Dennis Greenstein Quoted in The New York Times
"Must a Co-op Provide a List of All Its Shareholders?"

Dennis Greenstein was quoted in The New York Times real estate Q & A column in the June 1, 2007 issue. In response to a question of whether shareholders in co-ops are entitled to receive a list of all the other shareholders and their contact information, Dennis answered that under New York's Business Corporation Law, all corporations, including housing co-ops, are required to maintain a list of the names and addresses of shareholders. In addition, the law requires the corporation to make such names and addresses available to other shareholders who request them, upon five days' notice. He noted that although the co-op must maintain a list of all shareholders and their addresses (not their phone numbers), they do not have to provide the list to any shareholder, so any shareholder who requests such a list may have to copy it from the list provided. Further, the co-op may require the shareholder to provide an affidavit that the information will not be used for commercial purposes.