Co-op / Condo News: Hospital Hell, Rockaway Strike, Shabbos Elevators

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 Residents vs. Sloan-Kettering" by Ashley Mastronardi (WNYW-TV)

• "Brooklyn Man with Damaged Condo Finally Gets Help from an Insurance Company" by Susan Jhun (NY1 News)

• "[E. 69th. Co-op] Residents: Subway Work Causing Cracks in Building" by Linda Schmidt (WNYW-TV)

• "Bronx’s [Formerly Income-Restricted] Via Verde Co-ops Hit the Free Market" by Zachary Kussin (TheRealDeal.com)

• "For Jewish Sabbath, Elevators Do All the Work," on Shabbos elevators in co-ops, by Elizabeth A. Harris (The New York Times)

• "Condo Owners: New Tappan Zee Bridge Looms Too Large" by Phil Reisman (The Journal News, Westchester/Rockland/Putnam Counties)

• "Accommodating [a Co-op / Condo Building's] Residents' Disabilities / Roof Rights Returned to the Co-op Board" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

• "Ask an Expert: Is A Double-Digit Maintenance Increase Legal?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "It's a 'Hugue' Place," on the possible $100 million sale of late copper heiress Huguette Clark's three co-op apartments at 907 Fifth Ave., by Jennifer Gould Keil (New York Post)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "End of [Building Workers] Strike Leaves Uneasy Peace at Rockaway Co-op" by Lisa L. Colangelo (New York Daily News)

• "Air Rights Can Send Price of Property Soaring" by Jill Urban (NY1 News)

WebCitation archives:

Sloan-Kettering • Damaged Condo • Subway • Via Verde • Shabbos • Tappan Zee • Accommodating / Roof Rights • Double-Digit • Huguette Clark • Rockaway • Air Rights