Co-op / Condo News: An Investigation of Last Year's Property-Tax "Glitch" & More
... could an East Harlem co-op board be about the worst slumlord around, and corrupt as well? Another board on Park Avenue isn't smelling like roses, either, or gas. We've smoking, squirrels and squash — the vegetable, not the game — plus the latest in condo / co-op amenities. And for boards, we've got fallout from the Dakota co-op discrimination suit and 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...
- "Audit of Tax Collectors Soon To Be Released" after investigation into purported "glitch" that caused too-high tax valuations last year, by Lori Gross and Nathan Duke (Bayside.Patch.com)
- "Mold Claims For Damages Get New Life" after a court reverses a four-year ruling that forbade health-related mold lawsuits against co-ops, condos and others, by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)
- "Harlem [Co-op] Residents Await Building's Repair Seven Years After Accident" by Milton Allimadi (Black Star News)
- "Couple Sues [Co-op Board and Management Company] for Takeout Bills after Gas Problem Left Them without Oven at Pricey Park Ave. Pad" by Kathianne Boniello (New York Post) and "This Manhattan Woman Is Suing Her Apartment Building over a $27,000 Takeout Bill" by Mandi Woodruff (BusinessInsider.com; with HGTV video)
- "Advocate Eyes Housing Smokeout A Bayside [co-op] flop is reborn as a push for a citywide ban" by Marine Cole (Crain's New York Business)
- "Healthier Eating Starts on the Roof" at Via Verde co-op in The Bronx and elsewhere, by Alison Gregor (The New York Times)
- "The Downside of Renting in a Co-op When the Owner Breaks the Rules" by Mike Akerly (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Five Things Brokers Do that Turn Off Buyers" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "Squirrels Gone Wild in Glen Oaks: Destroy one vehicle and build nests under hood of another at co-op" by Liz Rhoades (Queens Chronicle)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "The Head of the Dakota Co-op Board Is Moving" by Noreen Malone (New York magazine), "Embattled Dakota Head Selling" (New York Post) and "Head of Dakota's Co-op Board Wants Out for $29.6 Million" by Sara Polsky (NY.Curbed.com)
- "A False Impression at a Co-op Building / When Hiring a Moonlighting Super / Quit Smoking Before Buying Here" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
WebCitation archives:
Audit • Mold • Harlem • Couple Sues • This Manhattan Woman • Smokeout • Healthier • Downside • Five Things • Squirrels • Head of the Dakota • Embattled • Head of Dakota's Co-op • False / Hiring / Smoking