Co-op / Condo News: Sandy Recovery, Lawsuits, Taxes and a Doorman Dishes

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...

• "Hurricane Sandy FAQs: What Is Covered — or not — in Your Insurance Policies" and "In the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Insurance Claims Filing Begins for Homeowners" (Insurance Information Institute press releases)

• "Ask an Expert: Our experts give their best afterstorm advice, from why your trash chute smells that way, to property values, to that bathtub thing" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "These Emails Show How Manhattan Condo Owners Freak Out When They Lose Access to Their Homes" by Rob Wile (BusinessInsider.com)

• "How Natural Gas Kept Some Spots Bright and Warm as Sandy Blasted New York City" by Andrew C. Rivkin (The New York Times "Dot Earth" blog)

• "Seniors [in the Amalgamated Warbasse Houses Co-op] Suffer in Dark After Sandy" by Seth Berkman (The Jewish Daily Forward)

• "Sheepshead Bay Dries Off," including the 1498-unit co-op at 1625 Emmons Avenue, by Helen Zelon (The Brooklyn Bureau)

• "New Yorker Fined for Hanging Peace Sign in [Condo] Window Sues City" by Joseph Ax (Reuters) and "New Yorker Sues for Right to Post Peace Sign," analysis by Michele Bowman (Lawyers.com)

• "Former Doorman Dishes on the Billionaire Residents of 740 Park Ave.," related to PBS special premiering Nov. 12, by Meredith Galante (BusinessInsider.com)

• "'Magical Thinking' is Leading Sudbury Down a Dangerous Path," using a New York City co-op as an example of bad governing, by Susan Offner (The Sudbury Town Crier, Sudbury, Mass.)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues... 

• "Legislators Must Bring Back Tax Breaks for Co-ops, Condos" by Bob Friedrich (Op-ed, TimesLedger Newspapers, Queens)

• "Co-op Boards Like To Have Residents Within Reach" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

WebCitation archives:

Hurricane Sandy FAQs • In the Aftermath • Ask an Expert • Emails • Natural Gas • Seniors • Sheepshead Bay • New Yorker Fined • New Yorker Sues • 740 Park Ave. • Magical Thinking • Tax Breaks • Within Reach