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Re: Letter to Judge Rakower (by Vivien S.):

I am writing about Case Number 451536/2014 Schneiderman v. Eichner. We own a fixed week-52 unit at The Manhattan Club (TMC), under contract # xxxx.

It has come to our attention that this unresolved case, which is three-years old, will come before you again next month when Mr. Eichner will ask to retain additional lawyers. While this may be his right, as owners at The Manhattan Club, we are concerned that our already unreasonably high maintenance fees will increase again if Mr. Eichner and his team prevail. As you know, one major element of our complaints against Mr. Eichner is that he has raised fees far in excess of what is reasonable. Allowing him to do this again will further the injustice because we would effectively be paying to defend TMC and its affiliated entities against our own complaints.

Maintenance fees are already greater than the cost of a weekly rental of rooms at TMC. In our case the maintenance fees are currently $2843 per year. In comparison, the cost of rent for a similar unit for the same period of time ranges from $2400 to $2600. Some TMC owners, who have issues with difficulty booking rooms, are opting not to pay any more maintenance fees. As more and more owners do this, those of us who do pay, fees will escalate even more.

We hope you resolve this case expeditiously and restore the value of our investment. In the meantime, please require Mr. Eichner to take responsibility for maintenance fees until this case is resolved, or at the very least, enjoin Mr. Eichner from raising timeshare fees to cover his legal expenses and pass onto us losses associated with owners not paying their maintenance fees.