Co-op / Condo News: Bias Suit on East 53rd, Strand Fire, Nixing Mex in SoHa
Feb. 10, 2014 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, a mother and daughter living together is a "lifestyle" a condo-board president doesn't like? So says a lawsuit by the wealthy former mistress of Baron de Rothschild and their love child. Meanwhile, a condo board in South Harlem joins the ranks of those objecting to a restaurant for noise and other issues. Read a reporter's firsthand account of being trapped inside The Strand fire, an analysis of increasing "disability dog" litigation, and tricks 'n' tips for acing weird co-op boards' admission interviews. Plus: People who live glass buildings shouldn't throw stones at studies about overheated glass buildings.
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...
- "Rothschild Ex-Mistress, Love Child Battling Condo Board in $6 Million Suit" by Barbara Ross and Ginger Adams Otis (New York Daily News) and "Mom, Daughter Slap Condo with $1M Bias Suit" by Julia Marsh and Erin Calabrese (New York Post)
- "Trapped by a Fire on the 20th Floor," a resident's account of living through The Strand fire, by Winnie Hu (The New York Times)
- "Study: Glass Condos Could Pose Health Threat Through Overheating: Hot Summer Could Raise Temperatures into Triple Digits" by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)
- "Weird Co-op Board Interviews? Nail 'Em" by Marjorie Cohen (BrickUnderground.com)
- "FirstService Residential Named 'Environmental Stewardship Team of the Year'" by New York Association of Realty Managers (FirstService Residential press release)
- "Solidarity with My House," partly on author's co-op experiences following Hurricane Irene, by James Bornemeier (Shelter Island Reporter)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Harlem Condo Opposes Liquor License for Mexican Eatery on 'Restaurant Row'" by Jeff Mays (DNAInfo.com)
- "More Tenant Actions Going to the Dogs, Lawyers Say" by Brendan Pierson (New York Law Journal)
- "River Club to Remain in River House: Posh Club Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase Its Longtime Premises" by by Kim Velsey (The New York Observer) and "River House in $45 Million Accord With Club: Co-op Rebuffs $90 Million Offer to Create Private Mansion" by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)
WebCitation archives:
Rothschild Ex-Mistress • Mom, Daughter • Trapped • Glass Condos • Weird Co-op Board • FirstService • Solidarity • Harlem Condo • More...Dogs • River Club • River House