Co-op / Condo News: A Meth-take in Midtown, a Tax Break in Albany, More
Jan. 28, 2013 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, FEMA extends the filing deadline for homeowners, including co-op shareholders and condo unit-owners, applying for grants, some nervous neighbors at a co-op jump to conclusions, and a condo-owner has an overhead problem in the form of a heavy cell-phone tower. Plus, for co-op and condo boards, the tax-abatement renewal bill has passed the New York State Senate. Now will it get through the Assembly?
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...
- "Hurricane Victims Granted Extension to Apply for Federal Aid" by Marc Santora (The New York Times)
- "NYPD Is Investigating a Drug Manufacturing Lab Inside a W. 54th St. Co-op, and a Man Is Being Questioned, Police Say" by Chelsia Rose Marcius, Kerry Burke and Shane Dixon Kavanaugh (New York Daily News), then...
- "Bath Salts Bust in Hell's Kitchen" by Danielle Tcholakian (Metro New York), then...
- "Hell's Kitchen Drug Raid a Bust — Powder Not Bath Salts" by Rebecca Harshbarger (New York Post) See also: "Implementing Smoking Bans: Taking the Gradual Approach," which includes the same building
- "[Condo] Homeowner Fights AT&T Cell Phone Antenna on Roof" by Pei-Sze Cheng (WNBC/4 New York)
- "Brokers Breaking Law Could Face Severe Penalties" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "Ask an Expert: How much more do new condos cost?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- 'Great' Condo, With Stabilized Tenant / Roof Deck for a [Condo] Penthouse Owner" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Senator Golden Deliver Tax Relief for Condo and Co-ops for NYC," on State Senate passage of S. 2320, the Assembly version of which has not been voted on (Jan. 24 Press release, State Senator Martin J. Golden)
WebCitation archives:
FEMA • NYPD • Bath Salts Bust • Hell's Kitchen Drug Raid • Cell Phone Antenna • Brokers • Ask an Expert • Great / Roof • Senator Golden