Section 339-CC. Repair or reconstruction  


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  • 1. Except as hereinafter provided,
      damage  to or destruction of the building shall be promptly repaired and
      reconstructed by the board of managers, using the proceeds of insurance,
      if any, on the building for  that  purpose,  and  any  deficiency  shall
      constitute  common expenses; provided, however, that if three-fourths or
      more  of  the  building  is  destroyed  or  substantially  damaged   and
      seventy-five  per  cent  or  more  of  the  unit  owners do not duly and
      promptly resolve to proceed with repair or restoration, then and in that
      event the property or so much thereof as shall remain, shall be  subject
      to an action for partition at the suit of any unit owner or lienor as if
      owned  in common, in which event the net proceeds of sale, together with
      the net proceeds of insurance policies, if any, shall be  considered  as
      one fund and shall be divided among all the unit owners in proportion to
      their  respective  common  interests, provided, however, that no payment
      shall be made to a unit owner until there has first been paid off out of
      his share of such fund all liens on his unit.
        2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one  hereof,  in  the
      case  of a qualified leasehold condominium, any damage to or destruction
      of the building shall be promptly  repaired  and  reconstructed  by  the
      board  of managers, and the proceeds of the insurance policy or policies
      required for qualified leasehold condominiums pursuant to the provisions
      of section three hundred thirty-nine-bb of this chapter shall  first  be
      applied to such repair and reconstruction.