Co-op/Condo News: Board Loses Bedbug Suit, Another Bans Pot Plants
New York, NY, August 23, 2010 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.
You'd have to be crazy not to want bedbugs exterminated ... and a condo board loses a mental-health case over just that. A board out West bans medicinal pot-growers, another tries an insurance ripoff, and one co-op shareholder actually brags online about plans for a forbidden washer/dryer. Plus: new Harlem and Williamsburg condos, an embezzlement case in America's heartland, Dominick Dunne's penthouse, and what's Rachel Uchitel (left) doing that's got a Park Avenue condo board reaching for its 9 iron?
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.
- "Is It Okay to Put a Common Roof Deck Near a Private Terrace?" (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Fair Housing Act Helps Protect Disabled Occupants from Discrimination," on a condo board successfully sued, by Benny Kass (The Washington Post)
- Self-described "Illegal Washer/Dryer," which a co-op penthouse shareholder wants to install (StreetEasy.com forum)
- "Condo, Apartment Neighborhood Watch Safety Is Key to Peace of Mind," on a condo board president's initiative (Blogger News Network)
- "Three Way$ to Wifi Your Common Space" (BrickUnderground.com)
Buying and Selling...
- "With Luxury Hotel-Apartment Complex, Williamsburg Continues Its Evolution" by Diane Cardwell (The New York Times)
- "Windows on 123 Condominium," on recent apartment closings in new Harlem luxury condo (Harlem Bespoke blog)
- "Wrestlers Haven’t Cornered the Market on Fakery," on property-auction shenanigans, by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "The Way He Lived Then: Dunne's Midtown Penthouse Sells for $1.2 M" by By Chloe Malle (The New York Observer)
- "Tiger Woods Hottie Rachel Uchitel Dissed by [Park Avenue] Condo Board" (Times of the Internet blog)
Board Issues from Around the Country...
- "[Condo] Board Prohibits Pot Outlets in Meadow Village" by Jolene Keller (Lone Peak Lookout, Montana)
- "Addison Woman Sentenced for Stealing $80K from Condo Assoc." by Christy Gutowski (Daily Herald, Arlington, Ill.)
- "[Condo] Association Must Pay Expenses Not Covered by Insurance" by Gary A. Poliakoff (The Palm Bach Post)
- "Green Space: The Sustainability Efforts of One [Condo] Loft Building, The Grinnell" (Model D web magazine, Detroit)
WebCitation archives:
"Private Terrace" • "Fair Housing" • "Washer/Dryer" • "Neighborhood Watch" • "WiFi" • "Wrestlers" • "Williamsburg" • "123" • "Dunne" • "Rachel Uchitel" • "Pot Outlets" • "Stealing $80K" • "Insurance" • "Green Space"