Condo Owners Ordered to Allow Building Managers Access to Unit

NEW YORK - A New York judge has ordered the owners of an allegedly mold-contaminated, $5 million condominium to allow building managers access to the unit to conduct testing and make necessary repairs. Board of Managers of Essex House Condominium v. The Manhattan L.B. Living Trust, et al., No. 114290/08 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.).

New York County Supreme Court Justice Louis B. York on Nov. 17 said that absent some showing of a breach of fiduciary duty, the court must side with the building managers and against the owners, who want the managers to just cover the cost of the owners' …