Co-op / Condo News: Spotting Corrupt Boards, No Smoking, Porsche Prize
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.
Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...
- "Private Investigator Harry Houck: How to know if your board is corrupt, and what to do about it" by Marjorie Cohen (BrickUnderground.com)
- "How to Get Almost Anyone Past a Co-op Board" Lucy Cohen Blatter (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Wanting to Smoke at Home, and Facing Hurdles in Apartment Hunt" by Elizabeth A. Harris (The New York Times)
- "Condo Sales Plummet as Family-Sized Apartment Stock Runs Dry" by Al Barbarino (Real Estate Weekly)
- "Tax Abatements for Co-ops / When a Co-op Lease Is Breached" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
- "Christopher Meloni's Condo Now Comes With a Porsche" by Jeremiah Budin (NY.Curbed.com)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
WebCitation archives:
Corrupt Board • Almost Anyone • Smoke • Sales • Abatements • Meloni • • • • • Appeals
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