Co-op / Condo News: Big No-Smoking Move, Midtown Evacuation, 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...

• "Building Kicks Butt: [Zeckendorf Towers] Condo Votes No Smoking" by Jennifer Gould Keil and Leonard Greene (New York Post) and "Condo Board Tells Residents to 'Butt Out'” by Orlando Rodriguez (Real Estate Weekly)

• "Residents Evacuate Co-ops So That a New Crane Boom Can Rise at One57" and "One57 Crane Boom Replaced Without Incident, Co-op Dwellers Allowed to Return to Their Homes," both by Kim Velsey (The New York Observer)

• "Rockaway Co-op: City Damaged Our Property" by Lisa L. Colangelo (New York Daily News). See also Habitat article "Controversy in the Rockaways: City Contractors Damage Co-op's Property"

• "Sellers Must Avoid Biggest Mistake They Can Make" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "Lower East Side Co-op Installs New Fuel-Efficient Natural Gas Boiler to Heat 2,700 Units" by Jason Sheftell (New York Daily News) 

• "Airbnb: Hugely Popular, Still Illegal," on the company's efforts to repeal the New York State law forbidding short-term rentals, by Annie Karni (Crain's New York Business)

• "Ask an Expert: My co-op needs cash. What's the least painful way to get it?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "New York Civil Rights Violation Lawyer David Perecman Supports Proposal Seeking to Curb Discrimination by Co-op Boards" (The Perecman Firm press release)

• "New Bill Would Hamper Co-ops" by Stephen Budihas, and "Co-ops Can't Have It Both Ways" by Adam Stoler (The Riverdale Press letters-to-the-editor)

WebCitation archives:

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