Co-op/Condo News Roundup: Hijacked Elevators, Low-Down Pet Owners & More

• "Lower East Side Co-op Might Have Extra $100 Million Lying Around" by Joey Arak (Curbed.com)

• "Miracle Key We Bought for $27 Controls Every NYC Elevator" by Pete Donohue (New York Daily News)

• "Too Fancy? Too Long? How to Name a Co-op" and "Buildings Named Badly," both by Christine Haughney ( The New York Times)

• "Building a War Chest to Fight a Sponsor" (BrickUnderground.com)

• "These Condos are Going to the Dogs … and Cats — and Rabbits" by Leslie Mann ( Chicago Tribune), on heated rooftop green spaces and other pet-friendly amenities, plus "Sneaking Pets into a Co-op" (StreetEasy.com forum) and "Tenants Fight to Keep Pets in Queens [Co-op] Complex" (NY1 News)

• "Inside Story: How I Passed my Board Interview" by a Manhattan co-op buyer as told to Teri Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Spring Is Blooming for Manhattan Property" by Josh Barbanel ( The Wall Street Journal)

• "Despite Restrictions, Appraisal Fraud Booms" by Kenneth Harney (TheRealDeal,com)

• "My Life in Suite 703: Board Lords" by Daniela Andrews (Canada National Post), on living under a condo board

• "Top 5 Condo No-No's" by Lisa Canning (YourHome.ca)

WebCite archives:

"$100 Million" • "Miracle Key" • "Name a Co-op" • "Buildings Named Badly" • "War Chest" • "Dogs and Cats" • "Sneaking Pets" • "Pets in Queens" • "Inside Story" "Blooming" • "Appraisal Fraud" • "Suite 703" • "No-No's"