Co-op / Condo News: Board Favoritism Backfires, Child-Bias Punished
New York, NY, Nov. 29, 2010 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.
The hammer comes down on a Co-op City board member who skipped ahead on a waiting list, a politician tries to help a troubled Queens co-op, and a $150,000 fine against a a condo in Boston for not allowing children to play in the common areas may have far-reaching effects in New York City and elsewhere. Plus: How does a condo board deal with a flood of raw sewage? Find out — seriously. And less seriously but still a real headline: "Condo Association Agrees to Stop Using Hallucinogen"! As shouldn't we all?
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.
- "Co-op City Board Member Leticia Morales Booted from Townhouse over Favoritism Rap" by Daniel Beekman (New York Daily News). See also Habitat article "Corruption or Honest Mistake, Co-op City Scandal Taints Its Board"
- "Condo Group to Pay $150,000 in Child-Bias Case: Families were fined for using common areas as play space" by Jenifer B. McKim (The Boston Globe)
- "Condo Associations Get Creative in Punishing Delinquents" by Polyana da Costa (Daily Business Review)
- "Back In Black – The Continuing Trials and Travails of a Black Water Cleanup Effort in a Condominium Association" (Ryan Poliakoff on Condo & HOA Living blog)
- "[City Councilman] Halloran Calls on Con Ed to Restore Co-op's Gas" by Nathan Duke (Douglaston Patch) and "Halloran Addresses Gas Service Issues at Douglaston Co-op" (The Queens Gazette)
Buying and Selling...
- "Buying New? "Special Risks" Can Keep You from Losing your Pants" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "The Other White Meat: Condo and Co-op Rentals" (TheApplePeeled.com)
- "Kelsey Grammer's Apartment Hunt Ends at the Vision Machine" by Sara Polsky (Curbed.com)
- "A Designer Expands Greenwich Village Digs," on Isaac Mizrahi buying a third connecting apartment at 59 W. 12th St. condominium, by Josh Barbanel & Craig Karmin (The Wall Street Journal)
Board Issues from Around the Country and More...
- "Property Managers Make Money off Condos' Insurance" by Julie Patel (The Palm Beach Post)
- "Lac La Biche Condo 'A Nightmare Without End'" by Darcy Henton (Edmonton Journal)
- "Financial Woes Spark Revolt at Hopkins Condo" by James Eli Shiffer (Star Tribune, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minn.)
- "Family Feud Over Condo Led to Eviction Shooting" by Todd Wright (NBCMiami.com)
- "No Harm, No Fowl – Bird Man: Condo association agrees to stop using hallucinogen" by O’Ryan Johnson (Boston Herald)
WebCitation archives:
"Co-op City" • "Condo Group" • "Delinquents" • "Back in Black" • "Halloran Calls" "Halloran Addresses" • "Buying New" • "White Meat" • "Kelsey Grammer" • "Designer" • "Insurance" • "Lac La Biche" • "Hopkins" • "Family Feud" • "Bird Man"