Co-op / Condo News: Council Members Seek Tax Fairness; More on Nick Santino
... 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)
- "Suddenly Susan Sarandon Has Three NYC Apartments: Actress Buys [a Condo] in [Clinton Hill,] Brooklyn" by Elise Knutsen (The New York Observer)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Beyond the Board Interview: 5 good reasons [for a co-op board representative] to visit prospective buyers at home" by Dean M. Roberts, Esq. (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Co-op Owners Feel Rental Squeeze: Shareholders ask boards to extend expiring rental allowances" by Tracey Samuelson (TheRealDeal.com)
WebCitation archives:
State Must Change • Halloran • Appeals Court • Nick Santino • Sales...The Shelton • Insurance / Smaller • Singled Out • Who Died • Susan Sarandon • Beyond • Rental Squeeze