4,998 votes required for the 2021 Board election quorum. Be sure to cast your ballot: May 3-May 21, 2021.
Twelve candidates officially certified to run in 2021 Riverbay Board Election Vol. 56 No. 14
Saturday, April 3, 2021
BY ROZAAN BOONE
All twelve shareholders who returned their qualifying election packages to enter the 2021 Riverbay Board of Directors election have been certified by this year’s Election Committee. Among the twelve candidates are four of the five incumbent Board directors whose terms are up this year. Riverbay Board President Linda Berk will not be running for another term this election cycle. The twelve official candidates in the 2021 Board election are: Leah Richardson, Akeisha Neely, Leslie Peterson, Daryl Johnson, Regina Hamilton, Anika Green-Watson, Aminah Lucio, Monique Coleman, Sheila Richburg-Manley, Kevin Lambright, Isabel Fletcher and Alixan Reynold Ducreay. Prior to certification, the candidates’ paperwork were reviewed by the Election Committee and Riverbay General Counsel Jeff Buss. The committee also confirmed with the Riverbay Finance department that the candidates are in good financial standing. (Continued on page 2)
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Last chance to switch back to blended learning
There is still time to switch your child to blended learning for those families who may have previously opted for being fully remote instead. The deadline to opt back in is this Wed., April 7. Parents can find the learning preference form online at nycenet.edu/surveys/learningpreference. Back in February as middle schools were getting ready to reopen, Mayor Bill de Blasio cautioned reporters that creating another window for parents to opt back for blended learning was not in line with the CDC guidance the New York City Department of Education (DOE) was receiving at the time. However, after the CDC updated their guidance for schools in March, Mayor de Blasio held a press conference announcing that there would be a new window for parents who previously opted for fully remote learning to switch their child to blended learning. “The CDC has evaluated the evidence and has decided that the distance between children in our public school classrooms can go from six feet to three feet. This obviously opens up a world of possibilities for
BY BRANDON ORTIZ
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Some Section 1 buildings returned to power grid Reconnection of Building 8 to be completed this coming week BY TORIEA McCAUSELAND
Riverbay’s Power Plant staff, working with the help of contractors, have successfully reconnected Building 1-7, the DeFoe Place townhouses and part of the Dreiser Mall to the Power Plant grid while work continues to reconnect Building 8. This follows the power outage that affected Section 1 on February 26, 2021. Riverbay Executive General Manager Bob Klehammer reported this week that while Buildings 1-7, Defoe Place townhouses, and part of the Dreiser Mall are entirely back on the Riverbay power grid, Building 8, part of Debs Place townhouses and part of the Dreiser Mall
3-K For All to reach every school district starting this fall
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BY BRANDON ORTIZ
Over 15,000 new spots will be available for New York City’s youngest learners as Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that the 3-K For All program would officially be expanding this fall to accommodate more students. More specifically, up to 16,500 more three-year olds will now have the option to participate in the free, full-day 3-K program. In total, the program expects to support approximately 40,000 three-year olds across all 32 (Continued on page 4)
The 2020 Income Affidavit does NOT have to be notarized.