Co-op / Condo News: Smoking Banned at 40,000 Apartments, View Suit, More
June 17, 2013 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, one of the city's biggest landlords enacts one of the largest smoking bans in the country, with reverberations for co-ops and condos. A shareholder sues a co-op board over a newly blocked view. A veterans' loan-guarantee program, common throughout the country, gets no respect in New York. And married co-op and condo owners are taking in roommates,
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Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...
- "A Smoking Ban in All Related Companies Rentals," with discussion of co-op and condo antismoking rules, by C. J. Hughes (The New York Times)
- "Manhattan Couple Says Hulking Duane Reade Air Conditioner Blows Away Their View" and is suing both the company and the co-op board, by Julia Marsh (New York Post)
- "A Loan Program for Veterans Comes Wrapped in Red Tape," creating difficulties on condominium mortgages, by by Elizabeth A. Harris (The New York Times)
- "Would You Live with a Married Couple [as a Co-op / Condo Roommate]?" by Doree Lewak (New York Post)
- "Sometimes You Want to Swim Where Everybody Knows Your Name," on socializing at a co-op's rooftop pool, by Gerald Eskenazi (The New York Observer) Plaza 400, 400 E. 56th Street
- "Brokers Can Offer Rebates Legally to Their Buyers" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Ask an Expert: Can our condo board sell the roof out from under us?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Trees Block Condo Owner’s View / On Decreasing the Common Charge" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)
WebCitation archives:
Smoking Ban • Manhattan Couple • Loan Program • Married Couple • Sometimes...Swim • Brokers...Rebate • Ask an Expert • Trees / Decreasing