Co-op / Condo News: New Admissions Law for Co-op Boards, and More
Sept. 3, 2012 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week the big news for co-op boards is a new law in Hempstead, Long Island, stating that boards there must accept or reject applicants within 45 days and give the reason for any denial — in writing. Could this be the start of a legal movement? Plus: A community room, taken away for no stated reason, returns after several years to the historic co-op complex the Allerton Coops (pronounced "kewps"), a Lower East Side co-op joins a commercial-rental trend, and is your co-op board president a drug lord?
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...
- "Allerton Co-op Tenants Get Their Community Room Back" by Jeanmarie Evelly (DNAInfo.com)
- "Condo Building Roof Decks, the New Hotspot for Home Weddings" by Jessica Dailey (NY.Curbed.com)
- "Rent Coach: Co-op board wants my mortgage bank to approve my sublet" by Mike Akerly (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Vacant Storefronts Turned Office Spaces [Including One Rented Out by a Co-op] Are a 'Cooler' Place to Work" by Serena Solomon (DNAInfo.com)
- "Manhattan Granny [and Co-op Board President], 'Mama Dot,' Admits Role in $1M Drug Ring" by Kerry Burke, Barbara Ross and Larry Mcshane, and "Gangsta Granny Says She\'s Innocent, Only Admitted to Role in $1M Drug Ring to Avoid Dying in Prison" by Denis Slattery and Larry Mcshane (New York Daily News)
- "Getting Back a Co-op Deposit / Eyesore Scaffolding [Around Upper West Side Co-op for Six Years] Annoys Neighbor" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
- "15 Central Park West Fuels Ultra-Luxury Condo Surge" (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "New Anti-Bias Law Takes Effect in Hempstead" by Maura McDermott (Newsday)
- "Gal with Pregnant Cause Sues Co-op Board" by Kathianne Boniello (New York Post)
WebCitation archives:
Allerton • Roof Decks • Vacant • Rent Coach • Manhattan Granny • Gangsta Granny • Deposit / Scaffolding • 15 Central Park West • Anti-Bias • Pregnant