Co-op / Condo News: Of Boards and Breastfeeding, New Reform Laws, More

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.

• "UWS Condo Sues to Ban Bra Sales at Breastfeeding Center" by Leslie Albrecht (DNAinfo.com) and "Breastfeeding Mecca 'The Upper Breast Side' Sued by Building for Selling Nursing Bras, Bustiers" by Jose Martinez (New York Daily News)

• "When a Co-op Files for Bankruptcy / A Conflict of Interest in Co-op Boards" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

• "As Parks Go Smokeless, Some Apt. Buildings Do, Too" by Fred Mogul (WNYC-TV, New York, N.Y.)

Buying and Selling...

• "A Guide for the Co-op Neophyte [Buyer]" by  Maryann Haggerty (The New York Times)

• "What If Your Title Company Is Crooked?" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "What a Trip to the Managing Agent Should Accomplish," about the need to carefully read documents from a co-op board, by Ronald H. Gitter (CoopAndCondo.com)

• "Renovating? DOBAlerts.com Has Your Back" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "[Co-op Apartment Purchaser] Tom Brokaw Changes Channels From Park to East 79th" by Matt Chaban (The New York Observer)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• "HOA Reforms Quietly Passed In Austin" by Shelley Kofler (KERA-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas) and "Senate Passes Bill Outlawing HOA Ban on Religious Displays" by Jessica Meyers (The Dallas Morning News)

• "Family Battles Conyers HOA over Flower Bed" by George Franco (WAGA-TV, Atlanta, Ga.)

• "Broward Files Suit [Against Condo Board] for Woman's Right to Live with a Chihuahua Named Sweetie" by Brittany Wallman (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

• "N.C. House Bill Would Limit Authority of Homeowners' Associations" by Patrick Gannon (Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.)

• "Condo Community Upset over Possible Misspending" by Dan Carrigan (WMGM-TV, Atlantic City, N.J.)

WebCitation archives:

"UWS Condo Sues" • "Breastfeeding Mecca" • "Bankruptcy / Conflict of Interest"• "Smokeless" • "Neophyte" • "Title Company"  "Trip to" • "DOBAlerts.com" • "Tom Brokaw" • • "Reforms" • "Religious" • "Chihuahua" • "Flower Bed" • "Limit Authority" • "Misspending"