2nd Front Page Co-op City Times

Lehman Center: “Without Arts Who Are We”

BY P.M. CAMPBELL

hall supports more than 2,000 audience members, serves 200,000 viewing experience with a new lobby, box

Bedford Park Blvd. W, and is accessible via public transportation.

Eva Bornstein has extensive experience but she became the executive director of

Assemblyman Mike Benedetto will host his next Co-op City Lobby Visits on:

• Thurs., Feb. 16 – 140 Casals

• Thurs., March 2 – 600

Lobby visits run from 5:15 p.m. -7 p.m.

These visits allow shareholders to interact with the assemblyman

Baychester Library Virtual

Events tions/baychester for information children and adults. Holds can be picked up at Eastchester Library, 1385 E. Gun Hill Rd., Bronx, NY.

Baychester Library is temporarily closed for renovations.

The Baychester library is expected to reopen this month.

To find all open NYPL

Test & Treat Mobile Van in Co-op City

NYC Test & Treat Corps’ Mobile Test to Treat unit is availp.m. as follows next week:

Mon., Tues.: 135 Einstein Loop

Wed./Thurs.: 2049 Bartow Ave.

Fri./Sat./Sun.: 177 Dreiser Loop. Locations are approximate describing how her mother would take her to concerts in her native Krakow, Poland. She navigates calls from “agents, artists,

The mobile van offers PCR, Anyone who tests positive at the van can speak with an onsite cliniPaxlovid anti-viral medication. Appointments not required. available. Insurance is not necessary; service is open to everyone.

Co-op City shareholders are homeowners, not tenants.

Lehman Center functions as a cultural-community bridge. The center connects people from every background through the power of performance. Bornstein emphasized that “[T]he resith production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ was curated th

Co-op City shareholders have patronized Lehman Center for the Performing Arts for decades, and have a wide array of musical interests from classical, to jazz and R&B. As lovers of the arts, our shareholders would agree with Eva Born-

Assemblyman Benedetto Provides Free Income Tax Prep for Seniors

Assemblyman Michael R. Benedetto, in conjunction with the income tax preparation for seniors 62 years of age or older who reside within the boundaries of his district (Co-op City, Throggs

10, and is limited to seniors who meet the following criteria:

Complete copies of 2022 federal and state returns must be included

Name, Social Security number, and date of birth of all people claimed on the return as taxpayers and dependents under $50,000

You must provide us with a telephone or cellphone number at which you can be reached during normal business hours and on Saturdays your tax paperwork refund into your checking account lege as a service to the community. All returns will indicate that they were prepared by a non-preparer.

Let us know if there have been any changes in taxpayers or dependents from your 2022 return, such as birth or death of a taxpayer or dependent.

Seniors are encouraged to bring all their tax documents to Assem(The tax preparer will collect documentation only until Friday, March 10, and no more taxes will be done after that date. All participants will be contacted when the forms are completed.)

320-2220.

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Mattress Disposal

The City of New York requires all residents to fully cover all mattresses or box springs in a sealed plastic bag for garbage disposal and collection. This rule is intended to prevent the spread of any bed bug activity.

Please note that mattresses infested by bed bugs disposal. Please contact your respective CSO for an appointment with the exterminator. This is a free service provided by Riverbay Corporation.

Under the rule, failure to place a mattress or box spring in a proper bag will result in a $100 residents who violate this rule may be subject to a fees. (The City of New York and Riverbay do not provide mattress or box spring bags or covers.)

Plastic bags to cover mattresses and box springs are available at department stores, home improvement centers and large moving companies. They can also be purchased online.

Please follow this rule when disposing of mattresses and/or box springs.

These covered items are then to be brought to the basement Ash Cart room where they will be picked up for proper trash collection.

Thank you for your attention and cooperation in this matter.

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SCRIE/DRIE ––– (Continued from page 1) which is processed through the NYC Department of Finance. For information and application forms, visit https://on.nyc.gov/3T7fZLN, or call 311.

Shareholders already enrolled in the SCRIE and DRIE programs are mailed www.nyc.gov/contactdrie

. Virtual all of the following criteria: all persons mediately fective. Supporting documents include: Current year Social Security award letter (2023) occupant in unit a rent controlled apartment a Limited Dividend development a redevelopment company development a rent regulated hotel or single room occupancy unit convenience caused.

Building 5 Association

The Building 5 Association salutes Black History Month. In all three buildings there are displays honoring the legacy of Black Americans. We salute those in medicine, education, entertainment, politics, science and mathematics.

We encourage all our cooperatives to be engaged. Our next monthly meeting is Wednesday, February 15, at 7 p.m.

who wish to participate.

Enjoy Black History Month.

––Joyce Duncan

Building 27 Association

Hello, neighbors. We hope all is well and the New Year 2023 will be better and healthy for us all. We are still not out of the woods yet. Keep the masks on around gatherings. How about the bitter cold that crept up on us? Stay warm.

Cooperators have received the Window Guards form and Fire Safety Notice and the deadline is February 15, 2023 to comply. If you do not have children living with you, are required in dwellings with three apartments or more and children under the age of 10.

SCRIE/DRIE – A session will be held by Mary Pearson in our association room, Building C rear lobby, at 7 p.m. on February 16. A notice will be posted.

African-American History celebrated in the month of February – The African-American Association of Co-op City presented its 26th annual Black History Film Festival. The event was presented by Zoom and dial-in. The AAAC did not disappoint. The tributes were very much to date, as most deceased in 2022.

The program and presenters were outstanding. For example, one of the youth is 14 years of age and a product of the Blue Nile Passage, Inc. that originated under the leadership youth is a born speaker at such a young age. He proudly announced not to look down on anyone, for the grace of God there goes I. Yes, what a strong young black youth.

Happy birthday to those celebrating this month. We continue to offer our sincere sympathy and condolences to the families that lost loved ones. We wish all the best of health birthday by sending you a card; she is excellent in sharing good will. Also, notify her of of any illness, or if a neighbor has become deceased or transferred to a nursing home.

“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” –Margaret Wheatley

––H. Overman