Co-op / Condo News: Council Members Seek Tax Fairness; More on Nick Santino

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New York, NY, Feb. 13, 2012 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, the latest on two New York City Council members trying to get Albany and the city Dept. of Finance to treat co-ops and condos more fairly, and on Nick Santino, who committed suicide after alleged board / management harassment led him to euthanize his dog. Plus...

... co-op residents on Park Avenue win a victory over liquor sales, a new high-end condo is offering income-restricted apartments via lottery, co-op boards may be becoming more open to hardship sublets, and is Susan Sarandon your new neighbor in Brooklyn?

Read all the latest co-op / condo news for buyers, sellers and board members in Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup. Also included: Permanent archival links. If a link ever goes dead, you'll still be able to read the backup at WebCitation.org or Archive,org.

Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...

"State Must Change Condo, Co-op Assessments" by Mark Weprin (Times Ledger, Queens, New York City; op-ed)

"Halloran Wins More Time" for co-op owners to contest tax-related property valuations (scroll down to item within "Crowley, Maloney Push Mortgage Taxpayer Aid Measures") (Western Queens Gazette)

"Appeals Court Sides with Park Ave. [Co-op] Residents over Church Catering Hall" by David Seifman (New York Post)

"Op-Ed: Open Letter to Nick Santino, Who Died for His Dog" by Kiri Blakeley (Petside.com)

"Sales at The Shelton Launch on the Open Market, Bringing High-End Affordable Co-ops to Bedford Stuyvesant," with 83 income-restricted apartments available through HDC-supervised lottery process (Halstead Property Development Marketing press release via RealEstaterama.com)

"Insurance Coverage for a Co-op Unit / A Co-op Is Smaller Than Estimated" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

"Singled Out: Are Unmarried People Discriminated Against?" in co-op admissions and elsewhere, by Maura Kelly (TheDailyBeast.com)

"Who Died and Left You. . . the Buyer?," on disclosure laws about, and opportunities in, apartments where someone has died, by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)