Co-op / Condo News: City Confirms Tax Dept. Overvalued, Rentboy Going, More
... the Sheffield condominium's male prostitute is getting evicted, but not for, like, a month, and there's visiting-dog trouble at a Riverdale co-op. For co-op and condo boards, we have another case of going out of your way to make life hell for older residents, and an expert says a co-op board president can let his cousin sublet longer than other shareholders can.
Read all the latest co-op /condo news for buyers, sellers and board members 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 / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...
- "Audits Find Flaws in City’s Property Assessments" by David W. Chen (The New York Times); "Controller Finds Flaws in City Property Assessment Process: Audit finds about 10% of Queens co-ops could be overvalued" by Clare Trapasso (New York Daily News)' and "Qns. Co-ops $crewed: Liu" by David Seifman (New York Post)
- "Co-ops and Condos Council Gets Behind Avella Bill: Legislation would create a new property tax class for the units" by Nathan Duke (Douglaston.Patch.com)
- "Sheffield’s "Rentboy" Can Finish Out His Lease: Condo board deal gives prostitute tenant another month to surrender keys" by Leigh Kamping-Carder (TheRealDeal.com)
- "Family Continues To Fight Co-op's Dog Ban" by Graham Kates (The Riverdale Press)
- "Sue Thy Neighbor: Quality-of-life complaints soar — and so does litigation" by Peter Kiefer (TheRealDeal.com)
- "[Co-op / Condo] Buildings with Libraries: A Soft-Spoken Amenity" by Joanne Kaufman (The New York Times)
- "Nine Ways Sellers Can Avoid Turning Off Buyers" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "No Chatting in the Lobby" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
- "Ask an Expert: Different sublet rules for different co-op owners--fair or foul?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
WebCitation archives:
Audit • Controller • $crewed • Avella Bill • Rentboy • Family • Sue • Libraries • Nine Ways • Sublet • Chatting