Co-op / Condo News: Cop Stalks Board Member, New ADA Rules and More

Read all the latest co-op board and condo board 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.

• "Behind the Scenes at the Dakota," including its house rules and more, by Christine Haughney (The New York Times)

• "Officer Charged with Improper Use of Police Computer" to conduct checks on former condo board member, by Henry Stancu (Toronto Star)

• "New ADA Regulations and Assistance Animals as Reasonable Accommodations" (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)

• "Fake Exterminator Steals Jewelry in Brooklyn" by pretending to be sent by the co-op board, by Kathy Carvajal (MyFoxNY.com / WNYW-TV)

• "Glen Oaks Village [Co-op Complex] Eyes CB Move" from Community Board 13 to Community Board 11, by Howard Koplowitz (YourNabe.com)

• "Condominium Elections: Democracy, Apathy and Anarchy" by Richard E. Brooks and Edmund A. Allcock (Marcus Errico Emmer & Brooks)

Buying and Selling...

• "Out and About: Some properties have no future" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Inside Story: Why I bought in a land-leased building" by Sandor Krauss (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Corcoran Fined $70K for Unlicensed Agents" by Adam Pincus (TheRealDeal.com)

• "Tom Brady's End-Around: Quarterback Finds Buyer for Time Warner Center Apartment" by Craig Karmin and Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• "Condo Boom Spurs Surge in Defect Lawsuits" by J. K. Dineen (San Francisco Business Times)

• "Probe Sparks Condo Management Concerns" by Shawn J. Soper (The Dispatch, Ocean City, MD)

• "Longboat Real Estate Brokerage Sues Condo Investors" by Michael Braga (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida)

WebCitation archives:

"Dakota" • "Officer" • "ADA" • "Exterminator" • "Glen Oaks Village" • "Elections" • "Out and About" • "Land-Leased" • "Corcoran" • "Tom Brady" •  "Defect Lawsuits" • "Probe" • "Longboat"