Co-op / Condo News: Residents Revolt, Smoking in the Girl's Room, More
July 30, 2012 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, from Harlem to, um, South Harlem, co-op and condo residents are rising up and having their say big-time. A judge rules that a transgender heiress can smoke in her co-op, with conditions. And the Time Warner Center is foreclosing on a storage unit — yeah, you can do that — belonging to nightlife mogul Michael Hirtenstein, over a relatively measly $2,500 arrears. Plus, here's the neighborhood with the most new residential developments, and Katy Perry kissed a condo ... goodbye!
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...
- "Riverbend Co-op Board Vote to Rehire Prestige Management Sparks Opposition Among Residents" by Clem Richardson (New York Daily News)
- "Judge Tells Transgender Recluse Diane Wells to Smoke Up, But Orders Her to Fix the Giant Hole in Her Landmark West Side Co-op" by Barbara Ross (New York Daily News)
- "NYC Condo Board of Directors Fails to Take Down Gripe Site" (DomainNameWire.com)
- "Time Warner Center Moves to Foreclose on Mogul's Storage Unit" by Leigh Kamping-Carder (TheRealDeal.com)
- "Williamsburg King of New Condos" by Kristen V. Brown (amNY)
- "Ask an Expert: Are Condo Renters Entitled to Use the New Gym?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "I Love The Place, Now You Make Those Repairs!" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "A Flood Caused by Work at Neighbor's [Co-op Apartment] / Stabilized Tenant [in Co-op Building] Loses Parking Space / Safety Concerns About Co-op Hoarder" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
- "Real Estate Attorney: Prepare to Divulge When Buying a Condo, Co-op" by Jill Urban (NY1 News)
- "Katy Perry Kisses Tribeca Condo Goodbye For $2.6 M." by Kim Velsey (The New York Observer)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "5 Things Your Condo Board Should Know Before Spending Thousands on a Building Inspection" by Robert Braverman
- "Keep Co-op Tax Abatement, Amend J-51" by Jeffrey Dinowitz (The Riverdale Press letter-to-the-editor)
WebCitation archives:
Riverbend • Transgender • Gripe Site • Time Warner • Williamsburg • New Gym • Repairs • Flood / Stabilized / Hoarder • Divulge • Katy Perry • 5 Things • Abatement