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Weekly News Roundup: Sex-Offender Super, New Co-op Tax
- "New York Governor's Proposed Draft Budget Bill Includes Legislation Expanding the Scope of the Mortgage Recording Tax to Apply to Cooperatives" by Lucas A. Ferrara (New York Real Estate Law blog)
- Above confirmed on page 143 of the proposal "2010-11 Executive Budget" submitted to the state legislature January 19, 2010 (PDF)
- "Convicted Child Rapist is Upper West Side Super" by Dan Mangan ( New York Post)
- "Ambivalent Condo Buyers Suffer Serious Legal Blow" (BrickUnderground.com)
- "'Toxic' Dust-up at Midtown [Condominium] Apartment Building" by Dareh Gregorian ( New York Post)
- "What is going on here (in Manhattan)? Apartment sales are booming on the Upper West Side" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "UWS Co-op Wins Fight for Doorman Chair" by Jennifer Bain and Jennifer Gould Keil ( New York Post)
- "For Rejected Co-op Buyer: Screwed? Yes; Recourse? Not So Much" by Sandy Mattingly (Manhattan Loft Guy blog)
- "Rent to Buy Co-op?" (Brownstowner.com forum)
WebCite archives:
"NY Real Estate Law blog" • "Executive Budget" • "Convicted Child Rapist" • "Ambivalent Condo Buyers" • "'Toxic' Dust-up" • "Service You Can trust blog" • "Doorman Chair" • "Rejected Co-op Buyer" • "Rent to Buy"
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