Co-op / Condo News: Big No-Smoking Move, Midtown Evacuation, More
May 20, 2013 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents. This week, Zeckendorf Towers goes smokeless, the folks at Alwyn Court and The Briarcliff go homeless, and thanks to 24-hour construction crews, a Rockaways co-op goes sleepless. Plus, three Lower East Side co-ops install fuel-efficient boilers to save money heating 2,700 apartments, Airbnb lobbies politicians to take the "illegal" out of illegal hoteling, and people debate the pros and cons of the proposed co-op admissions disclosure law.
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...
- "Building Kicks Butt: [Zeckendorf Towers] Condo Votes No Smoking" by Jennifer Gould Keil and Leonard Greene (New York Post) and "Condo Board Tells Residents to 'Butt Out'” by Orlando Rodriguez (Real Estate Weekly)
- "Residents Evacuate Co-ops So That a New Crane Boom Can Rise at One57" and "One57 Crane Boom Replaced Without Incident, Co-op Dwellers Allowed to Return to Their Homes," both by Kim Velsey (The New York Observer)
- "Rockaway Co-op: City Damaged Our Property" by Lisa L. Colangelo (New York Daily News). See also Habitat article "Controversy in the Rockaways: City Contractors Damage Co-op's Property"
- "Sellers Must Avoid Biggest Mistake They Can Make" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
Co-op / Condo Board Issues...
- "Lower East Side Co-op Installs New Fuel-Efficient Natural Gas Boiler to Heat 2,700 Units" by Jason Sheftell (New York Daily News)
- "Airbnb: Hugely Popular, Still Illegal," on the company's efforts to repeal the New York State law forbidding short-term rentals, by Annie Karni (Crain's New York Business)
- "Ask an Expert: My co-op needs cash. What's the least painful way to get it?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "New York Civil Rights Violation Lawyer David Perecman Supports Proposal Seeking to Curb Discrimination by Co-op Boards" (The Perecman Firm press release)
- "New Bill Would Hamper Co-ops" by Stephen Budihas, and "Co-ops Can't Have It Both Ways" by Adam Stoler (The Riverdale Press letters-to-the-editor)
WebCitation archives:
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