Co-op / Condo News: Spotting Corrupt Boards, No Smoking, Porsche Prize

Weekly News Roundup: May 28, 2012

Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. Happy Memorial Day! This week, a private eye tells you how tell if your condo or co-op board is corrupt, and advice on how to get "almost anyone" through the co-op admissions process. Plus, more woes for smokers and bad news on condo sales — which may explain why former Law & Order: SVU star Christopher Meloni is giving a new Porsche to whoever buys his condominium.  And for co-op / condo board members, we've good news from a New York State appeals court: short of you committing "independent tortious acts," people who sue a cooperative corporation can't name individual board member as defendants. Sue-weet!

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.

 

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