Co-op / Condo News: Water-Meter Woes and Sufferin' Sukkot-tash!
... some Queens co-ops and condos are getting double or triple their usual water bills after automated meter readers go in, New York State Assemblyman Edward C. Braunstein demands tax fairness, and State Senator Tony Avella wants to know why New York City repairs sidewalks damaged by trees at all types of homes except co-ops and condos.
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...
- "Condo Sukkot Lawsuit" by Kathianne Boniello (New York Post)
- "Co-ops Complain Over Sidewalk Costs: Unlike Most Homeowners, They Pay When Street Trees Damage Concrete" by Liz Rhoades (Queens Chronicle) and "Tree Maintenance at Root of Problem" at Glen Oaks Village co-op, by Alexa Altman (The Queens Courier)
- "NYC Council Members and Customers Demand Investigation into High Water Bills Due to [Automated] Meter Reader Inaccuracies" (The Flatbush Scoop)
- "Make [Co-op / Condo Tax] Abatement Work for Middle Class" by Assemblyman Edward C. Braunstein (Greenpoint Star letter-to-the-editor)
- "Noise Wars in East Flatbush [Co-op] Apartment Building" by Lore Croghan (New York Daily News)
- "The Hunt: When the Math Says ‘Buy’" By Joyce Cohen (The New York Times)
- "Is It a Good Idea to Buy a Co-op in a Brownstone?" by Lucy Cohen Blatter (BrickUnderground.com)
- "What Even Co-op Boards Can't Control: Google Street View" (NY.Curbed.com)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Ask an Expert: Botox for Co-ops Worried about Younger, Sexier Condos" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "[A Co-op's] Noisy Radiators Need Replacing" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)?src=habitatmag.com
WebCitation archives:
Sukkot • Sidewalk Costs • Tree • Water Bills • Abatement • Noise • Hunt • Brownstone • Google • Botox • Radiators