Co-op / Condo News: Property-Tax Protest, Pigeons and Unfair Board Practices
New York, NY, Feb. 14, 2011 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.
Politicians in New York rally co-op boards against unfair property-tax hikes, owners in Nevada rally against unfair board practices, and when it comes to handicapped residents, yet another condo board is being unfair. Plus: Tips for buying, selling and complaining about your co-op or condo; there's board-member and property-manger fraud and heroin use all over the Midwest; and, man, is there a lot of crime in one Iowa City condo. Iowa City???
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 Boards, Elected Officials Blast 'Hidden' Property Tax" by Paul Leonard (Little Neck Patch) and "Avella, Stavisky Lambast Valuations for Co-ops" by Nathan Duke (Douglaston Patch)
- "Superior Court Rules Daily Fines [by Condo Board] Reasonable Against Pigeon-Feeding Unit Owner" by Robert Nislick (Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, P.C)
- "Upstairs, Downstairs: Strategies for Dealing with Noise Disputes" by Paul W. Windust, Esq. (ECHO: Executive Council of Homeowners)
- "Term Limits for Condo/HOA Board Members – Necessary or Nonsensical?" (Ryan Poliakoff on Condo & HOA Living blog)
- "Dodging a Bullet on Condominium Transfer Fees" by Ken Harney (The News-Times, Danbury, CT)
Buying and Selling...
- "Condo Residents Should Inform Themselves Before Crying Foul" by Jordan Shifrin (Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL)
- "Dear Ms. Demeanor: The board shot down our renovation plans and now they're ignoring us" by Jamie Lauren Sutton (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Be Sure to Nail Down What's Nailed Down – and Isn't" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "My Big Fat Board Interview: 'Break your own shredder'" (BrickUnderground.com)
Board Issues from Around the Country...
- "Handicap Parking Spaces Painted Over at Solaire Condominiums Downtown" by Mary Shanklin (Orlando Sentinel)
- "Regent Realty [Condo-Management] Owners Indicted in Fraud" by Ameet Sachdev (Chicago Breaking Business)
- "St. Louis Condo Bookkeeper Accused" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- "[Property Manager] Husband, Wife Plead Not Guilty in Byram [Condo] Burglary Spree" by Debra Friedman (The Advocate, Stamford, CT)
- "Southgate Aims to Rehabilitate Broadway Condominiums" by Josh O'Leary (Iowa City Press-Citizen)
- "Nevada Homeowners Rally Against Unfair [Board] Practices" by Darcy Spears (KTNV, Las Vegas, NV)
WebCitation archives:
"Hidden Tax" • "Avella" • "Pigeon-Feeding" • "Noise Disputes" • "Term Limits" • "Dodging" • "Condo Residents" • "Ms. Demeanor" • "Shredder" • "Handicap" • "Regent Realty" • "St. Louis" • "Burglary Spree" • "Southgate" • "Nevada"