Co-op / Condo News: Near-Death & Taxes, Property Manager Sued, More
New York, NY, Oct. 11, 2010 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.
New York City property taxes go up, and a co-op's fired super goes off — on the new guy, with a gun. A property-management firm elsewhere loses a $23 million lawsuit on pesticide use — can it happen here? Condo boards and others try banning clothes lines, which isn't a green thing to do, and banning cigarettes, which is. Plus, busy brokers, silver linings dealing with bed bugs, and Justin Timberlake gets a brand new social network, as he buys into the Soho Mews condo.
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.
- "Home Slump? Not on Tax Bill," on rising New York City property taxes, by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)
- "Cell Phone Saves Harlem's Man Life from Bullet" shot by a co-op's fired super, by Jamie Schram, Larry Celona and Kevin Fasick (New York Post)
- "Bedbugged! I Survived, and So Can You" by Theresa Braine (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Rochdale Village [Co-op]: Blueprint for a New Housing Option?" by Peter Eisenstadt (History News Network)
- "The Fight Against Clothes Line Bans" by Tom Geoghegan (BBC News Magazine)
Buying and Selling...
- "One Broker Is Too Busy to Sell her New Listing" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "You Will Meet a Perfect Stranger on Riverside Drive," on Perfect Strangers' Mark Linn-Baker selling his co-op, by Chloe Malle (New York Observer)
- "Mews Flash" (second item under "Gekko a Go"), on Justin Timerlake buying Soho Mews condo, by Jennifer Gould Keil (New York Post)
Board Issues from Around the Country and More...
- "No Smoking: Some apartment, condo dwellers barred from lighting up at home" by Carole Feldman (The Canadian Press news agency)
- "Local [Property] Management Company Bears Brunt of [Pesticide Exposure] Lawsuit Verdict" by Bill Engle (Richmond, Ind., Palladium-Item)
- "Fairway Palms II [Apartment-to-Condo Conversion] Searching for Silver Lining in Losses" by Melissa E. Holsman (TCPalm.com, Scripps Treasure Coast [Fla.] Newspapers)
- "Woodland Pond Resident Does Battle with his Homeowners’ Association" by Greg Pearson (Chesterfield Observer, Chesterfield County, Va.)
WebCitation archives:
"Tax Bill" • "Cell Phone" • "Bedbugged" • "Rochdale" • "Clothes Line" • "One Broker" • "Perfect Stranger"• "Mews Flash" • "No Smoking" • "Fairway Palms" • "Woodland Pond" • "Lawsuit Verdict"