Co-op / Condo News: Hospital Hell, Rockaway Strike, Shabbos Elevators
... a hospital says no human architect could ever possibly design a light-and-view-blocking building addition in any other way, so its neighboring co-op is just out of luck. That will end well. Meanwhile, some formerly income-restricted co-ops go free-market at what should still be bargain prices; some co-ops have shabby elevators and some have Shabbos elevators; and just north of New York City, some condo owners complain of a bridge too far . . . into their territory. For condo and co-op boards, we've a settled strike and an air-rights primer.
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 Residents vs. Sloan-Kettering" by Ashley Mastronardi (WNYW-TV)
- "Brooklyn Man with Damaged Condo Finally Gets Help from an Insurance Company" by Susan Jhun (NY1 News)
- "[E. 69th. Co-op] Residents: Subway Work Causing Cracks in Building" by Linda Schmidt (WNYW-TV)
- "Bronx’s [Formerly Income-Restricted] Via Verde Co-ops Hit the Free Market" by Zachary Kussin (TheRealDeal.com)
- "For Jewish Sabbath, Elevators Do All the Work," on Shabbos elevators in co-ops, by Elizabeth A. Harris (The New York Times)
- "Condo Owners: New Tappan Zee Bridge Looms Too Large" by Phil Reisman (The Journal News, Westchester/Rockland/Putnam Counties)
- "Accommodating [a Co-op / Condo Building's] Residents' Disabilities / Roof Rights Returned to the Co-op Board" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
- "Ask an Expert: Is A Double-Digit Maintenance Increase Legal?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "It's a 'Hugue' Place," on the possible $100 million sale of late copper heiress Huguette Clark's three co-op apartments at 907 Fifth Ave., by Jennifer Gould Keil (New York Post)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "End of [Building Workers] Strike Leaves Uneasy Peace at Rockaway Co-op" by Lisa L. Colangelo (New York Daily News)
- "Air Rights Can Send Price of Property Soaring" by Jill Urban (NY1 News)
WebCitation archives:
Sloan-Kettering • Damaged Condo • Subway • Via Verde • Shabbos • Tappan Zee • Accommodating / Roof Rights • Double-Digit • Huguette Clark • Rockaway • Air Rights