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Re: Manhattan Club Lawsuit (by Chris V.):

hi betty,

IN MY OPINION, ANYTHING THE MANHATTAN CLUB DOES IS WRONG CONSIDERING OWNERS' CURRENT DILEMMA.

however, in the case of taxes, it's been my experience that when i'm billed for the RIDICULOUS, EXORBITANT maintenance fees, there's a separate line on the bill for the nyc/nys municipal real estate tax that they charge..............and i'm not even sure if that's accurate..............however they calculate the tax amount. if the tax amount does not appear on your maintenance bill, call the financial office and tell them to send you another bill listing both the actual maintenance fee and the tax payment you owe.

on a different note, i have been encouraging ALL owners to reach out to the organizers/planners (jeff weir and greg crist) of last year's MANHATTAN CLUB OWNERS MEETING that took place in downtown, nyc to arrange another meeting this summer. we have a request form published by the NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL on his website/weekly internet update, to ask for a presentation of the current litigation, and its impact, financial and otherwise, on the status of our MANHATTAN CLUB ownership. if this meeting is organized and takes place with the NYSAG present, i believe we'd have an overflow crowd of owners in attendance, even if they must travel a distance to attend. the last meeting was on august 2 of last year. summer is the perfect time to be in THE BIG APPLE; that's another reason i think this meeting would be total success. use this redweek.com to appeal to jeff and/or greg to again offer their expertise in organizing a meeting for this summer, inviting the NYSAG'S attendance and presentation.

stay well, and keep in touch

chris

bettyl171 wrote:

Hello All,

I'm new to this list and eager to participate in any way that a California resident can offer.

It occurred to me that if New York's Transient Occupancy Tax is anywhere near as high as California's, wouldn't that create a disincentive for the Court to find in favor of the owners? I'm thinking that each time a suite is rented the city (or state) would collect the tax for each night of the rental. And I'm assuming that is not the case when owners use their time.

Betty Ronayne

Owner since 2011