Co-op City Times 08/09/1980

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face $22Ø,OOO in e~· and the loss of 27 workers under a revised budget to be unveiled next Monday by Mayor . Koch, the· Co-op • City Ti.mes has learned exclusively. The cuts couldforce the closing of the Baychester Library för an additional day per weëk, leaving the branch with only a four-day week. The .annoynœment·comes less than. • two • months•. after $000,000 was restoredJófüe citY's libraries in last minute· maneuvers at.city hall. GJ.en Peterson, Associate Director of Br::lnchLibrari~g.fQr New York, said the .threatened, cuts "in. thedong run could.be disastrcus," "We've lost over one third of the total city .Ubrary staff in Jhe last decade,". Peterson stated, "and now we see another piece of the systemJ:ieing.taken .away.?

The library system has also lost exactly half the number of

hours it had inl970, Ä<!cordingto Peterson, .• New •. York . City's. libraries. are open • less. than any other system In füe State. .. Baychester Branch . Head Librarian. Dorothy. Kaplowitz said the cuts could threaten Saturday service at the library. "As things st~ . before the announcement of the latest cuts, we weren't sure if we could continue to operate fivedaysaweek, Kaplowifisai~. '.'We wantto keep Saturday service • because. the people want it, but we'r1:goil'lgto have a v,ery • tightsit~tion th.is fäll It's a real problem." All aid~ t<>. 4S,Sern~lymanE;liqt Engel commentedyeste:rday that the new cutbacks were "atroeíous" and said the · assemblyman has vowed to do ''whatever (0-,~d

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Adamanged pipe in the. under· groundJUc-Wilsystem whíeh.ínterrupted hot water service te Section 5 residents last Wednesday was repaired over a day ahead of . schedule as water returned early Friday morning. This was the ñrst test of the new valves inserted into the system which allow engineers to cut off. water supplies • to • limited numbers of builøîngs. Previous- · ly, such a \\later pipe problem pro~ably would bave meant the shut-off of hot water to the endre community. Approximatelytwo weeks ago, power plant staff. discovered severe steam vapor leaks emanating from the conduit. order to repair the leak, it was. necessary to drain the. ~tem Jn Section 5 and replace 20 foot length of corroded .• piping. Riverbay engi-

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· neering consultants directed this operatiop with the technícal assistance of power. plant personnel. The drainage. operation began at 10 p.m, Wednesday and· was completed by 1:30 a.m., Thursday. By7p.m. Thursd;:i.yevening, repairs wer.e cornpleted . and xrays taken.. Approval was t~en given . for ·• the • power plant personnel to begin the process of filling the. system .. The Power Plant.personnel. worked through the night in. order. to .restore hot water service for all Section 5 residents by 6 a.m -. Friday morning. qe11eral. Manager . George Steiner commended the power plant personnel for thek rpundthe-clock coverage .m order to complete these...repair$ .32.ihoµrs ahead of schedule. "lthadorigi~

e nally been anticipated that water wouldnot be restored to Section 5 until Satûrday at 2p.m.,".Steiner said: · ''This .was the first test since installing the gate valves . whichallowedfor the isolation of one-third of the community. You will remember last October and again in.June, it was necessary to shut.down the hot water for the entire development while repairs were made to this same system in· various 1ocations. l'he/test proved satisfactory, · only • 10 buildings vvere incónve.1:1ienced for less• than. a two-day-períod compared with the. entire development losing service fora 6 or 7 day .period." . He added that if major. repairs requi!'ed on the air c~nditioning orheating systems, the same isolation ofzones can be accomplished.

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