Co-op City Times 06/10/17

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Vol. 52 No. 23

Saturday, June 10, 2017

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Riverbay Corporation Outlines The Facts Regarding The Proposed Waterfront Park There has been a lot of discussion and misinformation regarding a recent Board resolution to consider donating two acres of Riverbay land for use as a waterfront park. This article does not take a position on whether the land should be donated to the City for use as park. Rather, it states the facts.

Has any land been transferred to the City?

No. No land has been transferred to the City. The Memorandum of Donation approved by the Riverbay Board of Directors is an expression of interest. It simply begins the process to plan a park for community use.

Does the community have any say in the process?

Yes. The process envisions a series of public “scoping” sessions which are public hearings. At those hearings, the City Parks Department, local officials, and the Riverbay Board, will receive input from the community on whether it wants a park, and if so, what type of park.

Parks can be designed to provide only passive recreational uses, such as walkways, benches, a fishing pier, birding stations, and gardens; or active recreational facilities, such as a playground, kayaking, skateboarding, a second baseball field,

Extended Voting In 2017 Riverbay Board Election Ends Tuesday, June 13 Election To Be Certified Wednesday, June 14

another basketball court, a dog walk, or any combination thereof. It depends on what the community wants, and what can be built on the site.

In addition, parks can be designed in an inclusive manner to accommodate different segments of the Riverbay community. For example, fragrant gardens for the visually impaired, and waterfront boardwalks designed for wheelchair access.

Community input from these “scoping sessions” will determine what type of park would be constructed and the amount of money that the City would need to expend to meet the community’s desires (see paragraphs 3 (c) and 3 (d) of the Agreement on page 2).

Why the rush? Why didn’t the Board ask the community before passing the resolution?

The Board received notice that the City would pay for a park on a Sunday and that the Mayor wanted to make a public announcement that Thursday because it was “Bronx Week.” However, the Mayor wanted an expression of interest from the Board before making a public announcement (Continued on page 2)

State HCR Seeking Comments From Shareholders On Proposed 1.9% Carrying Charge Increases

BY JIM ROBERTS

BY ROZAAN BOONE

One week after voting in the 2017 Riverbay Board of Directors election was extended, shareholders are heeding the call to help make the quorum by continuing to cast their ballots.

The 2017 Election Committee reported that the number needed to make the election quorum was down from 200 last week to just 54 this week as shareholders registered their votes by sending their ballots in by mail and online to ElectionAmerica, Riverbay’s independent election contractor.

The voting period for the 2017 Riverbay Board of Directors election was extended after the quorum of 5,036 votes was not reached during the initial voting period which began at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17 and ended at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24.

As of Wednesday, May 31, the day the results of the election were to be certified, only 4,815 votes had been registered in the Riverbay Board election, 221 votes short of the number needed to validate the election.

With reminders of the voting extension being disseminated to the community by text messaging, posted flyers in the residential buildings and community centers, as well as on the Riverbay crawler and robo calls during the week, ElectionAmerica reported to the 2017 Election Committee chair that a steady stream of ballots are being received both online and in the mail, reducing the number of ballots now needed to 54.

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Shareholders have until Tuesday, June 27, to deliver written comments by mail to the New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) about the proposed 1.9% carrying charge increases scheduled to become effective on August 1, 2017 and August 1, 2018. The proposal includes a 5% increase in parking charges.

In addition to soliciting comments from shareholders on the carrying charge increase, HCR has also scheduled a conference to be held on Monday, June 19 at 7 p.m. in the Dreiser Auditorium so that shareholders, their representatives and representatives of the housing company may meet with HCR staff to discuss the proposed carrying charge increase and budget for the Riverbay Corporation.

Peter Merola, Riverbay’s Director of Finance, reminds shareholders that they play an important role in the process of determining (Continued on page 4)

2017 Section 1 Co-op City Fair

Balcony Repairs Begin Monday On Building 20 And 26 Local Law 11 Repairs Begin In Section 5

BY BILL STUTTIG

Repairs to a handful of balconies on three lines in Building 20 and 26 which were closed due to spalling concrete will begin on Monday, June 12.

The estimated time for the repairs to be completed is eight to ten weeks, meaning that the expected reopening of all the affected terraces is scheduled for mid-August.

Approximately 140 homes are affected by the work and each of those homes was notified of the impending work commencing next week. The notice advised affected residents to keep all windows, balcony doors and window blinds closed while the work is being done.

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Children enjoying the experience of petting live animals in a petting zoo was just one of the many unique features offered last Saturday at the annual Community Fair and Celebration of Caribbean American Heritage. The day also featured a climbing wall for children, demonstrations by students from Co-op City’s Martial Way Kung Fu Center, music by Reign Jah, the sale of food and merchandise by dozens of vendors and free information from community health and social service providers. (See more photos on page 5.)

Photo by Lauretta Jaysura

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and before devoting City resources to the process. As noted, the “Memorandum of Donation” is NOT a legally binding document. It is merely the first step in a process which includes input from the community. Public input, the approvals discussed below, and a second resolution from the Board are all legally required before any land can be transferred.

Is Riverbay required to donate the land by the Agreement?

No. The agreement expressly states in paragraph 1 that it is not legally binding.

mated budget for that option as part of the Five-Year Capital Plan. Management estimated that the Corporation would have to spend $7.3M for the construction of a park, including engineering, environmental approvals, waterfront permitting issues, construction of a waterfront bulkhead, the building of walkways, and landscaping. The Board, concerned that this cost would require a larger maintenance increase, unanimously rejected this suggestion. The City of New York has now offered to pay that expense.

What piece of land are we talking about?

Why would Riverbay be required to donate the land to the City?

The proposal involves two acres of land located just south of the little league baseball park on Co-op City Boulevard and north of the DEP pumping station, across from Bellamy Loop. Approximately one-half of the land is actually underwater and not useable. If a park were to be built, the portion of the land that is underwater would need to be accessed to construct a bulkhead. The dry portion of the land is not currently accessible to Co-op City residents and is located behind a fence. Riverbay uses the property for storage. All other waterfront property would continue to be owned by Riverbay.

The NYC Parks Department cannot use taxpayer funds to benefit a private land owner. Parks are public. In exchange for the transfer, Riverbay would obtain a waterfront park, with the City paying all capital costs.

Are additional approvals required before any land can be transferred to the City?

Can Riverbay guarantee that the land is used for a park and not some other purpose?

Yes, multiple approvals are required before any land can be transferred to the City.

First, a second resolution, approved by a majority of the Board, specifically approving a land transfer, is required. As stated above, that has not occurred. The Board resolution is an expression of interest that starts the planning process. The preliminary agreement approved by the Board states in paragraph 1 (a) that the agreement “is not legally binding but reflects the parties understanding regarding the proposed collaboration for the Future Park Parcel.”

Second, the Private Housing Finance Law, Section 27 (b) (4) states that Riverbay may not transfer land without the prior written approval of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal. This requirement is set forth in Section 2 (e) of the agreement.

Third, all mortgage agreements, including Riverbay’s loan agreement with Wells Fargo, provide that a borrower, such as Riverbay, cannot transfer any land securing a mortgage without the Lender’s prior approval. Riverbay would need to obtain approval from Wells Fargo, as well as the Loan Guarantors: HUD, SONYMA and NYC HDC. Once again, the agreement with the City expressly provides in Section 2 (e) that any future transfer requires the prior written approval of Wells Fargo, HUD, SONYMA and NYC HDC. Fourth, it is possible that a transfer of land to the City, or a transfer which requires a change in the official City map, may require compliance with ULURP, the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. If so, the transfer would also require review by the Community Planning Board, the Borough President and the City Council.

Why doesn’t Riverbay keep the land and pay for the park itself?

Riverbay can do that. At the Board’s request, Management prepared an esti-

Yes, Riverbay can include “restrictive covenants” and “easements” in any deed transferring ownership of the property. Those restrictions could limit the future use of the land to a park and guarantee Riverbay residents access to the park. Such restrictions would prevent any future owner of the land from developing the property for any other use, including residential or commercial development. Riverbay can also request that the approval of NYS HCR be conditioned upon such restrictions.

Does that mean that people who do not live at Co-op City could use the park?

Yes, parks are open to the public. However, since the proposed location does not have public parking or adequate mass transit, the majority of users would probably be Co-op City residents.

Are there any other agreements that need to be made before a park can be built?

Yes. After receiving community input, an agreement would have to be reached with the City on what facilities the City would build in the park, for example, a waterfront boardwalk with wheelchair access, a fishing pier, a bulkhead, a playground, toilets, lighting, etc., [see paragraph 3 (c) of the Agreement below]. In addition, the City would have to assume all responsibility for any environmental testing, remediation and permitting that may be required, [see paragraphs 3 (b) and (e)]. The agreement would also detail who would be responsible for ongoing maintenance and security, [see paragraph 3 (d)]. In addition, all legal documents that would accompany a transfer of land would need to be complied with.

Has Co-op City ever donated land to the City before?

Yes. Riverbay previously transferred land to the City to create the adjoining baseball field, as well as a fire station and the education park.

—Jeffrey Buss, Riverbay General Counsel & Bob Klehammer, Riverbay Executive General Manager

(Below is a copy of the memorandum of the Memorandum of Donation which was provided to the Board prior to the vote and which was specifically discussed at the May 24, 2017 Board Meeting.)

MEMORANDUM OF DONATION 2.28 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND ALONG THE HUTCHINSON RIVER (1.64 ACRE UPLAND AND .64 ACRE LANDS UNDER WATER) TO BE DONATED BY RIVERBAY TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK THIS MEMORANDUM OF DONATION ("MOD"), executed this 25th day of May, 2017 by and between the City of New York (the "City"), acting by and through its Department of Parks and Recreation ("DPR"), with its main offices at The Arsenal, Central Park, New York, New York, 10065, and Riverbay Corporation ("Riverbay") with its main offices at 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, New York, NY 10475.

WHEREAS, Riverbay is the owner of a 2.28 acre parcel of land (1.64 acre upland and .64 acre lands under water) along the Hutchinson River and adjacent to Co-op City located on Block 5141, Lot 440 in the Borough of the Bronx, New York, New York as shown on the map attached as Exhibit A ("Future Park Parcel''); and WHEREAS, the Future Park Parcel includes the .28 acre upland field indicated on Exhibit A currently maintained by Riverbay and requiring no capital funds for improvements, to be included in the Future Park Parcel to create a contiguous park; and WHEREAS, Riverbay desires to donate the Future Park Parcel to the City; and WHEREAS, DPR on behalf of the City desires to accept the donation of the Future Park Parcel as park, and to improve the 1.4 acre upland portion of the Future Park Parcel as shown on Exhibit A as a public park providing for waterfront access, seating and other recreational programming to be determined in collaboration with Riverbay and representatives of the community; and WHEREAS, DPR and Riverbay desire to enter into agreements relating to the future maintenance of the Future Park Parcel; and NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed by and between the parties as follows: 1. This MOD shall commence as of the date hereof and the parties understand that this MOD is not legally binding but reflects the parties understanding

regarding the proposed collaboration for the Future Park Parcel.

2. Riverbay agrees to: a. To donate the Future Park Parcel, free and clear of any improvements/operations and liens and encumbrances, to the City by bargain and sale deed. b. To perform a survey of Block 5141 Lot 440, of which the Future Park Parcel is a part, and file a tax lot apportionment application with the NYC Department of Finance to create a new tax lot for the Future Park Parcel. The survey will also ensure that both Riverbay and the City are in agreement on the property limits of the Future Park Parcel to be conveyed. c. To provide a title report to the City to ensure that the Future Park Parcel will be transferred free and clear of any liens and/or encumbrances. d. To enter into an agreement with DPR to enable Riverbay to maintain the Future Park Parcel as public park. e. To seek the approval of the land transfer from The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, as required by law, and its mortgage lender Wells Fargo Bank, NA and the guarantors of the mortgage loan: The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), New York State Mortgage Agency (SONYMA), and the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) as required by the terms of said mortgage and any other required parties.

3. The City agrees to: a. To accept the Future Park Parcel for improvements and operation as a public park. b. To perform environmental due diligence (Continued on page 3)

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3-on-3 Basketball tourney June 24 on Bartow Courts Bring your “game” to the Bartow Basketball Courts at Asch Loop and Alcott Place on June 24 and compete in the 2017 Co-op City 3-man Basketball Tournament.

Players from ages 12 to 17 will form teams and hit the courts beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing until 4 p.m.

Players will be provided food and drinks and registration is required online at www.Street2street.com The event is sponsored by NewSong Church, ATF Youth at NewSong Church and run by Street2Street.

Bake Sale and Bazaar this weekend in Dreiser Come on out and find bargains galore at the Bazaar and Bake Sale this weekend in room 15 of the Dreiser Community Center. A variety of delicious cakes and pies, featuring sugar-free pastries and beverages, will be available. The Bazaar will offer shoppers a wide selection of gently used clothing, jewelry, appliances, antiques and more. A 50-50 raffle will be held – winners need not be present.

The event will take place on Saturday, June 10 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, June 11 from noon to 4 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the African-American Association of Co-op City programs.

Next CB #10 Meeting June 15 The next CB #10 meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 15, at Providence Rest, 3304 Waterbury Avenue, Bronx, NY 10465. For further information, please contact CB 10 at (718) 892-1161.

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(Phase 1/Phase II) as necessary to accept Future Park Parcel. c. To allocate City Capital Funds to improve the 1.4-acre upland portion of the Future Park Parcel as illustrated on Exhibit A as a public park providing for waterfront access, seating, and other recreational programming to be determined in collaboration with Riverbay and representatives of the community. d. To enter into an agreement through DPR to enable Riverbay to maintain the Future Park Parcel as public park, with such terms and conditions acceptable to Riverbay and DPR. e. To perform capital repairs, obtain any necessary permitting (SDEC), and perform environmental review as required by SEQRNCEQR. f. To work cooperatively with Riverbay to process the tax lot apportionment filing of Riverbay with the NYC Department of Finance.

4. Cooperation: The City and Riverbay will cooperate to complete the intent of this MOD including the establishment of a timeline for the completion of the Area shown for illustrative purposes. This map is not a legal survey or legal description and it does not take the place of other primary source documentation. This map has been prepared in whole or part items described in this using secondary data. Data accuracy is limited by the scale and accuracy of the original sources. SiteMOD. specific conditions should be field -verified. For accuracy, a tegal survey of the site is required.

5. This MOD may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed the original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

6. This MOD may not be modified or amended except by written agreements executed by each Party hereto.

7. The provisions of this MOD shall be for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and no other person or entity shall be a third party beneficiary hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this MOD as of the latest date of the signatures appearing below.

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NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PARKSAND RECREATION By:____________________ Name: Mitchell J. Silver Title: Commissioner Date: May 24, 2017 RIVERBAY CORPORATION By:. ___________________ Name: Linda Berk Title: President Date: May 24, 2017

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Workman from the contractor, IRW Restoration Corp., will be doing the restoration work each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In almost all cases, the spalling concrete was discovered on a handful of balconies on each line, but the closing of the entire line of terraces was necessitated due to the possibility of the loose concrete falling on balconies below. Scaffolding has been set up around the affected buildings since the potential for loose concrete was discovered in the summer of 2014.

Repairs to affected balconies in Building 10 were completed last year and those affected lines were reopened upon completion of those repairs in 2016.

All of the affected buildings had earlier balcony repairs performed between the years 2001 and 2003. They were among the first to have their balconies restored after serious problems with the deterioration of concrete was discovered on a number of balconies throughout the community dating back as far as the early 1990s due to what many claimed to be caused by the alleged use of substandard concrete during the original construction of the community in the ‘60s and early ‘70s.

The community’s earlier recapitalization program, which began in 2005, provided the funding needed to restore all the balconies in Co-op City and that work was completed in 2010.

While the vast majority of those repaired balcony lines have remained open and usable by the shareholders who own them, loosening concrete was discovered and confirmed in 2014 on balconies on four buildings. All balconies on the affected lines were then closed and scaffolding was set up around the affected buildings to protect pedestrians from the potential of falling concrete.

In addition to the balcony repairs, Local Law 11 work has begun on three building in Section 5 where earlier inspections required to the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) revealed needed repairs to the concrete facades.

Local Law 11, also known as the Façade Inspection Safety Program, requires all owners of buildings in New York City over six stories tall to have a certified inspector inspect each building and submit a report on the inspection to the Department of Buildings every five years and then require the owner to commence timely repairs that were deemed necessary in the certified report to the DOB. Mark Warren, Riverbay Construction Department director, said that the inspection reports for Section 5 buildings were filed with the DOB before the February

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21st deadline and the needed repairs identified are commencing this week.

The affected buildings in Section 5 are Buildings 26, 30 and 31. Residents of those buildings were given notification on Wednesday that required-street-level protection will be installed around the building on June 8th with additional fencing installed beginning Monday, June 12th. Following the completion of those bridging installations, the façade repairs will begin.

Mr. Warren said that a similar inspection reports for the high rise buildings in Sections 1 through 4 are due in February 2018.

Local Law 11 is the successor to Local Law 10 which was enacted by the New York City Council in 1980 after a pedestrian was killed by falling concrete from a lower Manhattan building earlier that year.

In 1998, the law became known as Local Law 11 following adjustments made in the reporting requirements which staggered the required deadlines for city building owners. Under the current law, reports and follow-up repairs are required every five years.

In Memoriam Rev. Dr. Gladys Little Rev. Dr. Gladys Little was born on April 2, 1934 in Plymouth, NC. to Thomas Gaylord and Bertha BelcherGaylord. She graduated from Plymouth Colored High School in 1953, and became a registered nurse in NC in 1963, then in New York in 1967. Dr. Little received her doctorate in Religious Education in 1988. She also became an Ordained Minister in 1988.

Rev. Dr. Little had been living in New York for over 50 years and was a Co-op City shareholder for over 39 years. While here, she opened Faith In God Church, Inc. in 1988, Faith In God Bible Institute in 1989, and the Seek Good First Children's Ministry in 1986.

Dr. Little passed away on June 2, 2017. She will be sorely missed in the community, as well as by those whose lives she touched along her journey.

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their community’s budget for the next two years and should take the opportunity to express their opinions about the proposed increase during this comment period.

“All shareholders are encouraged to participate in the HCR review process by making their voices heard at the June 19th HCR conference in the Dreiser Auditorium or submitting their written comments to HCR by June 27,” Merola said.

Thanks to numerous cost-saving actions achieved by Riverbay under the direction of the Board of Directors, Riverbay’s proposed operating budgets for the next two years are $1 million below the budget for the current year.

Reductions in redundant departments have totaled $4.6 million, lower management fees since Marion Scott Real Estate left have saved $1 million, the prepaid water program has reduced costs by $1.6 million and reductions in federal taxes and insurance fees has saved $1 million, along with other savings.

With spending increases in the proposed operating budgets for daily expenses over the next two years covered by these savings, the nominal carrying charge increases will be used to help fund capital projects that must be done to continue the ongoing reconstruction of the 50-year-old Co-op City property.

Necessary capital projects that must be completed include the $40 million replacement of elevator motors, balcony and façade repairs and waterproofing below the building porticos.

The five-year capital budget now requires $111.8 million, with $51.3 million to come from Riverbay’s reserve funds. The carrying charge increases approved by the Board over the next two years will raise $8.6 million of that $60.5 million that will be needed from annual operating budgets.

Management eliminated several projects in its five-year capital budget after receiving direction from the Board that would have cost an additional $28.6 million.

Presently, the average carrying charge in Co-op City is $216.43 per room, and the proposed 1.9% increase would raise this figure by $4.11 to an average $220.54 per room in apartments as of August 1, 2017. The 1.9% increase effective August 1, 2018 will raise the then current average carrying charges from $220.54 per room, per month to $224.73 per room, per month. Additionally, all garage fees are to be increased 5% effective August 1, 2017.

Written comments should be mailed to George Chan, Housing Management Bureau, Division of Housing and Community Renewal, 25 Beaver St., New York, NY 10004 on or before June 27.

Seniors may be eligible for SCRIE (Senior Citizens Rent Increase Exemption) and those who qualify, or are currently on SCRIE or DRIE (Disability Rent Increase Exemption), may be minimally affected by any rent increase that is imposed. More information on both of these programs can be obtained by calling the city’s quality of life hotline, 3-1-1, or online at the NYC Dept. of Finance website.

SCRIE applications are also available at the Bartow Administrative office.

SCRIE applications must be filed after receipt of the HCR Commissioner’s Carrying Charge Increase order is handed down since a copy of the order must accompany your application.

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The Section 1 Community Fair and celebration of Caribbean American Heritage was held on Saturday, June 3 on the Section 1 Greenway.

This year’s fair featured demonstrations from the talented students at the Martial Way Kung-Fu Center in the Dreiser Center and performances by Reign Jah. There were also a wide variety of vendors offering their products, goods and services for sale. Food and activities for the family were plentiful, including a Kids Zone with a rock climbing wall and a petting zoo. It was a beautiful day for neighbors to come out and enjoy the day despite the threat of rain.

Many Riverbay departments were also on the grounds to disseminate information to shareholders, including the 2017 Election Committee, Community Relations, CCPD and CSO, among others.

The Gold sponsors for this year’s fair were AlphaCare by Magellan Health and Anthem-Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Bronze sponsors included InVite Health Vitamins, Perfecting Apps: Computer Training and Consulting, Village Animal Hospital, Village Care Max and Woodlawn Cemetery.

(See page 19 for more Community Fair photos.)

Photos by Lauretta Jaysura

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Letters to the Editor

The Co-op City Times welcomes issue-oriented letters to the editor to be considered for publication. All letters, in prose, not poetry, must be addressed to the editor, not to third parties. All letters must be signed by the writers and include their addresses and phone numbers, which will be kept confidential, so that the editor – can•verify the• authors. or unsigned letters will not be accepted for publication.

– •the– authenticity • – • – of•– – • Anonymous – – • – Letters • – •cannot – •exceed – •–350•words.

– • –Ideally, they should be typed. All letters must be in the Co-op City Times office in Room 21, Bartow Community Center, by 3 p.m. every Monday to be considered for publication in that week’s edition. Views and opinions expressed in letters are solely the writer’s, and not necessarily shared by the Co-op City Times or Riverbay Corp.

A More Convincing Argument To the Editor: I’m okay with people, whether Board members or Co-op City residents stating their opinion on issues I oppose or support, however, I resent anyone using the ethnic card for an issue unrelated to African American plight and/or a non-crisis that would negatively impact heavily upon African American plight and progress. In a viewpoint last week, a Board director evoked this to justify her opposition to the waterfront park proposal calling it a land giveaway.

I’ve always known this director to be a highly intelligent person who is very passionate about African American causes, issues and the higher education of the youth of this community and I’ve always admired her greatly for it. In my opinion, I think she

unnecessarily and inappropriately used this nationalistic argument.

First of all, Co-op City isn’t a “Black community;” we are a multicultural community with the majority of its residents being African American. This wasn’t directly stated in the viewpoint, however, I believe it is certainly implied.

The development of a waterfront park has absolutely nothing to do with African Americans giving away their land. We are a cooperative, we don’t individually and personally own a parcel of land here and thus are giving away a personal asset where wealth was and still is measured. Native Americans and some of our ancestors who were once enslaved did this to their economic detriment. This is entirely different and that issue, as far

as I am concerned, shouldn’t be used in this case as an argument against beautifying a cooperative community at no expense to us and receiving long term benefits from its use. Finally, I doubt people from the Webster Projects or the Forrest Avenue Projects will make the travel here.

Let’s all first meet in a spirited community forum to discuss all the pros and cons of this non-binding proposal. With all due respect to the Board director, another argument could have been made without the righteous nationalistic ethnic card. I truly believe, given her past work and very informative viewpoints that she can give a much better convincing argument than the one she gave in last week’s viewpoint.

—Mike Miller

Riverbay Land Giveaway To the Editor: In the May 27th issue of the Co-op City Times, there was a wonderful article about the Mayor’s plan to develop a waterfront park in Co-op City. Sounds great except, first, the May 24th Emergency Resolution# 17-33 stated that the Riverbay Board of Directors approved donating a 2.28-acre parcel of land along the Hutchinson River to the city in order for a park to be developed.

Yet, the mayor stated that the city will create a 1.4-acre park. Why the discrepancy? What will the city do with the remaining acreage we will

donate?

Second, why has this not been discussed, in detail, with the shareholders? We, the shareholders (more than 15,000 of us) own this land, not just the eight Board members who voted yes for this resolution.

When it comes to land, it should never be given away, sold, or otherwise disposed of without the approval of those who own it. What has been done to at least assure that the majority of shareholders approve of or agree with giving away our land? Do not forget, we are the Riverbay Corporation!

Third, the only Board member designated to enter negotiations with the city and to carry out the resolution is the board president. In my opinion, this gives the board president sole power to decide what is best for this community.

I believe this is unacceptable.

Last, but not least, why was this resolution designated an emergency?

Based on this resolution’s content, it certainly does not qualify as an emergency. It seems that this was an impulsive response in reaction to something that sounds good, maybe too good to be true!

—Marie Standford

Develop Our Waterfront – Strike While The Iron Is Hot! To the Editor: I have lived here for over 20 years in Section Five. I love living here. Many times I have walked along the bike/ walking path and thought, wouldn’t it be wonderful if this waterfront was a place to come and sit and look at the water.

I’m pretty sure that most folks who have lived here throughout the past 50 years have thought the same.

I say “most” because I have heard it said that our water front view is just a big mud patch. Well, yes, when it’s low tide the river narrows, but as an estuary system, it is always teaming with life. The fact that this is finally going to get done — with taxpayer money — is such

a wonderful gift. We should all be delighted. The city is going to come in and beautify our already wonderful home. It will be something that we, and those who come after us, are going to enjoy. It will make Co-op City even more desirable.

As for pushing through the water front park proposal quickly – strike while the iron is hot! I’ve heard the mayor wanted the plan solidified while he was spending the week in the Bronx.

A waterfront park has been an onagain-off-again promise since forever.

Hopefully this time it will actually happen.

—Kelly Canzoneri

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Public Safety Report

CCPD alerts residents of potential scams

The Co-op City Department of Public Safety receives updates from various agencies regarding trends in scams. Scam artists are a very clever group of people. They take their knowledge of human nature and combine it with an easily obtained bit of information in an attempt to find new victims. Recent studies have shown that certain types of scams, especially internet scams, increase every year. By being aware of potential scams, readers can reduce their chance of becoming a victim.

The latest scam we have learned about involves the new transition to credit cards with imbedded chips.

These chips are a great fraud prevention device. It is ironic that they could become part of a scam.

Never give any information out to anybody contacting you and requesting it. Call the number on the back of your credit card or on the sticker on a new card to activate your card. The same precaution applies to emails that appear to come from your bank. Sometimes the address can be off by one letter and direct you to a fake website hosted by scammers.

Scammers are hoping you have just received a new card and are eager to activate it. By being alert, you can avoid being a victim of this scam.

Never give anyone personal information, such as bank account numbers, PIN numbers, date of birth or Social Security number. Never wire money or send a Green Dot card to anyone you do not know or have only met through a dating website.

Never send money for plane tickets, bail money, medicine for a sick family member or any other reason to anyone you do not know well. Be also leery of fake websites offering to give you something for nothing. Always be sure to enter a website address directly into your website; never click on a link from an email. Sometimes one letter off can take you to a fake website.

Some people may read about these scams and wonder how anyone could possibly fall for them.

Scam artists are very persistent; they blanket a large number of potential victims until they find their prey. The internet has made it extremely easy for scam artists to target millions of potential victims with a single touch of a button. Telephone or regular mail scam artists work a little harder, but do eventually find their victim. Bold scammers have even been known to approach their potential victim in person at their door or in a public place.

Another scam I heard about and then actually received myself is a PayPal scheme. The email states that you are almost finished completing your registration for PayPal. The email looks legitimate and it asks you to enter your Pay Pal username and password. It then prompts you to enter your bank account number. When you call the customer service number, it tells you to mail a Green Dot card to an address. A friend of mine did not realize there was a problem until that point. When I received the same email, I investigated the email right away as I was not trying to set up a PayPal account. Upon scrutiny, the email came from an email address at e.paypal.com, very close to the actual email address. In any case when you are doing business with a company you know to be trustworthy, enter the website into your browser yourself, do not use search engine results or click on a link from an email. PayPal is a legitimate company which offers an extra level of protection for online payments, but a scammer pretending to be PayPal can be a real threat to your financial identity.

Another type of scam we have seen either calls or texts someone’s phone and tells them that a family member is in danger unless they wire money to specified person. In most cases, the scammer does not even know who the victim or their family members are. Many calls or texts are initiated until (Continued on page 30)

By Lieutenant Pam Apollo

OPPORTUNITIES AT CO-OP CITY For information on CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES ONLY, please contact: Lenya Garcia at Lgarcia@riverbay corp.com; and Barbara Penn at Bpenn@riverbaycorp.com.

Please note that emails should be sent to both parties.

Please DO NOT email resumes for EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES to the aforementioned emails.

For EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, please see bottom of the employment listings for specific directions.

CONTRACT SUMMARY

There are no contract opportunities to list this week. Please check back again next week.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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Director’s Viewpoint

Bernard Cylich First Vice President Soon after we moved to Co-op City, in 1970, I met a resident, George Schecter, at the Coordinating Council of Cooperators. He was, at that time, vice president of the United Housing Foundation, the sponsor of our development. He informed us that the Riverbay Board of Directors – composed of the sponsors – had attempted to sell the parcel of land along the Hutchinson River, north of the power plant, to New York City for one dollar, to develop it into a public park. What is more, the Board proposed that Riverbay be responsible for maintenance of that park. Nevertheless, City Hall rejected the offer.

Some years later, in response to lobbying by cooperators and appeals by our elected officials, the city’s Parks Department relented and built two Little League baseball fields on a small piece of land the Board sold the agency. The sale specified that the site would be used for two Little League fields. The department provided well-constructed fields with bleachers, permanent bathroom facilities, and potable water; it installed excellent lighting. For almost forty years, the site has been a boon to our youngsters.

Except for building these fields (our voluntary Little League staff maintains the facility), the Parks Department has neglected us. It has not invested a dime in our community since. When Board President Linda Berk met with Mayor de Blasio early this year, she raised again a longstanding issue between our community and City Hall: We have been saving the city millions of dol-

Two Parks Along The River lars through our central garbage facility, and additional millions by deploying more than 100 public safety personnel, but the city has refused to waive the expensive asbestos abatement program we are required to undertake. To justify their failure to relieve us of this burden, city officials claimed they could not reverse an EPA order. Instead, they offered to erect a riverfront park south of the baseball fields. (In fact, Management had made provisions, in its January 2017 preliminary 5year capital budget, for Riverbay to develop such a park, at a cost of $7.3 million. Later on, however, the Board deleted the item as too expensive.)

Subsequently, BOARD PRESIDENT Berk reported the city’s offer to the Board, as well as in her President’s Report (2/18/17) in the CC Times. At a special meeting on May 24, the Board approved a Memoranda of Donation that authorized Management to begin negotiations only with the city for transferring that property with a strict covenant that the public park created by the Parks Department remain as such in perpetuity. Before the final contractual agreement between Riverbay and the City of New York is finalized, the Board will hold Town Hall meetings and surveys inviting cooperators to question, express opinions and offer proposals regarding this agreement.

Mayor To Make Good On His Offer To make good on his offer, Mayor de Blasio came to Co-op City on May 25 to announce that the City and Riverbay will collaborate on the creation of a waterfront park along the Hutchinson River. The project would be part of the mayor's commitment to locate open space throughout the city, especially in neglected or poorer communities, and develop them into parks.

For too many years, the Parks Department has focused on maintaining Central Park while neglecting open

spaces in the rest of the city. The mayor has been reversing that policy. After being ignored, Co-op City will be the beneficiary of this sea change, when the Parks Department upgrades our small parcel of land unused for 50 years, and finally making a waterfront area dedicated to recreation and to preservation of natural beauty, accessible to cooperators. The mayor’s office stressed that the park will represent the collective effort between cooperators and the Parks Department.

Speaking Out On The New Park In Berk’s comments at the Mayor’s press conference on May 25, she assured the audience that cooperators will celebrate this laudable gesture by the Parks Department – the small public park is financed by the city's taxpayers. Still, she noted, the board continues to insist that Co-op City deserves a community center such as the Department of Parks’ Chelsea Recreation Center, on West 28 Street. That development serves as a community center and an athletic facility. It contains a six-lane swimming pool, basketball courts, fitness rooms, dance studios, game rooms, and a computer resource center. In addition, the Chelsea facility hosts a wide range of community-oriented classes and events, many of which are free to youth and older adults. It was completed, at a cost of $22.4 million, in May 2004.

Our Vision For The Future With an abundance of land available, our community would be an ideal site for such a facility. As a multi-generational community – including a substantial population of seniors and more than 6,000 young people – this small riverfront parcel that the Parks Department will create is, in our view, only the beginning. The Board looks forward to the fulfillment of a larger vision: a state-of-the-art, multi-use community center.

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African-American Association Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, June 13, at 7 p.m. sharp. We will be having our bi-annual elections for officers.

Although many of our programs will continue throughout the summer, this will be our final general meeting until September.

There are several fundraisers planned for the upcoming months. The next one will be our Bazaar & Bake Sale. Proceeds will benefit the programs sponsored by the African-American Association.

The Bazaar will be held for 2 days: Saturday, June 10, 11 a.m.– 5 p.m. and Sunday, June 11, 12 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in room #15 as well.

Dr. Bob Lee of WBLS will be hosting our All-White-attire themed Oldies But Goodies Party on Saturday, June 24th.

There will be raffles, door prizes and a fish fry!!!! So byobb. It will be held in the Dreiser Auditorium, 6 p.m. – Midnight.

Tickets are $25. Can be purchased in room #15 in Dreiser Center.

The association sponsors the following ongoing programs and encourages your participation.

Acting Classes – Children’s and adult classes are available. Contact: Meca Talent. For more information, call us at: 646373-4122.

Belly Dance Classes – Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m., Dreiser Center, room #2. For a nominal fee, you will have fun and stay in shape. For more information, call Xonia, 646-301-9438.

Children’s Programs – For informa-

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tion about the early morning school dropoff program, contact: Ms. Hines at 347283-3809 and for the after school program, call 718-379-5555.

Evening Line Dance Classes – Dance to Soul, Latin, and Gospel music on Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. in Dreiser Center, room #2. Call Cynthia, 917-903-7073.

Music, Rhythm & Dance – Most Fridays, 7:30 p.m., Dreiser Center, rm. 15; most Saturdays, 10 a.m., Dreiser Center, room #2. Call Keith 917-561-6211.

Yoga & Pilates Mat Classes – Classes on Tuesday, 7:15 p.m., Dreiser Center, rm.

2. Lose weight, tone and strengthen your muscles with exercises that reduce stress through breathing techniques. For more information, call 718-671-8364.

Yoga And Zumba – Classes on Saturday start at 9:30 in Dreiser Center, room #2.

General Membership Meeting – The next meeting will be Tuesday, June 13. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please read our weekly column for updates.

Also, if you wish to join or update your membership, please send a check or money order (DO NOT MAIL CASH) of $15 for a single membership or $25 for families to: African-American Association of Co-op City, P.O. Box 702, Co-op City Station, Bronx, NY 10475. Donations are welcomed.

Like us on Facebook: CoopcityAfrican americanassoc/email us at: aaaccpower @gmail.com.

—Ebony Rae Lambright

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Elevator Safety or Land Donation...which is the "Emergency?"

Director’s Viewpoint

Deborah Jenkins Treasurer On May 10, 2017, Resolution 17-28 was entered as a First Reading. This is, in my opinion, a critical resolution in the process of issuing an RFP for the Elevator Replacement needed on the majority on our elevators.

We need HCR to approve the current contract being moved from the company VDA to the company DTM, where our chief Elevator Consultant, Bill Warr, is now employed. He has been working with Riverbay for several years and both Management and the Board are confident in his expertise.

We're approaching a month without having a Business Board Meeting that allowed this resolution to go to a Second Reading and be voted on. However, on May 24, 2017, an Emergency Board Business Meeting was held with one item, a Memorandum of Donation, Resolution 17-33, which authorizes the president, general counsel and Management to negotiate with the City of New York the donation of 2.28 acres of waterfront land!

When coming and going daily on elevators from the first floor to as high as the 33rd floor, sometimes getting stuck, sometimes having to walk up or down, but nevertheless using them daily to go about our business, moving the process along to further ensure our safety and the safety of everyone who rides these elevators, wasn’t handled as an Emergency Resolution.

However, giving away land to the City of New York which greatly benefits from each of us collectively to the tune of more than approximately $15M annually in savings between the NYPD and the Department of Sanitation, was something that the president of the Board did decide should be an Emergency Resolution.

I have repeatedly written about and voiced my opposition to Emergency Resolutions because in my opinion they either point to a lack of proper preparedness or at worse an ulterior motive. The very suggestion of an emergency denotes a need so great that those responsible for making the decision do not necessarily have ample time to process the pros and cons efficiently. Why the rush? Why some Board members were made aware of this when others were not? Why the sudden change in language from Memorandum of Understanding on Monday, May 22, 2017, to Memorandum of Donation by Wednesday, May 24, 2017?

Why didn't the general counsel advise the Board president to share more openly with the full Board? But perhaps the best question is why does any 15 member Board of Directors feel that they have been given the authority to make such a monumental decision on behalf of more than 15,000 cooperators without ever consulting them first?

To those who will be critical of this statement, let me say that just like the Cablevision Bulk Agreement and actually, in my opinion, to a much greater degree, this should have been brought before us all. Who gives away land? Making decisions like this, the government never needs to utilize Eminent Domain rights to take private property. There are many questions that many of you have raised with me and others and you have the right to have them answered. Frankly, as a Board member, I believe that it would have been responsible for the entire Board to have been made aware of this plan prior to two days before a vote and a change even within the two days. From my perspective, that is not responsible leadership. It's not about a majority, it has to ALWAYS be about doing what is right for and on behalf of our neighbors and fellow shareholders. Yes, you elected us to act on your behalf and in our collective best interest. Is that what you believe has happened here?

The land giveaway is not entirely unlike the passed 1.9% budget that was passed after a MAJORITY had voted against an increase. As you have read, the increase will not take effect until August 2017 and subsequently August 2018, NOT June 2017 and June 2018 as had been budgeted. Supposedly, without an increase, employee layoffs were going to be necessary.

Ok, so now the increase will not raise all of the revenue projected and this delay will cause a loss in revenue of more than $1M. Was the increase so critical that we must still layoff employees? Alternatively, could it be that as HCR seems to have determined for these two years we didn't need as much as we said we needed?

These are questions that you and I have the right to have answered. The budget is ONLY for 2 years and as I and some other directors have said, the rest of the 5Year Capital Plan has to be considered during the next two budget periods because we are on a 2-year budget cycle with the State. So another question would become, will another increase be necessary during the next budget cycle as well? More than likely, if we are to fund the remainder of the 5-Year Capital Plan that was presented to HUD, HCR and Wells Fargo by the president of the Board and Management before it was ever shared with the full Board.

It is my belief that no one voted for that type of leadership, not one of us! I do not know the results of this year's Board elections, but I do hope that after watching what has happened just since October 2016 with the Board leadership many more of you will be energized to run for the Board of Directors next year.

There will always be tough decisions to make, but it would really be nice to know that they are being made at the Board table and not in secret conclaves to ensure passage of resolutions that may not be in the best interest of the entire community, our home.

I can be reached at (718) 644-0951 or via email at djenkins@riverbayboard.com.

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Preliminary Stage To Developing Our Waterfront

Director’s Viewpoint

It is my understanding, based upon the explanation of our Riverbay Board attorney, Jeff Buss, that this is semantics, and it’s the city’s term, but essentially represents the same thing.

Assistant Secretary I asked before the meeting, as well as during the meeting BEFORE I cast my vote – “would the shareSince the Mayor’s visit here on May 25th to holders be invited to a Town Hall meeting(s) for further announce the proposed construction of a new water- discussion before any final resolution, or agreement front recreational park in Co-op City, shareholders have with the city would be submitted?” expressed many different points of view both publicly I was assured at the meeting, and in writing by and privately wherever I go. our legal counsel, that cooperators would be particAt the Mayoral Forum held by NY City Council- ipating with the city, and the Board, in what the city man Andy King back on November 21, 2016, River- refers to as a “Scoping Session.” In that session, or bay Board President Linda Berk, present at that forum, sessions, cooperators will have an opportunity to had asked that the Mayor and his office to finally rec- fully voice their opinions, pro/con, to the developognize and offer Co-op City residents some measure ment of the grounds, or their objections to it. of a tangible acknowledgment for the tens of millions In listening to many of your comments at the fair, in of dollars that shareholders have paid over the years, the laundry room, and out and about in our shopping and will continue to pay for out of our pockets for the centers, many of you have serious issues with the donaforeseeable future, for services that most New Yorkers tion by Riverbay of property to the City of New York, receive for the payment of the taxes alone. and based upon the headlines of the last two week, It is my understanding that the items on the table clearly, I understand why – but we’re not at that point in for negotiations were: 1) an end to the asbestos the process yet. abatement requirement; 2) a new community center The entire Board has not weighed in on the negotiations.

You have not weighed in on the negotiations! facility; 3) an adjustment to our water billing; and Before any of Co-op City’s property can be 4) the development of our waterfront property.

The Board voted on Resolution 17-33, as a non-bind- transferred for any reason, several other governing proposal to donate the land to the City of New York, mental & financial entities would have to approve, for the express purpose of building a waterfront recre- and then the Board, in a separate resolution, will ational park on that property, a proposition that would either accept, or reject the proposed submission by closely mirror the agreement made by the city when it the City of New York to develop the property in a built our Little League fields some 36 years ago. There manner that has yet to be determined. were discussions (questions & answers) around the All I can ask is that we agree to let the entire process table. One of the concerns we had was why was our work through, and then we can all make recommenda“Memorandum of Understanding” (or Interest), replaced tions as to what are reasonable, and rational decisions. with the title “Memorandum of Donation.”

I would like to discuss for a moment a com-

Rod Saunders

pletely different matter. While I greatly appreciate the interest generated by any majority vote of the Riverbay Board of Directors on any issue, I am honestly perplexed about the lack of comment to the Co-op City Times article which featured the amount of lead found within the water fixtures here in the Education Park school facilities.

That article reported that the Dept. of Education (DOE) had performed tests for the presence of lead in every school (measured in parts per billion) in NYC back in the middle of January, and that the DOE obtained the results of those tests by the end of the same month, but waited until three months later to send letters home to parents, after a resolution to the problem had been finalized; this seems unfortunate.

One of our elementary schools’ drinking fountain on the first floor of their building tested at 85 times above the acceptable level of lead (15 parts per billion) contained in the test sample, and no one seems to have questioned whether the students or staff in the building should have been given a letter upon learning about the elevated levels.

In my opinion, it should have been incumbent on the principal, or the DOE, upon first learning of the elevated test results to advise parents to take their child to their pediatrician or physician for blood tests, looking for the possibility of elevated levels of lead in their child’s (or adult) blood that may require attention or treatment, instead of waiting for the problem to have been resolved within the schools and reporting that all is clear.

Please consider the possible consequences of doing nothing at all.

You have until Tuesday, June 13th, to vote in this year’s Riverbay Board of Directors election.

Your vote is important, so please cast it today if you have not done so already.

Building 21 Association Success is achieved when we all thrive Hello, fellow cooperators, shareholders and 21’ers! If you live in CO-OP City and you are reading this article, you are part of the CO-OP City community family. We have received texts and emails asking, “Should we start a petition for around the clock security/lobby attendants?” Petitions are not always the answer. Action, involvement, passion and responsibility to this community must become our way of life, not just when something has been popularized by the media; (like a tragic event, etc.).

We are moving swiftly through this year. Ask yourself, what YOU have done for your community, to help make it better from January until now. If the answer is “not enough,” it is not too late to change that. We offer these suggestions as to how WE ALL can help make this a better, richer, more caring, safer CO-OP City. When we all do just a little bit, a lot gets done. Success is seeing other people thrive along with YOU. Wouldn’t it be great to see other people thrive because YOU have lived? That is just a small part of the conversation we have in the Tank.

THINK TANK at Building 21 is in session every Friday at 8:30 p.m. THINK TANK at Building 21 is where we develop each other’s ideas for the progression of the CO-OP City community. Join us in “The Gathering Room” in the rear of the B Section (120 Bellamy Loop). Your community needs your dreams, your strength, your input and fortitude. ALL are invited, so come, and bring a friend with you. Be a part of something to change your life and the lives of others for the better. $300 Rewards Point Prize Winner to be awarded on June 15th!!! The 21 Association Rewards Point Program Winner will be awarded at our next General Meeting on Thursday, June 15th in “The Gathering Room” at 7:00 p.m.

The rewards are for all 21 Association members, BUT NOT 21 ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS. Note: A member is any shareholder who has paid their annual $5 dues to the building association. Any shareholder of CO-OP City is eligible to be a paid member of the Building 21 Association.

Questions regarding The Building 21 Association… You have three ways of gaining information. EMAIL your building association at 21association@gmail.com. CALL your association at 347.504.1821. ATTEND the monthly meetings which are held every 4th Thursday in “The Gathering Room” in the rear of the B-section at 7 p.m. FYI, all monies collected (i.e., annual dues, etc.) are turned in to our treasurer and installed in the association’s bank account.

We are asking everyone, ALL CO-OPERATORS and SHAREHOLDERS to: • ENCOURAGE YOUR NEIGHBORS TO: VOTE – VOTE – VOTE! IN THE RIVERBAY ELECTION • MAKE NECESSARY CALLS TO THE RIVERBAY OFFICES SECURITY 718-671-3050 CSO OFFICES 718-320-3300 Each one of us, multiplied by all of us, equals A FORCE FOR GOOD. See you around the neighborhood! —Michelle Marbury

Coalition to Save Affordable Housing Next Coalition Meeting Date The Coalition to Save Affordable Housing’s next monthly meeting will be on June 12, at Bartow community room #28 at 7:30 p.m.

What is important to you?

Want to learn how YOU can help keep Co-op City the best deal in town?

Want to learn why carry charges are needed?

Want to learn more about the state of affordable in your community?

Want to follow up with Riverbay Board of Directors about housing issues?

Come to the Coalition To Save Affordable Housing’s General Membership meeting on June 12, at 7:30 p.m. where we can find answers your housing questions.

There is a monthly meet and greet with your neighbors. Tell us what initiatives you want to be a part of in Co-op City. Come learn more about all the exciting activities we’re launching in 2017-2018.

Our General Membership meeting is scheduled every second Monday of the month in room 28, located in the Bartow Community Center, from 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.

We’ll provide light refreshments and a cordial environment. All you have to do is show up! For more information, visit us on Facebook @ Coalition to Save Affordable Housing and our website at www.ctsah.net for all up to date information Let’s be a part of the solution and become housing advocates for our community!

—Sebastian Ulanga

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Building 16 Association

Broun Place Townhouse Association From Broun Place Townhouse Association: Saturday, June 3, Co-op City was at its best for the Annual Co-op City Fair with great booths, music, cooperators and Bronx neighbors out and about strolling around sharing in the diversity.

Saturday, June 3rd’s Co-op City Times has an article about the Australian PBS documentary on alternative housing options. Broun Place was highlighted in this documentary. Dave and Eva Lazaar had the great pleasure of sharing their experience and introducing the team to Rivers Run Community Garden. Thank you to Vivian and Ken Burrus for generously suggesting the visit to the garden for the team as an opportunity to learn more about Co-op City. Sharing positive information about Co-op City and Mitchell-Lama Housing is an important goal of ours.

We attended Scott Stringer’s one hour roundtable meeting. We hope there will be more opportunities like this. Praises to the comptroller for setting this up.

It was great that so many building association representatives attended. We encourage these community activists to attend committee meetings like Buildings and Grounds and give their constructive comments.

The next meeting of the Buildings and Grounds Committee is June 6, please represent. It is at this grassroots level that we can bring our expertise to make a difference.

Broun Place supports Ms. Michelle Marbury, president of Building 21 Association, to remove the word “tenant” from all Riverbay documents. This is with particular reference to work-order signature

documents. Residents are not tenants! We are cooperators, residents and/or neighbors. We look forward to completion of the new basketball/tennis courts next to Garage 6. The work is proceeding amazingly.

A response has been received from the Department of Sanitation regarding the dumping under I95, Bassett and DeReimer Avenues. This is DOT land and we will follow-up with them.

Announcing a TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) Workshop on Sunday, June 11, at 1 p.m. The seminar will be held at the Bronx Library, 310 E. Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10458. Attend and receive a certificate in trapping and pre/post neuter surgery care.

You can register online at Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Inc. – Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and Colony Care Workshop, but walk-ins OK. Special Projects Director Joe Boiko escorted me to all townhouse clusters looking at signage. Broun Place’s is the most deteriorated. Our townhouse ID signs will be repainted or replaced. Only Cooper Place has a street sign and that is faded.

Hallelujah, most mailboxes are back. Here’s the thing though, that slot is hardly wide enough for a large envelope. In order to return a package, you must go to the post office and stand on that line. Yet, go to another neighborhood and the old fashioned mail boxes with large chutes are on public street corners! Why were we fitted with this type of mailbox?

“If you see something, say something;” call Public Safety: 718-671-3050. Thank you Public Safety, for after-school patrols. Time to clean your convectors!

Contact us with your issues!

—Eva Lazaar

Donizetti Building Four Association Meeting Our final general meeting was held on June 8 in our association meeting room in the association meeting room in rear of building 4B. Our invited guest Mr. Ray Fraticelli, assistant area manager for section one, gave us an updates and policies within Riverbay Corporation. The building association will be on hiatus for the summer. We will return in September.

Scholarship Award Scholarship award applications are currently available, deadline for submission is July 1st.

Fundraiser Trip We will cruise along the NJ coast line while enjoying an all-you-can-eat buffet luncheon with unlimited soft drinks, music, dancing and loads of fun on the Princess Cornucopia. The cost of the trip is $125 per person. This cost includes: • Round trip deluxe motor coach transportation • 4-hour cruise on NJ coast line • 2-hour shopping at Jersey Gardens Outlet Mall • Buffet luncheon (all you can eat) Selections include: salad bar, savory chicken, fresh fish, beef selections, prime rib carving station, rice, potatoes, pasta, vegetables, international desserts, soft drinks/soda, coffee or tea.

Final payment is due on or before July18. There are still seats available, don’t miss out. Our motor coach bus will leave 9:00 a.m. SHARP from Donizetti Place (Building 4). For more information, you may call Yvonne, (718) 671-6922; Diane, (347) 275-7565 or Mary, (718) 671-0425.

Building Membership Dues Thank you to all those who have responded to the envelopes place under doors for the convenience of paying the $5 per household association membership dues.

Section One Family Fun Day (Buildings 1 thru 8 and Defoe Place townhouses) Come join Section One on a fundraiser bus ride to Foxwood Casino on July 29th. Bus will pick-up and drop off at Dreiser Loop, Asch Loop and Einstein Loop. Cost: $40 with a $10 slot play and $10 food voucher. For more information, call Lee Rivers, (718) 862-9017 or Yvette Brown, (718) 379-6998 or Yvonne Burrus, (718) 671-6992.

Congratulations to those who may be celebrating a special occasion. Continue to check on your elderly neighbors who may live alone. We extend get well wishes to the sick and shut-in. Stay focused and be alert of people and your surroundings when entering your building and elevators.

“Remember, this is our home; “IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.” —Yvonne Burrus (DW)

Greetings, everyone!

Summer is almost here and I am looking forward to enjoying it as I am sure you will be too.

We will be having a meeting on Wednesday, June 21 at 7 p.m. in our association room on the "B" side of 600 or 16B. Our guest speaker will be JOE BOIKO, Special Projects Director, who will discuss the operation of the new money cards.

To everyone who is going on our trip to Washington, DC on July 15, your final payment is due by June 7. Thanks to everyone who is making this trip possible.

After the trip, we will have our usual ice cream day, which will be posted.

We are also considering a flea market. We will discuss this at our meeting .

Volunteers are always needed.

If you have any concerns, write them down and bring them to the meeting.

Happy birthday to our June cooperators and may God bless our students who are graduating this year.

Be respectful to your neighbors. It doesn't hurt to say “hello.”

—Teri A. Garcia

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Election

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Shareholders who received an election ballot, but did not cast a vote by the initial May 24th deadline now have until 11:59 p.m. this Tuesday, June 13, to do so.

Shareholders can vote online from their personal computer, smartphone or iPad. You will need the PIN and CODE from the ballot that was mailed to your Co-op City apartment by Election-America, in order to vote.

Log onto https://election-america.com/riverbay2/ and input your PIN and CODE to vote for five candidates you would like to elect to represent you on the Riverbay Board. In addition, the voting kiosk that was placed next to the ATM machine in each of the community centers – Bartow, Dreiser and Einstein – have also been reinstalled and are available for use by those who do not have personal online access. These kiosks will be available only until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, when voting ends.

Those who require a replacement ballot should contact Election-America at 866-384-9978.

Beginning last Monday, June 5, an Election-America personnel has been stationed at the voting kiosk in the Bartow Center from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. each Monday through Friday to help retrieve the PIN and CODE numbers of shareholders who do not have their ballot.

This information, however, will only be disseminated by the Election-America staff after the eligibility of the shareholder to cast a vote has been verified, meaning that the person attempting to vote is indeed a shareholder of record, and also that a shareholder did not already cast a ballot for the apartment to which the specific CODE and PIN are assigned. The Election-America staff person will be available up until the 11:59 p.m. deadline this coming Tuesday, June 13, in the Bartow Center, to assist anyone who did not yet vote in the Board election.

Director Claudia Sampson, chair of the 2017 Elec-

tion Committee, reported this week that the election certification meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 14, the day after the voting extension ends. That meeting will be held at 9 p.m. in room 31 in the Bartow Center. Candidates and their designated observers who will be in attendance must have their approved Riverbay-issued ID’s to enter the room and witness the certification and validation of the votes. Those who do not have their ID cards may contact the Riverbay Legal Department. Board directors who would like to attend the certification meeting must also have their Riverbayissued ID. In the days following the certification of the candidates, a random, computerized drawing will be held to determine the winners of this year’s voting incentive.

Ten shareholders will each receive $250.

Shareholders are voting for five candidates to represent them on the Riverbay Board of Directors for the next three years as the terms of Directors Linda Berk, Leah Graham, Kevin Lambright, Daryl Johnson and Marie Smith are expiring.

The official candidates in this year’s Board election are Marie Smith, Linda Berk, Daryl Johnson, Leah Richardson, Aminah Lucio, Jerome L. Rice and Kevin Lambright.

Three election supplements were published by the Co-op City Times prior to the close of the voting period on May 24. In addition, three official Candidates’ Forums were held, one in each of the three community centers, for shareholders to hear from the candidates seeking their votes.

Following the June 14th vote certification, the elected directors will be sworn into office on Wednesday, June 21 at 7 p.m. at an open meeting in room 31 of the Bartow Center. At that meeting, the voting incentive winners will also be presented with their prizes.

Letters

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Community Fair Draws Undesirables To the Editor: Watching the fair from my backyard was not pleasant for me and the neighbors who were enjoying the day in their backyards. Two young hoods threw a water bottle at me yelling a white slur evidently just for the hell of it. They ran like little punks before I could follow.

The debris left by the low lives drawn to the greenway was sickening and several of the beautiful trees had branches ripped out, bottles of liquor tossed by the kiddie park while parents allowed their kids to absorb what may be in their future. My question is, “Was CCPD out there?”

So now we have directors pursuing giving away land without the shareholders’ permission to have the city create a 1.4 acre park? Sounds to me like we’re in for a haven for drugs, liquor, low lives and criminals. I mean who else will it draw?

I believe we should have leased the land with the stipulation to maintain law enforcement and if that doesn’t work, you’re out! CCPD has no jurisdiction on city land, plus they have a tough enough time enforcing litter bugs, doggie problems, gangs, drugs and domestic problems. And as for the 45th, well, you know how they feel about coming here.

So maybe it’s time to speak up; write to your Board directors, Wells Fargo and HCR and let them know how you feel.

—Nick Liberati

Building 24 Association

At our last meeting, Board Director Andrea Leslie took questions from Building 24 cooperators. The issue concerning the building of a waterfront park in the land off Co-op City Blvd. was discussed. The land may be given to the NYC Parks Dept. to develop and Co-op City will then maintain it. Co-op City land has been given to the city before vis a vis the Education Park and our Little League fields. The land in question is about an acre and a half out of over 300 acres owned by the Co-op. Some Board members oppose the proposed deal and others are in favor.

We also discussed our successful Cake Sale which netted a little over $500 for our building association.

Anyone who hasn’t yet voted in

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our Board of Directors election is urged to do so. Instructions are posted next to the elevators and the deadline for voting has been extended to June 13th. We are shareholders not renters and as such we are responsible for electing directors who we feel will represent us responsibly. Take the time to read our home-town paper, the Co-op City Times, and learn about the issues. If we all do our part, affordable housing will remain so.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 15th. After that, we’ll break for the summer and resume in September. All are welcome to meet your neighbors and discuss the issues and plan building events.

—Bruce Silberman

Laundry Room Shut-Down

Please be advised that the laundry room will be closed to allow the Janitorial Department to properly clean all vents. The elevator service to the basement will not be affected.

DATE: MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2017

BUILDINGS: 20A/B/C & 22A/B TIME: 7:30 A.M. – 12 P.M.

BUILDINGS: 21A/B/C & 20A/B/C TIME: 1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.

As soon as the cleaning process has been completed, the laundry room will be reopened.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your patience in this matter.

—COOPERATOR SERVICES OFFICE (Bartow Avenue, room B)

National Council of Negro Women

Membership – Our last membership meeting before the summer is scheduled to be tomorrow, Sunday, June 11, in room 11, Dreiser Community Center at 3 p.m. If you can’t come to our meeting, remember you can contact us at Facebook.com/ncnwco-opBethune or ncnwco.opcity@gmail.com or at P.O. Box 93, Bronx, NY 10475. We will be having a pot luck dinner after this meeting so please, each member, bring a covered dish to share with your sisters and guests.

National Museum of African American History & Culture – OUR BUS IS FULL! OUR WAITING LIST IS FULL! We will be spending August 6-7, Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, at the museum and Monday afternoon, on the way home, we will visit Arundel Mills (back to school shopping) and the Live Casino! Final payments are due by June 15th. Mail to NCNW, P.O. Box 93, Bronx, NY 10475. Make checks payable to “NCNW Co-op City Section.”

Phipps Family Center – Also remember that we are collecting canned goods for our neighbors at the Phipps Center. Please bring your donations to our June meeting. In the spring is when pantries often get empty and we want to be generous neighbors.

Dorothy I. Height Stamp – We are all excited by the planned unveiling of the new Dorothy I. Height Stamp at the African Burial Ground, 290 Broadway, on Tuesday, June 20th at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. As you know, Dr. Height was not only a prominent civil rights activist, but also the fourth president of National Council of Negro Women, Inc. When she died in 2010, she had served for forty years as National President and President Emerita. Her most significant achievement was obtaining the National Headquarters of our organization at 633 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. She always described the building that we purchased as being “in the corridor of power, between the Capitol and the White House.” We were all excited when she was chosen as the next image on the “Black Heritage” series of U. S. postal stamps. Please ask specifically for these stamps when you are purchasing postage. The ceremony on June 20th is open to the public, but space is limited. Join us as we pay homage to this great American.

Health Fair – Save the date, Saturday, September 23, for our annual Health Fair. We are looking forward to once again bringing to our community health information, health testing and healthy snacks.

—Joyce Howard

CO-OP CITY FOOT CARE CENTER SECTION 5 • BUILDING 29C 4240 HUTCHINSON RIVER PARKWAY EAST

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UPDATE – Elevator Shutdown Building 15A - Car # 2

Additional work is necessary on elevator #2 which requires delaying the return of the elevator to service.

We now anticipate the elevator being back in service by Thursday, June 15, 2017.

In addition to removing and replacing the elevator’s sheave, we will be replacing its hoist ropes.

We apologize for any inconveniences caused, and thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to complete this project as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind that your safety is first and foremost —Riverbay Management

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(718) 671-2233 DR. LOUIS JACOBS, DIRECTOR ALL FOOT CONDITIONS TREATED The in-office surgical correction of BUNIONS • HAMMERTOES • INGROWN TOENAILS PAINFUL CORNS and CALLOUSES The treatment of traumatic foot injuries, heel spurs, bursitis and arthritis of the joints of the feet, toenail and skin infections, as well as other conditions.

Most Union and Insurance Plans Accepted.

HIP CMO (Montefiore) Health Plan Accepted.

We participate in Postal Workers, Mail Handlers, Letter Carriers, Verizon Workers, 1199, GHI, Blue Shield, Empire Plan, Medicare, Travelers, United Health Care and many other union and major medical plans.

Se Habla Español MEDICARE ACCEPTED • HOUSE CALLS BY APPOINTMENT

Diabetic Patients with Medicare may be eligible for shoes.

16 Greetings: Happy June graduations, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, Father's Day and Juneteenth to all celebrants of such events.

NOTICE: Due to misrepresentations of the prior venue, we were obliged to make emergency VENUE CHANGE arrangements.

• Woodbury Commons – Outlet shopping & lunch • Brotherhood Winery – 6 wine tastings • Tour and souvenir wine glass Date: Saturday, June 24 Cost: $60 per person Buses leave Dreiser and Debs Place at 8:45 a.m.

Buses return to Dreiser at 7:30 p.m.

I apologize on behalf of the Building 9 Association Executive Board for the inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding and willingness to continue to trust our judgement and our commitment.

Our June 3rd, the Building 9 Association Children's Art Workshop, co-sponsored by Allstate/The Wright Agency, was a great success. Thank you to the parents and children of Building 9 for your participation and for your enthusiasm. The paintings were awesome! I do apologize that some children had to be turned away. In the future, parents must contact us to pre-register children; also, late arrivals will not be admitted.

Today, Saturday, June 10th, we have two events planned. Our annual Bake Sale will be held from 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. Calling all bakers!

Please stop in to support our event as bakers or buyers of our home-made baked goodies. Free cup of coffee with your purchase.

This evening, Saturday, June 10th, we also have arranged Native American Storytelling by Robert Rosario from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. If you love stories or just want to get your children to 'unplug' for an hour or so, please join us as we 'gather around the campfire' to hear tribal tales of the indigenous peoples of the Northern Great Plains, Lakota, Sioux.

Building 22A&B Association

Our community enjoyed a wonderful, but windy day last Saturday. I saw my neighbors sharing their family’s joy. It was great! The fair opened our summer activities for all to enjoy – the Riverbay Fund 2017 season. A list of all events will be posted in your building and newspaper. Looking forward to seeing you on the greenway for the July 3rd celebration.

The building spring soiree was under-attended.

Sorry you didn’t come to meet your neighbors. We had music, good food and good company. Thanks to all who helped make it a success.

The last meeting until September will be June 26 in the association room. Come with ideas for the building to plan for next year.

Happy birthday to all. Our sympathies to all who lost loved ones. Pray for the sick and shut-ins. If you see something, say something.

Thank you.

—Betty Leak

Let us know…

If you have news you’d like to share with your neighbors, please give us a call at (718) 3203300, Ext. 3375; email: cctimes@riverbaycorp.com or fax (718) 320-2595.

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Building 9 Association

Children from the Building 9 Art Workshop proudly show their paintings.

Saturday, June 17th is our 6th Annual Section Two Summer Family Fun Day event from 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. The first 50 children to line up for the start of the event before noon, get a free T-shirt. Volunteers are needed. We are selling event logo t-shirts. See your building president for details. Carnival games, board games, foot races, B-ball tournaments, dunk tank, face painting, etc. Please join us.

On behalf of the Building 9 Association Executive Board, thank you for your support during the past year-and-a-half. Shirley Wells, Gwen Anderson and I have endeavored greatly to provide diversity, variety and quality in the array of social events, children's events, guest speaker engagements, meeting agenda, etc. we planned for the members each month.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. –An African Proverb —Linda Collins

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Parks Support Community Engagement

Director’s Viewpoint

especially waterfront property such as ours as an opportunity for land transformation that contributes to community development. If you walk around the Assistant Treasurer vacant lots in the Bronx, you are going to find weed lots, garbage thrown about in these undeveloped spaces. The waterfront land is no different from what Dear Fellow Shareholders, we all see throughout the city. In some cases, neighTwo weeks ago in a Resolution vote, some members bors have taken these spaces and have transformed of the Board voted to enter into a non-binding agree- them into community garden spaces. However, and ment with the City of New York to discuss the develop- all too often, these lost opportunities go unrecogment of 2 acres of land by the waterfront park in the area nized and remain an eyesore for the community. of Co-op City Blvd. One can call it a memorandum of When we earmarked approximately $7 million in understanding, memorandum of agreement or memo- our budget to develop the waterfront known as wet land, randum of donation, but it is a voluntary agreement with we had to take it off the table as a costly “want” that the city and the Riverbay Corporation to work collabo- would have further burdened our shareholders with ratively on the goals and objectives of building a water- increased costs while having other more critical comfront park. In my opinion, it would open the door to munity “needs” that need to be addressed. Because of community involvement towards taking this vacant the type of land that it is, it would have to be shored up land and making something of it. There was never at requiring a bulkhead and other costly reinforcements. I any time, as far as I am concerned, some boiler room considered it a political maneuver in an election year agreement that went behind the backs of the community, when the city came to us to propose development of the but an understanding that, as shareholders, we would waterfront. We pay over $12.5 million for policing explore the possibilities of what a waterfront park through CCPD, $3 million for having our own sanitawould bring. tion and another $6 million for asbestos abatement.

Here are the facts as discussed with Riverbay’s attor- Overall, we give the City of New York approximately ney Jeff Buss: We cannot transfer any land unless it is $25 million for services we don’t get from them or get approved by HCR, HUD, Wells Fargo bank, SONYMA credits for. Why can’t they give us something back and NYC HDC. An agreement between the City and without asking for something in return?

Riverbay would provide a clear understanding of what Several shareholders asked why not just give us the improvements we would like to make. For example, a funding? It is my understanding that the city cannot and park-like setting with benches where you can see the does not develop on private property, therefore, this span of Pelham Bay Park and the Hutchinson River would require the land to be deeded to the city and it Parkway, a skateboard park, a boardwalk with access would become public space, meaning that we would for wheel chairs, a doggie park and so much more. have to share it with others. A concern that is real is who I have spoken to many shareholders. Many have a is responsible for maintaining the land, what type of lot of concerns in giving away land. I for one am security will we have and from whom? If we were to apprehensive about giving away land and share the deed them the land for the sole purpose of developing it, same concerns. The discussion offers a challenging can we get them to deed it back to us as soon as the projperspective when viewing the use of vacant lots, ect is completed? There are more questions than there

Sonia Feliciano

Building 32 Association

Today is the day of our long awaited Bake Sale, held in our association room from 12 p.m. until... Donated items are accepted from 11:30 onwards. Please support our building association and our bakers.

Trips All of our events are fundraisers to help with numerous projects, such as all buildings' contributions to the Section 5 Association, our Summer Fun Day, decorations for our lobbies, thank you's to our porters, lobby attendants, etc. at holiday times, and myriad other items.

We are going to the Haight-Brown winery on Saturday, September 23. There will be pickups and drop-offs at Asch, Dreiser and Building 32. There will be wine-tastings, with five different varieties being sampled. We will then go to Foxwoods Casino, where you will receive $10 for gambling and a free buffet. The TOTAL cost for this fun-filled day is $55, payable in two installments of $30 and $25, respectively. First payment is due by June 15, and the remainder due July 15. There are no refunds as we have to pay the vendors.

All payments are to be sent to Ms. Rankin at 4160 Hutchinson River Pkwy., Apt. 10E Bronx, NY 10475 with checks and M/O's made out to Bldg. 32 Association. Ms. Rankin's telephone #: 1-718-379-0910.

Building 32's bi-weekly Game Night would not exist if not for the efforts of Ms. Doreatha Brundage, 32A's vice president. Ms. Brundage cleans up, sets up, shops for refreshments, and then puts everything away again. It is not easy, but the rewards are great as Game Night is enjoyed by all participants.

—Lorna Smith

Co-op City Democratic Club

The next meeting of the CCDC will be held on Tuesday, June 13, in the Bartow Community Center, room #28, at 6:30 p.m.

Petitions are circulating for several offices: Mayor, Comptroller, Bronx Borough President and City Council. Please sign our petitions—we call them "Green Sheets" for all of the above offices. These petitions are ONLY to be signed by registered Democratic voters.

We urge those cooperators who have not voted in the Riverbay Board of Directors election, please do so now. These are candidates who will be representing you in governing our community.

This is a very, very responsible position so please vote TODAY if you have not already done so.

CCDC is having our first catered fundraiser to be held on Saturday, October 14, at the Eastwood Manor. We welcome all to attend. For further information, please call Ms. June Grimes at (347) 745-8249.

—Shirley J. Saunders

are answers.

It has been my firm belief that parks support community engagement. Having a waterfront park builds a sense of community, improves quality of life, and fosters connection to one another in a shared environment.

We are a beautiful community with beautiful people.

Building a sustainable community is about helping our community grow, creating and bringing fresh ideas, encouraging each other through collective engagement.

Knowing that our property is being used for a worthwhile purpose and knowing we would not be burdened with the cost of development relieves us of the burden of paying for this undertaking. As a diverse community, I believe we are the lifeblood of change and embrace the idea that we are making a gift for current and future generations.

We are entering into a covenant which simply allows us to enter into an agreement to do or not to do this project. It also restricts what the land is being used for. I will reiterate that this is not a binding agreement and it can only be binding if the community shares in its purpose and agrees that we should go forward. There will be town hall meetings at the appropriate time giving us all an opportunity to have a say. I encourage everyone to keep an open mind, partaking in the process, asking a lot of questions, communicating your concerns that weigh out the pros and cons before you decide whether you will support this initiative or not.

Vote We did not meet a quorum during our election process. The voting has been extended through Tuesday, June 13, 2017. To those who have not voted, I am encouraging you to vote. We fought for this right and we need to have our voices heard. Please exercise your right to vote. Thank you.

Any questions or concerns, please reach out to me – 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475 - SFeliciano@riverbayboard.com – 917-992-7311 Shareholders First – We Matter!!

Building 18 Association

Hi, neighbors.

Thank you to all who attended our general meeting on Tuesday, May 23rd. Our invited guest speakers, Mr. Edgar Perez, director of restorations, and Mr. Warren Mitchell, assist. general manager of Riverbay Corporation, were informative, however, we wished more participants had come to hear this very imported message. We are sure you have complaints, concerns, questions and compliments; this would have been a good place to let your voices be heard and to get answers straight from the source. Anyway, just remember the meetings are scheduled with you in mind so reach out to us.

Our motto: “TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.” A hearty thank you to Mr. Warren and Mr. Perez for such an excellent presentation.

Our next general meeting will be on Tuesday, September 25th.

On Tuesday, June 26th at 7 p.m., we will have our annual Scholarship Award Ceremony. At the time of this writing, we have only one student who requested a scholarship award application. If she is eligible, she will be given an award of $500. We wish all graduates the best. “Congratulations!

Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the person who’ll decide where to go…” —Dr. Suess Well, summer is finally here. We are sure we will have some hot, hot days ahead so try to stay out of the hot sun and drink plenty of fluids. This is also vacation time; if you travel or stay at home, be careful. Enjoy and be safe.

Don’t forget to send your articles to our newsletter e-mail address; BLDG18newsletter@aol.com; we love hearing from you.

To the sick and homebound, we wish you a speedy recovery, and to the bereaved families, we give our deepest sympathies.

Please stay ALERT! IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING!!!

—Gertie Brown

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Poems

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BY PATRICK FARRAR

WONDER WOMAN is a marvel! I really, really hope the people at DC take notes and follow Paddy Jenkins’ as to how to make a proper DC superhero film. Me liking BATMAN V. SUPERMAN aside, WONDER WOMAN is a far more superior film in every way. It is truly also an uplifting film. Gal Gadot was immensely iconic as WW. She didn’t get much confidence from die-hard fans of WW, but I think she exceeded expectations tenfold in many people’s opinions.

Gal Gadot was phenomenal, showed how much better she has gotten from her previous films, too. DC took a chance on her and good for them! Best casting they made in a while. There is a reason why there is no “horrible reviews” cloud surrounding WONDER WOMAN because the film didn’t get fuddled in the editing process. It was straightforward. There were some fantastically shot action scenes. The slow motion ‘300’ shots were very cool and I didn’t mind it one bit. I felt that it was used properly and not overdone, especially when Robin Wright was killing it in the beginning. She was so damn cool! Robin Wright was ferocious. The ‘No Man’s Land’ scene was incredible! That was very, very exciting.

Wonder Woman walking up the ladder and showing her full costume for the first time was the highlight of this year, and got a huge ovation in my theater. It was fantastic! Chris Pine was crazy good in this too. His chemistry with Gadot was a highlight

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Community Fair

for sure. It showed on screen that they enjoyed each other’s company, which is why the film worked as well as it did. They were amazing together, some great comedic timings.

Speaking of comedy, the film had actually very good comedic moments. The supporting cast was fantastic. Said Taghmaoui and Ewen Bremner were awesome as Pine’s band of misfits.

Also, WONDER WOMAN actually had really, really good villains.

Danny Huston as the always good and trusty villain. He was great.

Elena Anaya, ugly I didn’t believe for a second! But her maimed look was actually fascinating and she was damn good. And for once in a superhero film, there was an insanely good final boss fight. It was a fantastic scene.

WONDER WOMAN, in my opinion, is the best DC-film that doesn’t include ‘Directed by Christopher Nolan.’ The film was uplifting, engaging, exciting and a lot of great fun! 9/10 WONDER WOMAN, 2017, 2HR 21MINS. Patty Jenkins – Director Allan Heinberg – Writer Gal Gadot – Diana Chris Pine – Steve Trevor Connie Nielsen – Hippolyta Robin Wright – Antiope Danny Huston – Ludendorff David Thewlis – Sir Patrick

To be an artist or to be an employee that is the question.

To sacrifice now for the future or to work now for the possibility of a pension later is the dilemma.

Pay attention all we can do is create, so thank yourself for the reality you’re in, blame no one else. ***

Falling but with no arms, driving but with no brakes, listening but with no conscious thought to analyze, are these all the same?

Regain control of the wheel and steer your life on its own individually unique path.You will crash because you will crash, prepare yourself. ***

Invest in your little ones. Love, hold and embrace the youth, the little ones.

Stretch your arms to grab a hold of them because after a certain age they are women and men, no longer little boys and girls.

Invest in the youth; they are a small glance into the future.

Invest in the youth or close your eyes when you hear the stampede.

Close your eyes and embrace for impact because your contribution to the destruction is being a voyeur.

(Patrick Farrar is a Co-op City artist/poet who lives in Section 2.)

More scenes from the Annual Section 1 Community Fair.

(Cont’d from page 5)

Photos by Lauretta Jaysura.

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Director’s Viewpoint

Evelyn Turner

First and foremost, thanks to all cooperators who personally reached out via phone and email concerning the vote of eight Board directors to give YOUR land to the city without your input.

Here are some of “your” concerns/feedback The Board is responsible for the poor voter turnout. I have been told by cooperators that they are turned off by the Board and don’t trust most of them. This concern is serious and hopefully we can do better as Board members and see improvement with Management’s community relations staff.

Some cooperators view the “new voting” system as a failure. If we had used the voting machines, results would have been in the same day. Also, the gap in forum dates will not happen next year.

An elderly cooperator called and shared that if she could afford it, she would move. However, she has been in Co-op for many years. Based on her analysis, having a city public park in our back door will cause a lot of trouble.

Another passionate cooperator shared the following: “Leave the land alone and why in God’s name do we need an extension of I-95.” According to this cooperator, we have plenty of open space for sitting and relaxing. He reminded me that the world has changed, youth have changed, drugs and gangs are a reality in Co-op City. He asked where our congressman was when we didn’t have a mailbox. He feels that the Board has allowed an elected official to use us. This director was reminded that people live here because they want affordability, quality of life and not a lot of noise. A public park will invite the public.

A cooperator writes, “As a newcomer, I can tell you that’s a bad idea.” “The park will bring undesirable elements to the neighborhood; for the summer, it would be BBQ trash, loud music and at night, drug sales.” Please, please think this through as our

Building 27 Association

“Land Grab”

community will no longer be a peaceful community, she asks. This cooperator shared that she has lived in different areas of the Bronx and knows what she is talking about.

Another cooperator would like to know the thinking that went into this choice, as well as the reason that it was not presented to the cooperators.

“Please tell me how I can learn more about this situation and what must be done to bring it to the attention of residents of Co-op City.”

“This venture is a travesty of justice to cooperators due to it strips them of their current state of peaceful, safe, serene community life.” Cooperators have shares in the property and were not given their right to vote on this venue, he said, adding that the content of this proposal is unjust and inconsiderate to the “way of life” for Co-op City residents. Therefore, this cooperator requested a reversal of this proposal to give away the Co-op City deeded land to build a NYC-owned park. Additionally, cooperators are concerned that if the city has control of the land that they can build what they want to right in our back yard.

A cooperator called to say that prior to the Emergency Board Meeting on Wednesday evening, she observed visitors in business attire looking at the land on Monday. On Tuesday, she observed a general manager taking pictures. On Wednesday, the president called an Emergency Board Meeting and was able to get eight Board directors to vote Yes to “Donate 2.28 acre of Riverbay land to the City of New York for a Public Park.” On Thursday several elected officials just happened to be available for the big announcement made by the Mayor. It was immediately posted on Facebook and News 12 that Co-op City had donated land to develop a Waterfront Park.

Greetings, neighbors. Summer is on its way, in any case enjoy and stay safe.

Congratulations – to all of our May and June graduates.

Shareholders – As cooperators, you invested into this corporation with your money. Therefore, please be responsible shareholders and vote for the governing body of this corporation, the Board of Directors. Each extended day may be a cost.

Second deadline is Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 11:59 p.m.

Also my fellow shareholders, there will be a town hall meeting, hearing with HCR, your State Housing & Community representative, here in Co-op City on Monday, June 19, at 7 p.m. at the Dreiser Auditorium. The topic is about your carrying charge increases for the year 2017 and 2018, also increase for parking fees. Please, rather than complain to one another, write your questions down and ask them.

We got a lot going on, issues concerning the waterfront land in Co-op City, carrying charge increases, garage fees increases, and installation of new Board members. Pay attention; go to the town hall meetings, hearings, etc. A HOME is a SACRED PLACE and is ESSENTIAL to our well-being.

Happy birthday all in this month. We extend condolences and prayers to those who have lost a loved one.

Please share with the Sunshine Committee, Ms. Lydia Rondon, by calling her at (718) 583-3040. If a neighbor in our building is ill, home-bound, celebrating birthdays or experiencing bereavement, Ms. Rondon will respond on the behalf of the association.

Please keep our Board and community in prayer that the Board will make wise decisions in protecting the interest of our homes. Pray for leaders in the world for peace and stability.

—H. Overman

Douglas Elliman Management Company Two cooperators have concerns about the fact that we have a well-known realty company managing Co-op City. One cooperator is concerned that we may be in trouble of eventually losing our “affordability.” This director assured the cooperator that we are not in jeopardy of “defaulting” on our loan payments. They are hired to carry out policy and run the corporation on a day-to-day basis.

Is The Resolution Etched In Stone?

As stated in my viewpoint last week, other government entities, including Wells Fargo Bank have to approve a “deed transfer.” Also, cooperators have a right to share their opinions with elected officials.

Why A Public Park — In Our Back Yard?

A resolution to rescind this surprise land giveaway is being prepared.

New Card Options For Laundry Room A cooperator is concerned that a credit card is required to use the laundry room. Please know that using a credit card is an option and cooperators without credit cards can continue to use cash.

Please know that the Board’s role is to make policy for the corporation in the best interest of the shareholders. The Board of Directors should function as a single body, no individual director has any right or authority greater than any shareholder. The Board hires a manager to carry out the policy and run the corporation on a day-to-day basis. The Board approves all budgets and contracts.

Your voice is important; continue to share your concerns. This is OUR wonderful home!

“Enjoy life, you have plenty time to be dead” Contact me at: eturner@riverbayboard.com or 917-324-1033 – Write me: Evelyn M. Turner, LCSW, Board Director, 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475.

Building 13 Association

Reminder: Recycle, Reduce and Re-Use – Earth Day is every day!

We want to wish all the graduates and their parents congratulations and continued success.

There are many events planned by organizations in our community, so check your bulletin board to stay informed and join the fun.

Summer Fun Day … Everyone is invited to join our 6th Annual Summer Fun Day. Watch as some of your favorites get dunked in the Dunk Tank. Take a photo booth picture, Dance with your Dad and enjoy the free franks, cotton candy and popcorn. Show your Salsa dancing skills with Juan Ortega (One Man Band), see a martial arts demonstration and enjoy Zumba. Listen to DJ Val spin songs and play “Name That Tune” for a special prize. There will be carnival games and other free giveaways.

The Annual Summer Fun Day event is scheduled for June 17, from 12 p.m. - 6 pm. in Section 2 between Carver Loop and Casals Place. Save the date on your calendar. The Cardinal Hayes Drummers will open the ceremony with the Veterans Post 1871 Honor Guard.

FREE T-Shirts to the first 50 youth. Test your racing skills with Velocity Track members and Basketball with JGC Skills and Drills. Don't miss out, see you Saturday, June 17, from noon to 6:00 p.m.

Without these sponsors, Summer Fun Day would not be possible, so thank you to: State Senator Jamaal Bailey, Councilman Andy King, Congressman Eliot Engel, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, Rosenshein Realty-Peartree Mall, Stop and Shop, Fairway Foods, Restaurant Depot, McCall’s Bronxwood Funeral Home, Attorney Stephen Kaufman, Bob’s Discount Furniture, Stop and Shop, Amalgamated Bank and Allstate via Anthony Wright. Additionally, we want to thank the Co-op City Community Relations Department, Riverbay Fund, CCPD, 45th Precinct, Community Board 10, Department of Sanitation and the NY Fire Department.

Volunteers – Our community is blessed to have so many volunteers who are the backbone that makes any event a success. We want to give a special thank you to Bldg. 13 volunteers Connie Williams, Annice Bailey, Iris Lugo, Cheryl Lemon, who for six (6) years, endured the sun (and once, sprinkles) manning the franks, cotton candy and popcorn machines. We thank you.

Those of you traveling with us to the Nordic Lodge and Foxwoods Casino, please remember the date, Saturday, July 15. We will leave from 100 Casals Place at 7:30 a.m. and depart for home at 6:30 p.m.

Please be prompt. Our next event will be announced soon so stay tuned and book early, seats go fast.

Checks for Building 13 events should be made payable to Building 13 Assoc. Inc. and mailed to 100 Casals Place #32K, Bronx, NY 10475. For information re: the Nordic Lodge Lobster Feast, contact Sherrie Hernandez at 914-837-5970; Gail Sharbaan, treasurer, at 718-671-3801 or Leslie Peterson at 718-320-1370. Our website is http://www.bldg13assoc.com or e-mail us at bthirteen. assoc@yahoo.com.

Again, thanks for making our team work.

—Leslie Peterson

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Co-op City Sports

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Co-op City Little League

Games Highlights Ending the month of May with a bang, the Co-op City Little League Montefiore Rockies major team outplayed the Astor Red Sox, 7-2. Players Cameron Brown and Marquel Wicks put on a great performance. Cameron pitched a four hitter allowing only two runs.

Marquel was responsible for five of the seven runs going three for three with 2 RBIs and scoring five times.

In one inning, Marquel hit a double scoring two runs and then went on to steal third. Cameron followed with a w a l k a n d immediately ran to second base causing confusion with the defense and allowing Marquel to score. The Rockies coaches and those parents who have always supported the team left the game feeling proud.

The Rockies team consists of coaches Major Huddle: Coach Al Santiago huddles with the CCLL Al Santiago, Anthony Montefiore Rockies team players Dawson, Mike Wicks, and Harry Sookai; players Milon Dawson, Miguel Lebron, Sair Albertos, Andrew Sookai, Marquel Wicks, Mikey Wicks, Jordan Ingram, William Beretta, Yovani Gio Osorio, and Cameron Brown.

On a 9ks, one hit shut out by pitcher Joey Roman, the CCLL Capri II Pizza Cyclones improved their regular season record, 10-4, as they blanked the Astor Yankees, 5-0. Grant Knight powered the offense as he went two for three with a double and 2 RBIs. Mike Robles also contributed with a 2 RBIs triple. Terrence Chester caught the whole game.

Capri II Pizza Cyclones All Star team: CCLL players in top row are Angel Baez (fourth from left) and Haziel Panton (fourth from right), along with Coach Joe Roman (left). In bottom row, CCLL players are (R-L) Mike Robles, Ben Cintron, Joey Roman and Terrence Chester.

Two of the Cyclones’ earlier wins were walk off decided by the speedy Grants Knight inside the park home run and Trey Carey’s game ending RBI. At the regular season mid-point inter league All Star game, the Co-op City LL Capri II Pizza II minor team teamed up with the Next Millennium LL to defeat the Astor LL All Star, 12-9. Representing Co-op were Manager Joe Roman and players, Joey Roman, Ben Cintron, Terrence Chester, Angel Baez, Haziel Panton and Mike Robles.

During the game, on offense Ben had three hits, Joey walked twice, stole four bases and scored 3 runs while Terrence walked and scored twice. Angel pitched an inning and had a one hit RBI. Mike played good defense at second and Haziel at first. Joey and Ben each pitched a scoreless inning.

On June 12, Co-City LL board member will meet with CB 10 and the NYC Parks Dept for their presentation on the Co-op City LL fields’ irrigation project.

The Capital Project, made possible by a grant from NYC Council Member Andy King, has already completed the design stage. Next is the procurement stage which normally has a nine-month timeline, followed by the construction stage with an average time of 12 -18 months.

Meanwhile, in the month of June, baseball games are played during the week, start time 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please come out and support the league and players.

—Hector Ayala

Velocity Track Club athletes earn 40 medals

All of Co-op City’s Velocity Track Adonijah Washington, gold, turbo Club athletes who competed in the javelin & silver, 1500 meter race walk.

AAU Metropolitan (New York) Dis(Boys) Matthiaus Love-Anderson, gold, trict Qualifier at St. John University on discus & shot put and silver in the turbo June 4th advanced to the Regional javelin. In the 12 years old division: Championship, and, in the process, (Girls) Allyson Wright, silver, long earned 40 medals (17 Gold, 12 Silver jump. (Boys) Dontae Lindo, silver, & 11 Bronze), with many athletes 1500 meter race & bronze 3000 meters. breaking their personal records.

Julian Caldwell, bronze, long jump.

The top 16 athletes in their event/ Kyle Reinosa, bronze, 100 meters. division & gender qualified for the In the 13 years old division: (Girls) AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Region Hannah Gadpaille, gold, 400 & 200 1 Championship to be held in Hub meters race & silver, 100 meters.

Stine Field in Plainfield, NJ. AAU (Boys) Kaseam Shand, gold in the dismedals were given to the top three athcus & bronze, shot put. Kabir Gaydarik, letes in their event/division & gender. gold, high jump. In the girls 14 years There were over 500 athletes from old division: Treynece Davis, silver, throughout New York City participatshot put & bronze, discus. In the 15 & ing. The competition was good and 16 girls division: Jaelah Eargle, gold VTC athletes at the AAU Metropolitan (New York) District Qualifier. medals were hard to earn. More impormedal in the 100 meter hurdles & long tantly, athletes wanted to advance to the Regional Championship, so they would jump. In the Boys 17 & 18 division: Raseam Phillip, bronze, long jump and Darhave the opportunity to advance to the Nationals! To see the smiles on the parius Gordon, silver medal in the long jump. ents’ faces from the performances our children had was a good feeling for the Congratulations to all who participated. Our next meet is on Saturday & Suncoaches and athletes! I can’t be more proud of our children. To be able to mainday, June 17 & 18th at the USATF New York Junior Olympic Championship at tain high grades in school, practice three days per week and be some of the best the Icahn Stadium, Randall’s Island. Velocity Track Club New York is a 501(c)3 athletes in New York City is a great accomplishment and our children should be not-for-profit. One hundred percent of your donation will go towards helping very proud of themselves as well. our children. For additional information, you can go to our website, The following athletes medaled: In the 8 & under division: (Girls) Brianna Velocitytrack.org, or contact me, Coach Winston Dinkins, at 914-441-6196 or Burrell, gold, 100 & 200 meters and silver in the long jump. Shyenne Blake, email me at watclt@aol.com. gold, long jump and bronze 100 meter dash. In the Boys 9 years old division, —Winston Dinkins Kassir Gayle, gold, shot put & silver, turbo javelin. Pierce Parker, gold, 1500 meters & bronze, 800 meters. Dillon Hampton, bronze, 1500 meters. In the 10 Be respectful of your neighbors years old division: (Girls) Dakota Hickman, bronze, high jump. Saniah Caldwell, Please be aware that not all disabilities are visible, so be silver, turbo javelin. In the 11 years old division: (girls) Aysya Brown Silver, 3000 meter race. Saggi Hemmings, silver, long jump; Olyvia Burrell, gold, long considerate and respectful of all members of the community. jump & bronze, 200 meters. Tiarra Jackson, gold, 1500 meter race walk & discus.

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Board Decision Must Be Based On Accurate Information

Director’s Viewpoint

Andrea Leslie

Being a shareholder comes with many responsibilities; one of them is voting in the Board directors’ elections. While some may say just vote, I say vote as an informed shareholder. There is just no reason for shareholders to claim they don’t have information to make a decision on who should represent them on the Board. The recent national elections may have left many voters disheartened. I believe it is reason to resist. The result of the national elections was a wake up call to many who did not vote. Leaving decisions to others was not the wisest choice. Voting at the local level, we are able to make significant changes. How much more local can we get than the Board of Directors elections here in Co-op City?

Last year, exploring ways to reduce cost and bring our voting process into the 21st century, the Board agreed to conduct our election with a new electronic process at a fraction of the cost of previous years. This new electronic voting process replaced voting with machines stationed in our lobbies, and which included the hiring of voter inspectors. Each election costs Riverbay close to $120,000. In spite of the $120,000 cost per election, I felt our election process was important enough to justify spending that amount for every Board election. The new electronic election process with the option to mail ballots in promises to save us at least $50,000.

Failing to reach a quorum in the first week of this

year’s Board election was a personal embarrassment. If we fail to reach a quorum after the 20 day extension, we may be forced, as required by our ByLaws, to hold new elections thirty days after the extension. We will have squandered $50,000. I am not certain cooperators who abstained from voting recognize their action may have contributed additional cost to our corporation.

Being a Board member comes with fiduciary responsibilities and, among other things, disseminating accurate information to our cooperators pertaining to our corporation. Each of us is entitled to our opinions, but we are not entitled to our own facts. There is no room for alternative facts in governing Riverbay. The decisions we make as directors affect the lives of 15,000 families. In addition, we must avoid creating unnecessary fear in the community. Board decision must be made based on accurate information – weighing the advantages and disadvantages – not on emotions.

Recently, we were unable to approve a budget that called for a 3.7% carrying charge increase which included a $7.3 million budget line to finance the creation of a waterfront park. Directors felt it was unaffordable and unanimously agreed to delete that capital project item. Now, we have an opportunity to have that waterfront park built at New York City’s expense, and freeing Riverbay from any liability associated with building it, as well as maintaining it – including the construction of a river bulkhead. However, some directors who were adamantly opposed to Riverbay spending any monies to build that waterfront park are now evidently suggesting that Riverbay provide funding for

Sponsored by the Riverbay Fund

its creation. I don’t understand.

Contrary to all rumors, we do not have a signed agreement with the city to transfer that property to the City of New York. The Board only approved authorizing our Board president, general counsel and Management to begin negotiations with the city regarding that riverfront land. The city proposed that the Parks Department, once they receive the land, reach out to our community to collectively design that public park.

My goal for this community is for it to become an informed, active voting community; please join us. Keep Your Eyes on the Prize.

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Co-op City Working Families Party At the Fair/Up in Albany/One More Meeting

You couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day for last Saturday’s Co-op City Community Fair. The Co-op City Working Families organization was delighted to participate. Several of our members spoke to scores of fair goers, greeted many current Working Families members, and signed up a few new ones.

Despite the festive nature of the event, we were kept busy dealing with some very serious topics. The day was spent talking politics and passing out lots of information along with RESIST and FACTS MATTER bumper stickers.

We were particularly focused on two important issues that need some attention between now and the upcoming summer hiatus in the New York State Senate: 1) NY Healthcare — Single payer. If Obamacare is struck down, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen to the cost and quality of health care in our country.

California is close to passing universal healthcare in their state to avoid the devastation of Trumpcare, and New York State is close to doing likewise. One more senate vote can push this bill into the governor’s hands, once it’s out of committee and onto the floor for a vote. What can you do? Call, petition, and lobby! And contact family and friends to do the same. They can call (518) 455-2800 to urge their senator to cosponsor S4840, the New York Health Act. Go to NYHCampaign.org for petitions and more information.

2) NY Easy Election Voting Rights Reform. We’re still voting like it’s last century…no, the century before last! NY State Assembly Speaker Heastie is supporting many important voting reforms, but a few important ones have been left out. Find out how you can help complete the package in time for the State Senate vote by going to EasyElections.org.

• June 13th is a big lobby day in Albany since many important votes must be cast by the end of session on June 21st. Easy Elections is sponsoring a VOTING RIGHTS DAY of ACTION from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Capitol building in Albany, NY. It is also the day that NYCLU (New York Civil Liberties Union) has planned for a Reproductive Rights Rally beginning at 10 a.m. While we’re in Albany, we’ll ask Senator Bailey to not just support the New York Health Act, but to champion it. Let’s go visit Senator Bailey together on June 13th to lobby for one or two or all of these pieces of legislation.

• June 20th is the last Working Families meeting till September. WFP meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month (except for July and August). The last meeting of the season is scheduled for June 20th at 7:30 p.m. in room 35, Einstein Community Center, Section Five. Please join us and help plan our next steps. All progressives are welcome.

If you would like to be kept informed of Working Family issues and plans, email mpjazz@optonline.net.

—Kelly Canzoneri

Black Forum

Next Defensive Driving Class The next Black Forum defensive driving course will be on Saturday, June 10, 8:50 a.m. – 3 p.m., Dreiser Center, rm. 1. Lower your liability insurance cost by 10% and remove up to 4 points from your driver’s license.

Please make your check in the amount of $35, payable to “the Black Forum of Co-op City,” and mail to P.O. Box 563, Bronx, N.Y. 10475 at least 1½ weeks before the class, or you can walk in on the day of the class, but you must have $35 in cash to pay for the course. Please also bring your current driver’s license and a pen. Call (718) 320-8035. After this class, we will be on hiatus until Saturday, Sept. 16.

Trip To Sands Casino Sands Casino in Bethlehem, PA on Sat., June 24 is SOLD OUT. Board the bus at 8:30 a.m. at Dreiser; 9 a.m. at Asch Loop and 9:15 a.m. in Einstein.

Bus will leave on time so please be at your stop early.

Black Forum Aerobics and Zumba Get in shape, get healthy and feel healthy. Body by Andrea’s aerobics classes are held Mondays and Wednesdays, and Zumba on Thursday. Classes are in the Dreiser Aud., 7:30 p.m. To register, please call (718) 320-8035.

Nominal fee for each class.

Sound Off Sound Off is temporarily suspended.

A new schedule is being planned.

Food Pantry Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 56:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10

a.m. -12 p.m. Please call (718) 3208035. A planning meeting will be held soon. Please call for more information.

Food distribution sites On Thursdays, residents of Buildings 27, 28, 29, 32 and 33 must pick up food at the New Vision Church, 115 Einstein Loop, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Likewise, residents of Buildings 26, 30, 31, 34 and 35 must go to the Evangelical Church, 2350 Palmer Avenue, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Thursdays to pick up food. Residents of all other buildings and townhouses can pick-up at Dreiser Center, room 20. For information, please call (718) 320-8035.

Emergency Food Program We are open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., rm. 20 in Dreiser Center.

Also, due to budget constraints and shortage of available food, you must live within zip code 10475 to participate in this program. You must also have your card with you and bring two clean plastic shopping bags. Please also have your current photo ID, such as a non- or driver’s license or any photo ID card with proof of address.

You will then be issued a card in order to pick up food in the future.

We Need You - Join Us Today Membership is $5 per year/person.

Call (718) 320-8035 or write to Black Forum, P.O. Box 563, Bronx, NY 10475; email: coopcityblackforum@gmail.com or tonyshome10475@gmail.com. Call or visit us, room 20 in the Dreiser Community Center.

—Tony Illis

Retirees of Dreiser Loop

FYI: Our room #19 will be open during the summer. All are welcome to join us from 12:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. for games of your choice on Mon., Tues., Thurs. or Fri. (Tonk, Bridge, Rummy Que, & Pokeno). Or, just stop by to watch television and socialize with friends in an air conditioned room.

Travel Events: (price includes transportation via Coach Bus, located at Dreiser Loop, in front of H&R Block) • July 5-7, Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Del. Price: double, $400pp; single, $490pp. Deposit: $100 ASAP. Two payments each: $150 double/ $195 single. Final payment was due June 5. Contact Serita G., 347-5645722/Barbara NW., 718-320-0500.

• Sept. 9-16, (8 days/7 nights), Canada & New England Cruise on the beautiful Carnival “Sunshine.” NYC departure/return. Cabin/Category prices from $929 to $1399 which includes your cabin, meals, port charges and taxes. FINAL PAYMENT was due by May 19th. Travel Insurance (additional cost) encouraged. Contact: Serita G., 347-564-5722.

• Oct. 5-7, National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington, DC – Price: double $385 pp; single $440. Deposit: $100 due A.S.A.P. Payment plan: 1st due 6/19 – double $140pp/single $170; 2nd due 7/17 – double $145pp/single $170. NO REFUNDS. Includes: 1st day - lunch at Phillips (Baltimore Inner Harbor); two Continental breakfasts; dinner at Golden Coral; Maryland Live Casino and shopping at Arundel Mill Outlets on 10/7.

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Contact: Serita G., 347-564-5722 /Barbara W., 718-320-0500.

THEATRE COMMITTEE: (price includes transportation, from Dreiser Loop opposite Rehab Center) • June 21st (Wed.): “MAMMA MIA,” Westchester Broadway Theatre; lunch/show time: 11:00 a.m. Price: $70.

WAITING LIST. Contact: Marie G-R, 718-671-4949.

• July 12th (Wed.): “WICKED,” Gershwin Theater, Manhattan, 2:00 p.m. show.

Price: $102. Contact: Eleanor B., 718324-7847.

• REMEMBER – Your DEPOSIT, along with your name and telephone number, is required to reserve your trip and/or theatre seat. ONLY a check or money order, payable to RETIREES OF DREISER LOOP, will be accepted.

Committee members will be available in Dreiser clubroom #19, 718-3790377 on Mondays and/or Thursdays, 2:30-5 p.m.

Good And Welfare: Those of you still under the weather, know that you are thought of warmly and wished brighter days. Call Josephine Flowers, 718-320-0539, regarding illnesses and bereavements.

If interested in joining us during on our next SPA DAY (dates to be determined), call 718-379-4784 (Claudette D.) or 718-671-8449 (Hattie L.) and leave your name and phone number for a return call.

“Welcome, JUNE, may you scatter blessings of health, happiness and prosperity to all.”

—Claudette Davis

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St. Joseph’s Episcopal Anglican Church

The congregation of St. Joseph’s cordially invites you and your family to worship in Co-op City at 155 Dreiser Loop, lower level. All are welcome.

Weekly Schedule: Sunday service with Holy Communion and Sunday School are both at 9 a.m. Every 4th Sunday, our children participate in the reading of the lessons and every 5th Sunday, our young adults assist in the service.

Choir rehearsal is on Thursdays at 7 p.m.

The (ECW) Episcopal Church Women meet immediately after service on the 1st Sunday of each month. Membership is open to all women of the church.

The men hold their meeting after service on the 2nd Sunday of each month.

We look forward to welcoming everyone to service at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 11, when we will celebrate The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday. Our Supply Priest, Father Simeon Johnson, will be the preacher and celebrant.

Fundraising Event ECW Day Trip on Saturday, July 22, to Pindar Valley Winery in North Fork, Long Island. Enjoy wine tasting at the famous Pindar Vineyards, shopping at Tanger Outlets, and a delicious sit- down luncheon at the Cooperage Inn. $105 p.p. Down payment of $50 required to hold your seat with the balance of $55 due

by July 1. Deluxe motor coach transportation leaves from Dreiser Loop at 9 a.m.

Outreach Program: We continue to collect non-perishable food for the feeding program at Grace Episcopal Church in West Farms. We are also collecting clean used summer clothes for St. Margaret’s Church. Please remember to donate.

For additional information on all of the above, please call the church at 718320-0844, or visit our website: http://www.stjosephsepcbronx.org “O Lord our Governor, *how exalted is your Name in all the world!” –Psalm 104:2 —M. Chambers

Church of the New Vision

Pastors Kenneth Hodge and Deborah Hodge and the New Vision congregation invite you and your family to come and worship the Lord with us.

Church of the New Vision is designed to meet the spiritual needs of God’s people. Serving the community for over 44 years, we offer a warm, friendly, spirit-filled atmosphere of Christian Love. All are welcome.

Order of Services: Sunday Warship Service: 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Adult and Youth Sunday School: 9:45-10:45 a.m.

Mid-day Bible Study: Tuesdays, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer and Bible Study: 7-9 p.m.

Youth Ministry: Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

Upcoming Events 1) Senior, Family and Friends Day will be held on Sunday, June 11, during the 11:00 a.m. service, with dinner served immediately after. Invite your family and friends for an afternoon of praise, worship and fellowship. This year, we are honoring Octogenarians (80+ year old). For further information, please contact Sis. Loretta Scott at 718.671.2623.

2) Women’s Bible Study: Second Saturday of each month; Today, 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m.; the next scheduled date is June 13.

3) Saturday, June 17th from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., the Senior Ministry will sponsor a cake sale.

4) Youth Department’s Annual Graduation/Promotion Dinner will be held on June 24th at 2:00 p.m.

Thank you for your support!

Church of the New Vision is located at 115 Einstein Loop, Bronx, NY 10475.

Telephone, (718) 671-8746 or (203) 374-3020. Mailing address: P.O. Box 753037, Bronx, NY 10475. Visit our Facebook page: Church of the New Vision concerning upcoming events and trips, or call the church.

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“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 Spiritual Food for Thought: Watch for flesh reactions that open the door to the enemy; he is always looking for an opportunity to establish discouragement, hopelessness, and disability in your life. Defeat him at the first sign of his work, or he will work to defeat you at every turn. Remember that God is greater than he is and when you abide in Him, you are also greater.

Senior Pastor Boyce Landrum, Pastor Carol Landrum and the Greater Love family welcome you to worship with us on Sunday mornings at 11:30 a.m. Our corporate worship means gathering with people of all ages and cultures to express our love for God, our Heavenly Father, and Jesus Christ, our Savior. We are conveniently located at 900 Co-op City Blvd. (Bldg. 2A), on the ground level, Bronx, N.Y., 10475; main entrance - red button. The church telephone number is 347-920-5607.

Mid-Week Prayer: Please join our prayer warriors for our Wednesday afternoon prayer meetings from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Come out and learn about the power of prayer and receive your blessing through our corporate prayer. Open to all.

SWAG (Spiritual Wisdom & Guidance): Youth Fun Day-TODAY!: The Youth Ministry will enjoy fun day at Pelham Bay Park today from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

We will have games, competitions, relay races, etc. Parents are asked to contribute sandwiches, snacks and beverages. We will meet in the Park at 12:30 p.m. If you are interested in accompanying your child, please contact the church by 12 p.m. today.

Also, parents are urged to bring children to our interactive Sunday School each week from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. A light continental breakfast is provided following class. Morning Worship begins at 11:30 a.m.

Father’s Day: All are welcome to fellowship with us for morning worship at which time we will celebrate our earthly fathers. We will also pay tribute to Greater Love’s spiritual father, the later Elder Herbert Dyer, and make a presentation to our ‘Father of the Year.’ The Women’s Fellowship will prepare a special luncheon for the men to be served following morning worship. Come out and bring that special man in your life.

Greater Love’s Sixth Church Anniversary: Final call! will be held on Saturday, June 24th at the Pelham Bay Diner Banquet Hall from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $65 (adults) & $32.50 (age 12 & under). The price includes 3-course buffet meal, beverages & dessert. Our Keynote Speaker is Bishop Thomas C. Barr of Greenpoint Tabernacle of Praise; selection from the Greater Love Choir, Christian Comedian, Rakim Singleton and DJ Nate Slate for your listening enjoyment. For more information or to reserve a seat(s), please call the church – payment is due by June 16th. The close out anniversary celebration will be on Sunday, June 25th.

Peace & blessings.

—Pastor Carol Landrum

Open Door Ministries

Reversing the Cursing (Full sermon @ opendoorministries.net)

Genesis 11:1-8 Now the whole earth spoke one language. 2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 4 They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a famous name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered into separate groups and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth as the Lord instructed.” 5 The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 The Lord said, “Behold, they are one unified people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do in rebellion against Me, and no evil thing they imagine they can do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so they will not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from over the surface of the entire earth; and they stopped building the city.

Acts 2:1-11 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together, 2 and suddenly a sound came from heaven like a rushing violent wind, and it filled the whole house. 3 There appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were being distributed among them, and they rested on each one of them as each person received the Holy Spirit. 4 And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak out clearly and appropriately. 6

When this sound was heard, a crowd gathered, and they were bewildered because each one was hearing those in the upper room speaking in his own language or dialect. 7 They were astonished, saying, “Look! Are not these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears in our own language or native dialect?

11—we all hear them speaking in our native tongues about the mighty works of God!” 1 God gave instructions which were willfully disobeyed 2 God protected humanity from itself – by confusing languages 3 God’s intention was that the people unite under Him 4 The curse was a protection to prevent greater sin 5 God reversed the curse at Pentecost 6 Once again he united all people under Christ 7 The unifying person is the Holy Spirit 8 The Holy Spirit is the First Fruits of the greater blessings that God has in store for us Open Door Ministries’ Therapeutic Mentoring Program meets Mondays & Thursdays by appointment in Dreiser Loop, room 9. Sunday services are at 11 a.m. at Bartow Community Center, room 28. June 8, 15, 22 and 29, Bible Study will take place in Dreiser Loop, room 9 at 6 p.m. Contact Pastor Luis by texting 917-334-4407 or email opendoorministries.net.

Blessings in Christ.

—Pastor Luis Ramos

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Newsong Church

Co-op City Baptist Church

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Rev. Dr. Sheldon E. Williams and the Co-op City Baptist Church family, invites you to join us tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. for worship service. Sunday School for children and adults is held at 9:15 a.m. We invite you to worship, study and pray with us.

The Co-op City Baptist Church is located at 135 Einstein Loop, lower level, room 50. Our phone number is 718-320-3774.

The Wednesday worship service and Bible study held on Wednesdays at 1:00 and 5:00 and 7:30 p.m. will be on hiatus for the summer; they will resume in September. Prayer Service is also on hiatus for the summer and will resume in September.

And be sure to extend your worship with us today and every Saturday, 4–5 p.m. on Principle Centered Living Radio, redeemradiofm.com. Also, learn more about our pastor and the principles of our church, while enjoying a laugh or two on Facebook (Principle Centered Living with Rev. Sheldon Williams).

Please “Like” the page and share the posts. Only those who “LIKE” the page will qualify for upcoming contests and rewards.

On Sunday, June 11 at 3:30 p.m., the Nurses’ Ministry and the Ushers Ministry will celebrate a combined anniversary service in room 45, Einstein Center. The guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Gloria Bradshaw, pastor of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, Bronx, NY. We invite all to this celebratory service.

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 21, 22, and 23, we will hold our spring revival at 7:30 p.m. each night. The guest speakers will be Rev. Roderick, pastor of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, Bronx, NY; Rev. Quinton Ervin, pastor Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Bx., NY and Rev. Dr. Carl Bruce, pastor, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Yonkers, NY, respectively. We invite all to come and be revived.

On Sunday, June 25, we will celebrate Children’s Day at the 11 a.m. service and the Praise Dance Ministry will celebrate their 12th Anniversary on Sunday, June 25, at 3:00 p.m. in room 45, Einstein Center. They will celebrate this anniverOn behalf of our pastor, Reverend Dr. Calvin E. Owens, and our Church family, welcome to sary with invited guest from Kelly Temple GOIC, Harlem, Community Protestant Church, a church of love and understanding, located at 1659 East Gun Hill New York. You are invited to come and support our children Road, Bronx, NY 10469; (718) 862-9172. at this celebratory service.

Regular Church Schedule On March 6 to March 15, 2018, we will be going to the Holy Land in Israel. Worship sailing on the Sea of Galilee; be Sunday School - 9 a.m. baptized in the Jordan River; share in communion in the GarWorship Service - 11 a.m. den Tomb; all where Jesus walked. The price per person from Communion Service - Every first and third Sundays JFK is $2,995 for a double room an additional $586 for a sinPrayer Meeting and Bible Study – Wed., 7 p.m. gle room. A non-refundable deposit of $500 is due immediThe following programs are at the Church’s Annex: 2053 Asch Loop North (Co-op City) ately. Final payment is due on or before November 12. It is Morning Prayer Services - Tuesday, 6 a.m. – 8 a.m., and 9 a.m.-11 a.m. recommended that all purchase travel insurance for this trip.

Neighborhood Bible Study - Thursday, 10 a.m.

All checks/money orders should be made out to the Co-op Extension of Prayer and Worship Service – Every first, second and third Fridays at 7 p.m.

City Baptist Church. For a flyer, along with the itinerary and Sunday School at Community Protestant Church begins at 9 a.m. In Sunday School, in a reservation form, please call 718-671-1918, 718-379-0541, nurturing Christian education environment, an opportunity is provided for children to learn about 718-671-1271 or the church at 718-320-3774. the Bible, to grow in grace, to show love and respect for one another and to live more abundant lives. 718-379-1776, The Co-op City Baptist Church exists to glorify God and to Children attending Sunday School are served breakfast. We encourage you to bring your child, chilestablish a living community of people who follow the teachdren or grandchildren to Sunday School and we look forward to seeing you. ings of Jesus the Christ through worship, prayer, Bible study Worship Service begins at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited to come and be a part of this special and fellowship. We seek to meet the spiritual and physical moment set aside each Sunday morning to be in the needs of the church through ministry. —Hattie L. Lucas presence of God. We will be delighted to blend our spirits with yours as we bend both body and soul before our Heavenly Father. We encourage you to spend time with God, and if it be His will, with us at Community Protestant.

Other Scheduled Events Tomorrow, Sunday, June 11th, 11:00 a.m. – we invite you to worship with us as we celebrate our annual Men’s and Women’s Day in honor of the men Family Owned and Operated and women of Community Protestant Church. Our • Large Chapel • Pre-need counseling Theme: “Men and Women Working Together and on premises Trusting in the Lord.” Our Guest Preacher will be • Out of town services Minister Lakisha Williams, associate minister, Anti• Ample Parking och Baptist Church, Harlem, NY. on premises A dignified funeral every family can afford.

September 12–15 – The Missionary Ministry • Cremations • Casket Showroom sponsors a trip to THE HOLY LAND EXPERIAll areas are handicapped accessible on premises ENCE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, the only entertainment park that celebrates the Biblical Word of Personalized & Professional Care • 50 Years Serving Our Community the Christian Faith. Package includes: Round trip airfare; round trip airport transportation from Bartow Worldwide Shipping including Caribbean, Africa & South America Ave. (Co-op City, Bronx); 4 days/3 nights hotel accommodation; 3 buffet breakfasts; 1 group dinner, 2 day admissions to the Holy Land Experience; Lunch-To-Go at the Holy Land Experience; transportation from the hotel to the Holy Land and Travel Insurance. $1,013 per person double occupancy; $961 per person triple; $1,253 single. $113 deposit Serving all Call was due December 3, 2016 (non refundable after cultures 24 5/17/17). For reservation and/or additional informaNOW WEBCASTING TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABROAD tion, call (718) 671-0425 or (718) 379-8514. & faiths Hours The doors of Community Protestant Church are open to all to worship and fellowship with Christian www.mccalls.net • director@mccalls.net believers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You are cor4035 Bronxwood Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. dially invited to come in, join in and receive your blessing. —Evan G. Mitchell

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our[a] joy complete.

–1 John 1:1-4 NLT (emphasis mine) John was one of Jesus’ closest friends. He had a personal relationship with Him. He had an opportunity to not only hang out with Jesus as a disciple, but also to get to know Him as a friend.

This word “fellowship” means to share life together. John’s saying hey, I not only saw Jesus, I lived with Him, I got to know Him, I had fellowship with Him. Then John gives us some amazing news…He invites us to have fellowship with Jesus.

Now if someone invited us to have a personal relationship with Abraham Lincoln, or Martin Luther King. Jr., we would think they were crazy, because these great men are dead. We can’t have a “genuine,” “personal” relationship with a dead man.

John is so excited to tell us that Jesus is more than just a man…He is “eternal life,” He is the “Living

Word,” He is “from the beginning,” He is God in a bod, and you and I can have fellowship with Him, because He’s not dead, He’s alive!

Friends, Jesus longs to have fellowship with us! He wants to have a real relationship with us! No matter where you are, no matter what you’ve done, Jesus stands ready to forgive you, and have fellowship with you! If you trust in Him, just like John you can say, Jesus appeared in my life, and now I have a relationship with Him! I promise you, your life will never be the same, when you have fellowship with the King of kings and the Lord of lords!

Jesus stands ready to come into your life…

Just ask Him! We invite you to join us this Sunday, and experience the fellowship of Jesus for yourself!

Need more information about Newsong Church?

Location: 177 Dreiser Auditorium Service time: 11:00 a.m.

Website: www.newsongchurchnyc.org Email: centralteam@newsongchurchnyc.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/newsong churchbx Against the Flow: www.facebook.com/New SongYouth/ Twitter: @newsongchurchBX Instagram: @newsongchurchBX. —Pastor Mike Tolone

Community Protestant Church

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Bartow

Einstein

Dreiser

MENU

Room 31 unless otherwise noted

Room 49 unless otherwise noted

Room 7 unless otherwise noted

Alternate Kosher Meals are also available

Pepper Steak White Rice Steamed Peas and Carrots

Mon., June 12

Apple Juice Turkey Bean Chilli Corn Garden Salad Whole Wheat Bread Fresh Fruit Alt: Tuna Salad

Tues., June 13

Non-Kosher

Word Games: 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Walking Club: 10:30 a.m.

Bingo: 12:30-2:00 p.m.

Caregiver Support Group: 1 p.m.

1st & 3rd Tues Card Games: 2-4 p.m.

Dominoes: 2:30 p.m.

Karaoke by Steven: 1 p.m.-2 p.m.

Rm. 45

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session: 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Alert & Alive:10:30-11:30 a.m.

Cultural Dance: 10:30–11:30 a.m., Aud. B Mind Teasers: 12-1 p.m., Rm. 4 Zumba: 1-2 p.m., Aud. A Afternoon Movie: 1:00 p.m.

Wed., June 14

Kosher

Blood Pressure Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 9-10 a.m.

Games 9:30-11 a.m.

Stay Well Exercise 10 - 11 a.m.

Line Dancing 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Bingo 1-2 p.m.

Card Games 2-4 p.m.

Dominoes 2:30 p.m.

Smartphone Class Bartow Main office Beginner – 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Intermediate 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Walk Group 9:30 a.m., Rm. 40 Dominoes 10 a.m., Rm. 45 Spelling Bee 10 a.m.

Spanish Practice Class 10:30 a.m., Computer Lab Zumba 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 45

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Sewing 9:30 -11:30 a.m.

Tai Chi 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Mind Teasers 12-1 p.m., Rm. 4 African Brazilian Dance 1 p.m., Rm. 2 Art Class 1-3 p.m.

Yoga 2 p.m.-3 p.m., Rm. 2

Orange Pineapple Juice Yankee Pot Roast Mashed Potatoes Steamed Carrots Whole Wheat Bread Fresh Fruit Alt: Turkey Salad

Baked Whiting Fillets Creamed Spinach Roasted Potatoes

Thurs., June 15

Dominoes: 10 a.m.

Crochet & Knitting 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session 9:3010:30 a.m.

Stay Well Exercise 10-11 a.m., Rm. 2 Color Your Stress away 11 a.m., Rm. 4 Mind Teasers 12-1 p.m., Rm. 4 Diabetes Support Group 1 p.m. – Last Monday of the month Bereavement Counseling Rm. 13, 1 p.m.

Gentle Yoga 1:15-2 p.m., Rm. 2 Basic Cell Phone & IPad 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Intermediate Yoga 2-3 p.m.

Library: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Word Games: 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Crocheting & Knitting: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Chat Session: 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Bingo: 1- 2 p.m.

Card Games: 2-4 p.m.

Dominoes: 2:30 p.m.

Dominoes: 10 a.m., Rm. 45 Grandparent Connection: 1st Thursday, Rm. 35, 10:30 a.m.

Arthritis Exercise: 11 a.m., Rm. 45 Spelling Bee: 11 a.m.

Word Search: 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Karaoke by Steven: 1 p.m., Rm. 45

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session: 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Blood Pressure: 10-11:30 a.m., 1st & 3rd Thursday, Rm. 8 Line Dancing: 10-11 a.m., Aud. A Piano Sing Along: 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Mind Teasers: 12-1 p.m., Rm. 4 Drama Club: 1:30-4 p.m.

Orange Juice Baked Fish w/Sweet & Sour Sauce Egg Noodles Oriental Blend Whole wheat bread Fresh Fruit Alt: Grilled Caribbean Chicken Breast

Stuffed Shells w/cheese Mixed Green Salad

Fri., June 16

Library 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Dominoes 10 a.m., Rm. 45 Line Dancing 10-11 a.m., Rm. 45 Around The Lunch Table 11:30 a.m.

Word Search 11 a.m. -12 p.m.

Bingo 1:00-3:00 p.m., Rm. 35 Diabetes Support Group 2nd Monday, 1:00 p.m.

Pokeno 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Word Games 9:30-11 a.m.

Library 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Weight Management Bartow Center – 10 a.m.

Arthritis Exercises 11 a.m.-noon Bingo 1-2 p.m.

Card Games 2-4 p.m.

Dominoes 2:30 p.m.

Men’s Line Dancing: 9-10 a.m.

Word Games: 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Women’s Line Dancing: 10-11:30 a.m.

Chat Session: 10 a.m.

Bingo: 1 -2 p.m.

Piano Sing-along: 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Card Games: 2-4 p.m.

Dominoes: 2:30 p.m.

Dominoes: 10 a.m., Rm. 45 Art: 10 a.m., Rm. 45 Bingo: 1–2 p.m.

Card Games: 2-4 p.m.

Pokeno: 2-4 p.m., Rm. 35 Blood Pressure: 2nd & 4th Friday, 10-11:30 a.m., Rm. 45

Crochet & Knitting: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session: 9:30-10; 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Meditative Moments: 11 a.m.–12 p.m., Rm. 8 Mind Teasers: 12-1 p.m., Rm. 4 Bingo: 1-3 p.m.

Card Games, Dominoes: 2-4 p.m.

Apple Juice Italian Roast Chicken O’Brien Potatoes Califlower Souffle Challah Bread Fresh Fruit Alt: Gelfite Fish

Turkey Bean Chilli Brown Rice Garden Salad

Tai Chi: 11 a.m., Rm. 45 Matinee Movie: 10 a.m., Rm. 45

For information, please call: (718) 320-2066

(Schedule subject to change without notice) Payments for trips @ the Bartow office can be made Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., & 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. only Funded by: The NYC Department for the Aging, The NYS Office for the Aging and Riverbay Corporation.

JASA WELCOMES EVERYONE AGE 60 AND OLDER! Payments for trips can be made at all 3 centers. Trip registration policy: There will be no refunds for all trips. All trips include roundtrip transportation! All trips must be paid in advance – JASA will not accept checks under $5.

(FREE) LiveOn NY- SNAP (Food Stamps) Assistance – Fridays, June 16th & 23rd, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. First come, first served! JASA Main Office, 2049 Bartow Ave. St. Mary’s Recreation Center Pool – Fri., June 16th; $3. Pool aerobics for seniors, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Bartow, 8:30 a.m.; Einstein, 8:45 a.m. & Dreiser, 9 a.m. (14 seats available).

Bronx Opera is coming to JASA! – Every Thurs. at 10:30 a.m. until June in the Bartow Senior Center, 2049 Bartow Ave., rm. 31. Do you love to sing? Would you like to learn to sing? Would you like to spend time with your friends singing your favorite music? You don’t have to be an opera singer (or even like opera) to have fun and learn with us.

New Smartphone/Tablet class at the JASA main office, 2049 Bartow Ave. on Mondays. Beginner class starts at 12:30 p.m. & Intermediate class starts at 1:30 p.m.

Jersey Gardens Outlet Mall – Wed., June 14th,

Orange Juice Grilled Caribbean Sweet and Sour Chicken Breast Chicken Black Beans and Rice Rotini w/Tomatoes Vegetable Mix and Black Olives Whole wheat bread Broccoli and Red Fresh Fruit Peppers Alt: Egg salad

Fee for lunch is $2.00 & $5.00 for guest

*Menu subject to change without notice.

Alternate Kosher Meals are also available Bartow Center (929) 399-1394 Dreiser Center (718) 320-1345 • Einstein Center (718) 671-5161

ALL meals served w/margarine and fresh milk

Upcoming Events/Trips

$15. Pick-ups: Bartow, 8:30 a.m.; Einstein, 8:45 a.m. and Dreiser, 9 a.m.

Ridgehill – Wed., June 14th; $7. Bartow, 9:30 a.m.; Einstein, 9:45 a.m. & Dreiser, 10 a.m.

Woodbury Commons – Thurs., June 15th, $15.

Bartow, 8:30 a.m.; Einstein, 8:45 a.m. & Dreiser, 9 a.m.

Bartow/Einstein Senior Centers – Father’s Day Event – Thurs., June 15th; 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m., 135 Einstein Loop, rm. 45; DJ Mikey; $6; $8 at door.

Change of Menu: oxtails or baked chicken, rice w/pigeon peas (arroz con gandules), sweet plantain (maduros), corn bread, juice, dessert. Pick-ups: Bartow, 9:15 a.m. and Dreiser, 9:30 a.m.

Empire – Fri., June 16th, $5. Bartow, 9:30 a.m.; Einstein, 9:45 a.m. & Dreiser, 10 a.m.

Shoprite – Mon., June 19th; $3. Bartow, 9:30 a.m.; Einstein, 9:45 a.m. & Dreiser, 10 a.m.

Tanger Outlet Mall, Deer Park – Mon., June 19th; $18. Bartow, 8:30 a.m.; Einstein, 8:45 a.m. & Dreiser, 9 a.m.

Empire – Tues., June 20th, $5. Bartow, 9:30 a.m.; Einstein, 9:45 a.m. & Dreiser, 10 a.m. Wait list.

Ace in the Hole Productions presents “I Believe in You and Me,” A tribute to The Spinners and The Four Tops at Stony Hill Inn, Hackensack, N.J. – Thurs., June 29th, $65. Family-style menu – two comp drinks, rolls, garden salad, penne

alla vodka, maple baked ham, chicken francaise, roasted potatoes, fresh vegetables medley, dessert, coffee, tea. Pick-ups: Bartow, 9 a.m.; Dreiser, 9:15 a.m. and Einstein, 9:30 a.m. Wait list.

City Island, Lunch – Sea Shore Restaurant, Fri., June 23rd; $25. Food choices taken from lunch menu. Bartow, 11 a.m.; Dreiser, 11:15 a.m.; Einstein, 11:30 a.m.

Senior Summer Splash – Basketball Court at Asch Loop, Wed., June 28th; $5. NO tickets sold after Fri., June 23rd. Music by DJ Woody. Menu: BBQ ribs, rotisserie chicken, cole slaw, macaroni salad, potato salad, rolls, watermelon, water.

Ace in the Hole Productions presents A Tribute to Luther Vandross at The Brownstone, Paterson, N.J. – Fri., Aug. 11th, $65. Family-style menu – two comp. drinks, rolls, garden salad, corn chowder, braised tips of beef, roast chicken, mashed potatoes, fresh vegetables medley, dessert, coffee, tea. Pick-ups: Bartow, 9 a.m.; Dreiser, 9:15 a.m. and Einstein, 9:30 a.m. Wait list.

NY City Senior Citizens Day – Harlem Week, Tues., Aug. 15th; $3. Enjoy farmers market, senior expo at Adam Clayton Powell Jr., State Office Building, 125th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. Pick-ups: Bartow, 9 a.m.; Einstein, 9:15 a.m.; Dreiser, 9:30 a.m.

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Scheduling Activities Calendar Co-op City Times Schedule 6/12/2017 – 6/18/2017 Organizations

African-American Association

Function Type

Date & Time

Yoga & Pilates Belly Dancing Line Dancing Yoga & Zumba

Tuesday, 6/13 – 7:15 pm Wednesday, 6/14 – 6:30 pm Thursday, 6/15 – 7:00 pm Saturday, 6/17 – 9:30 am

Room

Dreiser Loop Room # 2

Exercise & Dance

Saturday, 6/17 – 10:00 am

Dreiser Loop Room # 9

A.A.R.P. Peachtree Chapter # 4997

Meeting

Monday, 6/12 – 1:00 pm

Dreiser Aud. A

Black Forum of Co-op City

Body Conditioning Cardio Zumba

Monday, 6/12 - 7:30 Wednesday, 6/14- 7:30 pm Thursday, 6/15 – 8:00 pm

Broun Place Townhouse Association

Meeting

Thursday, 6/15 – 6:30 pm

Bartow Room # 31

Circle of Christ Church

Bible Study

Sunday, 6/18– 10:00 am

Dreiser Loop Room # 2

Coalition To Save Affordable Housing

Meeting

Monday, 6/12 – 7:00 pm

Bartow Room # 28

Co-op City Democratic Club

Meeting

Tuesday, 6/13 – 7:00 pm

Bartow Room # 28

Bible Study

Tuesday, 6/13 – 6:30 pm

Dreiser Loop Room # 1

Duplicate Bridge Club

Card Playing

Thursday, 6/15 – 12:00 pm

Dreiser Loop Room # 9

Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club

Scholarship Ceremony

Thursday, 6/15 – 7:00 pm

Bartow Room # 31

Girl Scouts

Closing Ceremony

Friday, 6/16 – 5:00 pm

Dreiser Loop Aud. B

Harvest Restoration Ministries

Bible Study

Sunday, 6/18- 12:00 pm

Einstein Loop Room # 38

Iglesia Marcos

Children’s Bible Study

Sunday – 6/18– 9:00 am

Einstein Loop Room # 35

Islamic Cultural Center

Worship

Friday, 6/16 – 11:00 am

Dreiser Loop Room # 9

Mount Calvary Baptist

Bible Study

Tuesday, 6/13 – 5:30 pm

Dreiser Loop Rm # 8

New Rochelle Heugnot Lions Club

Double Dutch Practice

Monday, 6/12 – 4:00 pm Friday, 6/16, 4:00 pm

Dreiser Aud. B

Deeper Life Church

Teen Worship NewSong Church

Friday, 6/16 – 6:00 pm

Dreiser Loop Aud. C

Bartow Room # 28

Worship

Sunday, 6/18– 11:00 am & 6:00 pm

Dreiser Aud. B, 1, 9, 10

Counseling

Thursday, 6/15 - 5:00 pm

Dreiser Loop Room # 9

Counseling/Worship

Sunday, 6/18 – 10:00 am

Bartow Room # 28

Pelham Brotherhood Lodge

Meeting

Friday, 6/16 – 7:30 pm

Bartow Room # 31

The Ghanaian Association

Meeting

Saturday, 6/17 – 6:00 pm

Einstein Room # 38

Toastmasters of Co-op City

Meeting

Thursday, 6/15 -7:00 pm

Bartow Room # 28

Weight Watchers

Meeting

Tuesday, 6/13 – 6:00 pm

Dreiser Loop Room #4

Open Door Ministries

Goose Island Seniors

We will like to thank everyone who attended the trip to Mohegan Sun, May 30th. We enjoyed spending the day with you and look forward to seeing you again. Hope you had a good time.

Bingo – Wednesday, June 14th, at 1:30 p.m. with Stephen in our clubroom #39. Members only.

Admission: $5 for 3 cards, 12 games and jackpot.

Extra cards are 25¢ each. Refreshments and snacks will be served. Come and join us.

Resorts Casino – Tuesday, July 25th in Atlantic City, NJ. You may also enjoy the beach and boardwalk or shop in the many stores. Price is $33.

Rebate: $20 for games and $5 for food. Pick-up time is 8 a.m. at our 3 usual bus stops. See Ann, Mary or Stephen.

Crab Shanty – Thursday, August 17th in City Island, Bx, NY. Time: 12:30 p.m. They are charging more this year. See Ann, Mary or Stephen. Price: $30. Let’s have a delicious lunch together. Come to 361 City Island Ave., Bronx, NY. Directions: Take the BX29 bus to Ditmars St. and continue walking 1 block to Tier St. “Come Blow Your Horn” – Thursday, October 12th at the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton, NJ. It’s a very funny play by Neil Simon. Also, you

will enjoy a scrumptious lunch and all the desserts you can eat. They are de-li-cious. Price is $79 for show, lunch and transportation. All money must be paid by September 21. See Ann, Mary or Stephen.

To all members: Happy birthday and happy anniversary to all our members who celebrate their day in the month of June: Sandra Harville, Faye Breitbart, Ann Schlanger, Joan Ross and Eleanor Gibson.

Our Lounge – Come sit and relax, read a book from our large library, play cards every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Play Bingo every Wednesday and last Sunday of each month for only $15 per year. Also, come with us on wonderful trips.

Note: Call Ann, Mary, or Stephen at Goose Island Seniors, 718-379-9613 or visit us MondayThursday, 10 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. at 135 Einstein Loop, rm. 39. You can also call Mary at 718-379-4899 and she will return your call. Leave a message and your phone number. To call Stephen, 347-847-1941.

Visit Stephen in room #39 every Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Good health to all.

—Mary Pilla

AARP Chapter #4997

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Don’t Forget: Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 12, 1:00 p.m., Dreiser Auditorium “A.” Because this is our last meeting before summer break, we will have refreshments. Come out and enjoy!!

Please contact our Good & Welfare Coordinator, Frances Wilson, 718-671-5493, if you have a family member who has passed or one of our members who is sick, in the hospital or in a nursing home.

2017 Tour Activities July 7 - 9: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington (DC) – SOLD OUT; WAITING-LIST ONLY. Roundtrip transportation via Deluxe Motor coach, w/3 breakfast buffet, 2 dinner buffet, including a seafood buffet; a professional guided tour of Washington, DC; one full day at the Smithsonian African American Museum; and full day shopping at Arundel Mill mall, including the Maryland Live Casino before traveling home.

Arrive at 8:00 a.m., Asch Loop (in front of the library) to get bus seating and luggage tags; LEAVING at 8:30 a.m. SHARP. Contact Judith, 718-379-3370.

September 18-21: 4-day/3-night trip to Cape Cod. Motor coach transportation, 3 full breakfast, 2 dinners, 1 Lobster dinner; Foxwood Casino (w/bonus); guided escort to African American tour of Martha’s Vineyard site; Hyannis, John F. Kennedy Memorial; Provincetown along scenic route 6A; Cape Cod National Seashore Visitors Center; admission to Zion Union Heritage Museum and more. $599/person – double; $739 – single. $50 deposit due immediately; 2nd payment of $150 was due 3/20/17; 3rd payment of $200 was due by 5/15/17; final payment due 6/30/17; trip insurance is available. Contact Hannah, 718-3797962.

December 29, 2017-January 2, 2018: Swingin’ New Year’s Eve Celebration in Savannah (GA) – Motor coach trip (2-night lodging to & from Savannah); 4 breakfasts; 2 full course dinners including a Riverboat Dinner Cruise; guided tour of Savannah, historic Davenport House, and Savannah’s River Street District; New Year’s Eve Show & Party at the Savannah Theater; New Year’s Day Buffet Lunch. $609/person – double; $798 - single; trip insurance available. Contact Judith, 718-379-3370.

—Delores Debnam

Einstein Cancer Fund

Happy birthday to those celebrating birthdays this month of May. Tuesday, June 13 – Going to Resorts Casino.

Price: $35. Casino bonus is $25. Please call Lydia as soon as possible to make your reservations, (718) 671-3005. Pick-ups at the three usual stops beginning at 8 a.m.

About ourselves Einsterin Cancer is a non-profit organization of non-salaried volunteers. Our sole purpose is to raise funds through our trips and luncheon show events. All profits are donated to our three charities which are: Enstein Cancer children’s programs; Memorial Sloan Kettering Research for the continued search for a cure and Calvary Hospital for the comfort and care of cancer patients. Your continued support is a blessing and hopefully we’ll be here to see the end of this disease.

For the Resort Casino trip, call Lydia at 718671-3005 or Annie Eutsey at 718-320-1874.

Please give a call to those in nursing homes or the homebound. Your phone call will be received with joy.

Great health is wished to all.

—Lydia Ruas

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Traditional Synagogue of Co-op City

The Traditional Synagogue is located in Section 5, 120 Erdman Place in the rear lobby of Building 27B. Phone #: 718-379-6920.

Note: Office hours are Thursday and Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. Please call the office before attempting to come over. If no one is in the office, leave a message and we will get back as soon as possible.

Shabbat ends today, June 10, at 9:17 p.m.

Candle lighting for Friday, June 16 at 8:11 p.m.

The Synagogue has Services Saturday morning at 9 a.m. After services, we always have a kiddush. Everybody, please try your best to come to services, so we have a minyan and will be able to take out the Torah. This Saturday, Rabbi Kronengold will conduct services.

Father’s Day Kiddush : Saturday, June 17, will be a special Father’s Day Kiddush. This will be immediately after services. Everyone who attends services can enjoy the food.

Good And Welfare: We sell tree certificates in honor or memory of a loved one.

The cost is only $15 per tree. Mazel Tov to all having Simchas. If you’re ill, wishing you a speedy recovery. Wishing Faye Breitbart a happy birthday on June 5th.

Your support of the Traditional Synagogue, and Men’s Club is greatly appreciated.

Wishing all our members, and friends, peace and good health.

—Gary Schwartz

Men’s Club Traditional Synagogue Try your luck with the Men’s Club

Our next trip is on Monday, June 19th, to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City which is only one week away. Walk the Boardwalk, shop at the outlets, enjoy the sights, enjoy the food, have a good time. Everyone in the community over 21 years old can attend our trips and functions.

The cost of the trip is $35 per person. Receive a $25 slot bonus. You need a Tropicana Casino card or a government ID, passport, non- or driver’s license to receive the bonus. It’s like costing you only $10 for a round trip to Atlantic City after bonus.

On the bus, we provide a drink, snack, play Bingo, 50/50 raffle, and on the way back, show a movie. We keep you entertained, the trip goes fast to Atlantic City. Please see our sign in your lobby showcase by the elevators for information.

The bus stops by all three shopping centers going and returning. We leave Einstein Loop at 8 a.m. by the supermarket, Asch Loop at 8:15 a.m. by the library, and Dreiser Loop at 8:25 a.m. by the hardware store.

Please don’t wait to the last minute for a reservation. Payment is due before the trip. For a reservation, call Gary at 718-671-8424 or Bruce at 718-320-2234. If no one is home, please leave a message at either number.

Please make out check or money order to Men’s Club Traditional Synagogue, 120 Erdman Place, Building 27B Lobby, Bronx, NY 10475.

Future Trips: Sunday, July 30th, the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, and Monday, August 28th at the Tropicana with a show. Your support of the Men’s Club is greatly appreciated.

Wishing everyone peace and good health.

—Gary Schwartz

Building 19 Association

Reflections

by Rabbi Solomon I. Berl Spiritual Leader of Young Israel Synagogue There is a beautiful saying that should be engraved on our hearts. The Rabbi of Kotzk once noted that a truly religious person is “One who goes beyond the letter of the law.” Interpreting this ideal, the Rabbi pointed out that according to the letter of the law, one should be honest in his dealings with others. But a thoroughly honest man goes beyond the letter of the law, which means that he is not only honest with others, but honest with himself as well.

It is a kind of spiritual dishonesty that makes us scan the faces of a social set cringingly, searching for approval. Does the need for acceptance by others blind us to the fact that G-d gave us the intelligence to think for ourselves?

It is important for a life of honesty to follow what is right in the eyes of G-d and our conscience, and not what is right in the eyes of our neighbors. A life of honesty is achieved by being less concerned with being socially acceptable and more concerned with being spiritually accountable.

Young Israel of Co-op City

Young Israel of Co-op City (lower level of the Dreiser Loop shopping center) is a house of worship that opens its doors every morning from 6 a.m. until 7 a.m.

Anyone who wishes to start the daily routine with prayers, during which our spiritual leader Rabbi Solomon I. Berl offers a brief Bible teaching, is welcome.

On Friday evening Sabbath services begin at 10 minutes after, the candlelighting time. Saturday morning services start at 9 a.m. Rabbi Berl delivers his sermon at 10:30 a.m.

The Rabbi’s class on the Torah reading of the week begins one hour before sunset every Saturday afternoon.

For office hours or any information you may seek, feel free to call (718) 671-2300 and leave your name, phone number and a brief message on the synagogue’s answering machine and your call will be returned as soon as possible.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We welcome your letters to the editor, however, if you would like your letter to be considered for publication, it must be signed, and include your address and telephone number – which will be kept confidential – so the authenticity of the writer can be verified. The Co-op City Times does not print anonymous or unsigned letters.

Greetings, Building 19 family. I want to inform you that the Building 19 Association will be hosting two events this week and next week before we take a break for the summer.

On Saturday, June 10th, we will be selling tickets in the lobby, 12 p.m.-4 p.m. for our Father’s Day Raffle. Tickets are $2 for one and $5 for three. The drawing will be held on Friday, June 16th during our general meeting. The prize will be $50 worth of a variety of lottery scratch-off tickets.

Please keep in mind that the tickets are not exclusive to just fathers. Anyone can purchase one or more if they wish.

Next Friday, June 16th is the association’s general meeting at 7 p.m. in the association room. We will have a representative from the New York State Comptroller’s Office to talk about unclaimed funds.

The state comptroller’s office will also conduct onthe-spot searches for members that day to see if you have any unclaimed money owed to you. As usual, our meeting will also have its 50/50 raffle and refreshments will be served. I encourage everyone to stop by to be informed and to get a chance to meet your neighbors in this building.

Please save the following dates for our upcoming Steering Committee and general meetings once we return from our summer break: September 12th at 7:30 p.m.: Steering Committee meeting.

General Meetings at 7 p.m.: September 29th (Who Represents You In Government?), November 17th (Dogs), December 15th (End-of-the-Year Party) On behalf of the association, I want to you wish you a happy and safe summer.

—Leon Tulton

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Evangelical Church of Co-op City – UMC Open Doors, Open Hearts and Open Minds

Come & Visit Us – We welcome studies and prayer times. you to God’s House – Your House – Sunday Services – The first SunOne Family in Christ. We are a conday of the month is a bilingual service gregation with spirit-filled worship, with communion, service starts at offering opportunities for spiritual 10:00 a.m. Every other Sunday, the growth, fellowship and service to English Service is at 10:00 a.m. and God and our community. We are a the Spanish Service is at 12:30 p.m. multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and Remember the importance of worship bilingual congregation and all are & fellowship of all who believe and welcome. Services are at the church have a relationship with the Lord. at 2350 Palmer Avenue, across the Sunday (Bible Study) School – street from Building 30. Parking is We are now having Sunday School available. Our phone number is for Adults at 8:45 a.m. in English, (718) 320-3795, and leave a message 10:30 a.m. in Spanish and 10:30 a.m. if there is no answer. Pastor Magaly for children.

Beltre is at the church on Tuesdays, Prayer Night (English) & Prayer Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Morning (Spanish): The Lord said, “Whenever two or more are gathered in Sundays. my name, I am in the midst of them.”

Come & Join Us On Black FriMatthew 18:20. Tuesday evenings at day: November 24, we will be going 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at to Lancaster, PA. to do Christmas shopping at Rockvale Square Mall, noon to1:00 p.m. Come and bring your prayer needs so we can pray together. then to Sight & Sound to see “The MirRemember that prayer brings many acle of Christmas,” finishing with dinblessings, which God has promised to ner at Miller’s Smorgasbord. Includes all his children. transportation to and from. Cost is Family Night: Friday nights at $160/person and $120/child (5yrs. to 7:30 p.m., we have family night with 12yrs.). If you are interested in coming with us, call Barbara at (347) 603-7473. bible studies in English & Spanish $50 deposit required to hold a seat. and all kinds of activities for children, teens and young adults.

Seats go fast.

—Barbara Penn Also join us for our services, Bible

Pentecostal Tabernacle

The Pentecostal Tabernacle welcomes everyone to attend Worship Service at 100 Co-op City Blvd., Building 22A, Bronx, N.Y. 10475 Sundays: Sunday School for all age group starts at 10:30 a.m. Midday Worship Service begins at 11:45 a.m.

Wednesday: Prayer and fasting service will be held at 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer meeting will be held every Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. Friday: Youth service begins at 7:30 p.m.

Focus: The hope of the church is to be caught up in the first resurrection and to be with the Lord forever. The bride of Christ will be privileged to rule and reign with Jesus Christ during one thousand years of peace.

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nation no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled, And after that he must be loosed a little season. Revelation 20:1-3 & 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 20: 6 Satan will be bound and cast into

the bottomless pit for one thousand years while Jesus Christ rules the world in righteousness.

He will not be simply restrained as he is now, but his power and influence will be absent from the earth. People who sin against God in that day will do so out of the wickedness of their heart. In addition, the knowledge of the Lord will be increased in all the earth. What glorious day that will be for generations who are counted worthy to live in the millennial kingdom of Jesus Christ the son of David!

Matthew 25:31-33 states: When the son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. All of the redeemed, including the tribulation martyrs, shall reign with Christ as kings and priests. Since we are heirs and joint-heirs with Christ, the role of the church in the millennial reign will be to serve as king’s and priests in His kingdom.

Revelation 1:6, & 5:10 And hath made us kings and priest unto God and his father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever Amen.

And hast made us unto our God kings and priest: and we shall reign on the earth For further information, please call 718-324-0334 or 646-345-6707.

—Rev. R. Sibblies

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Circle of Christ Church

The Circle of Christ Church family extends a warm welcome to you and your family and invites you to come and worship with us at 147 Dreiser Loop Patio level (located in the Dreiser Community Center).

La familia de la Iglesia Circulo de Cristo les extiende una cálida invitación a usted y su familia para que vengan a alabar a Dios junto con nosotros. Nos encontramos en el 147 de Dreiser Loop, al nivel del patio (localizado en el centro Comunal de Dreiser).

We are a multicultural church that embraces God’s love for all. Family unity is very important to us. We have a wonderful children ministry focus on learning God’s word. Our Youth Ministry is very active and dynamic. The youth are involved in music, retreats, concerts, debates, conferences, drama, counseling among many other activities.

Somos una Iglesia multicultural que recibe y da del amor the Dios para todos. La unidad de la familia es muy importante para nosotros.Tenemos un ministerio para los jóvenes que es muy dinámico. Los jóvenes disfrutan de música, retiros, conciertos, debates, conferencias, dramas, consejería, y mucho mas.

We also have a food pantry for those in need in our community. Our phone number is 347-945-1992; in case there is no one in the office, please feel free to leave a message, we will call you back.

Suplimos comida a aquellos en nuestra comunidad que lo necesitan. Nuestro teléfono es 347-945-1992 de no haber nadie en la oficina sientancen libres de dejar un mensaje, le devolveremos su

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Thought for the week 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Mathew 11:28 Trust the Lord with every worry, problem, sadness and depression. For God there is nothing impossible, he can give you peace and help you to go through difficult times in life.

Reflexion para la semana 28 Vengan a mí todos ustedes que están cansados y agobiados, y yo les daré descanso. Mateo 11:28 Confía en el Señor dale todas tus preocupaciones, problemas, tristeza, y depresiones. Para Dios no hay nada imposible. El te puede darte paz y ayudarte a pasar los momentos difíciles de la vida.

English services Wednesday, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Prayer & Bible Study.

Friday, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Youth Night Sunday, 11:00 a.m., Worship and the Word Children Church, 5 years old to 12 years old Little lamb nursery.

Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m.

Prayer and the Word Thursday, 5:00 p.m., Boys and Girls Club Horario de Servicios en Español Domingo, 9:00 a 10:30 a.m., Alabanzas y Predicación Jueves, 12:00 p.m., Oración y Estudio Bíblico All are welcome.

—Reverend Samuel Colon

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Opportunities

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Public Safety Report

(Continued from page 7)

someone falls for the scam. Wiring money to someone you do not know is almost never a good idea. If something seems out of order, notify authorities.

Another type of scam is a sweepstakes- based scam. In this case, the victim receives a real looking check. New technology makes it possible for this forged check to appear realistic. The quality of the forged check is so realistic that it can even fool banks or check cashing establishments. The problem comes in when the bank attempts to retrieve the funds associated with the check and finds that there are none.

By this time, the victim may have already wired money to another state or country attempting to receive an even larger sum of money. Unfortunately, the victim may be responsible for the funds received from the fraudulent check. Remember a legitimate contest or sweepstakes will never make you pay money to receive your prize.

Another scam involves a person claiming to be from a government agency claiming to have unclaimed funds belonging to the intended victim. For a fee, the “government employee” can help you obtain these funds. While there are legitimate means of obtaining unclaimed funds, the government does not send employees out to solicit the owners of these fees. If you believe that you are entitled to unclaimed fees seek out the New York State Attorney General’s office and find out how to proceed. Never pay anyone to help you to obtain these funds. The appropriate agency will provide assistance in this matter free of charge.

The mere mention of fraud somehow makes potential victims more likely to believe the scam artist. It is not impossible that a bank could call you in the event of fraud, but a legitimate bank employee would not ask you for your account number, Personal Identification Number or other personal data. If you receive a request like this, call your financial institution using a number you are sure belongs to your bank or inquire in person. Banks and other financial institutions are happy if their customers do not readily give out their banking information.

In order to protect yourself from these and other scams, realize that legitimate persons will never ask you for upfront fees to obtain a loan or receive a prize. Be leery of a lender who is not concerned with your credit history. Hang up on any caller making a loan offer. Check a lender’s legitimacy with the New York State Department of Banking or the Better Business Bureau. There are reputable lenders that can help you to consolidate your debt in order to make payments more manageable.

Those of you wishing to make donations to assist in the event of a legitimate emergency make sure that the agency to which you donate is legitimate. In the past, scammers posing as charities attempted to solicit donations for disasters.

It is unfortunate but this is unfortunately a fact of life. In some cases, it may be better to donate funds locally at your church, synagogue or religious institution.

Be certain the charitable organization you select is, in fact, using the funds for the intended purpose. It is unfortunate that scammers will take advantage of a tragic situation.

If you fall victim to a scam, notify the New York State Attorney General at 1 (800) 771-7755 or www.oag.state.ny.us/ and the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-382-4357 or www.ftc.gov/. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has set up an Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) specifically for the purpose of reporting internet crimes. Their website is www.ic3.gov/.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 10, 1692

First Salem witch hanging In Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Bridget Bishop, the first colonist to be tried in the Salem witch trials, is hanged after being found guilty of the practice of witchcraft.

Trouble in the small Puritan community began in February 1692, when nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams, the daughter and niece, respectively, of the Reverend Samuel Parris, began experiencing fits and other mysterious maladies. A doctor concluded that the children were suffering from the effects of witchcraft, and the young girls corroborated the doctor’s diagnosis. Under compulsion from the doctor and their parents, the girls named those allegedly responsible for their suffering.

On March 1, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, an Indian slave from Barbados, became the first Salem residents to be charged with the capital crime of witchcraft. Later that day, Tituba confessed to the crime and subsequently aided the authorities in identifying more Salem witches.

With encouragement from adults in the community, the girls, who were soon joined by other “afflicted” Salem residents, accused a widening circle of local residents of witchcraft, mostly middle-aged women but also several men and even one fouryear-old child. During the next few months, the afflicted area residents incriminated more than 150 women and men from Salem Village and the surrounding areas of satanic practices.

In June 1692, the special Court of Oyer and Terminer ["to hear and to decide"] convened in Salem under Chief Justice William Stoughton to judge the accused. The first to be tried was Bridget Bishop of Salem, who was accused of witchcraft by more individuals than any other defendant. Bishop, known around town for her dubious moral character, frequented taverns, dressed flamboyantly (by Puritan standards), and was married three times.

She professed her innocence but was found guilty and executed by hanging on June 10. Thirteen more women and five men from all stations of life followed her to the gallows, and one man, Giles Corey, was executed by crushing. Most of those tried were condemned on the basis of the witnesses’ behavior during the actual proceedings, characterized by fits and hallucinations that were argued to have been caused by the defendants on trial.

In October 1692, Governor William Phipps of Massachusetts ordered the Court of Oyer and Terminer dissolved and replaced with the Superior Court of Judicature, which forbade the type of sensational testimony allowed in the earlier trials.

Executions ceased, and the Superior Court eventually released all those awaiting trial and pardoned those sentenced to death. The Salem witch trials, which resulted in the executions of 19 innocent women and men, had effectively ended.

Source: History.com

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