Co-op / Condo News: Bias Suit on East 53rd, Strand Fire, Nixing Mex in SoHa

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...

• "Rothschild Ex-Mistress, Love Child Battling Condo Board in $6 Million Suit" by Barbara Ross and Ginger Adams Otis (New York Daily News) and "Mom, Daughter Slap Condo with $1M Bias Suit" by Julia Marsh and Erin Calabrese (New York Post)

• "Trapped by a Fire on the 20th Floor," a resident's account of living through The Strand fire, by Winnie Hu  (The New York Times)

• "Study: Glass Condos Could Pose Health Threat Through Overheating: Hot Summer Could Raise Temperatures into Triple Digits" by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)

• "Weird Co-op Board Interviews? Nail 'Em" by Marjorie Cohen (BrickUnderground.com)

• "FirstService Residential Named 'Environmental Stewardship Team of the Year'" by New York Association of Realty Managers (FirstService Residential press release)

• "Solidarity with My House," partly on author's co-op experiences following Hurricane Irene, by James Bornemeier (Shelter Island Reporter)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "Harlem Condo Opposes Liquor License for Mexican Eatery on 'Restaurant Row'" by Jeff Mays (DNAInfo.com)

• "More Tenant Actions Going to the Dogs, Lawyers Say" by Brendan Pierson (New York Law Journal)

• "River Club to Remain in River House: Posh Club Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase Its Longtime Premises" by by Kim Velsey (The New York Observer) and "River House in $45 Million Accord With Club: Co-op Rebuffs $90 Million Offer to Create Private Mansion" by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)

WebCitation archives:

Rothschild Ex-Mistress • Mom, Daughter • Trapped •  Glass Condos • Weird Co-op Board • FirstService • Solidarity • Harlem Condo • More...Dogs • River Club • River House