Co-op / Condo News: Worker Contract Talks Begin, City's Best Manager, More

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.

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

• "Dim Bulbs Misused Stimulus $? State Investigating [NYSERA] Funds Funneled through [Co-op City] 'Cultural' Program'" by Michael Horowitz (Fordham News blog)

• "Seawall Damage Assessment Needed: LeHavre Co-ops Seek Funding for [Superstorm Sandy] Repairs, But Who Is Responsible?" by Liz Rhoades ( Queens Chronicle)

• "Ask an Expert: Some Developers Won't Let Me Flip My Condo. What Gives?" by Leigh Kamping-Carder (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Peralta and Gina Grew Up Hanging Out in 'The Apartment'" that is going co-op, by Kiley Thompson (Zap2it.com)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "City Doormen, Landlords Set to Bargain" by Laura Kusisto (The Wall Street Journal) and "Contract Talks Begin for 30,000 New York City Apartment Building Workers" (RealEstateRama.com)

• "New York City's Property-Tax System Faces a Challenge" by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)

• "A Residential Conversion" by a commercial tenant of a co-op, by Ronda Kaysen (The New York Times)

• "NYARM Awards Gala" with Resident Manager of the Year and Management Company of the Year awards (Real Estate Weekly)

WebCitation archives:

 Dim Bulbs • Seawall • Ask an Expert • Brooklyn Nine-Nine • City Doormen • Contract Talks • Property-Tax System • Residential • NYARM