Co-op / Condo News: Smoking Banned at 40,000 Apartments, View Suit, More

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...

• "A Smoking Ban in All Related Companies Rentals," with discussion of co-op and condo antismoking rules, by C. J. Hughes (The New York Times)

• "Manhattan Couple Says Hulking Duane Reade Air Conditioner Blows Away Their View" and is suing both the company and the co-op board, by Julia Marsh (New York Post)

• "A Loan Program for Veterans Comes Wrapped in Red Tape," creating difficulties on condominium mortgages, by by Elizabeth A. Harris (The New York Times)

• "Would You Live with a Married Couple [as a Co-op / Condo Roommate]?" by Doree Lewak (New York Post) 

• "Sometimes You Want to Swim Where Everybody Knows Your Name," on socializing at a co-op's rooftop pool, by Gerald Eskenazi (The New York Observer) Plaza 400, 400 E. 56th Street 

• "Brokers Can Offer Rebates Legally to Their Buyers" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "Ask an Expert: Can our condo board sell the roof out from under us?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Trees Block Condo Owner’s View / On Decreasing the Common Charge" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

WebCitation archives:

Smoking Ban • Manhattan Couple • Loan Program • Married Couple • Sometimes...Swim • Brokers...Rebate • Ask an Expert • Trees / Decreasing