Letter: As residents of a condominium community in Lakewood, we have been living peacefully with all our neighbors for the past four years – except for the few members who have been adamant not to change with the times and accept us as their new neighbors.

For multiple years now, prior to elections, the association would find reasons to manipulate the rights of the new voting members in order to prevent the incumbents from being removed from the committee. This has caused issues, as they refuse to allow the basic essentials needed that go along with a growing community i.e. safety precautions, religious rights…

This year, they have reached a new level of manipulation.

At the beginning of this year, the president and board members switched managements without notifying the members in the community. Since then, there have been multiple issues.

One of the major problems is, that multiple monthly payments have not been made to the correct management company as the system changed. Many landlords were not aware about the new system and were therefore delinquent in payment. No notifications were sent out to inform them.

Upon reviewing their account prior to elections, they were told they cannot vote or even discuss their status as their account has been sent to the lawyers already.

When reaching out to the community lawyer, he denied all knowledge of everything. For those who have paid up, the books are not showing their accounts correctly with underpayments, and others show over payments. Members have sent their bank statements in to prove payments, but to no avail. In addition, many bogus violations and fines have been sent out to the new members over yom tov.

We are seeking legal counsel to help assist our community in this time of need.

Any guidance would be appreciated. We can be reached via the Scoop.

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