Law 11: Subcycle C begins on 2/21/22 and Subcycle A is DUE on...

Host Mark Levine from NYC property management firm EBMG talks with Steven Cohen, CIC, Vice President of Bermack, Champion & Lewine about various insurance issues in the real estate world. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com Topics on this episode include Labor Law 240, workman's comp coverage, umbrella coverages, increasing insurance premiums, alterations and more. Feel free to reac...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management company EBMG walks listeners through a variety of interesting topics that have just been released in September 2021. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com Among the topics discussed on today's episode: Westchester Co-op Disclosure Law: Upon receipt of each co-op purchase application, the Board of Directors must inform the purchaser whether the a...

Host Mark Levine (212-335-2723 x.201 or mblevine@ebmg.com ) of NYC property management firm EBMG talks with Robert Castellano , Vice President of VDA (212-868-9090 x.128 or rcastellano@vdassoc.com ) on upcoming changes to the NYC requirements on elevator testing, beginning on January 1, 2022. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com Effective January 1, 2022 several changes to the NYC Buildi...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG LLC sits down in the Zoom studio with Michael Pinchasick of Compass (Michael is also a former partner of EBMG - hear the back story!) to discuss residential buildings and the steps they can take to increase sales prices - and more. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com Michael Pinchasick can be emailed directly at mep@compass.com or vi...

Host Mark Levine , of Property Management Group EBMG talks with Michael Lifland and Paul Eisenberg, owners of RCG Tower Group on topics related to rooftop cellular communication. Topics include leasing rooftop space, geographic locations, long-term buyouts, decommissions, agreement terms and more. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com RCG Tower can be reached via phone at 646-300-9011 or...

Host Mark Levine of NYC property management firm EBMG sits with Hal Coopersmith, Esq ., a third-generation New York City based lawyer, to talk about the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act and how it relates to rentals, coops and condos, his tracking service RezcueMe , his podcast, the " NY Launch Pod " and his law firm, Coopersmith & Coopersmith . Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@...

In this first episode of 2021 host Mark Levine of NYC property management firm EBMG sits down over zoom with interior designer Joy Goldman, ASID , owner of Joy Renee Interiors . Mark and Joy tackle the difference between a designer and a decorator, common area upgrades, the design process, how a board can work through and approve designs, how to deal with large buildings & opinions and more. E...

Host Mark Levine from NYC Property Management firm EBMG speaks with Ashley Swee t of iES MACH to discuss air quality monitoring and energy monitoring in buildings of all uses and sizes.   These products are especially useful now due to COVID related air issues as well as the energy benchmarking that is required in NYC under Local Law 97.  Ashley walks us through the different types of pr...

Host Mark Levine , or NYC Property Management firm EBMG walks listeners and viewers through the back-end spreadsheets and online ballots that he creates for all of his Annual Meetings for coop and condo buildings that he manages in the NYC area. VIEW THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/O_UfA_iNgiE Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com Feel free to call Mark Levine directly at 212-335-2723 x.201 o...

Host Mark Levin e of NYC Property Management company EBMG sits down with Josh Goldman , a Managing Member of BARGOLD Storage to talk all things related to opening and operating a storage room in a residential building. Mark and Josh have worked together on various storage projects since 1998 and both have extensive operational and building knowledge. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits with Julie Schechter of law firm Armstrong Teasdale to discuss a variety of topics relating to property ownership, estates, transfers and more. Want to know the procedures once an owner / shareholder / tenant of an apartment passes away? This is THAT podcast. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com You can call Julie directly at 212...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management company EBMG sits down with Jessica Viola, the owner of Foxx and Crowe to talk about various Board topics, including term limits, proxies, committees, conflicts of interest, removing an officer, removing a Board member, Directors & Officers insurance, required yearly disclosures and more. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com Jessica Viola c...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management company EBMG speaks with Steven Serrano (owner) and Francesca Velasquez (Director of Compliance) from NYC Cooling Tower Inspections and Services to talk about Cooling Towers, their requirements for routine and yearly testing as well as services that their company offers to buildings within NYC with Cooling Towers. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gma...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management company EBMG sits down with Jeffrey Carleton of Carleton Energy Consulting to talk about NYC's energy initiatives for buildings over 25,000sf. These include Local Law 84, 87, 95 and 133. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com Topics covered on this episode include yearly benchmarking data (also the components that are reported), every ten-year fi...