Fairview Owners

— HIGHLY INVASIVE AND A TOTAL DISREGARD OF THE BUYERS PRIVACY–
–A CAUTIONARY WARNING TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS–
Although I am aware that the New York Court of Appeals made it lawful (Levandusky v. One Fifth Ave. Apt. Corp); for the co-​op boards to use «BUSINESS JUDGMENT» when accepting or denying applicants. As long as decisions aren’t «discriminatory», the board can deny you for any and every reason it sees fit …WITHOUT HAVING TO EXPLAIN THE BASIS FOR THIS JUDGMENT.
And hence, being aware of this unfortunate current LEGAL reality, I would not have posted such a Negative review HOWEVER, what broke the camel’s back were the calls from Broker’s inquiring about my interest in buying and/​or renting an apartment DESPITE NOT having made ANY contact and/​or inquiry with ANY BROKER.
My interest in an apartment at the Fairview was a PRIVATE sale; … there were NO BROKERS OR BANKS INVOLVED.
I was required to PAY for and go through a HIGHLY INVASIVE back ground screening process which included the Following:
— $ 200 application fee
— $ 400 Managing agent fee
— $ 300 Legal fee
— $ 250 security fee
— Criminal Back ground check
— Credit score check
— An at HOME visit by a third party who is contracted to perform the back ground investigation and who in addition to the aforementioned took pictures of myself and my current place of residence (INSIDE & OUTSIDE) in addition to asking me some HIGHLY personal questions.
One question in particular perturbed me was; «If I or anyone in my house-​hold received any public assistance»…This question is STUPID and UN-​Lawful to ask.
To add insult to injury, soon after this process concluded, I began receiving inquiries from brokers.
After having paid for, in addition to having disclosed private information about myself, clearly someone within the application-​process handling chain saw it fit to share my information with other brokers.
Looking at this from an owners prospective… this is simply BAD for business and an extremely cumbersome process when trying to sell your apartment.
Conversely, from the prospective of the buyer, given the level of transparency required by the board, you would expect a high degree of respect for the buyers privacy and having a privacy policy that reflects that respect.
Including giving a rational for why the buyer was either rejected or accepted; despite what the law says because it makes… «BUSINESS SENSE» .
Evidently from my experiences with the Fairview Owners Corp neither was the case.
«I hope this serves as a cautionary warning to other buyers» and for the Fairway to change its overall business practices including respecting the buyers privacy.
–Also take note of the below referenced New Times article:

The worst management ever! If you plan on moving into this apartment, you should stop because the management here is retarded. It’s a Co-​Op building with not a lot to offer along with really high maintenance fees. There is a outdoor swimming pool but it’s not included with your monthly maintenance fee. You gotta pay a separate fee to use their pool.
There is a doorman for this building but they are the laziest and the world’s dumbest doormen on earth. First of all, they don’t even open the door. Secondly, I’ve been coming in and out of this building to visit my grandmother for years and the stupid guys still wants me to sign in and ring my grandmother and wake her up. I told these idiots several times that my grandmother is sick because she’s been going through chemo and she’s in bed most of the time, I don’t mind signing in and all but just let me in because I have the keys to her apartment but these morons just don’t budge. I tried playing it nice a few years back by giving each doorman a bottle of wine for Christmas but they still continued to be jerks.
The only thing I like about Fairview is that it’s right across from Flushing Meadow Park. It’s really convenient for morning walks, jogs, bike rides, and walking to Mets game. Other than that, don’t get a Co-​Op from Fairview. It’s a tough place to sell if you ever wanna move to a different place and like I said before, their management sucks, maintenance fees are too high, stupid lazy doormen, and there’s plenty of car theft if you park on Horace Harding or even along Grand Central Parkway sometimes. There’s a housing project behind this building and it’s just too close to LeFrak. Your best bet is just to keep away from Fairview even though it’s considered to be in Forest Hills. The views might be nice but it’s not worth it having to deal with the morons in the offices here.