Co-op / Condo News: Drunk-Cooking & Bedbug Lawsuits, Tea Party Flags, More
New York, NY, April 25, 2011 — Recent news for your co-op board or condo association.
Where there's smoke, there's a condo-owner being sued for fire hazards caused by cooking while under the influence. Elsewhere, a board sues an owner not complying with efforts to get rid of bedbugs. And condo boards themselves may be sued for not handling unit-owner disputes. For condo / co-op owners, we've advice on finding a good contractor. Plus: A war widow gets to fly her flag ... and in Arizona, so do Tea Party members! The Tea Party flag??? Are they their own country now?
Read all the latest co-op board, condo board and co-op / condo buyer news 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.
- "Condo Board Cooks Up Suit vs. Owner" over burning food, smoke alarms and the FDNY, by Kathianne Boniello (New York Post)
- "Condo Board Sues Resident over Bedbugs" by Frank Kalman (Chicago Real Estate Daily)
- "Condominium Associations May Be Liable for Failing to Resolve Unit-Owner Disputes" by Jeremy Tyler (CondominiumInsuranceLaw.com)
- "A Fifth Avenue Co-op Says No: Did It Take Subterfuge [on the part of a buyer accused of deliberately failing the admission interview]?" by Christine Haughney (The New York Times)
- "Condo Board Mutiny at Williamsburg's Warehouse 11!" by Joey Arak (NY.Curbed.com)
- "Soul-Searching at a Defiantly Affordable Co-op," on divided factions at Manhattan's Penn South, by Cara Buckley (The New York Times)
Buying, Selling, Living...
- "Looking for a Good Contractor? Try the Fire Department" by Jennifer Ciotta (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Buyers and Sellers, Don’t Hold Back Information" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "Duplex Donny-Brooke! [Co-op] Board Bounces Buyer from Astor Abode" by Matt Chaban (The New York Observer)
Board Issues from Around the Country...
- "Nashville Woman May Lose Condo Because of Hoarding" (Associated Press via WTVF-TV, Nashville TN)
- "Condo Group Sues for $1M: Assateague House Owners Accuse Accountant of Misappropriation" by Scott Muska (DelmarvaNow.com, Delaware & environs)
- "Flag Fight: An apology [from a condo board], a promise, an invitation" by Paula Tracy (New Hampshire Union Leader)
- "[Arizona Governor] Jan Brewer to HOAs: Don't Tread on Residents' Tea Party Flags" by James King (Phoenix New Times) and "Brewer Signs Bill Giving Tea Party-Backed Flag Same Status as U.S. Flag" (FoxNews.com)
WebCitation archives:
"Cooks Up Suit" • "Bedbugs" • "Liable" • "Fifth Avenue" • "Mutiny" • "Soul-Searching" • "Contractor" • "Information" • "Donny-Brooke" • "Hoarding" • "$1M" • "Flag Fight" • "Tea Party Flags " • "Tea Party-Backed Flag"