Co-op / Condo News: Embezzled Boards in Fla., Queens Owners Want Ombudsman
New York, NY, Dec. 13, 2010 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.
At standing-room-only meeting in Jackson Heights, Queens, co-op shareholders and condo dwellers join the new Alliance of Co-op and Condo Owners. Will Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick do likewise if they pass their board interview at 88 CPW? Scaffolding adds a new security concern for boards in New York, while in Florida, they're getting embezzled as usual. A Denver board's travails can prove instructive when you re-do your elevator. We've the latest news for buyers and sellers. And in the small-world department, Kyiv, Russia, some condo-owners are forming their own impromptu board!
Read all the latest co-op board and condo board news 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.
- "Unhappy Co-op & Condo Owners Crowd Queens Forum for Help with Boards" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Scaffolding Scourge: Thieves Scale Safety Structure to Nab $500K in Jewels" by Matt Chaban (The New York Observer)
- "Condo Troubles Looming [re FHA Mortgages]?" by Jim Buchta (Star Tribune, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minn.) and "FHA Condominium Recertification Deadline Has Been Extended" by Kevin L. Britt (Seattle Condominium and Homeowners Association Attorney blog)
- "Will Sarah Jessica Parker Pass 88 CPW's Sticky Co-op Board?" by Laura Kusisto (The New York Observer)
For Buyers and Sellers...
- "Is Now the Time to Buy a Home?" (CNBC video at TheRealDeal.com)
- "The High Road: How Many Brokers Count [Number of Rooms and Square Footage] Right?" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "After the Fall [of a Neighboring Building], Condos at Tribeca's 77 Reade Emerge" by Pete Davies (NY.Curbed.com)
Board Issues from Around the Country and More...
- "Police Say Condo Scam' Suspect Duped Elderly Board Members" by Neal Bennett (WPTV.com, West Palm Beach, Fla.), and "Ex-Property Manager Charged with Embezzling More than $2M" by David Rogers (Palm Beach Daily News)
- "Cracking Down on Board Theft" by Daniel Vasquez (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- "Condo Fire Reveals Elevator Retrofitting Gaps" by Tom McGhee and Howard Pankratz (The Denver Post)
- "[Condo] Apartment Owners Band Together to Look After Homes" by Irina Sandul (Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine)
WebCitation archives:
"Unhappy" • "Scaffolding" • "Condo Troubles" • "Recertification" • "Sarah Jessica Parker" • "Time to Buy" • "High Road" • "77 Reade" • • "Condo Scam" • "Embezzling" • "Cracking Down" • "Elevator Retrofitting" • "Band Together"