Weekly News Roundup: Sex-Offender Super, New Co-op Tax
NYC: Feb. 1, 2010 — Recent news of note for co-op and condo boards. Some Upper West Side residents are stuck with a convicted child-rapist super, the governor's proposed budget includes a new fee for co-op buyers, and, in happier news, apartment sales are getting hot again, and a doorman gets his chair, thanks to shareholder rage over a board's inhumane decision. Read all the latest co-op and condo news on 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.
- "New York Governor's Proposed Draft Budget Bill Includes Legislation Expanding the Scope of the Mortgage Recording Tax to Apply to Cooperatives" by Lucas A. Ferrara (New York Real Estate Law blog)
- Above confirmed on page 143 of the proposal "2010-11 Executive Budget" submitted to the state legislature January 19, 2010 (PDF)
- "Convicted Child Rapist is Upper West Side Super" by Dan Mangan ( New York Post)
- "Ambivalent Condo Buyers Suffer Serious Legal Blow" (BrickUnderground.com)
- "'Toxic' Dust-up at Midtown [Condominium] Apartment Building" by Dareh Gregorian ( New York Post)
- "What is going on here (in Manhattan)? Apartment sales are booming on the Upper West Side" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "UWS Co-op Wins Fight for Doorman Chair" by Jennifer Bain and Jennifer Gould Keil ( New York Post)
- "For Rejected Co-op Buyer: Screwed? Yes; Recourse? Not So Much" by Sandy Mattingly (Manhattan Loft Guy blog)
- "Rent to Buy Co-op?" (Brownstowner.com forum)
WebCite archives:
"NY Real Estate Law blog" • "Executive Budget" • "Convicted Child Rapist" • "Ambivalent Condo Buyers" • "'Toxic' Dust-up" • "Service You Can trust blog" • "Doorman Chair" • "Rejected Co-op Buyer" • "Rent to Buy"