Co-op/Condo News: Sex-Crime Super Out, Kremlin-Style Board Tries to Stay In
NYC: March 8, 2010 — Recent news of note for your co-op or condo board. The convicted child-rapist super is finally gone, a condo board prez embezzles, a Kremlin-like co-op board endorses ITSELF on the proxy notice (with little stars next to their names, comrade!), and the co-op and condo market is either bad or good, depending on who's talking. And just who's talking? Why, some of the most relevant newspapers, magazines, websites and blogs you should be reading. Oh, wait! That's what Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup is for: We go through everything so you don't have to! Plus: permanent archival links, so if a link ever goes dead, you can still find it at WebCitation.org.
- "Pervy Super Gets Ax: Loses W. Side Apt." by Dan Mangan ( New York Post)
- "Former Condo President Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement" by Joe Hart ( Cape May County Herald)
- "Co-op Board Endorsing [Itself as] Candidates?" (Brownstowner.com forum)
- "Maintenance Costs Through the Roof?" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
- "Why Some Co-Op Boards Are Tightening their Standards in Today’s Market Environment" by Mitchel Askinas and "…And Why Other Co-Op Boards Are Loosening their Restrictions" by pseudonymous "Red Delicious" (both: The Apple, Peeled blog)
- "New Manhattan Condos See Rise in Foreclosures" by Sarah Ryley (TheRealDeal.com) and "If You Think the Sky Is Falling Here, Think Again" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "The Psychology of Moving" by Sarah Kershaw (The New York Times), with segment on co-op owner feeling "imprisoned" by board turning down every offer, even all-cash, for his apartment
- "Buying Out [One's] Ex," and its flip-tax implications (StreetEasy.com forum)
- "The Creep Show Inside Your Trash Chute, and Why You Should Care" (BrickUnderground.com)
WebCite archives:
"Pervy Super" • "Embezzlement" • "Endorsing" • "Maintenance Costs" • "Tightening Standards" • "Loosening Restrictions" • "Rise in Foreclosures" • "Sky Falling" • "Psychology" •
Note: Some sites cannot be archived, making their links impermanent
