Building 27 Association

Hello, neighbors, we trust all is well. Stay vigilant, cautious and wear your masks in crowds. Hospitals and facilities have mandated wearing masks again. The virus is on the rise, so take heed.

Weather – Rain is causing fooding in unlikely places, even on Bartow Avenue under the overpass. There we came upon fooding unexpectedly, and could not back up, so we had to drive through. Be cautious.

Building 27 Association – The Meet and Greet to celebrate the New Year 2024 turned out great on Saturday, Jan. 13. New and old shareholders came out for a full room. Each of our invited guests arrived and we thank them. Aaron Carnegie, our newly elected president of Bldg. 27, welcomed everyone and introduced the Association to new shareholders, also with a written memo of the function of the Building Association, and welcomed shareholders to become involved.

Our frst Guest Speaker, Pastor Michael Adolphus, spoke about the program funded by the Government of a Blueprint for Health Awareness. One must be 18 years and older to register. He suggested we should take advantage of the program because it is free. The next and last session will be held on February 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at New Vision Church, 115 Einstein N., right on the corner. Assemblyman Michael Benedetto (photographed above) shared how they are working on the NYS State Budget to provide more funding for education and he is working on legislation to ban sports training under the age of 11 to 12 years to prevent damage to their young bodies and because this is a critical time when brains are still developing.

Warren Mitchell explained that staffng is now in the mode of a “partnership” with the community and team efforts to work together to resolve issues. A plaque and fowers were presented to Thalia Roach (pictured left), former president of Bldg. 27 Association, to recognize and thank her for her service to the Association and Building 27 for several years. Thalia well deserved the honor.

Aaron Carnegie and the Association thank all of our invited guests, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, Pastor Michael Adolphus, Riverbay Deputy General Manager Warren Mitchell and CSO Ms. Tanysha Farley. We thank our faithful workers of the Association, Aaron, our baker, Ms. Margie; Sharon, Wanda, Lydia, Thalia, Joanne, Hattie, and the salad maker from Bldg. 26. Isn’t it great how we work together always in our building? May God continue to bless us all.

Happy Birthday to all celebrating this month. We offer our sincere sympathy and condolences to the families who lost loved ones. We wish all the best of health and safety. Contact Lydia Rondon at 718-583-3040 and she will gladly acknowledge your birthday by sending you a card, she is excellent in sharing good will. Also notify her of any illness or if a neighbor has become deceased or transferred to a nursing home.

For our community to be a better place to live is for the people of the community to understand and accept their personal responsibility for what happens. –Davis Merritt, Jr.

—H. Overman