Co-op / Condo News: Shareholder Protest and Reneging on Washers
... a co-op board appears to renege on staff promises that new buyers can install a washer, a frustrated mom sues to evict her 58-year-old son from a Sutton Place co-op, and read what some deluded sellers are asking for their apartments.
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 Outcry: Fee Hikes Enrage Residents" at Parkway Village and Meadowlark Gardens, by Ross Barkan (Queens Tribune)
- "Avella Calls for City to Extend Sidewalk Fixing Program to Co-ops and Condos" by Nathan Duke (Douglaston.Patch.com)
- "Queens Co-op President Bob Friedrich Blasts City for Boosting Property Values to Hike Property Taxes" by Bob Friedrich (Op-Ed, New York Daily News)
- "Deal Breaker for a $2.65M [Yorkville Co-op] Apartment? No Washer Allowed" despite representations otherwise, by by Barbara Ross (New York Daily News)
- "Elevator Passenger Age Restrictions —Urban Myth or True Co-op Tale?" by Lucy Cohen Blatter (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Mother Sues Her Son to Get Out Him Out of Her Posh $1 Million East Side [Co-op] Apartment Near Sutton Place" by Barbara Ross and Bill Hutchinson (New York Daily News) and "Evict-Son Bid: Ma, 92, Out to Boot Her Boy, 58" by Dareh Gregorian and Frank Rosario (New York Post)
- "Out and About: Seller Lives in Fantasyland" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "Developers Appeal Rushmore Refund Order" by David Jones (TheRealDeal.com)
- "Buyers in New Construction Need to Know Their Entire Offering Plan" by Jill Urba (NY1 News)
- "A Moment in the Limelight, 30 Years Late," on the recently landmarked Brooklyn co-op at 75 Livingston Street, by David W. Dunlap (The New York Times)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "New Co-op Policy for Studios / Who Should Pay for Floor Polishing" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
WebCitation archives
Outcry • Avella • Queens • Deal Breaker • Elevator • Mother Sues • Evict • Fantasyland • Rushmore • New Construction • Limelight • Studios / Polishing