Ask a Cooperator

“If we could do it, anyone could”

A Q&A with two coop­er­a­tors from one of New York City’s orig­inal self-managed Finnish co-ops, who coor­di­nated efforts to tune up their ancient boiler and patch up leaks in the walls

“Read the F*cking Manual!”

A Q&A with Chris McGinnis, a former IBM worker and long­time co-op resi­dent who made it his mission to learn how build­ings work so he could make his own more efficient

“Everyone’s sick of hearing about heat pumps from me!”

A Q&A with Kathryn DeFehr, Brooklyn archi­tect and co-op resi­dent, on how to sway a co-op board