Co-op / Condo News: Water-Meter Woes and Sufferin' Sukkot-tash!

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...

• "Condo Sukkot Lawsuit" by Kathianne Boniello (New York Post)

• "Co-ops Complain Over Sidewalk Costs: Unlike Most Homeowners, They Pay When Street Trees Damage Concrete" by Liz Rhoades (Queens Chronicle) and "Tree Maintenance at Root of Problem" at Glen Oaks Village co-op, by Alexa Altman (The Queens Courier)

• "NYC Council Members and Customers Demand Investigation into High Water Bills Due to [Automated] Meter Reader Inaccuracies" (The Flatbush Scoop)

• "Make [Co-op / Condo Tax] Abatement Work for Middle Class" by Assemblyman Edward C. Braunstein (Greenpoint Star letter-to-the-editor)

• "Noise Wars in East Flatbush [Co-op] Apartment Building" by  Lore Croghan (New York Daily News)

• "The Hunt: When the Math Says ‘Buy’" By Joyce Cohen (The New York Times)

• "Is It a Good Idea to Buy a Co-op in a Brownstone?" by Lucy Cohen Blatter (BrickUnderground.com)

• "What Even Co-op Boards Can't Control: Google Street View" (NY.Curbed.com)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "Ask an Expert: Botox for Co-ops Worried about Younger, Sexier Condos" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "[A Co-op's] Noisy Radiators Need Replacing" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)?src=habitatmag.com

WebCitation archives:

Sukkot • Sidewalk Costs • Tree • Water Bills • Abatement • Noise • Hunt • Brownstone • Google • Botox • Radiators