Leni Morrison Cummins offers guidance on efficiently managing issues related to the superintendent of your condominium or co-op in The New York Times. In this article, Leni discusses an instance where the super has violated the ban on smoking in public spaces and the Clean Indoor Air Act by smoking in his basement office, which is considered a common space and a workplace.

“Your super may be powerful. He may command a large staff. He may be the king of his office domain. But that doesn’t give him the right to smoke there; doing so is actually forbidden in two ways,” Leni explains.

Leni points out that if necessary, the management company can send a cease-and-desist letter involving the super's union representative and the Realty Advisory Board, potentially leading to his termination if he refuses to comply.

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