Co-op / Condo News: Bed Bug Summit, Dakota Discrimination Suit and More
New York, NY, Feb. 7, 2011 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.
Has the Dakota become as Satanic as in Rosemary's Baby? A discrimination lawsuit against the famous co-op uncovers awful allegations, including some horrible alleged claims about Antonio Banderas. Antonio Banderas?! Puss in Boots isn't good enough to live in your building? We've a ton of other news this week, including about a condo-board boot camp — it's in Florida, but the idea should go national — as well issues of trust ... or, well, a trust. Plus, for buyers and sellers, we've news about a new mortgage option for the self-employed, new condo developments opening this spring, and how hip-hop artist Timbaland will not have to go live in the woods.
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.
- "Cyber Grilling A co-op board meets its first Skype applicants" by S. Jhoanna Robledo (New York)
- "Dakota Co-op Board Is Accused of Bias" by Peter Lattman and Christine Haughney; "The Money Manager Who Is Suing the Dakota" by Peter Lattman (The New York Times)
- "[Dakota] Lawsuit Peeks into World of New York City Co-ops" by Basil Katz (TheRealDeal.com)
- "Condo Boot Camp: Training, certificate, for newly elected board members" by Cindy Kent (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- "810 Fifth and Taxes: Felix Rohatyn Gives Co-op, $11.25 M. to Family Trust" by Matt Chaban (The New York Observer)
- "Queens Co-op, Condo Board Presidents Hail Preservation of 'Flip Tax'" by Nathan Duke (Douglaston Patch)
- "Co-op City: Made in the U.S.A." by Bernard Cylich, director, Riverbay Board (New York Daily News letter-to-the-editor). See also Habitat article "Glenn Beck Attacks Co-op City. He's Attacking the American Dream."
Buying, Selling, Living...
- "Self-Employed Borrowers Have a New Mortgage Option" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "Condo Fees Should Be Fully Factored into Mortgages" by Paula Arab (The Vancouver Sun) and "Living Within Your Means" by Donna Kemper (Calgary Herald, letter to the editor in response)
- "Paying Co-op Yearly Real Estate Taxes in Full" (Brownstoner.com forum)
- "New Developments Getting Ready for a Spring Awakening" by Sara Polsky (Curbed.com)
- "What Every New Yorker Should Learn from the National Bed Bug Summit" by Gil Bloom (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Timbaland Stops Foreclosure on $2.5 Million Condo" by Danielle Canada (HipHopWired.com)
Board Issues from Around the Country...
- 96-unit "Boynton Beach Condo Residents Locked Out of Pool and Clubhouse" because six are in foreclosure, by Erika Pesantes (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- "Charitable Donations Are Laudable, but Condo Board Must Follow Statutes" by Richard White (TCPalm.com, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers column, Florida)
- "Fund Set Up for Elderly Cat Owners Whose Condo Board Hit Them with $12,000 in Fees" by Eve Samples (TCPalm.com). See also "Condo Association Forcing 88-Year-Old Woman with Dementia to Get Rid of Cat"
- "Gates Co-op Houseboats" by Hank Pellissier (The New York Times)
WebCitation archives:
"Cyber Grilling" • "Dakota Bias" • "Money Manger" • "Lawsuit Peeks" • "Boot Camp" • "810 Fifth" • "Queens Co-op" • "Co-op City" • "Self-Employed" • "Condo Fees" • "Living Within" • "Yearly Real Estate Taxes" • "Bed Bug Summit" • "Timbaland" • "Boynton Beach" • "Charitable" • "Cat Owners" • "Gates"