We have been asked from time to time by cooperative (“coop”) and condominium boards about their ability to impose fines to ensure compliance with house rules.   While the fines that boards seek to impose are generally small, boards occasionally seek to charge considerable sums for repeated or continuing infractions. You should be aware, however, that regardless of the amount, the legality of fines or penalty fees may be subject to question.   Courts have determined that the New York Condominium Act authorizes a condominium board to impose fines.  See Sweetman v. Board of Managers of Plymouth Village Condominium, 1998 WL 112655… Read more