Co-op / Condo News: Embezzlement, Board Reform and Charging New Fees

Read all the latest co-op board, condo board and co-op / condo buyer news 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.

• "Staten Island Condo Board Finally Agrees to Allow Lift for 5-Year-Old Girl with Cerebral Palsy" by Erin Durkin (New York Daily News)

• "Boards, Managing Agents Increase Fees for New Buyers and Renters" by Sarabeth Sanders (TheRealDeal.com)

• "Brooklyn Bridge Park Future in Limbo After Upscale Condo Tax Bill Slash" by Erin Durkin (New York Daily News)

• "[Queens] Dog-owner Charged for Co-op's Legal Fees, without Ever Going to Court" by Nicholas Hirshon (New York Daily News)

• "Condo Board Member Wants E-Mail Meeting" by Jay Romano (The New York Times; scroll down to third item)

Buying and Selling...

• "New Property-Search Site Falls Short of Complete" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Ask an Expert: Some advice on rent-to-own apartments" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "East Side Storeys," on a British sublettor's experience with a co-op board, by Gillian Tett (Financial Times)

• "That ’70s [Condo] Loft: Danny Masterson Doubles His Money in Tribeca" by Matt Chaban (The New York Observer)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• "New Bills Deal with Condos, Co-ops" by Christine Lee (WWLP-TV, Springfield, Mass.)

• "Woman [who Headed Management Company] Gets 7 Years for Theft of $1 Million [from 20 Condominium Associations]" (Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio)

• "Homeowner Association Treasurer Pleads Not Guilty in Embezzlement Case" (Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho)

• "Condominium Association Board Threatens to Evict Big Dog" by John Thomas (WFTS-TV, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.)

• "Help Me Howard: Palm Tree" by Patrick Fraser (WVSN-TV, Miami, Fla.)

WebCitation archives:

"Cerebral Palsy" • "Increase Fees" • "Brooklyn Bridge Park" • "Dog-owner" • "E-Mail Meeting" • "Property-Search Site" • "Rent-to-Own" • "East Side" • "Danny Masterson" • "New Bills" • "$1 Million" • "Embezzlement" • "Big Dog" • "Palm Tree"