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Manhattan Club Lawsuit (by Chris V.):

deborah s528

i have commented on owners' individual decisions to pay or not to pay maintenance. there is no stock answer for each individual owner. check with a reliable attorney familiar with nyc timeshare laws, especially one who has established litigation/a lawsuit vs TMC. jean-marc zimmerman is, in my opinion, a viable choice, but choose attorneys carefully, whoever they may be.

regarding your request for an extension of reservation time usage: this becomes a matter of TMC'S federal/state/local adherence to established CDC/HEALTH guidelines. they are obligated to follow these legal guidelines in order to continue doing business legally and within the matters of the pandemic issues.

write/EMAIL your next request to TMC for an extension of your RESERVATION time and give consideration to my strong suggestions as follows:

(emailing is best, as you have a paper trail that could be used in court if/when necessary.)

email your extension request to TMC management board members directly, including each of the three non-sponsored OWNER/BOARD MEMBERS and the TMC reservation department.

FYI: when i last emailed the reservation dept, et al, i received a direct response from a non-sponsored OWNER/BOARD MEMBER, robert ballot----------------bbb174@aol.com. i posted his response here on redweek. so far, i have heard nothing more, within a 2-3 week period.

be sure to cc your email copies of your reservation time request to mayor de blasio and to governor cuomo. they have plenty on their plates, and TMC issues are relatively less important, but this still falls under the legal mandates of how TMC does business during this horrific time of coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.

keep us posted on the progress of your request.

good luck should not be an issue here. this is a life and death matter and luck has nothing to do with it. it's mandatory.

chris

deborahs528 wrote:

I have written TMC several times regarding an extension, as my week I had scheduled was in April. I get the canned answer that they are looking into it but as if now no changes to their policy. I will write the board members. Thank you Chris for providing their email addresses. I will seriously consider not paying my fees this time around if they do not give us very generous extension timeframes. NY is an epicenter for this virus. Governor Cuomo stated that about 60% plus of their cases are people in their 60’s and above. About 28% are nursing home, assisted living and homeless people. The rest, about 40% or more are retirees not traveling and staying at home. I think many owners fall in the latter category. So clearly, one would be risking one’s life to go to the city. During the investigation, I recall at least a few people who shared they stopped paying their fees and the club tried to report them to the credit bureaus. Once these people advised them of the situation, the bureau removed the report. If I don’t get satisfaction and decide not pay I will contact the credit bureaus before hand. Add the pandemic to the situation and I feel we would have a strong leg on which to stand for not paying our fees and holding out for an extension.