Co-op / Condo News: Board Endorses Politician Who Resigned over Ethics
Aug. 19, 2013 — This week, the co-op board of the publicly subsidized Lindsay Park Houses in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, used taxpayer money to send letters endorsing disgraced former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who — despite sexual-harassment charges by eight women and having to resign following a state Ethics Commission investigation — is running for City Council. But it seems that's legal — as is, apparently, a Florida condominium board's refusal to sell to unmarried straight or gay couples "living in sin"… and since gays can't marry in Florida, that point's especially problematic. We don't usually note news outside the metro area, but real-estate discrimination against those who don't share your religious beliefs seems more than parochially important. And in other news: Parents like playrooms as an amenity!
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...
- "Williamsburg Housing Complex Makes Push to Support Vito Lopez in City Council Bid" by Tanay Warerkar and Reuven Blau (New York Daily News)
- "9 Months after Sandy, Staten Island Family's Odyssey to Get Wrecked Sailboat Removed" by Tom O'Connor (Staten Island Advance)
- "New UWS Development Could Have Separate Entrance for Poorer People" (WestSideRag.com)
- "Dear Ms. Demeanor: I Want to Buy My Neighbor's Apartment, But It's Not for Sale (Yet)" by Jamie Lauren Sutton (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Playroom Popular with Youngest Residents at Trio, Palisades Park" (The Record, Bergen County, NJ.)
- "The Wind Shifts to 'Buy' and East Harlem Beckons" by Joyce Cohen (The New York Times)
- "Six Residents at Luxury Brighton Beach Condo Complex Busted for Medicaid Fraud" by Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein (New York Post)
- "10 Things to Know About Condominiums" and homeowner insurance (Insurance Journal)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Florida Condo Complex Refuses To Sell To Unmarried Gay Or Heterosexual Couples: Report" by Joe Kemp (New York Daily News) and "Condo Refuses to Sell to Unmarried Gay or Heterosexual Couples" by Mike Deeson (WTSP-TV, Tampa Bay, Fla.)
- "On Sept. 4, 6, 25 NYSERDA will Host Free Multifamily Energy Efficiency Seminars" [NOTE: New York City is only on Sept. 6] (Multi-Housing News)
WebCitation archives:
Williamsburg • 9 Months • New UWS Development • Dear Ms. Demeanor • Playroom • Wind Shifts • Six Residents • 10 Things • Florida Condo • Condo Refuses • NYSERDA