Co-op / Condo News: Gym Dandy, 'Wolf' Bays and Is There Fraud at 157 Broome?
Dec. 16, 2013 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, a Chelsea condo board has won its battle with a downstairs gym, New York City investigates possible fraud by Lower East Side co-op board members and a Queens co-op says it's not soulless. The Comptroller says the City goes too easy on water-bill deadbeats, raising rates for the rest of us. An expert answers: Are condo boards as powerful as co-op boards? And Law & Order's Richard Belzer sells his co-op. Dun dun!
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...
- "Chelsea Gym Has Paid $200,000 to Limit Noise and Vibrations for Upstair Residents" by Barbara Ross (New York Daily News). See also: "Co-op / Condo News Roundup: Dec. 9, 2013"
- "'Wolf of Wall Street' Can't Shake Queens Roots" by Andrea Peyser (New York Post) and "Bay Terrace Civic Blasts New York Post Columnist" by Nathan Duke (Bayside.Patch.com)
- "Holiday Shakedown," on a condo board that assesses homeowners for employees' bonuses, by Ronda Kaysen (The New York Times)
- "Ask an Expert: Are Condo Boards as Powerful as Co-op Boards?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Guest Editorial: Technical Foul in an East Side Co-op," on neighbors who play basketball in their Carnegie Hill apartment, by Jules Barrueco (The New York Observer)
- "'Law & Order' Cop Richard Belzer Finally Ditches UWS [Co-op]" by Guelda Voien (TheRealDeal.com)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Co-op Board Members 'Helped Themselves to Huge Payments'" by Kevin Fasick and Jeane MacIntosh (New York Post)
- "New York City Lets Water-Bill Scofflaws [including city-subsidized affordable co-ops] Off Hook for $27M: Controller" by Greg B. Smith (New York Daily News)
- "iAG Energy Works with 2600 Family Co-pp Complex Client for Local Law 87 Compliance" (iAG Energy press release)
WebCitation archives:
Chelsea Gym • Wolf of Wall Street • Bay Terrace • Holiday Shakedown • Ask an Expert • Guest Editorial • Richard Belzer • Co-op Board Members • Water-Bill Scofflaws • iAG Energy