Co-op/Condo News Roundup: Divorce, Taxes & Barging-In Board Members
NYC: May 24, 2010 — Recent news of note for co-op and condo boards. Tick ... tick ... tick .... That's your property tax about to explode. Also: What can you do about a co-op board VP who lets himself in to your apartment whenever he wants? Maybe not much — read more. Plus, learn what's new in annual meetings, see what happens when a board gets in the middle of a divorce, and for all you co-op / condo buyers out there, here's the inside scoop on what board minutes really mean. New buyers Christopher Meloni and Tony Award-nominee Jessica Hecht, this means you! It's all in the latest co-op and condo news, every week on Habitat's Monday News Roundup!
- "Are You Living in a Property Tax Time Bomb?" (BrickUnderground.com)
- "What to Expect from the Annual Co-op Meeting" by Vivian S. Toy ( The New York Times)
- "Reading the Tea Leaves: How the Minutes Reveal a Building's DNA" by Ronald H. Gitter (CoopAndCondo.com)
- "Home Invasion by Co-op Vice President" (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Divorce, Apartment Style," including one story of a co-op board's involvement, by Helene Stapinski ( The New York Times)
- "City Foreclosures Climb in First Quarter" by Constance Mitchell Ford ( The Wall Street Journal)
- "Apthorp [Condominum] Wins AG Approval to Begin Closings" by David Jones (TheRealDeal.com)
- Celebrity Co-ops / Condos: " SVU's Christopher Meloni Buys Financial District Condo" by Joey Arak (Curbed.com)," Jessica Hecht, Tony Nominee, Buys a Co-op" by Vivian S. Toy ( The New York Times), and " Glenn Close’s [Co-op] Apartment [at The Beresford Goes] Off the Market" by S. Jhoanna Robledo ( New York)
