Girl Scouts Get S.H.A.R.P. Training

On Friday, March 17th, members of the Co-op City Girl Scout Troop 1200 along with parents and other family members attended a very special training session called S.H.A.R.P: Sexual Harassment & Rape Prevention at Capital Prep Charter School. Conducted by Sgt. Milton Gregdesigned to instruct and demonstrate to young people “you are never alone” when confronting harassment or bullying wherever they occur.

“With everything going on, I felt these girls needed some training and to know self-defense. Just watch the news,” said Troop Leader Michelle Sajous.

Co-op City Little League

With our winter baseball clinics now completed, the players will be headed like to thank all the guest coaches who stopped in to be a part of our winter clinics: Louie Lopez, Nelson Figueroa, Chris Rowan and Eric Holtz. For questions, email alexruizccll@gmail.com.

During the winter baseball clinics, a strong emphasis was placed on variousting. This was designed to help players have a better understanding on how to play the game of baseball. All our drills were meant to be kept simple and repetitive.

At our practices, players should bring their own glove, bat, cleats and dress warmly. Catchers must provide their own gear. Hand sanitizer will be available. Participants must also bring their own water or sports drink.

CCLL is also having a drawing on Opening Day April 29. We have four great prizes being rafgenerous sponsors in the community. Please check out our website for more information. CCLL is also looking for community volunteers to help aroundnance. Please contact alexruizccll@gmail.com.

Co-op City Little League Spring Baseball Season 2023 registration for youth ages 4-16 is open until April 1 via the new website at www.coopcitylittleleague.com.

In-person signup is also available by appointment only Monday-Friday. SatLoop Community Center, Room 17. We will have our annual Earth Day Opening Ceremonies Parade on April 22 with Opening Day scheduled for Saturday April 29.

For more information, checkout our website www.coopcitylittleleague.com or you can email us at info@coopcitylittleleague.com.

––Alex Ruiz

Sgt. Gregory agreed, saying: “We want our young people to know that bullying of any kind is never acceptable and we teach them how to speak up, get help and defend themselves.”

The program was well received and interactive with practices of self-defense. The young scouts had fun participating in the self-defense by the girl scouts. Parents received a NYPD Crime Prevention booklet with contact and other useful information that can be used to diffuse or prevent these issues. This training is offered wherever requested and can be designed for older adults as well, according to Sgt. Gregory.

––L. Jaysura

Hi, neighbors.

Building 18 Association

Thank you to all who attended our general meeting in February. Our guest speaker was Mr. Anthony Barzelatto, Riverbay Director of Safety, his presentation was attention-grabbing and very important to know. Well done, Mr. Barzelatto. Our next meeting is Tuesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in the Association Room. Danielle O’Connor, Riverbay Director of Parking and Leasing, is our invited guest speaker. Please attend, hear her and voice your opinions, compliments and questions. Looking forward to seeing you all. New move-ins are en-ments will be served. Bring your neighbors.

Annual Membership dues 2023: We will be collecting membership dues next week on March 29, March 30, March 31 and April 1. Dues are $10 per on bulletin board.

Happy birthday to all with that special day coming up. Enjoy, be careful and stay safe. To the sick and homebound, we wish you a speedy recovery. To the bereaved families, we offer our deepest condolences. Please be alert, and remember if something does not seem right, it probably is not. Report it.

––Gertie Brown

Building 10 Association

Greetings, fellow cooperators.

New Cooperators – Welcome, all new cooperators. We look forward to seeing you at the next general membership meeting.

General Membership Meeting – Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, April 13, at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:45 p.m.), in the Building 10 Association room (rear lobby of Bldg. 10B). Our guest speakers will be Rod Saunders, Riverbay Board Director, and Lynette Wright, Riverbay Board Director. Face masks are preferred. We are looking forward to seeing everyone. Light refreshments will be served.

Bake Sale: Back by popular demand, our annual Bake Sale will be held on Saturday, April 29. We are looking forward to some tasty treats.

Building 10 Association Dues – The collection of Building Association dues for 2023 has begun. Building Association dues are $10 per apartment. You can bring your dues to the Building Association meeting or give to any executive board member. Please note, the money collected is used for Association-related eryone who has contributed to the Building Association dues collection.

If You See Something, Say Something – For emergencies, call Co-op City Public Safety at 718-671-3050 and NYPD at 911. For non-emergencies, call 311. You can also contact CCPD at their anonymous tips hotline: 718-879-6311.

Suicide Prevention – If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide or in emotional distress, the number to call for help in NYC is

1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355) or text “WELL” to 65173. The National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number is 988, you can call or text. Someone is available 24 hours a day.

Questions, Comments and Suggestions – You can contact the Building 10 Association via email at Building10Assoc@gmail.com. We are also on Facebook the happenings in and around Building 10.

We would like to wish all who are born in March/April, an incredibly happy birthday.

Celebrating an anniversary this month? Happy anniversary!

To the homebound and sick, we wish you a speedy recovery.

To all who have lost a loved one recently, we offer our deepest condolences. Have a great week.

––Jewel Crawford-Duncan

Building 33 Association

Good day, fellow shareholders, the leaks are getting worse. Riverbay is trying to devise a plan to help alleviate the problem. The expense to replace the convectors is probably in the millions, and where does the money come from? We have no idea, but something must perfectly under the convector. I wonder how much it will help, but it is a start. I heard there is a water alarm we can buy that will go off when water is detected, and I suggest we do that too and pray.

Looking around the community, a few shareholders have given up on making Co-op City great again. In this article, I purposely call you shareholders to remind you that you own a piece of this great community. You must start acting like it! Do you realize because of your indifferent attitude, some, not all, of the people working here are beginning to feel the same way? We cannot let this happen and must change our attitudes. Supervisors must stay on top of those workers to ensure they are doing their part to keep the place nice.

We know it is troublesome to keep cleaning behind shareholders who appear not to care, but Riverbay employees, you must! So, shareholders, stop making a mess and leaving it for someone else to clean! Pick up your dog’s poop! You know the dogs you fought so hard to get, clean up behind them. Could you keep the laundry room, convector rooms, stairwells, elevators and lobby clean? Also, please do not write on the walls! Show pride in where you live and convince your children and young adults to do so! It would be best if you taught them starting when they are young. When they drop something, make them pick it up or let them see you doing so. And when their friends visit, teach them not to disrespect where you live! Please! If we make doing these small things a priority, the community will look a lot better.

The Building Association would like to remind you if you have events planned and want your neighbors to know about them, contact me at amayo14033@ gmail.com. We can discuss your plans and maybe have it printed in the Co-op City Times

Everyone, enjoy your week! To the shareholders hospitalized, going through tough times, and having lost loved ones, we are keeping you in our prayers.

Take care now, walk good.

––Andrea Mayo

Section 4 Partnership

Our next gathering will take place on Friday, April 28, at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom

Celebrate Women’s History Month

“A great experiment takes great determination: The will to doing.” –Vice President Kamala Harris

Building Associations and Committees – We must all in every section and every building show up for our Building Associations and committees. We may be on Zoom or Webex or other modes of video conferencing, but that is no excuse not to show up. It is even more of a reason to attend because you do not even have to leave your home. You cannot beat that commute. We all owe it to our shared community. Think about this and make a silent pledge to get involved.

S4P Mission Statement: The Section 4 Partnership’s purpose is to promote a community of more than just neighbors, but as one family of many cultures, that proactively embraces greatness, and promotes neighborhood interaction. The goal of the organization is to offer solutions that will educate, elevate, inspire and mobilize our community in unity to sustain affordability and growth in order to remain environmentally sound and vibrant for generations to come.

Anytime Gift Idea! – 50th Anniversary T-Shirts! Yes, we still have some time of the year. If you do not have one, make sure you get one, or two! Many buildings are celebrating 50 years of existence, making up the largest cooperative in the country. The shirts are beautiful and on sale now with the Section 4 Partnership logo on the back. You will be proud to wear it. If you would like one or two, contact us by emailing: section4partnership@gmail.com or phone: 347-915-4939.

“All of us divided by each one of us equals a force for good.”

––Michelle Marbury

Building 27 Association

Hello, neighbors. We hope all is well and the 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. Believe it or not, people are still being infected with Covid-19, however upon taking the vaccine/booster shots they are able to stay home and doctor themselves. Also, keep wearing your masks; Covid-19 is still around.

We hope many of our cooperators went to the Open Board Meeting that was held on March 22.

Will be mailed by April 1 and the deadline to subthis may be new to you, however if you are not sure of what to do, always askdavit, you are encouraged to contact Riverbay’ Risk Management Dept. at 718320-3300, Ext. 3388.

Collection of Dues – The building association dues will be March 30, from all three buildings. Time will be announced at the general meeting and information about your apartment becoming a member of the association. We welcome you to participate in helping us all to keep our building, grounds, etc., in good condition.

Women’s History Month – Mae Jemison, born October 17, 1956, is an engi-

She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame. Currently, she leads the 100 Starship project through the U. S. Defense Research Projects Agency, which is dedicated to ensuring humans travel to another star in the next 100 years.

Happy birthday to those celebrating this month. We continue to 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 is 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

MetroCard Bus

month. The bus only makes one stop in Co-op City: between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. by the Bartow Mall on Co-op City Boulevard. Some services offered by the bus are:

• Help with reduced-fare applications

• Transfer MetroCard balances (both full fare and reduced-fare)

• Exchange a damaged reduced-fare MetroCard for a temporary replacement

• Report a lost/stolen reduced-fare MetroCard

• Help with any MetroCard-related issues

For more MetroCard information, please visit new.mta.info/fares.

Naacp

Mission Statement: Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, - the struggle for civil rights and the course of 20th Century American History. March General Meeting: Zoom

Each One, Reach One Founder’s Day Membership Drive 114 Years of Dedication Resilience Impact

Thank you – Membership Chair Brenda Brown

Get Your Kids Involved –

Medgar Evans College CHAMPSS/Cultivating Holistic Academic Mindsets to Promote Student Success

Section Five Association

––Brenda Brown

and mail to: understand the construction affecting our area, please go to YouTube and put

The Objective of the SFA shall be:

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” –Henry Ford.

H. Overman

Building 9 Association

Greetings, Building 9 Association family and friends. Please continue to get your annual medical screenings. Early intervention, diagnosis and treatment protects our good health and saves lives.

Longevity Project “Century Lives” podcast featuring Co-op City, which is availenjoy it.

Building 9 Association meetings and social events.

dedication to the mission of the Building 9 Association.

“For while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us.”

––Linda Collins

African American Association

Celebrate Women’s History Month

“I honestly believe I am the only woman in the United States who ever traveled throughout the country with a nursing baby to make political speeches.” –Ida B. Wells - rican American Association articles each week and we are humbled you make over the years, but an opportunity to highlight the ob- cording to a PEW research poll, 42% of women face discrimination in the workplace and make, on aver-

We examined the year 2021, which garnered sev-

CEO positions and S&P 500 companies, and although we are making strides when it comes to women in session, we celebrated the women who have gotten us where we are today, but we know that in life we must push on to create stronger, smarter female lead- and the head of the Treasury Department, Secretary

Join us!

American Legion Post 1871

ducted a video presentation and hands-only training on the basic techniques to administer CPR and an Automatic External

Remember: Membership is $15/year for a single membership and $25/year The AAACC sponsored programs for your participation:

Three key takeaways from the video presentation and hands-only guide to apply in the event of a cardiac arrest emergency:

1. into cardiac arrest are the most critical, do not be a by-ready performing the vital checks before administer-

2. Immediately begin to perform chest compressions. The procedure is performed by pushing hard and fast in the center of the chest

3. Take charge by ensuring rhythmical compressions are consistently maintained.

Further hands-only demonstration on the effectiveness of an Automatic Ex-

––Michelle Marbury

National Council of Negro Women

NCNW National –bolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the

The White House Statement of 2022 states: “We must continue to bring awareness and have a dialogue to eliminate any wage gap between men and Dorothy Irene Height Birthday Celebration – Please join us in a one-hour us via Zoom Women Represent! – - discover the power and the beauty of the poetic word while connecting with Zoom Health Committee –Zoom in the comfort of your own home! Register on Eventbrite using the link: https:// -

It is still time to Join our Post ment is that you have served at least one day of active military duty since Decem-

Save the Date!

Plans are underway to conduct our annual Memorial Day Commemoration make an appointment or get more information for a free or low cost mammoWomen’s History Month – pioneering journalists, our experiences have been captured by a wide variety ofmental in passing on our heritage in word and in print to communicate the les-day and over the years ahead, their dedication and shared desire to give voice ––Joyce Howard

––Antonio Codrington

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“Legal.” In addition, there is an informational slide on Succession Rights on the Riverbay Crawler (channel 12 for MATV subscribers and channel 591 for Altice subscribers), which also directs shareholders to the website for additional information.

“In the last two months, we’ve done two Zoom sessions … and it’s part of a program that Legal wants to push to do more community outreach and education and we are also talking with some of the Management team about using your Crawler channel ... to do regular shows on legal topics that relate to your right as shareholders and the Mitchell-Lama program and other basic things,” said Jeff Buss, Riverbay General Counsel. “This is an extraordinary, valuable commodity, scarce public housing that’s affordable, and the ability to pass it along is something everybody should understand how to do.”

Shareholder Edna Davall expressed concern about electric bikes that are brought into residential buildings and sometimes taken into the elevator.

Mr. Buss explained that the Board passed a resolution banning electric bikes at Co-op City. “Enforcement in the resolution had two components to it – one was a and we submitted that request and are waiting for approval – I anticipate it will come shortly,” Mr. Buss said. “The other option is to terminate someone’s lease which we have the right to do, and we are going to need to step up enforcement that I think Management is doing or about to do is put up signage advising people they are not allowed to have electric bikes in the buildings.”

The next speaker, Mr. Junius Williams, informed shareholders that he has been made aware that the Board is still going ahead with the waterfront park and added that while he is not against the park, he feels the community should not “pay for anything until we are in the black…They will tell you that they have funds from the politicians but at the end of the day, it’s going to still cost us money to maintain it. If they tell you it’s going to cost three cents per apartment, I don’t care if it’s half a penny, we should not pay anything until we are in the black.”

Riverbay Board President Sonia Feliciano responded: “Shareholders, I just want to add that we applied for a grant in the amount of $500,000. That grant will serve not to do any large construction on the waterfront park but the money will be used for that purpose and if we can get additional monies, we will continue to apply but we are not using shareholder money for a waterfront park. The money that is being allegedly referred to was in the budget but that has been taken out; the $500,000 that we do have today was an appropriation by Congress through Jamaal Bowman.”

Shareholder Othelia Jones, a former Board Director and President of the Riverbay Board of Directors, asked about a legal matter that is currently being litigated. In his response, Mr. Buss pointed out the case being referred to is not the only lawsuit by a shareholder of the corporation. “In fact, since we came in-house to start looking at things, I learned that currently there are 115 lawsuits against Riverbay, and 78% of those 115 do have a right to sue but our insurance premiums go up when that happens.” Nelson Sweeting thanked the Board for holding the meeting in Section 5, and also asked about cleaning up the garbage around the new park built in the section, signage that were promised pre-Covid.

Board President Feliciano said in response to the signage, “One of the things we did is we found some budget dollars to be able to buy signage throughout all buildings so you’ll see these lighted signs coming up…” Mr. ring to “directional” signs and the Board President replied, “Mr. Sweeting, you will have directional signs.” Regarding clean-up of the park, she said there will be a grand opening in early April which will be announced. “I will work with the Grounds department to make sure that area is cleaned up and if it isn’t, I want to know about it.”

Next speaker, Ms. Katherine Wood, spoke about garbage around Killer Curve saying it looks like a wartorn area. She also addressed criminal background checks for applicants to Co-op City. “I think this is critical and

I know there is some question here that this may be done away with. I think that lifted or something, it may not be a bid deal but someone with a violent assault or pedophiles, this is really bad.” She also pointed out that at building association meetings, dog questions come up which no one seems to have the answer to. “Is there any way we can afford to put little bags – there is one on the walkway – but we should have more around… and a doggie park, some place where they can take their dogs to run?”

Some shareholders interjected that dog owners should be responsible for providing their own dog poop bags.

Board President Feliciano said that the Killer Curve garbage would be looked at to determine if it is on Riverbay’s property or within the city’s jurisdiction. Regarding criminal background checks, Board President Feliciano said she was part of a discussion with the Community Council on the subject. “We are vehemently opposed to eliminating criminal background checks so we are working towards making sure that doesn’t happen,” the Board President told shareholders.

Board Director Rod Saunders, chair of the Board’s Legislative Committee, noted that the criminal background check bill came out on Aug. 11, and he had a to me that he was one of the authors of the bill – there are 31 authors of that bill. So we went a little deeper, and I explained to him that criminal background checks the bigger picture.”

Director Saunders said he then pointed out that Co-op City, “being the anomaly who they are or what crimes they may have committed against society, riding with the shareholders that I just named, at which point, he had a different position would try to exempt Mitchell-Lama co-ops.”

Shareholder and former Board Director Francine Jones spoke about Resolution 22-26 passed by the Board on June 1, 2022 increasing room rental charges without a corresponding increase to the in-kind service amount of $1,500 offered to cer- and to recommend our request to the Board and the Board should approve the ad hoc committee’s recommendation,” said Ms. Jones.

Board President Feliciano explained that several years ago, the Board passed a resolution setting the in-kind service amount to $1,500, however, the Board is now hoping to increase that amount to $2,500 through Resolution 23-06 which was tabled at the February 15, 2023 meeting. “It was tabled because some members of the Board did not agree,” she said, explaining that there are 41 active pressed concerns that they may not be able to afford to pay the new rental rates, she asked for patience while the ad hoc committee, chaired by Board Director Anika Green-Watson, continues its work to ensure fairness to all.

Board Director Michelle Marbury who is a member of the ad hoc committee, along with Board Director Bernard Cylich, said, “I just want to let you know I be afforded those rooms especially when they are free to rent, and the room should be gratis, they should not be charged for the rooms. I think there is a difference between fundraising events and events that are offered free to the community… and other entities will pay the market rate because you do need to make money … I think the least that we can do – and we’re doing that – Anika is really good at helping us to make broad strokes, and we are going up with a standard operations procedure that will agement, the corporation because we are talking about events that have been mainstays of this community for years so we are working to try and make that happen.”

Board Director Daryl Johnson added: “Riverbay has to, in my opinion,

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support groups. My personal opinion is this, if a couple of people want to get together and do a Spelling Bee, something nice for the community … if we love you, if we love what you’re going to do, let’s work together … where you don’t have to go into your pocket and bring out anything. If the community loves you, loves your group, let’s work together, maybe we can put something together, we get and we can help your groups and we can put on a nice show for everyone.” from page 24) adding that he would like to have the water tested independently because he is unsure if the city is responsible.

Mrs. White asked about the convectors: “Is there a plan for the future for something to be done in regards to the convectors.” She said that even though they do their due diligence every year during the summer to clean the convectors, they “We returned from a 7-day vacation to almost four feet of water in our kitchen and we had to clean that up,” Mrs. White said. She added that after calling Maintenance for an inspection, she with her homeowners’ insurance. “So, I say all of this to say that I get what you are saying that everyone should clear their drains but some of us are not trained to do that. We have a lot of elderly people who live in the development and some of them can’t even get on their knees to get off the convector cover to remove all the crap and gunk that’s inside; we’re not trained to do this. I do my very best with a vacuum cleaner and so forth but that is not going to be the thing that helps us resolve this problem so I’m hoping the Board will hear our cries and understand that not only for myself, but I’m speaking for this entire room just about, we need to address the issue with the convectors. It’s a major, major problem.”

Shareholder Novella Thomas addressed fellow cooperators: “If we want to keep Co-op City looking nice, we have to do our part because where you live is a ing up your stuff, dog poop, what not, clean it up; if you spill it, wipe it up; if you drop it, pick it up; if your dog poops, clean it up … and then I see people making their own paths in the grass, shortcuts. Again, if we want to see Co-op stay the way it is … please let’s try to do our part. Care about the space we share, please.”

Shareholder William Rivera spoke about convectors and having to take repeated time off from work to get repairs and restoration work done in his apartment. “Everybody has a theory, my theory is that you guys have to go back to technical school and learn to work with us and

Director Cylich, chair of the Board’s Construction/Power Plant/Restorations Committee, described a visit he and others made to a 700-family development in Philadelphia with similar dual temperature system as Co-op City’s where they too hired a company to completely overhaul their system and install water leak sensors and other necessary components and they successfully solved to come here and evaluate what we need and they came up with a price – $250 million,” said Director Cylich.

Director Cylich said that since then, a consulting company was brought in by Management to evaluate the condition of the pipes that feed the convectors and according to their report, the pipes are good and may last another 50 years. At the same time, he said the Construction Committee came back with some proposals which are being looked into as well as another company to explore miti-

Director Saunders talked about a nationally advertised drain cleaner that he since. “Over a period of about a year or so, our drains and piping get clogged,” ponents in the convector that could be defective, break or that might be a probon the product, Director Saunders told shareholders to email him at rsaunders@ riverbayboard.com month, the water coming from the pipes in his apartment has changed in taste and color. “There’s sediments in the water a lot of the times. We call up Maintenance and they tell us to run the water for a while and it stops. It happens over and over and over again,” he said,

The next speakers were Mr. and Mrs. Kyshawn White. Mr. White asked the audience if anyone noticed any change in the taste and smell of the water over the last few weeks.

Director Kevin Lambright said that he too was concerned about the water because there was construction being done several years ago and he was told to let in my apartment and what I notice now is when I test the water, the water is perfect almost. ... so I’m not sure if it’s something with the building you’re in but it needs to be tested.”

Director Cylich reported that Co-op City’s potable (cold) water comes from plained about brown water and now we have the current problem. It is not a Riverbay problem, the water does not come from the Power Plant; it’s a city water issue so we have to check with the city to see what the problem is and erbay problem, the water does not come from the so vector, wash out the convector and do this…. Right

Mr. White took exception with what he viewed shareholders. “If there’s a problem with the water, vector, wash out the convector and do this…. Right now we’re in the process of replacing our entire If it’s $250 million, it’s $250 million. But let’s get it done and stop passing the buck back onto the residents and cooperators,” Mr. White said.

Riverbay Executive General Manager Bob Klehammer pointed out that since vious and the current Boards that the convectors are their Achilles’ heel. “It’s a huge problem and has been from the time they were installed,” said Mr. Klehammer. “The convectors weren’t even installed correctly.” done to assess the condition of the convectors and that study found the condition of the pipes to be ok, except for a small component known as an expansion joint , along with the convectors themselves which have also outlived their useful lives because of an internal component, the coil,

“Most of our problems from the convectors, as you all know, are these backups – they are not really leaks, but back-ups from the condensate lines,” said Mr. Klehammer. “To replace the convector system based on the study we had, the estimate was a ) it would take 10 years, and b ) it would cost you $1 billion dollars. And plus, on top of that, why would you spend all that money when current legislation that’s already been adopted by the state of New York and the city, is trying to actually make our Power Plant and our heating and cooling system obsolete by 2050 by eliminating the use of fossil fuels. So you all see the political winds are shifting towards trying to get greener, trying to get off fossil fuels… that’s where all the politicians and the advocates want to take the world, not just Co-op City, but the world. If, in fact, our convector system is because we can’t bring more power to the buildings because we don’t have the lines to serviced them now. So what I’m trying to get at is we’re sort of caught between a rock and a hard place. We know the convectors are terrible, we know some of the components of the plumbing system are terrible but we’re Co-op City; we’re the big magilla. Everything cost a lot of money and there isn’t a government agency to write a check for $1 billion so yes, we have a big issue and it’s frustrating to

Mr. Klehammer said that some shareholders have reported success with water leak sensors which have an app that can be downloaded to a smart phone and send an alert when water hits the pan under the convector. “If you are going away, leave your keys with somebody so if you get that alert, your neighbor can get into

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Yes, we’re asking residents to help because there is no magic bullet here and there is no one an about the ADA-compliant doors not always closing all the way, building security,

In her response, Board President Feliciano said the brown water issue and the quality of repairs being done in apartments that other shareholders had also bidding system and for larger contracts, and larger money contracts, we actually products we want on our own because then you want to charge us and take all of good enough for someone to go on Facebook and complain about it but we don’t

‘as is’ because someone did a beautiful job with our kitchen and we’d say ok, issues of the Co-op City Times. gas and oil to heat and cool Co-op City homes, and escalating insurance costs

Buildings & Grounds Committee and that it is important for building association one and make sure they are represented at the Buildings and Grounds Committee

Co-op City Times

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