Editing The Dakota (section)

==Residents==
According to a 1996 article in ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine, many brokers classified the Dakota as one of five top-tier apartment buildings on Central Park West, largely because of its residents, large scale, and "historical prestige".<ref name="Mason p. 27">{{harvnb|Mason|1996|p=27|ps=.}}</ref> The others were [[The Brentmore|88 Central Park West]], [[101 Central Park West]], [[the San Remo]], and [[the Beresford]].<ref name="Mason p. 27" /> As at other luxury apartment buildings in New York City, some of the Dakota's residents use their units as [[Pied-à-terre|pieds-a-terre]] rather than as their primary residences.<ref name="Kane 2012" /> Notable residents of the Dakota have included:{{div col|colwidth=20em}}<!-- if you add any, adhere to alphabetical order please and provide a citation linking them to the Dakota -->
* [[Richard Adler]], lyricist<ref name="p510962323" />
* [[Lauren Bacall]], actress<ref name="bacall-robards">{{Cite news |last=Bellafante |first=Ginia |date=February 24, 2005 |title=To Have and Have Not |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/garden/to-have-and-have-not.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513043325/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/garden/to-have-and-have-not.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="p510962323" />
* [[Harley Baldwin]], real estate developer and art dealer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Skurka |first=Norma |date=July 29, 1982 |title=2 Kitchen Renovation Strategies Spark New Life in Old Spaces |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/29/garden/2-kitchen-renovation-strategies-spark-new-life-in-old-spaces.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513043324/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/29/garden/2-kitchen-renovation-strategies-spark-new-life-in-old-spaces.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Walter Becker]], songwriter, musician, co-founder of Steely Dan<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Robert Klein |website=The Steely Dan Reader |date=December 15, 1980 |url=http://steelydanreader.com/1980/12/14/interview-robert-klein/ |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909191212/http://steelydanreader.com/1980/12/14/interview-robert-klein/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ward Bennett]], architect and designer<ref name="Alpern p. 126" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Iovine |first=Julie V. |date=August 16, 2003 |title=Ward Bennett, 85, Dies; Designed With American Style |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/16/arts/ward-bennett-85-dies-designed-with-american-style.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513043325/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/16/arts/ward-bennett-85-dies-designed-with-american-style.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Leonard Bernstein]], composer and conductor<ref name="PA 1979-07" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Henahan |first=Donal |date=October 15, 1990 |title=Leonard Bernstein, 72, Music's Monarch, Dies |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/15/obituaries/leonard-bernstein-72-music-s-monarch-dies.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510214305/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/15/obituaries/leonard-bernstein-72-music-s-monarch-dies.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Graydon Carter]], former editor of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''<ref>{{cite web | last=Sykes | first=Christopher Simon | title=From the archive: Graydon Carter's apartment in New York's Dakota Building (1996) | website=House &amp; Garden | date=February 22, 2021 | url=https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/graydon-carter-new-york-apartment-dakota-building | access-date=May 1, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Connie Chung]], newscaster<ref name="Kane 2012" /><ref name="nymag" />
* [[Rosemary Clooney]], singer and actress<ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" />
* [[Harlan Coben]], author<ref>{{cite web |last=Knutsen |first=Elise |title=Harlan Coben Sells Dark, Brooding 'Writer's Lair' |website=Observer |date=July 5, 2011 |url=https://observer.com/2011/07/harlan-coben-sells-dark-brooding-writers-lair/ |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730102203/http://observer.com/2011/07/harlan-coben-sells-dark-brooding-writers-lair/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bob Crewe]], songwriter, record producer, and artist<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=James A. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166317520 |title=It Was All Right: Mitch Ryder's Life in Music |date=2008 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-3337-2 |oclc=166317520 |page=49 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124004647/http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166317520 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[José Ferrer]], actor<ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" /><ref name="AF p. 126" />
* [[Roberta Flack]], singer<ref name="nyt-2010-12-06" />
* [[Buddy Fletcher]], businessman<ref name="Arak 2011" /><ref name="nyt-2011-02-02" />
* [[Charles Henri Ford]], poet, artist, and publisher<ref>{{cite web |last=Glickel |first=Jennifer |title=Upper West Side Butler Inherits Two Apartments in the Dakota |website=DNAinfo New York |date=May 11, 2010 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100511/upper-west-side/upper-west-side-butler-inherits-two-apartments-dakota |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324004524/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100511/upper-west-side/upper-west-side-butler-inherits-two-apartments-dakota/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Ruth Ford]], actress<ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" /><ref name="p510962323" />
* [[Ketti Frings]], playwright<ref name="p510962323" />
* [[Judy Garland]], actress<ref name="nymag">{{cite web |last=Appleton |first=Kate |title=Landmarks: The Dakota |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |url=http://nymag.com/listings/attraction/the-dakota/ |access-date=December 30, 2009 |archive-date=July 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728074300/http://nymag.com/listings/attraction/the-dakota/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Lillian Gish]], actress<ref name="Kane 2012" />
* [[Paul Goldberger]], architecture critic<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Here at the Dakota |first=Delia |last=Ephron |magazine=New York Magazine |publisher=New York Media, LLC |issn=0028-7369 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=adECAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA44 |page=44 |date= June 18, 1979|access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514041213/https://books.google.com/books?id=adECAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA44 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PA 1979-07" />
* [[Ydessa Hendeles]], art collector<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2014 |title=Dakota co-op chief sells apartment for $27.5M |last=Clarke |first=Katherine |url=https://therealdeal.com/2014/01/14/dakota-co-op-chief-sells-apartment-for-27-5m/ |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413142221/https://therealdeal.com/2014/01/14/dakota-co-op-chief-sells-apartment-for-27-5m/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |title=Collector Pays $27.5M For Embattled Dakota Co-Op Head's 3BR |website=Curbed NY |date=January 14, 2014 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/1/14/10154706/collector-pays-27-5m-for-embattled-dakota-co-op-heads-3br |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020215109/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/1/14/10154706/collector-pays-27-5m-for-embattled-dakota-co-op-heads-3br |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Judy Holliday]], actress<ref name="AF p. 126" /><ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" />
* [[William Inge]], playwright<ref name="nymag" />
* [[Charles Douglas Jackson]], Time Inc. executive<ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" />
* [[Charles Henry Jones (editor)|Charles Henry Jones]], American journalist, editor, and political figure<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Charles H. Jones, 1848–1913: Editor and Progressive Democrat|first=Thomas S.|last=Graham|publisher=University of Florida|date=1973|type=doctoral dissertation|url=https://ia801309.us.archive.org/16/items/charleshjones18400grah/charleshjones18400grah.pdf|page=303}}</ref>
* [[Michael Kahn (theatre director)|Michael Kahn]], theatre director<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pressley |first=Nelson |date=March 22, 2012 |title=Michael Kahn, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's risk-taker in chief |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/michael-kahn-the-shakespeare-theatre-companys-risk-taker-in-chief/2012/03/16/gIQA8362TS_story.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106204033/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/michael-kahn-the-shakespeare-theatre-companys-risk-taker-in-chief/2012/03/16/gIQA8362TS_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Boris Karloff]], actor<ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" /><ref name="AF p. 126" />
* [[Sidney Kingsley]], playwright<ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" /><ref name="AF p. 126" />
* [[John Lennon]], musician and composer; murdered at the Dakota in 1980<ref name="nyt-2010-12-06" />
* [[Sean Lennon]], musician and composer; son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono<ref name="nyt-2010-12-06" />
* [[John Madden]], football coach and commentator<ref name="Kane 2012" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Polsky |first=Sara |title=John Madden's Dakota Co-op Returns to Market for $3.9M |website=Curbed NY |date=May 21, 2012 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/5/21/10369414/john-maddens-dakota-co-op-returns-to-market-for-3-9m |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015082218/https://ny.curbed.com/2012/5/21/10369414/john-maddens-dakota-co-op-returns-to-market-for-3-9m |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Marya Mannes]], author and critic<ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" />
* [[Henry Masterson III]], philanthropist<ref name="p510962323" />
* [[Frederick S. Mates]], financier<ref>{{harvnb|Birmingham|1996|ps=.|page=192}}</ref>
* [[Albert and David Maysles|Albert Maysles]], documentary filmmaker<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenblum |first=Constance |date=July 30, 2009 |title=A Life in Pictures: Albert Maysles |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/realestate/02habi.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126012051/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/realestate/02habi.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[John B. McDonald]], contractor who worked on the [[Early history of the IRT subway|first line of the New York City Subway]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 15, 1911 |title=John B. McDonald Very Ill; Builder of the Subway Not Rallying from a Complication of Diseases. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/02/15/archives/john-b-mcdonald-very-ill-builder-of-the-subway-not-rallying-from-a.html |access-date=May 12, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512143513/https://www.nytimes.com/1911/02/15/archives/john-b-mcdonald-very-ill-builder-of-the-subway-not-rallying-from-a.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jo Mielziner]], theatrical set designer<ref name="p510962323" />
* [[Walter Millis]], writer<ref name="Alpern p. 126" />
* [[Joe Namath]], football player<ref name="Kane 2012" />
* [[Rudolf Nureyev]], dancer<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 15, 1995 |title=Nureyev Auction Tops Estimates |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/nyregion/nureyev-auction-tops-estimates.html |access-date=May 12, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512143513/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/nyregion/nureyev-auction-tops-estimates.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Rosie O'Donnell]], actress<ref name="Guides 2017 p. 131">{{cite book | title=Moon New York Walks | publisher=Avalon Publishing | series=Travel Guide | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-63121-601-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZyZDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT131 | page=131}}</ref>
* [[Yoko Ono]], artist, widow of John Lennon; lived there until 2023<ref name=nyt-2023-07-21>{{Cite news|date=2023-07-21|title=Yoko Ono and the Dakota|first= Anna |last=Kodé|language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/realestate/yoko-ono-dakota-apartment-nyc.html|access-date=2023-07-29|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Jack Palance]], actor<ref>{{harvnb|Birmingham|1996|ps=.|page=85}}</ref>
* [[Ruth Porat]], CFO of Alphabet and Google<ref name="trd-2022-03-14" />
* [[Eric Portman]], actor<ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" />
* [[Maury Povich]], television host<ref>{{cite web |last=Fowler |first=Brittany |title=15 crazy facts about one of New York's most exclusive buildings |website=Business Insider |date=2015-08-17 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/15-crazy-facts-about-nycs-dakota-building-2015-8 |access-date=2022-05-13 |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409230838/https://www.businessinsider.com/15-crazy-facts-about-nycs-dakota-building-2015-8 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Gilda Radner]], comedian<ref>{{cite book |quote=We lived in the legendary Dakota apartment building and held each other tight on the night John Lennon was killed |last=Radner |first=Gilda |title=It's Always Something |url=https://archive.org/details/itsalwayssomethiradn00radn |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Simon and Schuster |date=1989|isbn=9780671638689 }}</ref>
* [[Thomas Reardon]], neuroscientist and technologist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/renovated-apartment-in-iconic-dakota-building-in-manhattan-sells-for-9-75m-212857 |work=Mansion Global |title=Renovated Apartment in Iconic Dakota Building in Manhattan Sells for $9.75M |first=Fang |last=Block |date=March 10, 2020 |access-date=March 10, 2020 |archive-date=March 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310215813/https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/renovated-apartment-in-iconic-dakota-building-in-manhattan-sells-for-9-75m-212857 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Rex Reed]], critic<ref name="PA 1979-07" /><ref name="nymag" />
* [[Jason Robards]], actor<ref name="bacall-robards" /><ref name="p510962323" />
* [[Jane Rosenthal]], film producer<ref>{{Cite news |title=A Morning at the Dakota |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/02/19/a_morning_at_the_dakota_1.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124111301/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/02/19/a_morning_at_the_dakota_1.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Wilbur Ross]], financier<ref name="n101753611" />
* [[Robert Ryan]], actor<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitman |first=Alden |date=July 12, 1973 |title=Robert Ryan, Actor, Dies at 63 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/12/archives/robert-ryan-actor-dies-at-63-made-90-moviesscored-on-stage-in.html |access-date=May 12, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512230511/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/12/archives/robert-ryan-actor-dies-at-63-made-90-moviesscored-on-stage-in.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Zachary Scott]], actor<ref name="nyt-1959-09-07" /><ref name="AF p. 126" />
* [[Eugenia Sheppard]], writer<ref name="Alpern p. 126" /><ref name="p510962323" />
* [[Paul Simon]], musician<ref name="Kane 2012" />
* [[Harper Simon]], musician and composer; son of Paul Simon<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeoutdoha.com/mobile/nightlife/features/12503-harper-simon-interview |work=TimeOut |title=Harper Simon Interview |first=Jon |last=Wilks |date=December 28, 2009 |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712153253/http://www.timeoutdoha.com/mobile/nightlife/features/12503-harper-simon-interview |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ruth P. Smith]], advocate<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth A. |date=June 24, 2010 |title=Change Comes to a Dakota Apartment |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/realestate/27deal2.html |access-date=May 12, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512230512/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/realestate/27deal2.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Michael Wager]], actor<ref>{{harvnb|Birmingham|1996|ps=.|page=211}}</ref>
* [[Teresa Wright]], actress<ref name="AF p. 126" />{{div col end}}

[[File:1 West 72nd Street (The Dakota) entrance by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|Main entrance, where John Lennon was shot]]

The Dakota's co-op board, which decides whether to allow prospective tenants, has a reputation for selectivity.<ref name="wsj-2011-02-02" /><ref name="nyt-2010-12-06">{{Cite news |last=Haughney |first=Christine |date=December 6, 2010 |title=Sharing the Dakota With John Lennon |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/nyregion/07appraisal.html |access-date=May 11, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320060102/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/nyregion/07appraisal.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' characterized the board as having "high standards and aversion to notoriety".<ref name="wsj-2011-02-02" /> A [[CNBC]] report in 2012 noted that one set of prospective tenants had to pay several thousand dollars for a background check, as well as submit several years' worth of financial and tax documents, and that even these measures did not guarantee that the tenants would be accepted.<ref name="Kane 2012" />

The Dakota's board maintains a set of house rules for residents and their guests; in 2011, ''The New York Times'' characterized several of the rules as appearing "like they could have been drafted when the building opened".<ref name="nyt-2011-03-01">{{Cite news |last=Haughney |first=Christine |date=March 1, 2011 |title=Behind the Scenes at the Dakota |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/nyregion/01appraisal.html |access-date=May 11, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511192459/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/nyregion/01appraisal.html |url-status=live}}</ref> For example, "domestic employees, messengers and trades people" are required to use the service elevators, and healthcare and childcare providers must be accompanied by clients when they use the passenger elevators.<ref name="nyt-2011-03-01" /> Other rules include a restriction against leaving more than one car unattended in the driveway; a prohibition on "dance, vocal or instrumental instruction" in apartments; and a restriction on playing musical instruments or using a phonograph, radio, or TV loudspeaker between 11 p.m. and 9 a.m.<ref name="nyt-2011-03-01" /> Residents cannot throw away their apartments' original fireplace mantels or doors and must instead put them in a storage area in the basement.<ref name="Kane 2012" />

On numerous occasions, the board has refused to allow high-profile personalities to move into the building, including musicians [[Gene Simmons]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Tony |date=August 1, 1979 |title=Plan by Nixon to Buy Co-op in City Is Opposed by Some Other Owners |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/01/archives/plan-by-nixon-to-buy-coop-in-city-is-opposed-by-some-other-owners.html |access-date=May 11, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717002238/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/01/archives/plan-by-nixon-to-buy-coop-in-city-is-opposed-by-some-other-owners.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Billy Joel]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krebs |first=Albin |date=June 28, 1980 |title=Notes on People; Dakota Blocks Billy Joel's Bid to Buy Apartment A Poetic Senator From the Rockbound Coast of Maine Tea, but No Sympathy Aggie Ace Love Story |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/28/archives/notes-on-people-dakota-blocks-billy-joels-bid-to-buy-apartment-a.html |access-date=May 11, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512001912/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/28/archives/notes-on-people-dakota-blocks-billy-joels-bid-to-buy-apartment-a.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Carly Simon]],<ref>{{cite news |date=September 29, 2003 |title=Carly Simon sues for flat deposit |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3148534.stm |access-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712162236/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3148534.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Madonna]], and [[Cher]], as well as baseball player [[Alex Rodriguez]], and comedian [[Judd Apatow]].<ref name="Kane 2012" /><ref name="trd-2022-03-14">{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Cardboard Mogul Buys Dakota Co-op 20 Years After Rejection |url=https://therealdeal.com/2022/03/14/denied-by-board-20-years-ago-mogul-finally-owns-dakota-co-op/ |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404002013/https://therealdeal.com/2022/03/14/denied-by-board-20-years-ago-mogul-finally-owns-dakota-co-op/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, the board rejected [[Corrugated fiberboard|corrugated cardboard]] magnate Dennis Mehiel;<ref>{{cite web |last=Abelson |first=Max |date=August 12, 2008 |title=Dakota-Spurned Cardboard Magnate Mehiel Asking $35 M. for Carhart Mansion Duplex |work=New York Observer |url=http://observer.com/2008/08/dakotaspurned-cardboard-magnate-mehiel-asking-35-m-for-carhart-mansion-duplex/ |access-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712154941/http://observer.com/2008/08/dakotaspurned-cardboard-magnate-mehiel-asking-35-m-for-carhart-mansion-duplex/ |url-status=live}}</ref> he was only allowed to move into the building 20 years later.<ref name="trd-2022-03-14" /> Another prospective tenant sued the Dakota's board in 2015 after the board prohibited him from moving into a unit he had bought 16 years prior.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=July 6, 2015 |title=Buyer Sues After Being Barred From Dakota Pad For 16 Years |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/7/6/9943416/buyer-sues-after-being-barred-from-dakota-pad-for-16-years |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020202744/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/7/6/9943416/buyer-sues-after-being-barred-from-dakota-pad-for-16-years |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barbanel |first=Josh |date=May 23, 2018 |title=New York Co-op Living Gone Wrong: No Working Bathroom for Eight Months |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-co-op-living-gone-wrong-no-working-bathroom-for-eight-months-1527087232 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904003241/https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-co-op-living-gone-wrong-no-working-bathroom-for-eight-months-1527087232 |url-status=live}}</ref> Former resident Albert Maysles, who had unsuccessfully tried to sell his unit to [[Melanie Griffith]] and [[Antonio Banderas]], told ''The New York Times'' in 2005: "What's so shocking is that the building is losing its touch with interesting people. More and more, they're moving away from creative people and going toward people who just have the money."<ref name="Kane 2012">{{cite web |last=Kane |first=Colleen |title=The Dakota: New York's Most Exclusive Building |website=CNBC |date=August 2, 2012 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/08/02/The-Dakota:-New-Yorks-Most-Exclusive-Building.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923005435/https://www.cnbc.com/2012/08/02/The-Dakota:-New-Yorks-Most-Exclusive-Building.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Neuman |first=William |date=June 19, 2005 |title=New Co-op for Soup Executive |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/realestate/19deal.html?pagewanted=all |access-date=May 25, 2010 |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514041207/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/realestate/new-coop-for-soup-executive.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Investor and resident [[Buddy Fletcher]] filed a lawsuit in 2011, claiming that the board had made racist remarks against would-be residents on numerous occasions,<ref name="Arak 2011">{{cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |date=February 2, 2011 |title=Dakota Co-op Board Accused of Being a Bunch of Racists |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2011/2/2/10484310/dakota-co-op-board-accused-of-being-a-bunch-of-racists |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513043325/https://ny.curbed.com/2011/2/2/10484310/dakota-co-op-board-accused-of-being-a-bunch-of-racists |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2011-02-02">{{Cite news |last1=Lattman |first1=Peter |last2=Haughney |first2=Christine |date=February 2, 2011 |title=Dakota Co-op Board Is Accused of Bias |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/nyregion/02dakota.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511192518/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/nyregion/02dakota.html |url-status=live}}</ref> but a New York state judge dismissed Fletcher's suit in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=September 16, 2015 |title=Judge Dismisses Case Against 'Racist' Dakota Co-op Board |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/9/16/9920850/judge-dismisses-case-against-racist-dakota-co-op-board |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513043324/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/9/16/9920850/judge-dismisses-case-against-racist-dakota-co-op-board |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McKinley | first=James C. Jr. |date=September 16, 2015 |title=Suit Accusing Dakota Co-op Board of Bias Against Blacks and Hispanics Fails |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/nyregion/suit-accusing-dakota-co-op-board-of-bias-against-blacks-and-hispanics-fails.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513043325/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/nyregion/suit-accusing-dakota-co-op-board-of-bias-against-blacks-and-hispanics-fails.html |url-status=live}}</ref>