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Hi all, looking for some advice or shared experiences. We own a co-op in NYC, and for the past seven months, our building has had scaffolding up that’s completely blocking the views from our living room and primary bedroom. To make matters worse, pigeons have started nesting and pooping outside our windows—it's becoming a real nuisance. TBC.

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We've been checking in with the board about when the scaffolding will come down, but they keep saying there’s construction work pending on another apartment due to a broken terrace and safety issues.

Now we’ve learned that the delay is because our building needs to build a bridge to the next-door property in order to do the work safely—but apparently, the neighbor is being uncooperative and placing heavy demands, which is stalling everything. We're getting pretty frustrated and wondering what our options are to push the board to reach an agreement so the work can move forward and the scaffolding can finally come down. Is this something we could bring a lawyer into? And is there any precedent for withholding maintenance fees in situations like this?

Thanks so much for any insights!

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