Vot 13 No. 36
40 pages
Saturday, August 16, 1980
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ON THEGREENWAY: Photo left, two members of the to its performance in Co-op City last Above, nearly ten thousand cooperators brought their blankets and beach chain to the Greenway to hear two hours of dassical music under the stars.
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rs collection By Peter Grad
Buildingand Grounds Committee Chairwoman Eva Pellman said this week that she feels some cooperators have been blaming Prudential Maintenance workers for problems that are not their responsibility. On a tour of buildings to inspect cleanliness recently, Pellman said she was impressed with what she termed "a pretty good job" of keeping lobbies and paths around buildings clean. She said she believes some problems with litter may be
the fault of Multi-Pak crews who work on building compactors, and not Prudential. Also, in her committee report to the Board at its Wednesday meeting, Pellman said the graffiti removal project was coming along "excellently". Cleaning operations in Section 5 with the new hydro-sander are nearly complete and all buildings, said Pellman, should soon be spotless.
Riverbay Comptroller Joe Catania announced that the corporation has scored a significant victory in its fight to collect past due rents from those who fled the community. He reported that a civil court has upheld Riverbay's right to pursue ten families who secretly moved away from Co-op City while still in arrears. Those families alone owe an estimated $70,000 in back rent.
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"The court decision gives us the right to restrain bank accounts, garnish wages and place liens on personal property," Catania said. "We consider this to be a major step forward in our efforts to collect money owed us." He said he is "optimistic" that a major portion of the remaining $1.6 million in arrears from several thousand other families will be recovered. "I hope to get 100 percent of what is owed us but I think a
realistic percentage would be around 80 percent," Catania said. A marshal hired by Riverbay has already
tracked down the ten
families and will serve legal
papers shortly. Catanianoted that most of the delinquent families moved from the community during the period of the rent strike. Monies owed by those families comprise 78 percent of RĂverbay's total rent arrears .