Co-op / Condo News: Shareholder Protest and Reneging on Washers

Read all the latest co-op / condo news for buyers, sellers and board members 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.

Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...

• "Co-op Outcry: Fee Hikes Enrage Residents" at Parkway Village and Meadowlark Gardens, by Ross Barkan (Queens Tribune)

• "Avella Calls for City to Extend Sidewalk Fixing Program to Co-ops and Condos" by Nathan Duke (Douglaston.Patch.com)

• "Queens Co-op President Bob Friedrich Blasts City for Boosting Property Values to Hike Property Taxes" by Bob Friedrich (Op-Ed, New York Daily News)

• "Deal Breaker for a $2.65M [Yorkville Co-op] Apartment? No Washer Allowed" despite representations otherwise, by by Barbara Ross (New York Daily News)

• "Elevator Passenger Age Restrictions —Urban Myth or True Co-op Tale?" by Lucy Cohen Blatter (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Mother Sues Her Son to Get Out Him Out of Her Posh $1 Million East Side [Co-op] Apartment Near Sutton Place" by Barbara Ross and Bill Hutchinson (New York Daily News) and "Evict-Son Bid: Ma, 92, Out to Boot Her Boy, 58" by Dareh Gregorian and Frank Rosario (New York Post)

• "Out and About: Seller Lives in Fantasyland" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Developers Appeal Rushmore Refund Order" by David Jones (TheRealDeal.com)

• "Buyers in New Construction Need to Know Their Entire Offering Plan" by Jill Urba (NY1 News)

• "A Moment in the Limelight, 30 Years Late," on the recently landmarked Brooklyn co-op at 75 Livingston Street, by David W. Dunlap (The New York Times)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "New Co-op Policy for Studios / Who Should Pay for Floor Polishing" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

WebCitation archives

Outcry • Avella • Queens • Deal Breaker • Elevator • Mother Sues • Evict • Fantasyland • Rushmore • New Construction • Limelight • Studios / Polishing