Co-op / Condo News: Board Member's Two Homes, Marisa Tomei's Leaky One
... a tax revolt grows in Queens (again), a condo developer must return $16 million in down payments and Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei (at right) thinks filmmaker John Waters is all wet. Or, well, she's made him that way. And for board members: Why your confidential e-mails may be anything but.
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...
- "Co-op Dog Daze: Anti-Pooch Boards Chase Out Pet Lovers" by Jennifer Gould Keil, Reuven Fenton and Jose Martinez (New York Post) and "Friends Mourn Soap Actor Nick Santino, Who Killed Himself After He Euthanized His Dog, at Funeral" by Reuven Fenton and David K. Li (New York Post)
- "Co-op City Board Member Claimed Upstate Home as Primary Residence, Got Tax Breaks, Investigation Finds" by Daniel Beekman (New York Daily News)
- "N.Y. Orders Developers to Digitize Co-op, Condo Offer Plans" by Ian Thomas (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
- "Co-op Assessment Hike Sparks Uproar" by Clare Trapasso (New York Daily News) and "Boro Co-ops and Condos Must Fight High City Valuations" Op-Ed (Times Ledger, Queens)
- "Halloran Asks for [Property-Tax] Assessments Delay" (Queens Chronicle)
- "[Rushmore] Condo Developer Must Return $16M" in down payments, by Andrew Keshner (GlobeSt.com)
- "Who Died and Left You. . . the Buyer?" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "Famed City Island School-Turned-Condo Complex from 1890s Designated as City Landmark" by Corinne Lestch (New York Daily News)
- "Taking Responsibility for a Roof Leak / Lender Says No to Co-op Sublet" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
- "Marisa Tomei Sued over West Village Apartment Leak that Damaged John Waters' Condo" by Tracy Connor and Barbara Ross (New York Daily News)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "The Board Room: Why Those Confidential Emails May End Up in Court Anyway" by Robert Braverman (BrickUnderground.com)
- "A Bank Loan for Capital Repairs" by Jay Romano (The New York Times; scroll down)
WebCitation archives:
Dog Daze • Friends Mourn • Co-op City • Digitize • Assessment • Valuations • Halloran • Responsibility / Lender • Who Died • City Island • Marisa Tomei • Rushmore • Confidential • Bank Loan
Photo by Chrisa Hickey