Co-op / Condo News: Dubious Board Eviction, Dubious Management Company
Aug. 6, 2012 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, a Greenwich Village co-op board refuses to discuss why it's evicting a financially responsible doctor's family that's owned a Fifth Avenue co-op since 1985, and residents of Harlem's Riverbend co-op are asking why the board just re-upped a management company they say has let the place fall into disrepair. Plus, a co-op / condo insurance checklist, and when a building installs a noisy playground, apartments overlooking it are out luck.
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...
- "Greenwich Village Family Getting Boot After 57 Years in Same Building" by Kathianne Boniello (New York Post)
- "Test Driving Condos Before Buying" by Lucy Cohen Blatter (The Wall Street Journal)
- "The Ultimate Co-op and Condo Insurance Checklist" by Jeff Schneider (BrickUnderground.com)
- "REBNY Requires Brokers to Disclose Family Ties" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "Four-Building Condo Conversion Set for UWS" by Amanda Fung (Crain's New York Business)
- "Keys to Buying Bank-Owned Properties [including Co-ops] on LI" by Lisa Chamoff (Newsday)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Rivberbend Co-op Divided over Management Agent" by Clem Richardson (New York Daily News)
- "Playground Noise Generates Friction" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
WebCitation archives:
Greenwich Village • Test Driving • Insurance • RENBY • Condo Conversion • Bank-Owned • Riverbend • Playground