Legal Coordinator
Rochdale Village, Inc.
Jamaica, New York
Liaison between the cooperators, attorneys and Managers for a 5,680 Mitchell Lama Coop.Responsible for a $920,000 decrease in Rochdale Village, Inc.’s (“Rochdale”) arrears;As of 3/2014, 173 evictions, stopping the accumulation of non¬paid rents in the amount of $98,000:• Collected approximately $82,000 in rent from delinquent cooperators;• Discovered a glitch in the coding system of the AS400 that prevented Management from seeing cooperators that were in arrears and figured out a way to work around the problem;• Reviewed Rochdale’s delinquency reports to commence legal action;Rochdale Village, Inc. (Cont'd) June 2011 – October 2016• Attended court for inquests and trials for non¬payers, nuisance cooperators, and holdover cases;• Made decisions in court, with Rochdale’s attorneys, regarding arrears’ payment plans, if any;• Supervised the Cashier Department regarding cooperator’s stipulations and payments of said stipulations, distribution of rent demand notices and dispossess letters to cooperators;• Advised pertinent departments of evictions, handling those evictions, contacting the storage company and closing out the apartments;• Telephone contact and letters to state and city agencies for cooperators seeking assistance;• Constant phone contact and visits with cooperators regarding complaints, arrears, payment of arrears, the court process, unsanitary conditions, and Dementia/Alzheimer issues; and• Met with Group Managers to discuss cooperator/maintenance apartment issues.