Co-op City Times 7/27/19

Lots to do in the year ahead Vol. 54 No. 30

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Editor’s Note: This President’s Message nity. We have accomis Riverbay Board Presplished a great deal over ident Linda Berk’s rethe past few years, President port to the full Board of which I will not go into Directors on the occanow, but we still have a sion of the Board’s first regular mighty task before us. meeting following the election Last year, we dealt with earlier this year. divisive and trust issues that Good evening fellow Board took our energy away from directors, Management, staff time we could have dediand guests. I am humbled to cated to the community. It is be before you tonight as the my hope we can move past elected president of Riverbay personal agendas and perCorporation. I am genuinely sonal differences; that is up excited about the year ahead of us; anx- to us. Dialog, debate and discussions ious to complete our current capital proj- can be for good and lead us to more ect property improvements and to begin opportunities to resolve the challenges other projects, such as the renovation of we face. Different opinions are part of Dreiser auditorium, the power plant com- a healthy democratic environment. It pletion, lobby doors on towers and triple sparks debate and burgeoning ideas. I cores, and successfully tackling long am excited about moving forward this standing and frustrating issues such as year, working together on the issues customer service, leaking convectors and (Continued on page 2) the integration of dogs into our commu-

Linda Berk

First shareholders navigating laundry room refurb The dryers are new. The washers are new, and bigger in some cases. The technology for payment is new — and more advanced — and there are new tables.

The laundry room refurbishment for Tower 34 is complete. But nothing’s perfect, and, as of the Co-op City Times visit Tuesday, July 23, there were still a few kinks to work out.

Shareholders in the laundry room told the Times four of the new dryers didn’t work outright, one of the washers needed two cycles to get the clothes inside clean and the app for paying the machines failed to do so.

Management was made aware of the problems and was working to address them.

BY JASON CHIREVAS

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These are five of the new machines installed in Tower 34 as the first part of the Co-op City-wide overhaul of all laundry rooms. The new machines are more energy efficient, some feature higher capacities, and all can be paid with a new smart card or an app on shareholders' mobile devices.

Photo by Brandon Ortiz

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Co-op City power plant aided Con Ed, city through sweltering weekend There is a pivotal moment in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic, “The Lord of the Rings,” — in “The Return of the King” specifically — when the nation of Gondor signals its plea to the neighboring kingdom of Rohan, not always its closest ally, for help in the fight against the evil forces of Mordor.

“Gondor calls for aid,” the king of Rohan is told.

“And Rohan will answer,” is the king’s reply, and off they ride.

Strip away the fantasy trappings and the crisis of war and replace them with New York City’s sometimes beleaguered power grid and an intense summer heat wave, and a similar situation occurred last weekend when Manhattan-based Con Edison, the city’s and Westchester’s energy giant, had to take advantage of a two-part agreement with Co-op City, owner of its own dedicated power plant, to stave off the oppressive heat and keep as much power flowing to as many of its customers as possible.

Con Ed called for aid, and Coop City answered.

The program is called Demand Response, and it includes two parts, both of which provide compensation to Co-op City any time Con Ed takes advantage of it.

“One is a capacity payment,” Riverbay Asset Manager Anthony The Co-op City power plant not only kept Ligato told the Co-op City Times. shareholders out of the dark during last “The other thing we do is deliver weekend's heatwave, it also was called upon more power to Con Ed.” to help Con Ed power the rest of the city, What that means, Mr. Ligato something for which Riverbay is monetarily said, is, from May to September, compensated every time it happens.

Con Ed pays Co-op City to mainPhoto by Toriea McCauseland tain the capacity to deliver excess

BY JASON CHIREVAS

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Do not rescan your TV!

Shareholders may be aware from notices from their local TV stations that a few channels will be moving on August 1. This move will be done by those stations in Manhattan as part of a restructuring of their services.

Please DO NOT rescan your TV. After the TV stations have completed their adjustments, Riverbay will make the necessary changes to the master antenna to keep those channels in the same location on the MATV system.

Some shareholders may have also noticed that Fox 5 was missing “off & on” on the line-up for a couple of days. This was because of Channel 5 moving to an auxiliary Low Power Antenna in New Jersey.

As a result, WNYW will only be available in analog until they are finished with their upgrade.

More information will be in next week’s issue of the Co-op City Times and on the Riverbay Crawler.

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that impact the daily lives of our shareholders. Let’s strive to make those big differences and continue to move this corporation forward.

As Board directors, we are elected to the highest post of the corporation. It is our responsibility to be visionary and observe the corporation from 10,000 feet above, seeing the big picture. I am expecting this year, during our Board development, we will establish strategic goals of the Board. We have an excellent start in the five-year capital project budget Bob [Klehammer] and his team has developed for us. We need to ask ourselves, what are our priorities for the community of the items not yet budgeted in the five-year plan? What are new goals we should identify to plan for the years after the projected five-year budget?

Lastly, I want to remind everyone we should use the system of Board concerns to bring to Management’s attention the issues on the ground that need to be escalated; broken washing machines, cracked sidewalks or missed appointments by maintenance crew? I really want to get us focused on the bigger picture. When we get bogged down with the day-to-day issues, we are distracted from what our focus as a board should be. If we are in the weeds, who is providing the vision for this community from the shareholder’s perspective. We need to work with Management on the big issues that meet the needs of the entire community. Addressing problems as piecemeal issues, shareholder by shareholder, apartment by apartment will not solve the problems for the entire community. It is Management’s responsibility to manage the property.

It is our responsibility to make sure we are moving forward, being proactive and ensuring financial stability and integrity of the corporation.

Customer Service Today, Customer Service is our number-one priority and it is a concern each of us receive complaints about daily. Tonight, Bob will address Management’s game plan for improving this issue over the next few months.

Dreiser Auditorium This evening, we are voting on the contract for the vendor management has found to be the best choice of the bids received for the renovation of Dreiser Auditorium.

This project is a critical project, bringing our one large indoor meeting space at Coop City up to a state-of-the-art facility for the enjoyment and safety of our shareholders, but also to enable Riverbay to offer the community entertainment options that will pay for themselves and a facility that will earn income as a rental space. This is a

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project I believe we cannot afford to cut corners on if we want to get it right. This auditorium has not been renovated in 50 years and it will probably be another 50 before it is renovated again. It must be built forward thinking.

The Fiftieth Anniversary has afforded Co-op City the thrill and excitement of the past few months of celebration and entertainment. I have shared in the excitement and joy that shareholders have expressed about the programming. There was so much for everyone from the gala kick-off, the planetarium show, the youth talent show, poster contest, Pioneer Day, July 3 concert and fireworks, Shakespeare in the Park and Broadway in the Boros! There were other events, like the musical show with music from many genres, the jazz concert and the unveiling of the Freedomland remnants and monument. It has been a thrilling series of events and the community has asked for more. Sponsorships paid for some of these events, and we need to start as of today to get sponsorship for our July 3 fireworks to keep the show at the level we reached this year. We are an exceptional community and we deserve to include culture, entertainment and the arts as part of the quality of life at Co-op City.

The MTA Ad Hoc committee is meeting once a week to galvanize our community-wide reaction to the unacceptable recommendations proposed by the MTA. I am so proud of this community. We turned out and respectfully turned it up when MTA President Byford visited Co-op City. I believe they heard our voice and we must not let up; we must keep the pressure on them. It’s important we respond to their proposal quickly and the ad hoc committee is working to get there. We will have an op-ed article printed shortly in the major papers to let the rest of the city know we have not rolled over or accepted the MTA proposal. It should also garner support from other communities who can relate to our concerns. Please read the Co-op City Times and follow the postings to stay abreast of the efforts on behalf of the community. Look for a letter from the committee in our August invoices and follow their lead. Together we can make a difference!

I continue to be interested in your concerns and issues. Please reach out to me at 347-913-4224 or 2049 Bartow Ave., Bronx, N.Y. 10475 or LBerk@riverbayboard.com.

Thank you to all the shareholders who have expressed their support and appreciation.

I remain humbled and appreciative, and I will continue to strive to do my best as president so I leave a positive footprint on this, my community.

Thank you!

power to Con Ed should Con Ed need it. There’s a trical fixtures as well. separate payment for instances, such as last weekend All of this, Mr. Ligato said, is in aid of doing everything possible to prevent a citywide blackout, such — July 19 to July 21 — in which Con Ed doesn’t as the one experienced by nearly the entire northeast have the energy to supply to all of its customers and in 2004, but only so long as load shedding is something reaches out to a Demand Response partner, in this cooperators are willing to do. case Co-op City, to use that stand-by capacity to “If the cooperators don’t want to help Con Ed, we generate and deliver excess energy to the power can stop the load shed,” he said. “We’ll do whatever giant. the cooperators want. I’m here as a service to the Weekends like this past one, during which cooperators.”

Accuweather reported highs of 91, 95 and 95 degrees For his part, Mr. Ligato said, the compensation over successive days — about 10 degrees above hisCo-op City realizes for the Direct Response program toric norms — put Con Ed in what Mr. Ligato called aside, it’s important to be a participant in such a pro“a precarious position.” He said, following Con Ed’s gram. request, the Co-op City power plant was able to deliver “I’m here trying to keep the system stable,” he said.

15 megawatts of energy for distribution to the rest of “So that helps to keep the system stable, and, by the the city on Friday and 15 megawatts on Sunday. same token, it also helps to reduce the carrying charges A megawatt is equal to one million watts. A typical to the cooperators.” incandescent lightbulb uses 60 watts.

Mr. Ligato said the Direct Response program typSo, indeed, Co-op City answered on Friday and ically comes into play four times a year for about four Sunday. But what about Saturday? hours at a time, a total of about 16 hours a year. Last That day, Mr. Ligato said, Co-op City had to take year, he said, between the demand response and the advantage of the reciprocal nature of its relationship stand-by capacity, Con Ed paid Co-op City about $4.5 with Con Ed. “We had an air compressor that failed,” he said, million, which goes directly into Riverbay’s coffers.

Plus, by working with the Board and Management, which left the Co-op City plant unable to deliver energy to Con Ed. In fact, for a brief period, Co-op City imported energy from Con Ed while plant personnel addressed the compressor so there was no power interruption for any shareholder.

The other part of ensuring shareholders don’t lose power, and that Co-op City’s power plant has the capacity to produce energy for Con Ed if needed, is a process called load shedding, which shareholders experienced all three days of last weekend. Laundry rooms were shut down between 6 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. and odd numbered elevators were shut This is the control room inside the Co-op City power plant from which all down during the evenings and late into systems are monitored and individual building's heating and cooling can be checked. The screens and computers in the foreground do most of the the night. Individual cooperators were work now, the gauges and meters seen on the walls are now largely asked to shut off excess lights and elec- obsolete technology.

Photo by Toriea McCauseland

Mr. Ligato said, the plant has been able to make reliability improvements that have left it in an even better position to participate in the Direct Response program.

The Co-op City plant is an integrated combination of decades old technology, such as the failed air compressor — for which a replacement has been requested — and machinery that is only about one decade old.

There are also redundancies to protect the plant in the event it needs to, for example, restart on its own or make a temporary switch to burning oil instead of its standard, natural gas.

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Assemblyman Benedetto lobby visit

Assemblyman Michael Benedetto will launch his next lobby visit on Thursday, Aug. 1, at 120 Carver Loop (Bldg. 11B) from 5:15-7:00 p.m.

The lobby visits provide the residents of Co-op City an opportunity to discuss a broad range of topics with their elected official in a special one-on-one setting just steps from their front door.

Summer Tennis

Free community tennis led by Ms. Lorraine is taking place Mondays to Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon at Donizetti Place in Co-op City. Registration is ongoing and only in person during hours of operation.

All kids ages 5 to 18 are welcome to attend. Free racquets and equipment are provided during lessons.

Coming soon…

Co-op City’s 50th Anniversary journal will be available for sale.

For more information, stay tuned to the Co-op City Times.

Next Build the Block Meeting

On Thursday, Aug 29, join the 45 Precinct at 1 p.m. in room 1 of the Dreiser Community Center for a discussion on the public safety challenges in our neighborhood. Meet your Neighborhood Coordination Officers and the Steady Sector Officers who work with them to ensure a better quality of life for cooperators.

The NYPD wants to hear your voices and concerns. Refreshments will be served. For accommodations regarding any disability, please contact Police Officer Ivette Vargas at 718-822-5452 or at Ivette.Vargas@nypd.org at least 72 hours before the event.

Correction

On page 3 of the 7/20/19 issue of the Co-op City Times, some of the photos shown for the Freedomland event were credited to Alena Powell. These photos were taken by Adrian Sanchez.

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Extended hours continue for bookkeeping window through year-end

online at www.riverbaycorp.com or by going directly to the

BY ROZAAN BOONE PayLease website, wwww.paylease.com.

Riverbay Finance Department’s Bookkeeping window As of June, 2019, 3,092 shareholders had signed up for will continue to offer extended business hours for the cononline payment of their carrying charges. venience of shareholders whose daily routines do not allow Prior to the extended hours being implemented, sharethem to be available during normal business hours to conduct holders waited in the reception area for the window to open business with Riverbay Corporation. at 9 a.m., usually resulting in a crowded waiting room. Now, The Bookkeeping window, which is located in the Riverbay with implementation of exadministrative reception area tended bookkeeping hours, in the Bartow Community Cen“4,055 or 26.4% of Co-op City households many more shareholders, ter, 2049 Bartow Avenue, will seniors and those continue to open at 8 a.m., innow pay their carrying charges online.” including who are disabled, have stead of 9 a.m., on the two been taking advantage of busiest days of the month for — Riverbay Finance Dept. the service. the Finance Department—the The next time extended 10th of the month which is the hours will be available at the Bookkeeping window is later last day for shareholders to pay their maintenance charges this month on Wednesday, July 31, when the window will without the $50 late fee, and the last business day of the open at 8 a.m., one hour earlier. month when maintenance charges must be paid before legal For the rest of the year, extended Bookkeeping hours will action commences and a $200 legal fee is assessed. be available: Riverbay’s Director of Finance Peter Merola notes that Monday, Aug. 12, and Friday, Aug. 30 this service, which was implemented several years ago, comes Tuesday, Sept. 10, and Monday, Sept. 30 at no additional cost to Riverbay Corporation’s shareholders Thursday, Oct. 10 and Thursday, Oct. 31 since Bookkeeping employees agreed to change their work Tuesday, Nov. 12 and Wednesday, Nov. 27 schedule to accommodate the extended hours on the two Tuesday, Dec. 10 and Tuesday, Dec. 31 busiest days of the months.

Riverbay does not accept cash; all payments must be made Co-op City shareholders have four options to pay their by personal check, bank check or money order. Shareholders monthly carrying charges: 1. By placing their payments in should also write their account number and/or building and one of the three drop boxes located in each community center; apartment numbers on any payment to Riverbay and return 2. Paying at the bookkeeping window; 3. Dropping their payit along with the stub portion of their bill to ensure proper ment off at New York Community Bank branch located inside processing. of Stop & Shop in the Bay Plaza shopping mall, and 4. Paying

Smoke detector installations continue with buildings 33 and 2B On Thursday, April 4, Co-op City shareholders started receiving new smoke and carbon monoxide detectors compliments of the American Red Cross of Greater New York, beginning with Chevron 1 and Tower 35. Now, the major project continues with Tower 33 and Chevron 2B, where Red Cross workers will continue to install the devices in every residential unit throughout the community.

As of Monday, July 22, 5,002 alarms were installed across Co-op City, including buildings 35, 34, 1A, 1B, 2A. The goal was to start with buildings 1 and 35 and then work inward from both ends and eventually meet The American Red Cross is in the process of installing brand new in the middle. Although the installs were initially expected smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms in every shareholder's They are on their third and fourth buildings and will continue to last six to seven months, the project should be com- unit. until everyone has the new equipment, which Riverbay Director of pleted by March 2020 due to installations’ dependency Safety Anthony Barzelatto said are sealed with 10-year-lived batteries on the number of Red Cross volunteers available. To than cannot be removed from the devices. date, about 650 volunteers assisted in the installation project since the beginning.

“If you the carbon monoxide detector goes off, leave the apartA new New York City building code requirement calling for ment immediately and call 9-1-1 while outside of the apartment; carbon monoxide detectors in all new and existing multi-family do not open windows, do not do anything else. Every second homes, apartment buildings and hotels, as well as a series of counts – that’s why carbon monoxide is called the silent killer; fires in Co-op City, influenced the start of the program. it will kill you instantly,” Mr. Barzelatto said.

According to Anthony Barzelatto, director of safety, since Shareholders will receive notifications of upcoming plans placement of new smoke detectors and carbon monoxide devices, for installation via calls from their CSO at least one week in there has been only one complaint of a carbon monoxide detector advance to scheduled work arrangements. Summer installations being on the fritz, which was replaced immediately. Shareholders will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Satwho are having issues with possibly malfunctioned units should urdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until September. call maintenance, and the Red Cross will come and replace it.

If a shareholder is unavailable on the date scheduled, he or “This brand of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide units she should contact the respective CSO to reschedule the apare the newest brand out there and are 100 percent completely pointment. Riverbay will make two attempts to gain access to sealed units,” Mr. Barzelatto said. “The batteries are un-removthe apartment with the shareholder present, after which a forced able and have a 10-year service life. It’s the law to use sealed entry will be used. Should this be necessary, the shareholder units now because smoke detectors save lives, if you take the may receive a Community Complaint for refusal of inspection battery out, it’s not going to work.” and charged for the drill-out.

According to Vanessa Aldea, Riverbay’s director of the Mr. Barzelatto said he plans to continue to educate shareCooperator Services Office, in the March 23 edition of the holders about fire safety.

Co-op City Times, “the Red Cross will provide five teams of “We’re going to continue our fire safety campaign and preach two to three individuals each to do the work. They will be fire prevention all year long,” he said. “We’ll continue addressing accompanied by a Riverbay management representative who the shareholders at their town hall meetings and local community will serve as the project leader. All personnel will have apmeetings and talk to them about fire safety. It will not stop, for propriate ID’s displayed.” sure.”

BY TORIEA McCAUSELAND

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Laundry Machines

Second-day hiccups aside, the overall feeling in the Tower 34 laundry room July 23 was the refurbishment was a welcome success, with better machines and a brighter, cleaner atmosphere.

This week, Tower 24’s laundry room received its overhaul. Next week, it’ll be Tricore 28’s turn. When the process is complete, every laundry room in Co-op City will have been refurbished.

The overhaul of all of Co-op City’s laundry rooms and equipment is part of Riverbay’s new eight-year, $28.8 million contract with Plainview-based CSC ServiceWorks, which was already Co-op City’s laundry room supplier and won the contract again in January after a competitive bidding process and a 9 to 5 Board vote with one director absent.

In addition to the new laundry equipment and refreshment of Co-op City’s laundry rooms themselves, the contract will pay Riverbay $3.6 million annually, $302,250 monthly. CSC also paid Riverbay a one-time signing bonus of $750,000 as part of the new contract, which, bonus aside, represents an increase of $507,000 paid annually to Riverbay, which will total $4.1 million during the eight years of the contract.

Each laundry room overhaul will be a five-day, five-step process, according to Management. The first day will be used to remove the old machines and equipment. The second day will be used to prep the room for the new machines and tables. The third day will be for painting. The fourth will see the new machines installed, and the fifth day will be for connecting the new technology for payment to the machines.

Also, there will be a variance in what buildings receive in terms of number and type of machines in each new laundry rooms. Towers will each receive 11 Crossovers, which is a brand of heavyduty washer with a 22-pound capacity, eight dryers, four 30-pound washers and three 40-pound washers. Tricores will each receive 15 Crossovers, 10 dryers, five 30-pound washers and three 40pound washers. Chevrons are scheduled for 15 Crossovers, nine dryers, three 30-pound washers and three 40pound washers.

All the work will be done by CSC personnel.

The new machines have new payment cards to go with them as well as the aforementioned app shareholders

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Old Laundry Card Balance Procedure

Any shareholder who has a balance left on an old laundry card can call 1-844-272-9675 to get that money refunded in the form of a check from CSC. Shareholders can also use their old cards in yet-to-be refurbished laundry rooms, which still have the old rates.

These are the next scheduled buildings for the laundry room refurbishment:

Tricore 28: July 29 to Aug. 2 Tricore 29: Aug. 5 to Aug. 9

Chevron 1: Aug. 12 to Aug. 16 Chevron 2: Aug 19 to Aug. 23

Tower 6: Aug. 26 to Aug. 30

This week marked the second in the process of refurbishing all of Co-op City's laundry rooms. Part of those overhauls is the installation of machines like the one seen on the right, from which new laundry cards may be purchased for $5 and value can be added to existing cards. Cards for the old laundry machines can be dealt with according to the options presented in the box on the left.

Photo by Brandon Ortiz

can use to pay to machines. As each building’s overhaul is underway, Management will issue each shareholder a CSC welcome packet with a new laundry card containing $5 in credit. Only one card will be issued per unit and only to the person named on the shares.

The new laundry cards will also be available from machines in each laundry room at a cost of $5 with no credit on them. The machines can also be used to add value to existing cards. As of July 23, the machine in Tower 34 did not yet have cards for sale.

The odd item out in the laundry changeovers will be the cards used to pay the old machines. Those cards will not work with the new machines, and shareholders are likely to have balances on those cards that, with the advent of the new machines, amount to trapped funds.

Two remedies for this.

First, a shareholder with funds on an old laundry card can go to the closest laundry room that has yet to experience the overhaul and use the old card there. Alternatively, shareholders can call CSC at 1-844-272-9675 and get the balance of the old laundry cards mailed to them in the form of a check.

CSC said the new machines, though they will cost shareholders an additional

50 cents per use, will be more energy efficient and, according to Management, bring Co-op City’s laundry rooms “into the 21st century.”

Tower 6 is currently the furthest sched-

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Bomba at Rivers Run Community Garden

Bomba made its return to Rivers Run Garden Sunday, July 21. Participants brought food and celebrated life. The event was sponsored

by Councilman Andy King and admission was free.

Tunes on Tuesday

This week's Tunes on Tuesday event, held July 23, featured a live performance from Blues artist Seydurah Avecmoi.

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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 – – • –L•etters – •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.

Letters to the Editor Yemen, Iran, and the US

To the Editor: Members of the progressive group Concerned Citizens for Change arranged to meet with U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel in his capacity as the House ForeignAffairs Committee chairman on Friday, June 28, to discuss the catastrophic Yemen situation.

The country is described by the United Nations as currently suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

According to the New York Times, millions of Yemenites are on the brink of starvation and experts conservatively estimated 85,000 children have already died due to the war-caused famine. The paper quotes one humanitarian spokesperson as saying, “For every child killed by bombs and bullets, dozens are starving to death.

Within our government, the fight is on to limit or continue the role the U.S. plays in that action, that role being weapon sales. In the June 28 meeting in his district office, Engel expressed regret over his committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, losing jurisdiction over the Authorization for Use of Military Force to the Arms Services Committee.

Losing that jurisdiction limits the chairman’s ability to effectively tamp down the hawkish climate surrounding Yemen and Iran as well.

Even though the congressman himself originally voted

against the Iran deal, he’s wary of the consequences of pulling out of the deal. The reasoning is: If a president, any president, makes a deal, an accord, an agreement, a treaty and the next president, without congressional guidance, can simply change course, our country loses credibility.

—Mary Pearson

In the News …

To the Editor: NYC Transit — part of MTA — a state-supervised “authority,” has singled out the most vulnerable community, not limited to the Bronx, but all boroughs in NYC. Vast internal protests minus formal protests from our “executive management” will amount to our years of petitions in the past; going to MTA meetings in the city, i.e. “nada,” nothing.

NYC Transit needs to be publicly exposed in our NYC TV news channels, focusing not only on the crippling effects of what we currently endure but their projected impacts.

This is information that warrants public exposure that we should pursue. —Marilyn Brand

First Reading - Resolution #19-31

First Reading - Resolution #19-32

SUBMITTED BY: Andrea Leslie SECONDED BY: Leah Richardson BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, DATED: July 24, 2019

Article SIXTH of your Occupancy Agreement provides, in part, that your lease automatically renews for an additional three (3) year period. You need to do nothing if you want your lease to extend for another three (3) year period. If you will be moving out at the end of your lease, notify Riverbay, in writing, Attention: Sales Support Office, 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475, ninety (90) days prior to lease expiration.

Co-op City’s official newspaper serving the world’s largest cooperative community.

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Rozaan Boone Editor-in-Chief

Board of Directors’ Meeting - July 24, 2019

WHEREAS, Riverbay Corporation is seeking to replace the stairwell exit glass with diamond wire and extrusions for the stairwell exit doors in the high-rise buildings; and WHEREAS, The Procurement Department sent out an informal bid requests to five (5) companies; and WHEREAS, three (3) responsive bids were submitted and reviewed by the Project Manager; and WHEREAS, Management recommends the Board approve Contract # 3389 to Keystone Window as the lowest responsible bidder for the Purchase of the Stairwell Exit Glass Diamond Wire & Extrusions. (See attached February 21, 2019 memo from Project Manager); and WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by NY Business Corporation Law Section 713”.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the proposed contract #3389 with Keystone Window for the not to exceed cost of $275,000.00 be approved as recommended

by Management in accordance with the Board of Directors Resolution #85-16 and amended by Board of Directors Resolution #95-44 and the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to take all steps necessary to make this action effective.

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SUBMITTED BY: Sonia Feliciano SECONDED BY: Cheryl Jenkins, Leah Richardson, Francine Reva Jones BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, DATED: July 24, 2019

WHEREAS, the Procurement Department solicited bids for Bid 3361, a two (2) year contract for the Emergency Plumbing and Gas Repairs as needed to twenty (20) vendors selected by the Blue book and also the internet; WHEREAS, three (3) bids from 1) Express Plumbing, 2) Noble Mechanical and 3) Maxwell Plumbing/Mechanical were submitted and reviewed by the Project Manager; and WHEREAS, the Project Manager recommends that this contract be awarded to Express Plumbing Sewer & Water Main Corp. as the lowest responsible bidder (See attached Recommendation and spreadsheet).

WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by NY Business Corporation Law Section 713.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED: that the proposed two (2) year Contract # 3361 with Express Plumbing Sewer & Water Main Corp. in the amount of $250,000.00 for the Emergency Plumbing and Gas Repairs as needed is approved as submitted by Management in accordance with Resolution #85-16 and as amended by Resolution #95-44.

See page 9 for more Resolutions.

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CCPD urges residents to be prepared for potential summer emergencies Summer’s hot weather puts a strain on air conditioners throughout the national grid. Although the summer did not seem like it was ever going to come after a very cool spring weather season. This past week made up for lost time and gave us a jumbo dose of heat. Unpredictable weather could be right around the corner. Summer’s extreme weather also increases the risks of thunderstorms with lightning. Co-op City Department of Public Safety urges all residents to make sure they are prepared for all types of emergencies. Being prepared for all types of emergencies will allow residents to feel confident in the event of any type of emergency. It is always better to be over-prepared than not prepared at all.

Preparing for emergencies should involve all members of the family. Establishing an emergency plan known to all members of the family is essential. Children actually enjoy helping to prepare for an emergency. There are several websites — ema.gov/kids/, ready.gov/kids/home.html, ready.gov/kids/home.html and bam.gov.cdc — designed for children that help to educate them on all facets of different types of emergencies. Other websites for emergency preparedness include redcross.org. These websites offer information regarding emergencies most likely to affect residents of our geographical area.

Preparing for an emergency includes establishing a plan. The plan should include a family meeting place, one local and one regional. The plan should take into account family members being at home, at work or at school. A local telephone contact and a long distance contact should be included. Telephone outages often only affect local services. Establishing a long-distance contact will allow families to check on the status of all family members. All family members should be familiar with the plan.

Putting together an emergency kit is also an important part of emergency preparedness. An emergency kit should include one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days.

A three day supply of non-perishable food, include a can opener for canned foods, plates, cups, utensils and paper towels should be included. Include a battery operated radio and a flashlight with An Emergency Preparedness class was extra batteries for both. Never burn can- recently held in the Bartow Center. See page 19 for information on the event. dles for light, they are a fire hazard. A Photo courtesy Jerome Rice well-stocked first aid kit and basic tools should be a part of every emergency kit. Moist towelettes, personal hygiene items and garbage bags should be included for personal sanitation. Clothing and blankets should be included for warmth and comfort. Prescription medications and eyeglasses should also be included. Books, games, puzzles and comfort items should be included for children. Infant formula and diapers should be included for babies.

Important family documents, identification and cash should be ready to bring in the event you must leave your home in an emergency.

It is very important everyone takes whatever steps they can to conserve electricity in order to decrease the risk of a blackout. Compact, fluorescent light bulbs are a green alternative to conventional light bulbs. They utilize less energy while putting out more light per watt of electricity used. There are compact fluorescent bulbs made specifically for dimmer switches and three-way lamps. Shut off lights when leaving a room. Turn off computers and monitors when they are not in use.

Avoid using Christmas lights and other non-essential lighting.

This past week Riverbay was called upon three times to shed power in a real event. These events are essential in that they keep the entire grid from losing power.

Last month, Con Ed called upon Riverbay to prove (Continued on page 26)

BY LIEUTENANT PAM APOLLO

Public Safety Report

OPPORTUNITIES AT CO-OP CITY For information on CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES ONLY, please contact: Lenya Garcia at Lgarcia@riverbaycorp.com; and Anatoliy Budnitskiy at abudnitskiy@riverbaycorp.com. Please note: emails should be sent to both parties.

Please DO NOT email resumes for EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES to the aforementioned emails. For EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, please see the end of the employment listings for specific directions.

CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES There are no contract opportunities to list this week. Please check next week.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Public Safety Blotter July 14 – July 20, 2019 July 15 – 120 Darrow Place A male was issued a Criminal Court summons for public consumption of alcohol.

July 16 – 100 Erdman Place A juvenile was arrested by CCPD Detectives as a result of an arson investigation. The youth was charged accordingly and issued a community complaint and faces a fine of $300.

July 17 – 2049 Bartow Avenue A male being sought by NYPD in relation to a domestic assault turned himself in to CCPD. He was turned over to NYPD. Rear of 150 Dreiser Loop One male was arrested for an open container and drug paraphernalia.

(See page 26 for more Opportunities)

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Buses, Trains, and All That Jazz: Part II

ner of 125th and 2nd. In fact, if it weren’t for Co-op City people, including Director Francine Reva Jones, fighting to add the Harlem BxM7 express bus stop at 122nd and 2nd, my school girl trip, I was in my 60’s Secretary at the time, would have cost me tons of time and an extra fare twice each day.

Ad Hoc Committee Against MTA (Bus) Cuts The research team knows their lines and each stop This viewpoint will definitely not be a bus-free zone along the way just as intimately. They focus, study and – unlike my last week’s viewpoint titled “This view- dissect the specifics of each bus line to determine what point is a bus-free zone (almost).”

Co-op City needs to fight to retain and what we can Co-op City’s enviable bus service isn’t disappear- live without.

Ad hoc meetings are usually held on Monday ing today, but if we do nothing to combat the cuts now, we’ll wake up some tomorrow and find Co-op City evenings. See announcements in the Co-op City Times. has become a bus-free zone (almost). But not if the ad There’s always room for people with good ideas and hoc committee against MTA cuts has anything to say a desire to help the process. So come on by and take about it. You’ve heard that old expression? A camel is in a meeting to see if there is something you can cona horse designed by committee. Well our transporta- tribute to this mammoth task. tion desert needs a camel, humps and nasty temperaTap shoe retraction ment and all!

One week from today, on Saturday, Aug. 3, Tap The ad hoc committee that was formed to fight the Takeover takes over Einstein Center, room 45. I wrote proposed bus cuts is firing on all cylinders indeed! The last week I thought I could transform a spare pair of job is to come up with a reasonable alternative pro- line dance shoes into tap shoes, but I was in error. The posal to the one offered by the MTA bus redesign peo- soles were too soft to accommodate taps. Sorry. But I ple, who, as we all know, have a severely limited vocab- will be there, nonetheless, even if I must be there tapulary: speed, speed, cut, cut, cut. Of course, I exag- less. gerate. The MTA people, from the start, acknowledged And I will know a thing or two by the time I get to that no one knows a bus system better than the people the lesson, even though, as I tap out these very words, who ride the buses day in-day out. And boy, oh boy, do I have not, not even once, tapped a step in my life. the members of the Research and Proposal SubcomSo how will I learn the moves between now and mittee know their routes. It makes my head spin hear- then? The magic of the internet will be my crib sheet. ing the reports fly by at a mile a minute interrupted Facebook people can go to Co-op City - Riverbay Coronly occasionally with, “Wait, you forgot …” poration and scroll down to the early July entries and My contribution, in place of foot-by-foot knowl- watch video of the July 6, 2019, Tap Takeover event edge of our many, many bus lines, stops, transfer points, held in Bartow. There you’ll find pictures and moves and destination details will be my usual, nitpicky need of the two dozen particto explain stuff. I’m focusing on rendering poster-size ipants following leader visuals of every bus line’s current, intended and alter- Jason Bernard. nate plan layout so all can see — when the time comes But wait, there’s more!

— what we have, what we might lose, and what we’ll Much more. Years’ worth of more. On that demand we keep in our transit future.

Currently, I don’t ride buses all that often, but when same Facebook page, I was going to class at City College, a dozen years ago, Co-op City - Riverbay I knew the route intimately, down to how many chick- Corporation, first created ens were penned up next to the gas station at the cor- Oct. 21, 2015, you’ll find

Director’s Viewpoint

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flyers, photos, clips, concerts, recognitions, and testimonials going way back. You can see the September 2016 Section 5 Fair was cancelled due to low participation. And a Millennial Gothic Show was cancelled for who-knows-what reason. You’ll see notices for flu shots, blood drives, Zika virus warnings, farmer’s markets, spelling bees, coat drives, Santa visits, ShapeUp NYC 2016 activities, and Tap Takeovers past. You’ll find football footage, every imaginable style of music, except polka, endless dancing, grazing geese, winter advisories, and the very first posted comment: “be very careful now they allow aggressive dogs to live here as service animals!!!!!!”

Ah, nostalgia in the technological age. If you scroll way down to the 2015 beginning you’ll see another first — the first videoed concert clip featuring Worla Roots at a Wicked Wednesdays show. Much closer to the top, you’ll find the latest Wicked Wednesday footage posted as it happened! And it just so happens, I was there at the July 17 show, which starred my dear friend and Black Madonna incarnate, Mimi Jones.

About 20 minutes from the end of that fabulous concert, you’ll hear bluesy ol’ me bringing down the house.

Would I lie to you? Check it out for yourself. And check out the entire page for surprises galore. If you go to the page today, you’ll find the latest in summer fun including the first annual Co-op City Jazz Concert, and everything fun and noteworthy that’s happened since.

But what about trains?

Did you go to the run-through of the proposed Metro North station? I did. I’ll tell you all about it next time.

You can reach me by voice or text at 718-219-2211 or by email at mpearson@riverbayboard.com.

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Resolutions

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First Reading - Resolution #19-33

SUBMITTED BY: Linda Berk SECONDED BY: Claudia Sampson BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING: July 24, 2019

WHEREAS, Riverbay Corporation will install secured pay stations in absence of garage attendants, which will accept cash, coin, and credit cards and will also provide change, thereby eliminating the need for attendants to handle cash. The pay stations will be equipped with video intercoms. Pay stations are related to the current Amano Garage access and revenue control system, and therefore must be provided by Amano McGann; and WHEREAS, Management recommends the Board approve Contract # 3382 to Amano McGann as the lowest responsible bidder in the amount not to exceed $575,703.78 for the purchase of the Ten (10) pay stations for the Eight (8) garages in Co-op City.

(See attached June 3, 2019 memo from Danielle O’Connor) WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by NY Business Corporation Law Section 713”.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The Board approves awarding Contract # 3382 to Amano McGann as the lowest responsible bidder in the amount not to exceed $575,703.78, for the purchase of the Ten (10) Pay Stations for the Eight (8) garages in Co-op City; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President is authorized to sign this Contract and Management is directed to take all necessary orders to comply with this Resolution.

First Reading - Resolution #19-35

SUBMITTED BY: Leah Richardson SECONDED BY: Francine Reva Jones BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING: July 24, 2019

WHEREAS Riverbay sent out requests for proposals to 37 companies to provide bids - for RFP 3391, a two-year contract for Installation of Wood Floors and Vinyl Composite Tiles based on square foot pricing; and WHEREAS, Riverbay received five (5) proposals that were reviewed by the Project Manager; and WHEREAS, the Project Manager, recommends that this contract be awarded to three bidders (Cove Improvements Inc., Durablis Solutions Inc. and KD Hercules) as the lowest responsible bidders (Recommendation and Spreadsheet attached) with Management assigning work based on the needs of Riverbay and the total work assigned not to exceed $2,000,000; and WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by NY Business Corporation Law Section 713.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED: that the Board approves two-year contracts with Cove Improvements Inc. (Contract #3391A), with Durablis Solutions Inc.(Contract #3391B) and with KD Hercules (Contract #3391C) for a total not to exceed costs of $2,000,000.00 as submitted by Management in accordance with Board of Director’s Resolution #85-16 as amended by Board of Directors Resolution #95-44 and the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to take all steps necessary to make this action effective.

Second Reading - Resolution #19-25

SUBMITTED BY: Andrea Leslie SECONDED BY: Evelyn Turner BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: July 24, 2019

WHEREAS, the Procurement Department sent out eleven (11) requests for proposals to vendors for Bid #3348, Distribution of the Co-op City Times; and WHEREAS, one (1) bid was submitted and reviewed by the Project Manager; and WHEREAS, the Project Manager recommends that this contract be awarded at a cost of $145,000.00 to RJB Distribution Corp as the lowest responsible bidder (Recommendations attached); and WHEREAS, this will be a two year contract for the Distribution of the Co-op City Times.

WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by NY Business Corporation Law Section 713”.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED: that Contract # 3348, in the amount of $145,000.00 with RJB Distribution Corp. for a period of two (2) years be approved as submitted by Management in accordance with Board of Directors Resolution #85-16 and amended by Board of Directors Resolution #95-44 and the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to take all steps necessary to make this action effective.

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Second Reading - Resolution #19-22

NY Business Corporation Law Section 713.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That a Legal Retainer with Jackson Lewis is approved for a three year period for (1) a flat rate of $300,000 per year fee for employment WHEREAS, Management recommends and labor counsel, arbitrations, grievances, colrenewing the legal retainer with the employ- lective bargaining, negotiations, legal counsel ment and labor firm of Jackson Lewis for a to the Management and PBA Pension plans as three year period for a flat rate of $300,000 well as representation through probable for employment and labor counsel, arbitra- cause/no probable cause determination in all tions, grievances, collective bargaining nego- administrative cases brought before the EEOC, tiations, legal counsel to the Management and the New York State Division of Human Rights PBA Pension plans as well as representation and the City of New York Commission on through probable cause/no probable cause Human Rights, and any administrative prodecisions at all administrative hearings and ceedings regarding alleged violations of the administrative trials, and all claims brought FMLA, ADA, ADEA, Title VII or equivalent before the EEOC, the New York State Divi- New York State or New York City Law and sion of Human Rights and the City of New NLRB matters through the agency’s decision York Commission on Human Rights, in addi- on whether to issue a complaint, and (2) for tion to any administrative proceedings regard- state and federal litigation, agency and court ing alleged violations of the FMLA, ADA, trials, training and investigations at an hourly ADEA, Title VII or equivalent New York State rate of $350.00 per hour for principals, $290.00 or New York City Law and NLRB matters per hour for associates and $125.00 per hour through the agency’s decision on whether to for paralegals or the applicable insurance covissue a complaint and for state and federal lit- erage reimbursement rate; and igation, trials, training and investigations at BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the an hourly rate of $350.00 per hour for princi- President is hereby authorized to sign this Legal pals, $290.00 per hour for associates and retainer on behalf of the Corporation. $125.00 per hour for paralegals, See attached YES: Berk, Cylich, Feliciano, Jenkins, Management Memo, and: Johnson, Jones, Lambright, Pearson, Rice, WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Reso- Richardson, Rosario, Sampson, Saunders lution no Director has disclosed to the full NO: Leslie, Marbury Board any conflict of interest as required by PASSED SUBMITTED BY: Claudia Sampson SECONDED BY: Francine Reva Jones BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING: July 24, 2019

Second Reading - Resolution #19-24

SUBMITTED BY:Linda Berk SECONDED BY: Leslie Peterson, Claudia Sampson BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: July 24, 2019

WHEREAS, Riverbay sent out requests for proposals to eight qualified companies to provide the renovation of the Dreiser auditorium rooms, entrance and lobby space as well as the associated restrooms; and WHEREAS, Riverbay received three (3) qualified proposals which were reviewed in detail by the Project Architect and the Project Manager; and WHEREAS, the Project Architect and Project Manager reviewed all three (3) bids and recommend Structure Craft Contracting, LLC as the lowest responsible bidder (Recommendations attached); and WHEREAS, the cost of the project will not exceed $5,662,979 including the base bid and alternates. We are also requesting a 10% con-

tingency for the project ($566,297.90); and WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by NY Business Corporation Law Section 713.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED: that the proposed contract #3214 with Structure Craft Contracting, LLC for a not to exceed contract total of $5,662,979 plus 10% contingency ($566,297.90) be approved as recommended by Management in accordance with the Board of Directors Resolution #85-16 and amended by Board of Directors Resolution #95-44 and the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to take all steps necessary to make this action effective.

YES: Berk, Cylich, Jenkins, Jones, Lambright, Leslie, Marbury, Pearson, Rosario, Sampson NO: Feliciano, Johnson, Rice, Richardson, Saunders PASSED

Second Reading - Resolution #19-27 SUBMITTED BY: Mary Pearson SECONDED BY: Francine Reva Jones BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: July 24, 2019

WHEREAS, the Procurement Department sent requests for proposals for Bid 3349, a two-year contract for the Replacement & Repair of Sidewalks at Various Locations to nineteen (19) vendors selected by the Blue book and the internet; and WHEREAS, six (6) bids were submitted and reviewed by the Project Manager; and WHEREAS, the Project Manager recommends that the Board approve Stone Bridge Landscape and Masonry LLC as the lowest responsible bidder (Recommendations and spreadsheet attached).

WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by

NY Business Corporation Law Section 713”.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED: that Contract #3349 with Stone Bridge Landscape and Masonry LLC in the amount of $600,000.00 for a period of two (2) years for the Replacement & Repair of Sidewalks at Various Locations is approved as submitted by Management in accordance with Resolution #85-16 and as amended by Resolution #95-44; and BE IT FURTHER IT RESOLVED: that the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to take all steps necessary to make this action effective.

YES: Berk, Feliciano, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lambright, Marbury, Pearson, Rice, Richardson, Rosario, Sampson, Saunders NO: Cylich, Leslie PASSED See page 11 for more Resolutions

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Proposed Metro-North Station Draws Excitement Director’s Viewpoint

Francine Reva Jones Assistant Secretary I was happy to welcome my family for a short stay for their summer vacation. While here, one of them noticed the Co-op City Times headline, “Bronx MetroNorth public workshop to be held in Co-op City July 16.” I informed her a Metro-North station was being created in Section 5, in addition to three other Bronx stations, and the MTA was seeking input from residents. Being a former resident, she expressed how important this would be for cooperators and how they would have a much shorter and more convenient trip to Manhattan’s Penn Station or, going north, to New Haven, Connecticut. Although I am a retired person, I look forward to the MTA finalizing the proposal and completing this project. It will enhance the quality of life in our community.

Protecting Cooperators I recently received a call from a cooperator who was very concerned about the lack of a crosswalk, stop signs or speedbumps at Asch Loop and Aldrich Place.

She stated she and other seniors have a difficult time crossing quickly enough for the oncoming traffic.

Therefore, I have made the following request for improvements in the Co-op City community since Coop City is a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community and is in dire need of these upgrades: 1. A crosswalk and two stop signs are needed. The location is Asch Loop at Aldrich Street in Co-op City.

This area is hazardous for pedestrians to cross, especially the elderly. The traffic moves very quickly around the curve and it is difficult to see the oncoming vehicles due to the curve in the roadway. Residents in our NORC cannot move very fast and many use canes and wheelchairs. Please arrange for a crosswalk to be placed on Asch Loop, from Aldrich Street near Building 15 to Garage 4. The sidewalks have already been lowered in the appropriate areas for handicapped pedestrians.

2. Two stop signs needed. Please arrange for two stop signs to be placed in opposite directions on Asch Loop. One should be on Asch Loop at Aldrich Street on the Building 15 side. The other stop sign should be on the opposite side of Asch Loop, near Garage 4.

3. Street leveling is needed. The location is Co-op City Boulevard at the corner of Asch Loop near buildings 20 and 22. The street is very uneven and those driving their vehicles in this area feel like they are on a roller coaster. Please have this area leveled and pressed flat so drivers may have a smooth ride when traveling on this area of the roadway.

This request was made to our elected officials, including Councilman Andy King, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, state Sen. Jamaal Bailey and to Community Board 10. I also spoke with the NYC 311 operator. In closing, I stated their immediate attention is needed to address these issues and to please respond to me as to when these three requests would be accomplished.

Other Concerns There are other community concerns that need attention, including clogged street sewer drains, water leak behind the Adler Townhouses near Building 21C, the Ring doorbell, and the Riverbay phone system. On the other hand, the accomplishments include the installation of new elevators in some buildings, the Local Law 11 brick work is being accomplished at Building 26, and the basement leaks are being addressed in several buildings.

50th Anniversary I believe we have completed all of the activities for Co-op City’s 50th Anniversary. I had a fantastic time at the events I attended. Compliments are extended to the History Committee and the 50th Anniversary Committee that worked together to render a fabulous celebration. The beautiful celebratory flags are still flying on our lamp poles and, I understand, they will be there for months to come.

Ms. Gwen Carr Don’t believe your lying eyes. This is what, I believe, the NYC Police Department commissioner and the U.S. Justice Department attorney general want the supporters of Ms. Gwen Carr, mother of Mr. Eric Garner, to believe.

The death of her son, Mr. Eric Garner, by NYC police was recorded and seen all over the country, on television and social

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media. Garner’s family and supporters called for the officer involved in this homicide to be fired from the NYPD. There had been several reported complaints of the officer using excessive force in other cases. Yet, the powers that be have, as of now, refused to fire the officer even though the chokehold was declared illegal prior to this incident.

Protesters have demonstrated on Staten Island and throughout the city due to the failure by the NYPD to resolve this matter for nearly five years. However, last week, just before the statute of limitations expired, the U.S. Justice Department informed Garner’s family no federal charges would be brought against any NYC police officer. This decision was made by the U.S. Attorney General. Protests are continuing because of this unfair decision that many are calling racist. Instead of standing up for justice, many believe NYPD officers are protected and awarded with salary increases.

Also last week, the NYC mayor stated the matter would be resolved in August, 2019, although, I believe the mayor should have tried to persuade the NYPD Commissioner to fire this cop. The mayor is currently running to become the president of the U.S.A. Would you vote for him?

Credit is extended to Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who I believe is on the right side of justice.

He is standing with the family and supporters against this travesty of justice.

Summertime Please have a safe and enjoyable time for the rest of the summer. Keep cool and use sun screen lotion for skin protection on hot, sunny days. Also, be sure to drink plenty of refreshing water.

Contact I can be reached at 718-671-5957 or fjones@riverbayboard.com.

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Resolutions

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Amended Second Reading - Resolution #18-43 SUBMITTED BY: Leah Richardson SECONDED BY: Kevin Lambright and Jerome Rice BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING: July 24, 2019

WHEREAS, On January 13, 2010 the Board approved, via Resolution 09-82, rules, regulations, and fines for the safety, care, cleanliness and use of the garages; and WHEREAS, The Garage Committee by a unanimous vote now recommends the Board approve additional rules and fines.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Directors approves the following garage rules, regulations and fines: Infraction Current Propose Driving against directional signs $75.00 $100.00 Destruction/Vandalism of garage property $200.00 $200.00 Unauthorized loan, exchange or reassignment of garage sticker or garage key $100.00 $100.00 Parking in handicap space without permit $50.00 $100.00 Unauthorized parking in reserve space $50.00 $100.00 Parking in two (2) spaces/failure to park fully within painted lines $50.00 $150.00 Parking in unassigned garage between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m.

N/A $150.00 Parking in Fire Zone/Tow Away Zone or No Parking Area $100.00 $250.00 Failure, after notification, to repair oil leak or flat tire $25.00 $25.00 Failure to keep inspection/registration current $25.00 $50.00 Failure, after notice, to clean excessively dirty vehicle $25.00 $50.00 Failure to display license plate(s) $25.00 $75.00 Performing vehicle maintenance in the garage except for changing flat tire or battery boost $25.00 $50.00 Improper disposal of debris/littering $25.00 $50.00 Failure to return or loss of sticker $50.00 $50.00 Unauthorized use of facility N/A $200.00 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution take effect after cooperators have been given advance notice of these rules, regulation and fines by publication in three (3) consecutive issues of the Co-op City Times.

Retirees of Dreiser Loop

The Dreiser Club room 19 will continue to be open during July and August after 1 p.m. for your daily pleasure, except Wednesdays. Come relax and join in the fun by playing card games of your choice and a variety of board games or just come in to socialize, sit and watch one of your favorite TV shows with others.

Travel events Price includes coach bus located on Dreiser Loop, in front of H&R Block Sept. 16 to 19, Monday to Thursday, Niagara Falls, Canada. Price: Double: $589/Single: $709. Final payment due now. Passport required. Meet and greet upon arrival, guided tours, three breakfasts/three dinners and Niagara Falls cruise.

Contact: Serita Grayson, 347 564-5722.

Theatre Committee Price includes Van transport, from Dreiser Loop, front of Rehab Center July 31, Wednesday, “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations” Imperial Theatre. Showtime: 2 p.m. SOLD OUT! Contact: Dorothy Lindo, 718379-0314 Sept. 11, Wedesday, “Mambo Italiano” Westchester Broadway Theatre. Showtime: 11 a.m. Price: $75. Deposit: $40 Balance due: $35, Aug. 9. Contact: Marie Green-Ryan, 718-671-4949.

Nov. 15, Friday “Radio City Christmas Spectacular.” Showtime: 2 p.m. Price: $80. Down payment $40, ASAP. Balance due Wednesday, Oct. 2. Contact: Eleanor Barlow, 917-952-0861.

We accept checks payable to Retirees of Dreiser Loop, along with your name and telephone number. Committee members will be available in the Dreiser clubroom 19, 718-379-0377, on Mondays and/or Thursdays, 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Good and Welfare Our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Juanita M. Minor, who recently passed away. May your memories give you peace and comfort. To members and friends on the mend, we hope each new day bring you renewed strength.

Call Josephine Flowers, 718-320-0539, regarding illnesses and bereavements.

Mark your calendar, our next Jazz Up Your Health With a Senior Spa Day will be in September, date to be determined. Call Claudette D 718 379-4784/Hattie L, 718-671-8449 if interested in joining us.

I hope you enjoy: “So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day, if I feel like it.”

Best wishes to all for a safe fun-filled summer!

—Claudette Davis

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Lease Resolution - #19-29

SUBMITTED BY: Claudia Sampson SECONDED BY: Francine Reva Jones BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING DATED: July 24, 2019

WHEREAS, ABI Group Luxury Inc., has requested a new lease from Riverbay Corporation for the premises at 135 Dreiser Loop, Bronx, New York, to be used as an online black car service for medical patients; and WHEREAS, the term of the lease is 5 years with one 5 year renewal option and annual rental rates are within the provisions of Resolution #85-16 as amended

by Resolution #95-44; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the lease agreement for the premises at 135 Dreiser Loop, Bronx, New York, by and between Riverbay Corporation, Owner, and ABI Group Luxury Inc., Tenant, containing the terms as negotiated by Riverbay Corporation’s management is hereby approved as submitted by management in accordance with Resolution #85-16 as amended by Resolution #95-44; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President of the Corporation is authorized to sign the lease agreement and related documents on behalf of Riverbay Corporation.

YES: Berk, Cylich, Feliciano, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lambright, Leslie, Marbury, Pearson, Rice, Richardson, Rosario, Sampson, Saunders PASSED

Lease Resolution - #19-30 SUBMITTED BY: Cheryl Jenkins SECONDED BY: Linda Berk BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING DATED: July 24, 2019

WHEREAS, Guang Hui Restaurant II Inc. has requested a lease from Riverbay Corporation for the premises at 125 Dreiser Loop, Bronx, New York, to be used for preparation and sale of Chinese style food for on and off premises consumption; and WHEREAS, the term of the lease is 5 years with a 5 year renewal option and annual rental rates are within the provisions of Resolution #85-16 as amended

by Resolution #95-44; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the lease agreement for the premises at 125 Dreiser Loop, Bronx, New York, by and between Riverbay Corporation, Owner, and Guang Hui Restaurant II Inc., Tenant, containing the terms as negotiated by Riverbay Corporation’s management is hereby approved as submitted by management in accordance with Resolution #85-16 as amended

by Resolution #95-44; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President of the Corporation is authorized to sign the lease agreement and related documents on behalf of Riverbay Corporation.

YES: Berk, Cylich, Feliciano, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lambright, Leslie, Marbury, Pearson, Rice, Richardson, Rosario, Sampson, Saunders PASSED

Lease Resolution - #19-34 BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING: JULY 24, 2019

WHEREAS, In 2005 Riverbay contracted with Bargold Storage Systems, LLC for the installation and leasing of 988 storage units; and WHEREAS, On February 8, 2012 Riverbay extended the 2005 Agreement until July 31, 2019; and WHEREAS, Management now recommends an extension of the Agreement until July 31, 2029 with the following amendments: Riverbay’s present monthly costs of $11,690 per month will not increase during the ten year extension.

Bargold will, at no cost to Riverbay, repair or replace 25 damaged storage units per year as selected by Riverbay.

Delete the requirement for Riverbay to pay liquidated damages at the end of the extension period.

Bargold will install additional new storage units at a cost to Riverbay of $1,000 per unit and upon installation the units will be property of Riverbay; and WHEREAS, Prior to voting on this Resolution no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by the New York Business Corporation Law Section 713.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Board approves extending the Bargold Equipment Lease from August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2029 upon the terms negotiated by Riverbay; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the President is authorized to sign all agreements relating to the extended Agreement with Bargold and that Management is directed to take all actions to implement the terms of this Resolution.

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New Train Station, New Opportunities Director’s Viewpoint

Daryl Johnson As you know, there was a presentation on Tuesday, July 16, about a new train station for Co-op City. So, let’s go over a few details from that meeting.

Bronx Metro-North Station Presentation Diagrams were spread out on easels for the presentation of the upcoming train station in section 5. One diagram pointed out that Bronxites will have “quicker connections” to job centers in midtown Manhattan and to employment centers in Westchester County and southeast Connecticut. So, that’s a good point to consider because lots of people can think about working in Westchester County and Connecticut.

Another diagram pointed out the Bronx is growing faster than other boroughs. This is true because the Bronx is changing big time. So, just like Brooklyn, lots of people have started to move to the Bronx. And, rents have started to go up dramatically in lots of areas. Therefore, this diagram stated: “Getting planning right around [the] new Metro-North service today will be critical to helping to accommodate this growth in the future.”

Bottom line: The idea of traveling from Penn Station to Co-op City in 30 minutes represents a tremendous improvement over taking a few trains and a bus to get home. However, we have to keep in mind the overall plan for these investments is to bring lots of people, money and businesses to the Bronx. So, again, we have to make sure we keep Co-op City affordable.

We help NYC with electricity Last Saturday, July 20, there was a power outage that affected more than 3,200 NYC residents. In Staten Island, over 2,000 residents had no power. Additionally, this power outage affected residents in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.

Fortunately, we have our own power plant that can generate electricity. Therefore, at times, ConEd will

ask us for help when the demand for electricity is strong.

For instance, sometimes the temperature will skyrocket to near 100 degrees on some days. Additionally, the heat index might be around 110 degrees. So, you know lots of people across the city will be blasting their air conditioners during this time period. Then, that’s when problems begin.

But, fortunately, we’re able to provide the city with some extra power so an all-out blackout will not occur.

On the other hand, some of our residents might be inconvenienced by a reduction of power. But, the flip side of this issue is a citywide blackout will affect everyone in NYC. For instance, lots of people across the city could get stuck on a train or in an elevator.

Hospitals and other businesses will have their operations affected in a negative way.

Also, do you remember what happened July 13-14, 1977? Well, there was a tremendous blackout throughout NYC. Lots of stores were viciously looted by thousands of people. Buildings were burned down.

Extremely violent crimes were committed. And, thousands of people were arrested.

Bottom line: There was a power outage that involved our street lights on Thursday, July 18, 2019, at around 9:15 p.m. And, several drivers almost crashed their vehicles into other vehicles near Bay Plaza. Lights along Co-op City Boulevard were also affected. However, although this incident didn’t make the news, I’m glad that our lights stayed on.

Laundry card refunds Previously, some of our cooperators were worried because their present laundry cards will not work with the new machines. So, they thought that they would lose money on those cards. Then, my phone started to ring. Therefore, I sent a message to management about this matter.

Thereafter, Management issued a response published in last week’s edition of the Co-op City Times.

And, here are some portions of their response: “You will be issued a new $5 complimentary laundry card to be used in the new machines once your laundry

Section 4 Partnership

We, the Section 4 Partnership of Co-op City, have been asked by the Riverbay Fund to volunteer at this year’s National Night Out. This national event will take place coast-to-coast and right here on our great lawn Tuesday, Aug. 6. Volunteers are needed from 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Contact Riverbay’s Leandra Peters to signup and receive your assignment.

The Section 4 Partnership is making an important impact on the community of Co-op City each time we show up for these events. Pioneer Day, Hoops and Beats, the Ice Cream Social, the Grand Opening of the Section 4 Basketball Courts and others. Help us continue this positive effort and reap the benefits of a united community. You don’t have to live in Section 4 to be a part of this team. Spread the word. Wear your “50th Anniversary T-shirts.” If you don’t have one yet, come and get one, soon. Spreading unity in our community. Let’s get it done!

The next meeting of the Section 4 Partnership will be Friday Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. in “the Gathering Room” in the rear lobby of Building 21B, 120 Bellamy Loop. The Section 4 Partnership is comprised of every building in Co-op City that makes up the sectional geographic, which is referred to as Co-op City’s Section 4, i.e., Building 20 - Asch Loop, Building 21 - Bellamy Loop, Building 22 - Co-op City Boulevard, Buildings 23, 24, 25 - Benchley Place, the Adler Place Townhouses and the Broun Place Townhouses. Come and get involved. Email: section4partnership@gmail.com. Phone: 347-915-4939.

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

room reopens. You will be able to use your current card in any laundry room that has not yet undergone renovation until the funds are depleted. In addition, you may also call CSC customer service at 1-877-2646622 and request a refund of any balance remaining on the card. A check will be mailed to you.”

I want to thank two managers, Bob Klehammer and Noel Ellison, for resolving this issue with CSC. Lastly, I want everyone to know that we care about you.

Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th Ave. in Bay Plaza closing I always think about the former Barnes & Noble bookstore when I walk near their former store in Bay Plaza. Lots of people used to hang out there and have a nice time. Then, well, things happened and they had to move away from that location.

So, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th moved into that location. However, just recently, their parent company, Hudson’s Bay Company, announced that they’re going to “close up to 20 Saks Off 5th locations.” And, their store in Bay Plaza is included on this list of closures.

Help your children At times, a child might act out and do something really bad. So, I want to encourage all of the parents to please continue to talk to your children. Also, please continue to show them that you love them and that you want to help them. Are they depressed? Is something bothering them? Are they associating with the wrong people? Do they need professional help? If yes, then please get them the professional help that they need. And, please remember that inspired saying: “Love never fails.”

Close Parents, please know that we care about you and your family. So, please don’t give up.

Thank you.

Questions or comments? Please send a letter to: Daryl H. Johnson, Riverbay Board Director, c/o Riverbay Corporation, 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475.

Also, please call me ONLY at 718-671-4544 if you would like to have a brief discussion with me. Okay, that’s it for now. So, please have a wonderful week.

And, may God bless you and your family. Thank you.

Save the date Saturday, Dec. 14, will be our third annual Christmas caroling event. Anyone up for another Parade Float?

See you around the neighborhood. —Michelle Marbury

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Building 27 Association

Broun Place Townhouse Association

Hello neighbors, summer is here, enjoy and stay safe.

Music soothes the savage beast for sure.

Metro-North and city planning representatives met with Co-op City coopThis was proven again in the sweltering erators July 16, 2019. There were many outlines, pictures, maps and diagrams heat of Saturday, July 20. The musical of the proposed Metro-North Station. At this point, the Metro-Station plan guests were super musically and giving, to be built in Section 5 in the Earhart Lane area. Many comments and factors personality wise. They had to be a little were given, such as traffic, shuttles, building parking spaces, garage and a stressed based on the heat. Thanks to the pathway for the station on the Pelham Parlway side. The Pelham Parkway staff of Community Relations and Tamira is only accessible for southbound to the Metro-North at this time. We are King for helping cooperators. looking at four years plus in the making, during which most of these factors Tamira and others distributed water the should be worked out. whole afternoon. Many cooperators sat under The Red Cross workshop presentation of Individual & Community Prethe tents with wet towels and cold items. room 4.

There were Thank you to the young man for carrying a paredness was held July 19, at 10:30 a.m. in Dreiser’s three presenters; please pardon me, I did not record the names. Topics were, chair out for me. There was a breeze, too. you cannot predict disasters, be Red Cross ready, hurricane safety checklist, Broun Place cooperators were well repreand fire prevention and safety checklist, plus a couple of films. sented again. We are so lucky to be benefiting Preparedness helps one make decisions during an emergency, keeps loved from these 50th Anniversary programs. ones together, reduces stress and uncertainty.

Now, it is about proper disposal of Items to consider 1. Prepare a kit, non-personable food and water for garbage; kitchen garbage doesn’t belong three days and a gallon per person. 2. Make a plan. 3. Stay informed via in local smaller waste cans. Please bring it alert systems broadcasts. So much more vital information. For more info, to the main dumpster sites and follow the visit redcross.org/prepare. recycling color chart. Clothes need to go into a bin if they are good enough to be Tropicana Casino passed on. They do not belong in bags in The Building 27 Association Fundraising Committee presents a bus the dumpster pad. There are rules for houseouting on Thursday, Sept 26, to Altantic City, NJ. Depart 8 a.m. sharp from hold items like microwaves, freezers and Einstein Community Center. $40 per person, $25 slot rebate. Government ID required. The committee, Margie and Sharon will collect payments Aug. refrigerators — check with CSO if you have 7 in Building 27C from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cash, check or M.O. will be accepted. questions.

Final payment Aug. 27. Mail in checks or M.O. to Margie Delgado, 140 Our buildings and grounds crew, Mr. Erdman Place, Apt 11F, Bronx, N.Y. 10475. Please address checks/MO to Walker, and the summer temp have been Building 27 Cooperators Association. Pick up at Einstein only. Three dropdoing a great job watering and keeping offs: Bartow/library, Dreiser/H&R Block and Einstein Center. Contact Broun Place looking good. They are out Margie at 718-379-4629 and Sharon Sargeant 718-671-1905 from 9 a.m. to there from 8 a.m. and earlier. We truly appreciate their efforts.

5pm. Come and join us.

We are following up on the incident of Happy Birthday to all in this month. The best of health to all. Contact July 8 — kitchen sink leak and hope in the Lydia Rondon at 718-583-3040 to share news of an illness, or the deceased future chit generating is done so emergency of a neighbor.

Pray for peace among the world leaders, now more than ever. Leaders and leadership choices and decisions affect our very daily lives. Be respectful and offer kindness to your neighbor, life is too short.

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are hard work, second, stick-to-itiveness and third, common sense.” –Thomas A. Edison —H. Overman

Building 6 Association

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. We all tried our best to deal with the heat wave we had last weekend.

I asked for new carpets and garbage cans for our building lobby and we got them. Hope everyone likes them. It’s a nice improvement for our building lobby.

I am trying to get the music back in our lobby though the lobby speakers. I’m also trying to get the convertors cleaned and blowing cool air in the lobby for us and our lobby attendant, Andy Soto.

Riverbay waxed and buffed our association room floors. Trying my best to get us upgrades in the building and the building association room too. We will have new elevators in our building soon as well. It will take three months to install each new elevator in our building.

Going to try to have a cake sale in August for the building. Trying to plan holiday events for the building this year.

If you have any ideas to improve the building, please let me know. Thanks. I have a person in the building asking me if they can make the Building 6 bulletin board in the lobby look better. I am all for it. We all have to work together to make our building a better place to live. Can’t do it alone.

People been telling me they been seeing a man sleeping in the staircase, They also tell me he has been hanging out near the back door waiting for someone open the door and he follows after them. If you see him, please call Co-op City Public Safety right away. Let’s keep all of us safe.

—Jeffrey Schwartz

Building 25 Association

We wish all neighbors born in July a happy birthday, and for those who have been under the weather, we hope you get better soon.

Our building association meetings will resume Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Please continue to log-on to our building email address at building25ca@gmail.com and address your emails to any or all members of Building 25 Association.

Friendly reminder, for those who have not paid their building annual dues of $5 per family over the summer brea, if you see any building association member you can pass it along to them. Remember dues are collected at our monthly meetings by Carol Eilets, treasurer or Celeste Stukes,assistant treasurer.

I will close with the following: “Goodbye July, hello August.” –Unknown —Wanda Bailey

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Have you noticed the terrible pot-hole that was more like an opening in the road around Bellamy Loop and Broun Place? It has been filled? Others have also been filled but there are many more. Call 311 to identify pot-holes.

Check out the “Totsie” artifacts from Freedomland. They include a map of Freedomland. It is located in front of the bagel shop and Dunkin Donuts at Bartow Avenue.

Thank you, Mr. Friedman, for the donation of the artifacts.

We suggest making a good neighbor your confidante. Leave your key with them in case of emergency, especially when vacationing. Always let them know when you are going away so newspapers will be picked up.

Neighbors, now that summer is here, please remember the rules of terrace care and for cooking out. Only electric grills are allowed. You may not cover your terrace floors with carpeting of any kind.

Our Broun Place Executive Committee wishes John Roberts a steady recovery and many good days ahead. Get well Michelle Sajous, the community misses you.

We want to recommend the tried and true vendors doing their work here for 50a+ years. Think about it, what vendors have been doing business for that long and are still here?

Keep dancing and guarantee happy days ahead!

—Eva Kindaichi-Lazaar

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Donizetti Building 4 Association

Happy Saturday hope everyone is doing well.

Last Saturday was our trip to Hershey Park. This year we used a company that had better online reviews, not to mention the company we used last year let us down.

I was very impressed with the cleanliness. The bus was equipped with monitors, electrical outlets, USB ports, free Wi-fi and a very courteous, professional driver.

Hershey Park was so much fun. I got on three rides, the Sooper Dooper Looper, Skyrush and Tidal Force. The Sooper Dooper Looper and Skyrush were both roller coasters with Skyrush being the fastest and the most thrilling. Tidal Force is very much like a water roller coaster. We sat in the back, which, in my opinion, was the best place to sit because you get to see the water splash high in the sky and see it land on everyone in the front before it lands on you. If you’re standing on the bridge when the ride hits the water you get covered in the same giant splash with much more force. Tidal Force was the best ride to cool us down in the extreme heat. The ride sure lived up to its name. Everyone arrived to the park and back home without any accidents. All in all everyone had a great time.

In two weeks, Saturday, Aug. 3. is our next fundraiser bus trip to Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. There are still seats left, so anyone that would like to go the cost of the trip is $40 and you get $10 back in slot pay, a continental breakfast served in our Association Room from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. and departure time is 8 a.m. sharp. Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis and there are no refunds. For tickets to Resorts Casino, please contact Steven Vega at 212-942-8645.

On another note, last week I was able to speak to Ms. English from the CSO Office regarding the many out-of-service washing machines and she assured me while we are waiting for our new washing machines the machines we now have are to be maintained in working order. Since then the washing machines have been repaired.

Our Annual Ice Cream Social is postponed until August. Our building association now has an email address: building4association @gmail.com. I encourage all paid-up members to email us their email addresses. It’s another way to share info. Coming soon, our very own website where we can post building related information and photos. As your president, I vow to always take action, on behalf of the membership, with an indomitable spirit to stand up for our shareholder rights and to maintain a joyful, clean and safe environment in which we can all feel proud to call our home.

“A positive transformation of our own lives will bring about a corresponding transformation in the greater web of life in which we exist.” –Dr. Daisaku Ikeda —Steven Vega

Building 10 Association

Greetings fellow cooperators.

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

Ad Hoc Committee against MTA cuts The Ad Hoc Committee against MTA cuts will hold a meeting in the Bartow Center on Monday July 29 at 7 p.m. Come and voice your concerns to the committee.

MTA proposed bus changes The MTA has proposed changes to the Co-op City bus routes. Let your voice be heard on the proposed bus route changes. Go to the MTA website, new.mta.info/BronxBusRedesign, and take the survey. We must fight these changes.

Carrying charge increases NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal will hold a conference regarding carrying charge increases Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at the Einstein Community Center at 6:30 p.m. Come out and be heard.

Build-A-Block On Thursday, Aug. 29. at 1 p.m. in the Dreiser Community Center, the Neighborhood Coordination Officers and the Steady Sector Officers from the 45th Precinct will hold a discussion on the public safety challenges in our neighborhood. The NYPD wants to hear your voices and concerns for our neighborhood.

Refreshments will be served.

Laundry room washing machines and dryers If a washer or dryer is inoperable, please report it to Coinmach at servicerequest.coinmach or call 877-264-6622.

Laundry room etiquette Please remember to remove your laundry from both the washers and dryers promptly upon completion of the cycle. Please pick up your dryer sheets from the floor, they are very slippery.

Association dues Collection of building association dues has begun for the year 2019. Building association dues are $10 per apartment. If you missed the dues collections in your building, you can bring it to the association meeting or please see any executive board member.

We would like to wish all July babies a very happy birthday.

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

To all who have lost a loved one recently, we give our deepest condolences.

Have a great week.

—Jewel Crawford-Duncan

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Miracle of Christmas Join Co-op City Section NCNW on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, as we travel to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Sight & Sound Theatres to see “Miracle of Christmas.” Our price is $170 per adult and $120 per child under 12 years of age. The ticket price includes admission to Sight & Sound, roundtrip motor coach transportation and lunch at Golden Corral. The payment schedule is $50 deposit due

by July 13, $50 due by Aug. 24 and the balance is due by Sept. 30. Non-refundable checks payable to NCNW Co-op City Section may be mailed to P.O. Box 93, Bronx, N.Y. 10475. Our bus will depart from 177 Dreiser Loop at 9 a.m. sharp.

For more information, contact 718-379-3788, 646-270-1985 or 917-399-2643.

Save the date Mark Sept. 28, 2019, on your calendars now. On that date, NCNW will have its Community Health Fair in room 31, Bartow Community Center, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. We will have health information, blood pressure screening, prizes, exercise and more.

Book club Looking for a few good books to read this summer? Join NCNW Co-op City’s Book Club. Our book discussions will resume in October. Meanwhile, we are all reading “The Sun Does Shine” by Anthony Ray Hinton. This Oprah’s Book Club Summer 2018 selection will be the first book that we will discuss in October. For updates on our book club, contact: NCNWcoopcitysocial@gmail.com.

NCNW Northeast Regional Leadership Conference Our 2019 NERLC is almost upon us. Save the date: Friday to Sunday, Nov. 1 to 3, 2019. Members of National Council of Negro Women, you are invited to help plan, create, organize and serve as an integral part of the Leadership Steering Committee. More information to come.

Social Media Remember you can find us on Facebook: NCNWCoopcity Bethune; Twitter: @NCNWCoop City; Instagram: NCNW Co-op City and email: ncnwco.opcity@gmail.com —Joyce Howard

Co-op City Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Sheldon E. Williams and the Co-op City Baptist Church family, invites us tomorrow at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. for worship service. We invite you to worship, study, and pray with us.

Summer hours will begin Sunday, Aug. 4. During summer hours, there will be one worship service on Sunday at 9 a.m.

Sunday school for children and adults is suspended for the summer and will resume on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 9:15 a.m.

On Sunday, Sept. 8, we will have Family and Friends Day Service at 9 a.m. All are invited to join us.

The Co-op City Baptist Church is located at 135 Einstein Loop, lower level, room 50.

Our telephone number is 718-320-377. Visit us on the web at coopcitybaptistchurch.org Wednesday noon day service and all Bible classes are on hiatus for the summer and will return in September. All prayer services are also on hiatus for the summer and will return in September.

The Co-op City Baptist Church exists to glorify God and to establish a living community of people who follow the teachings of Jesus the Christ through worship, prayer, bible study and fellowship. We seek to meet the spiritual and physical needs of the church through ministry.

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Emergency food pantry 920 Baychester Ave. The entrance faces the yellow school house and basketball court at the back of the building. We open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon. We also open 7 p.m. on Thursdays for working guests who cannot come during the day. Guests who preregistered before July 9 will receive food before those who did not.

Pantry guests do not have to be affiliated with a church or place of worship to receive food support.

Please note this location will adapt an appointment based system in the near future. More details to follow.

The Emergency Food Pantry distributes canned goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, breads, household goods and products for babies/children. Some items may be more readily available than others. Black Forum asks for your patience as we navigate through the reopening process.

Animals cannot enter the pantry because of health and safety reasons. Reasonable accommodations will be made for guests with animals to pick up food.

Our return to the community would not have been possible without the help of former Board member Leslie Peterson. She brought clarity when

there was confusion, calmness when there was angst and ingenuity when we thought there was no hope in sight. She was our voice when no one wanted to listen. She stood beside us when others turned away.

Ms. Peterson has continuously shown her dedication to Co-op City and this time was no different. To this end, we are eternally grateful. Thank you, Leslie.

Defensive driving Next class is Saturday, Sept. 14, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.; 177 Dreiser Loop, room 1, top floor; $35 per person.

We look forward to meeting you.

Nordic Lodge & Mohegan Sun Casino trip Bus pickup times/locations: 7 a.m., 920 Baychester Ave.; 7:30 a.m., Asch Loop, behind library; 7:45 a.m., in front of the Section 5 Community Center. Kindly be on time and please remember your assigned seat number.

Harrahs Casino trip Join us Saturday, Oct. 19, for a trip to Harrahs Casino in Chester, Pennsylvania. The cost is $45 and is due by Sept. 27. We are collecting money now. No refunds. Call 917-209-5334 or 718-3200033 if you have questions.

We look forward to hearing from you: coopcityblackforum@gmail.com. —D. Illis

Building 21 Association

In a thriving community, the key word is…

Hello from Building 21.

Are you a member of the African American Association? Are you a member of the Spanish American Community Club, the Ghanaian Association of Coop City, Young Israel of Co-op City, the NAACP: Co-op City Branch, the National Council of Negro Women: Co-op City Branch, your building association, the Velocity Track Club, the Summer Tennis Program, the Section 4 Partnership of Co-op City?

Are you a member of any of the clubs and associations that welcome all of us? There are some that say there are not enough activities in our community.

The list you have just read is but a smattering of the list of clubs and organizations that have regular activities and events that take place in right here in Co-op City. The element that is missing is more involvement by you; the people, namely adults, and their children or grandchildren or nieces and nephews.

The message here is, get involved. Get our youth involved. Let us stop complaining and become an even more effective and active part of this grand landscape of ethnicity. The key word is; INVOLVEMENT. “21 Achievements” and a great celebration Our last building association meeting was really enjoyable. President Kevin Lambright surprised us

with food and libation fit for the kings and queens we all are. Besides being a well-attended event, we celebrated milestones made by the 21 Association.

We understand the building associations are our strongest or our weakest link to a thriving community.

Which would you prefer; to be weak and divided or strong and united? Remember, we have elevated four shareholders to the position of Riverbay Board Director through the years. No small feat and accomplished only by Building 21. Also notable to repeat is Building 21 had the highest voting percentage in the Riverbay election. We are proud of you Building 21; keep up the good work and let’s help our shareholder friends and neighbors from all buildings and townhouses rise up and get involved.

Our next 21 association gathering will be Thursday, Aug. 22. You are invited to come. Questions regarding the 21 Association? Email: 21association@ gmail.com. Call: 347-504-1821. Attend the monthly meetings every fourth Thursday in the gathering room in the rear of the B-section, 120 Bellamy Loop, at 7 p.m.

We are dedicated to the empowerment of every shareholder in CO-OP City. Each-one-of-us, multiplied by all-of-us, equals a force for good.

See you around the neighborhood!

—Michelle Marbury

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Co-op City Pentecostal Tabernacle, 100 Co-op City Blvd., Building 22A, Bronx, N.Y. 10475; 718-324-0334, 718-320-4218, 646-345-6707.

Invite everyone to worship service on the following days: Sunday School for all age groups begins at 10:30 a.m. Worship service begins at 11:45 a.m. Prayer and fasting service will be held every Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Regular prayer meeting and Bible study will also be held at 7:30 p.m. Bible study will be held every Friday evening at 7:30 p.m.

Focus: The power of the incorruptible Word of God is able to lead souls to a new experience and the eternal life.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last times. 1 Peter 1: 3-5 For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot; Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 1 Peter 1: 18-22 A new commandment I give unto you that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have loved one to another. John 13:34-35 In St. John, chapter 13, Jesus speaks of love while experiencing betrayal which would lead him to the cross, where he sufferers pain and insult from the ones he loved the most. Abandonment from his close disciples while his enemies closing in on him yet he was teaching them love and forgiveness.

One great. example is 1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. Therefore, the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3 1-2.

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Co-op City Democratic Club

Come one, come all and join the CCDC on its trip to the Nordic Lodge Sept.

21 for an awesome all-you-can-eat meal. It promises to be all types of seafood – lobster, crab, shrimp and more. After a scrumptious meal, we will be going to Mohegan Sun Casino for gambling and shopping all for $180 pp. Our coach bus will be leaving from the library at Asch Loop at 9:15 a.m. Sharp. For further information on this outstanding trip, please call June Grimes at 347-457-8249.

The MTA sub-committee is meeting to craft new bus routes for Co-op City.

They are trying to work out something that everyone can live with. It is a difficult and arduous process to work through. However, the committee is made up of cooperators who volunteered to do the job, and these are our neighbors and several members of the Riverbay Board. Their goal is to submit proposed bus routes that best serve you, the Co-op City community.

—Shirley J. Saunders

American Legion Post 1871 Letter from the commander I am hopeful you are enjoying your summer. I want to take this moment to remind you it is that time of the year again when you receive letters from the national headquarter in Indianapolis about your dues renewal.

As some of you would note, though we are half-way through the year 2019, our dues actually covers the period of July 1 through June 30. The card you are carrying is valid for calendar year 2019, but fiscal year 2019 ends on June 30. I hope it makes sense because some of you who paid your dues late might be thinking I just paid my dues not too long ago.

On a serious note, I want to appreciate you for giving me another opportunity to serve as your commander. I am convinced beyond doubt that with your support, this executive committee, in its second year of the second term, will be better prepared to lead the charge for this noble post.

Most importantly, I want to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks for your 2020 membership renewal in advance; it will be for the period of July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020.

I personally welcome your partnership with other comrades to make this post a successful post within the county, vis-à-vis the department. Also note you can renew your membership online at mylegion.org or in-person at the post, or by mail.

This post, #1871, is home to all veterans, regardless of whether someone is in one type of war or not, as long as the individual was honorably discharged from the service. This is a new paradigm this board wants to embrace, and I am trusting you will extend the hand of camaraderie to fellow veterans in your neighborhood who once felt they are not qualified to join the legion.

Post #1871 will be more diverse this year and more community-oriented, as we have demonstrated in the previous years of our leadership. We will continue to do the following faithfully: Honor our veterans on Memorial Day; support our Legion Auxiliary; carry out the precious duties of guarding our flag; keep you abreast on the issues that will affect us all. Via the internet, please register at mylegion.org or the monthly Legion Magazine; and educate our veterans through the Legion’s NY State and National College.

I want to specifically thank all the comrades who chose the option of life membership, and I hope several others would try the same. I am always at ease to listen to your new ideas and what you want to see happening in your post. Feel free to stop by the office anytime and remember our general meetings are opportunities to fellowship with other veterans.

So, let us spend this break time to pay up our dues. Once again, thank you for renewing your membership, thus serving our community, state and nation.

—Lsjc. Adeyemi LaCrown Toba

Co-op City Working Families Party

Summer break Want to reach out to an elected official? In the summer, these three tend to reach right back.

NYC District 12 Councilman Andy L. King; Andy.King@council.nyc.gov; 135 Einstein Loop, room 44, Bronx, N.Y. 10475; 718-684-5509 State Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, benedettom@nyassembly.gov; 177 Dreiser Loop, room 12, Bronx, N.Y. 10475; 718-320-2220, 718-892-2235, 518455-5296.

State Sen. Jamaal Bailey, bailey@nysenate.gov; 959 East 233rd St., Bronx, N.Y. 10466-3207; 718-547-8854.

The Co-op City Working Families mission As progressives, Co-op City Working Families members work to elect the most progressive candidates possible who will stand in the way of all regressive legislation.

As a civic action group, Co-op City Indivisible, an aspiring Co-op City certified community organization, promotes progressive causes.

As Co-op City WF/Indivisible members, we do both. We embrace progressive values by modeling inclusion, respect and fairness in all of our actions; we work to make Co-op City a stronger community, and we insist our representatives serve as our voice in Co-op City, in the Bronx, in Albany, and in Washington, D.C. In these divisive times, it is of the greatest importance to maintain a progressive point of view. In essence, the mission of Working Families/Indivisible Co-op City is to promote tolerance and end second-class citizenship. Become a warrior for justice and equality. That’s what this group stands for. Stand with this group.

See you in September Co-op City Working Families/Indivisible group will be at the come by and say hello at the Section Five Community Fair Sept. 7. Come join us, or just come by and say hello!

Remember, you don’t have to have a family or a job to join us, you can be single or retired and still join the Co-op City Working Families Party. All progressives are welcome. Feel free to text 718-219-2211 or email mpjazz@optonline.net anytime at all.

—Mary Pearson

Co-op City Toastmasters Club

If you are interested in improved public speaking and leadership skills come to the Co-op City Toastmasters meeting Thursday, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Come to the Bartow Center, room 28, and meet other like-minded adults working to improve their speaking and leadership skills.

Can you use help in these areas? Do you know someone who does? Then the Toastmasters Club is the place to be on the first and third Thursday of the month.

We put out a warm and friendly welcome mat for everyone. Come and get started on your self-improvement and/or bring a friend or perhaps a co-worker who will thank you when they begin to see and feel their own confidence and skill set “jump out” and release the hidden talents we all possess.

So please, put a pin on your calendar to visit Coop City Toastmasters Club Thursday, Aug. 1 and Thursday Aug. 15 at 7:30 p.m., Bartow Center, room 28.

We are looking forward to seeing you.

—Joyce Wright

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Non-Emergency: 718-320-3330 @CCPDnyc

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Preparedness Program

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Three members of the ad hoc Committee Against MTA Cuts braved last Saturday’s heat to raise awareness of the proposed MTA bus cuts at the Jazz Festival held on Greenway 1.

In photos are, left to right, Loretta Mines, Novella Thomas and Margaret Chinnery.

On July 23, 2019, inside the Bartow Community Center, more than 300 disaster relief go-bags were distributed to residents of Co-op City by the New York Army National Guard. The shareholders were given a workshop on what to do during a disaster and how to respond to an active shooter. Attendees were also shown a short video called “480 seconds,” which covers the three components to an active shooter: Run, hide and fight. At the conclusion of the one-hour workshop, every participant walked away with a backpack full of necessities to survive in the event of a natural disaster. This program was put together by the entire Security Committee, chaired by Director Jerome L. Rice, retired N.Y. Army National Guard and a first responder/survivor.

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Goose Island Seniors

I want to thank everyone who came with us to the Resorts Casino, Atlantic City, July 11. Hope you had a good time. The weather was great for the beach, boardwalk and shopping. Sorry about the rain coming home.

I want to also thank those who came with us to “On Your Feet” at the Westchester Broadway Dinner Theatre, July 25. We hope you had an enjoyable day.

Sunday Bingo Tomorrow, July 28, at 1:30 p.m. All are welcome. $6 for three cards and one jackpot sheet. Includes 12 games plus three-part jackpot. 25 cents each extra card, 50 cents extra jackpot sheet.

Goose Island Seniors get-together Saturday, Sept. 14. Members only, in our Section 5 Einstein Center Club, room 39. Members may bring a person or two. It’s a cover dish party, so bring your favorite dish or donate something to eat or drink. $5 donation at the door if no donation of food is given.

Let’s party! Sing, play games, win prizes, etc. Time: Noon.

Mohegan Sun Casino Thursday, Aug. 8, in Uncasville, Connecticut. Price: $40. Rebate: $30. That’s $15 for food and $15 for table bet. Bus leaving our three usual bus stops: Starting 8:30 a.m., Einstein Loop; 8:40 a.m. Asch Loop by the Library; 8:50 a.m., Dreiser Loop in front of hardware store. Bus is full. Waiting list only. Money is due by July 27.

Mambo Italiano Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford. Price: $89. Bus leaving from our three usual bus stops: Starting at 9 a.m. with Einstein Loop. Follow the dominating but lovable matriarch, Maria Barbieri, as she and her devoted husband Gino struggle to keep the family restaurant afloat while adjusting to the newly found independence of their New Jersey born adult grandchildren who they have raised since birth. Laugh-out-loud funny. Money due

by Aug. 21.

Bingo Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Time: 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Members only, in our club room 39.

Admission, $5 for 3 cards, 12 games and Jackpot.

Extra cards are 25 cents each.

Karaoke Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. with Stephen in room 45. All are welcome.

To all members Happy Birthday to our members who celebrate their birthday in the month of July: Carmen Ponce, Jonathan Felix, Iris Delgado, Florence Barnes — who died June 15 — Regina S. Usher, Miriam Kravitz, Ann Perez, Thomas Gordon, Audrey Chambers, Rosa Copeland and Richardine Sullivan.

Note Call Ann or Stephen at Goose Island Seniors, 718379-9613, or visit us at 135 Einstein Loop, room 39, Bronx, N.Y. 10475. Office hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to noon. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, noon to 8 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Stephen cell: 347-847-1941.

Good health to all.

—Stephen Roberts Sr.

Traditional Synagogue of Co-op City

General information The Traditional Synagogue is located in Section 5, 120 Erdman Place in the rear lobby of 27B. It is on the ground floor of Building 27B. It is handicap accessible, no steps. Phone: 718-379-6920. Office hours are Thursday and Sunday, from noon to 2 p.m. Please call the office before you attempt to come over. If no one is in the office, please leave a message.

The synagogue has services on Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m. After services, we always have a Kiddush.

The synagogue has a Facebook page: Traditional Synagogue.

The synagogue needs donations.Whatever amount you can donate, big or small, would help the synagogue’s finances.

The synagogue needs men to help make a Minyan.

There are a lot of Jewish men who live in Co-op City who don’t come to services. Please come by 9:30 a.m., so we can take out the Torah.

The Traditional Synagogue is the only synagogue in Co-op City.

Sabbath ends on Saturday, July 27, at 9:08 p.m.

Candle lighting for Friday, Aug. 2, at 7:50 p.m.

Good 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 all good health. If you asked the rabbi to say prayers for a sick person, you should make your donation to the synagogue.

To all members: Happy birthday to all members who will celebrate their birthday in July.

For those members celebrating their birthday/ anniversary in July, please send me your names and I will add them to the list.

Fun and games: After services and Kiddush, some men and women play Rummikub.

Your support of the Traditional Synagogue is greatly appreciated.

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

—Bruce Gitelson

AARP Chapter #4997

Reminder 1 Welcome Back Luncheon and Fashion Show scheduled for Thursay, Sept. 26, 2019, noon to 4 p.m. at Marina Del Ray. $90, transportation provided for a small charge. Contact Stella Baker 718-379-2088 for tickets.

Reminder 2 Caregivers Outreach Ministry Empowerment, Inc. and AARP Peachtree #4997 are providing free oneon-one basic computer/device sessions through Aug. 16, 2019. Five sessions daily — Monday to Thursday — 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Classes will be held at 177 Dreiser Loop, second floor, room 0. Bring your iPhone, iPad, tablet, laptop and other mobile devices. You will be taught how to set-up an email, login to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, save your pictures, create a flyer and take selfies. RSVP by calling 718 379-3159 or 718 320-1946.

Good and Welfare Please contact our Good and 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.

2019 Tour activities Sept. 17 to 19, 2019, Ride the Rails in West Virginia — Cancelled — contact Hannah: 718-379-7962 Dec. 10, 2019: Miracle of Christmas at the Sight & Sound Theater — with lunch at Golden Coral; includes motor coach transportation; 11 a.m. show… $150, $40 non-refundable deposit due at sign-up … contact Hannah, 718 379-7962, or Judithm 718-3793370.

Attention When signing up for the above trips, please give your name, phone number and a deposit. Checks/ money orders made payable to AARP Chapter 4997 with the name of the trip in the memo section of your check/money order. Room 0, Dreiser Community Center, is open Monday or Thursday, noon – 3 p.m., for checks to be dropped off in an envelope w/group/trip leader name. They may be mailed to the group/trip leader.

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Although the Bible demonstrates Jesus can heal physically, his greatest act of healing is a spiritual one. The helpless state of our soul required a healing that would cause Jesus to take our disease and become sin for us.

He was made sick so we could be healed.

John 5:5 There was a certain man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6 Jesus noticed him lying there helpless, knowing that he had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well?” 7 The invalid answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am coming to get into it myself, someone else steps down ahead of me.” 8 Jesus said, “Get up; pick up your pallet and walk.”

9 Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and picked up his pallet and walked.

The sick man could only focus on his sickness; he could not answer Jesus.

How often we forget our real need as we talk about all the negative things in our lives. Present before him was the Great Healer but he could only talk about the negative circumstances of his life.

Mark 5:25 A woman in the crowd had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years, 27 She had heard reports about Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the crowd and touched His outer robe. 28 For she thought, “If I just touch His clothing, I will get well.” 29 Immediately her flow of blood was dried up; and she felt in her body and knew without any doubt that she was healed of her suffering. 30 Immediately Jesus, recognizing in Himself that power had gone out from Him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched My clothes?” 33 And the woman, though she was afraid and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the truth. 34 Then He said to her, “Daughter, your faith; your personal trust and confidence in Me has restored you to health; go in peace and be permanently healed from your suffering.”

The woman’s faith was so strong she pulled healing from Jesus, her faith required action and a reciprocal action in the spiritual domain. This woman, considered unclean, became clean through the virtue of Jesus, yet he remained clean and pure in spite of her touch. Who heals you? Are you still waiting for medicine, the government, the therapist or some skilled orator to bring you peace? They may alleviate your pain for some time, but Jesus gives eternal healing and still provides healing to those who would believe him.

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Contact Pastor Luis by text at 917-334-4407 or email opendoorministries.net.

—Pastor Luis

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Church of the New Vision

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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 more than 45 years, we offer a warm, friendly, spirit-filled atmosphere of Christian love ... All are welcome.

Order of Services Sunday worship service: 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Adult and youth Sunday school: 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Mid-day Bible study: Canceled until further notice Wednesday night prayer and Bible study: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Youth ministry: Fridays 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Upcoming Events/Programs Aug. 11 there will be one service at 9:30 a.m.

Aug. 18 there will be one service at 9:30 a.m. Our guest speaker will be Rev. Emmanuel of Co-op City Baptist Church.

New Vision’s Women’s Retreat This event is scheduled for Oct. 17 to 19, 2019, at Eddy’s Farm in Sparrow Bush, N.Y. This two-night, three-day event’s theme is “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” Double occupancy: $400 per person, single occupancy: $550; includes, meals, transportation, workshops and retreat material. Payment of $200 is now due. We ask each person bring one person. See Sis. Loretta Scott, Sis. Sadie James or Sis. Hermena Smith for additional information.

Food Pantry Distribution has resumed on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Notice We are seeking a minister of music familiar with hymns and songs of the Baptist Church. Feel free to contact the church or the pastor.

Church of the New Vision is located at 115 Einstein Loop, Bronx, N.Y. 10475. Office: 718-671-8746 or 203-374-3020. Mailing address: P.O. Box 753037, Bronx, N.Y. 10475.

Visit our Facebook page, Church of the New Vision, concerning upcoming events and trips, email us at info.churchnewvisionbx@gmail.com or call the church office.

—Sis. Carol Haque

Open Doors, Open Hearts and Open Minds

Evangelical UM Church of Co-op City Come and visit us You’re always welcome in God’s house, your house. We are a Bible centered congregation with spirit-filled worship, offering a variety of opportunities for spiritual growth, fellowship and service to God and our community. We are a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and bilingual congregation; all are welcome. Services are held at 2350 Palmer Ave., across from Building 30.

Parking is available. Our pastor is Rev. Arnaldo Sánchez-Orta.

Telephone: 718-320-3795 Email: coopcityevangelicalumc@gmail.com Schedule for Sundays, Come and receive a blessing English service: 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Spanish Service: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Bilingual Service: First Sunday of each month 10 a.m. to noon. Children Sunday school: 9:45 a.m., bring your children, they will have a great time while learning God’s word. Adult Sunday Bible study: English, 8:45 a.m./Spanish, 10 a.m.

English Prayer/Bible Study Night & Spanish Prayer/Bible Study Afternoon Monday Evening Bible Study: 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Tuesday Spanish Prayer/Bible Study: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday English prayer service: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Young adults Bible study: Tuesday 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Come let’s pray together. “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.” –2 Chronicles 6:40 (NIV) Friday night is Fun Night for the Youth ages 13 to 21, 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

This is a great time for the youth of our

community to learn God’s word, enjoy each other’s company and make new friends. There will also be many activities. Exciting things are happening...

Food pantry update The food pantry distribution center at our church is now open. We are registering and distributing on Thursdays noon to 2 p.m. Those registering must present one of the following government issued, upto-date ID’s showing a 10475 zip code: driver, non-driver, or NYC ID. Anyone 18+ of age can register. Only one participant per household may register.

Health fair On Saturday, July 27, there will be a Community Health Fair on Boller Avenue, between Hunter Street and Stillwell Avenue, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be health/insurance information and children activities. Come out with your family and join us for an informative, funfilled day.

Vacation Bible School: “Splash Canyon God’s Promise on Life’s Wild Ride” Monday, July 29, to Friday, Aug, 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for children ages 4 to12. Come by the church to register your children and let your family and friends know of this great opportunity for children to fellowship together during a fun-filled week of activities. To register today, text 347-675-2469.

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” –1 John 3:1 (NIV) —Marilyn Mendez-Gonzalez

Section 5 Association

The Section 5 Association annual Family Fun Day will be Saturday, Aug. 17, noon to 6 p.m., rain date is Aug. 24, on the Section 5 greenway. Buildings 26 thru 35 and the Earhart Lane Townhouses will be celebrating with families, neighbors and friends.

Join us for positive fun and free hot dogs, popcorn, icings, cotton candy, face painting, balloons by Vegas, DJ Smooth /music, the bounce house, Voncelli and the dancing Gents, Ellie Minor and the marvelous dancers, Velocity team, Section 5 Teen Center Basketball tournament and more. Stay tuned.

Wanted: Griller for the hot dogs.

Volunteers: Please contact your building association to confirm your availability to serve. If you need a T-shirt, contact Mr. Robert Hedgpeth at 718-320-2656.

Thank you all in advance.

DHCR: NYS Division Housing and

Community Renewal has scheduled a conference with Co-op City shareholders on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 6:30 p.m. regarding the 1.9 percent carrying charge for the next two years. Let’s not talk to one another, but talk directly to DHCR and the board, who will make these decisions. Do you get the point?

MTA: It appears there are a lot of issues going on within the MTA establishment.

The Co-op City Ad Hoc committee is working on options if the buses are not returned to meet the ridership needs of this great community. Boycotts in the works, sounds like a plan.

If there are any questions regarding the Family Fun Day, please contact chairman Ms. Linda Werner at 718-862-3295, cell 718-490-3431, or Mr. Robert Hedgpeth, president of the Section 5 Association, at 718-320-2656.

—H. Overman

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Dreiser

MENU

Room 49 unless otherwise noted

Room 7 unless otherwise noted

Alternate Kosher Meals are also available

Mon., July 29

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

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

Health & Wellness Support Group - 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

YOGA w/Peggy 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

JASA main office Arthritis Exercises 11 a.m. - noon Card Games 2-4 p.m.

Dominos 2:30 p.m.

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

Dominos 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 p.m. - 3 p.m., rm. 35 Diabetes Support Group 2nd Monday, 1 p.m.

Computer Class for Beg., 9:30 a.m., Int., 10:30 a.m. & Adv., 11:30 a.m.

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

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

Stay Well Exercise will return Sept. 9 Basic Cell Phone & iPad training 11 a.m.

Mind Teasers 12 p.m. - 1 p.m., rm. 4 Diabetes Support Group 1 p.m. – Last Monday of the month Bereavement Counseling 1 p.m., rm. 8 Gentle Yoga 1:15 p.m. - 2 p.m., rm. 2 Intermediate Yoga 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.

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

Walking Club 10:30 a.m.

Caregiver Support Group 1:30 p.m., 1st & 3rd Tues.

Card Games 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Meditation w/Damion JASA main office 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Fri., Aug. 2

Thu., Aug. 1

Wed., July 31

Bartow Room 31 unless otherwise noted

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

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

Stay Well Exercise 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

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

Card Games 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Dominoes 2:30 p.m.

NORC Computer Class Bartow main office 11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m.

Smartphone Class Beginner 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.; Intermediate 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.; Bartow main office Library 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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

Crochet & Knitting 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Spanish Class 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., JASA Main Office Dancercise w/Damion 1 - 2 p.m., JASA Main Office Card Games 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Kosher

Non-Kosher

Orange Juice Chicken Marsala Pasta Normandy Blend Whole wheat bread Fresh fruit Alt: Veggie burger

Oven fried chicken Baked macaroni & cheese Sautéed Green beans

Karaoke by Steven 1 p.m., rm. 45

Computer Class 11 a.m.–12 p.m.

Mind Teasers 12 p.m. -1 p.m., rm. 4 Zumba 1 p.m. - 2 p.m., Aud. A Matinee 1 p.m.

Apple Juice Hungarian Goulash w/beef, Instant mashed potatoes Sautéed string beans, Whole wheat bread, Fresh fruit Alt: Salmon salad

Mango Chutney Pork Roast Baked potatoes Normandy blend

Dominoes 10 a.m., rm. 45 Spelling Bee 10 a.m.

Body in Motion w/Ola 10 a.m.–11 a.m.

Spanish Practice Class 10:30 a.m., Computer Lab Zumba 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., rm. 4 Arts w/Becky 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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

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

(New) Tai Chi 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., rm. 10, until Aug. 28 Art Class 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

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

Orange Juice Tofu or Kosher stir-fry chicken, Brown rice, Zucchini w/onions & peppers Whole wheat bread Fresh fruit Alt: Baked breaded fish

Arroz con Pollo Chicken breast & rice Okra w/tomatoes

Dominoes 10 a.m., rm. 45 Health & Wellness Support Group 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Dominoes 10 a.m., rm. 45 Grandparent Connection Meeting & Exercise class 1st Thurs., rm. 40, 11 a.m. - 1 p.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 Arts w/Becky 10 a.m.-12 p.m., rm. 49 Men’s Line Dancing 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. Dominoes 10 a.m., rm. 45 Word Games 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Art 10 a.m., rm. 45 Bingo 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Women’s Line Dancing 10 a.m. Pokeno 2-4 p.m., rm. 35 11:30 a.m.

Blood Pressure 2nd & 4th Fri., 10 Chat Session 10 a.m. a.m. - 11:30 a.m., rm. 45 Piano Sing-along 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Free Oil Painting Classes 10 a.m. – Card Games 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

11:30 a.m., rm. 38

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 three 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.

In order to participate in any JASA Senior Activities or go on any Senior trips you must be a member of JASA. You may pick up an application in the main office at any of the three senior centers.

FREE LiveOn NY - SCRIE/SNAP (Food Stamps) Assistance – Fri., Aug 9 and 23, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. JASA main office, 2049 Bartow Ave. No appointments! Walkins! First come! First served! Please make copies of your documents before coming to the office.

Costco – Fri., Aug. 2. $5. Bartow – 9:30 a.m.; Einstein – 9:45 a.m.; Dreiser – 10 a.m.

Bartow & Einstein Sr. Ctr. Advisory Council 2nd Annual Bake Sale – Sat., Aug. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. across from the Dollar Tree store in the Bartow Mall. Free face painting for children, prizes and surprises.

They will be accepting donations of cakes or cash to purchase cakes for this event. Donations must be dropped off by 3 p.m. Fri., Aug. 2, in the Bartow main office.

12th District Community Engagement Day Parade – Come Join Andy King for the Sat., Aug. 3 kickoff at 11 a.m. Parade is from Eastchester Road to Barnes Ave. down Gun Hill Road to Evander Childs H.S. Only 18 seats available. Please call the JASA main office to register 718-320-2066. Everyone will meet at the Bartow main office at10 a.m.

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

Alert & Alive will return Sept. 10 Cultural Dance 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Aud. B

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

Baked Salmon Blood Pressure 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Orzo Cucumber salad 1st & 3rd, rm. 8 Line Dancing, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., Aud. A Whole Wheat bread Fresh fruit Piano Sing Along 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Alt: Deli turkey Drama Class will resume Thurs., Sept 12.

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

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

Meditative Moments will return Sept. 13 Purple Life Trail Fitness – 11 a.m. Greenway Pokeno 3rd Fri., 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Bingo rm. 7, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Yoga w/Peggy 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., rm. 2

Orange juice, Sweet & sour chicken thighs, Spinach noodle kugel, California blend vegetables, Challah bread, Fresh fruit, Alt: Salmon Croquet

Beef & pepper pasta Sautéed spinach

Fish w/creole sauce Black beans & rice Lettuce & tomato

Fee for lunch is $2.00 & $5.00 for guest

ALL meals served w/margarine and fresh milk *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

Upcoming Events/Trips

Computer Classes – Einstein Sr. Ctr. Mon., Aug. 5.

Beg. – 9:30 a.m.; Int. – 10:30 a.m.; Adv. – 11:30 a.m.

Shoprite New Rochelle – Mon., Aug. 5, $4. Bartow - 9:30 a.m. - Einstein – 9:45 a.m. & Dreiser – 10 a.m.

Aldi – Mon., Aug. 5, $3. Bartow – 9:30 a.m.; Einstein – 9:45 a.m.;Dreiser – 10 a.m.

Computer Class – JASA Bartow main office, Wed., Aug. 7. Intermediate only, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Smartphone/Tablet class – JASA Bartow main office, Wed., Aug. 7. Beg. – 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Int. – 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Empire Casino – Tues., Aug. 6, $5. Bartow 9 a.m.; Einstein – 9:15 a.m.; Dreiser – 9:30 a.m.

Ridgehill – Thurs., Aug. 8, $7. Bartow – 9:30 a.m.; Einstein – 9:45 a.m.; Dreiser – 10 a.m.

Fairway/BJ’s – Fri., Aug. 9, $4. Bartow – 9:30 a.m.; Einstein – 9:45 a.m.; Dreiser – 10 a.m.

St. Mary’s Pool – $3. Fri., Aug. 2; Mon., Aug. 12; Fri., Aug. 23; Mon., Aug. 26 & Fri., Aug. 30. Pool aerobics for seniors, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Bartow – 8:30 a.m.; Einstein – 8:45 a.m.; Dreiser – 9 a.m.

IKEA/Christmas Tree Store/Bed Bath and Beyond – Tues., Aug. 13t, $15. Bartow – 9 a.m.; Einstein – 9:15 a.m.; Dreiser – 9:30 a.m.

Walmart – Thurs., Aug. 15, $15. Bartow – 8:30 a.m.; Einstein – 8:45 a.m.; Dreiser 9 a.m.

Central Ave – Thurs., Aug 15, $13. Christmas Tree store, Trader Joe’s and Amazing Savings. Bartow – 8:30 a.m.; Einstein – 8:45 a.m.; Dreiser 9 a.m. There is a Shoprite right next door to Amazing Savings.

Stew Leonard’s – Date change from Fri., Aug. 9:

Fri., Aug. 16, $6. Bartow – 9:30 a.m.; Einstein – 9:45 a.m.; Dreiser - 10 a.m.

FREE Paint & Sip – Aug. 29, Sept. 5 & Sept. 26 - JASA main office, on the first & last Thurs. of the month, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Space is limited to only 12 participants. Join us for this painting class, have fun while you paint on canvas. No experience necessary.

Refreshments will be served. Register at 718.320.2066.

Foxwoods – Ledyard, CT. Sat., Sept. 14, $35pp.

Pickups: Bartow – 8 a.m.; Einstein – 8:15 a.m.; Dreiser Loop – 8:30 a.m. Lunch will be served on the trip. 52 seats available. Bonus package is free buffet and $10 bonus slot. Payment due no later than Fri., Aug. 30. No refunds. Depart casino at 5 p.m. Location of restaurant TBD. Apple Picking – OCHS Orchard, Warwick, NY. Wed Sept 25, $25. Apples are sold per bag. Lunch will be provided. Pickups: Bartow – 8 a.m.; Einstein – 8:15 a.m.; Dreiser – 8:30 a.m. 50 seats available. Payment due no later than Fri., Aug 30. No refunds.

The Essex Steam Train and Riverboat – Thurs., Oct. 10, $100. Pickups: Bartow – 7:45 a.m.; Einstein – 8 a.m. ; Dreiser – 8:15 am. Deluxe coach bus, 49 seats available. Enjoy a delicious plated luncheon aboard the Essex Train with a choice of roast beef or baked chicken, salad, veggies, rolls, dessert, coffee, water & tea. Cash bar for soda. Enjoy an hour & a half cruise abroad the Mississippi-style riverboat. When registering for the trip please tell the person at the front desk your choice of baked chicken or roast beef. Payment due no later than Thurs., Sept 5. No refunds.

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St. Joseph’s Episcopal Anglican Church

The congregation of St. Joseph’s cordially invites you and your family to worship with us 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 fourth Sunday, our children participate in the reading of the lessons and every fifth Sunday, our young adults assist in the service.

We look forward to welcoming you to church tomorrow, Sunday, July 21, at 9 a.m. when we will celebrate the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Father Simeon Johnson, our supply priest, will be the preacher and celebrant.

Please join us on Wednesdays for an uplifting midday service starting promptly at noon.

On Thursdays, Father Johnson will be available for telephone calls and visitations, interactive discussions on various topics in the Bible from 11 a.m. to noon, followed by a short noon-day service.

Choir rehearsal is on Thursdays at 7 p.m., and we are always looking for new members.

Group activities The Episcopal Church Women meet immediately after service on the first Sunday of each month. All women in the church are invited to attend and participate in planning the activities of the church. The men hold their meeting after service on the second Sunday of each month.

Upcoming fundraising events Our next bus trip is planned for Saturday, Sept. 7, to the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Trip includes: Penn Dutch sampler luncheon at Good & Plenty, tour of Amish farmlands, time at farmer’s market, and shopping at Tanger Outlets with discount booklets.

The cost is $100 per person, and a deposit of $25 will hold your seat. Please make your reservation early. The bus leaves from Dreiser Loop in front of the Rehab Center at 7:30 a.m.

Stay tuned for other upcoming events.

General information To those celebrating birthdays during the month of July, we wish you all a happy birthday and best wishes for many more. To the sick and shut-in, we have you in our prayers and wish you a speedy recovery.

There is still time to submit your 2019 pledge cards and you are encouraged to complete and submit them as soon as possible.

Outreach program Our church supports the feeding program at Grace Episcopal Church in West Farms. This program is in desperate need of food. At St. Joseph’s, we collect non-perishable food items on an ongoing basis. Please remember to donate.

For additional information on all of the above, please call the church at 718-320-0844, or visit our website: st.josephsepcbronx.org for more information relating to St. Joseph’s Episcopal Anglican Church, Co-op City, Bronx, New York.

“There is no guile upon his tongue; he does no evil to his friend; * he does not heap contempt upon his neighbor.” –Psalm 15:3 —Merville Chambers

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Community Protestant Church

On behalf of our Pastor, the Reverend Dr. Calvin E. Owens, and our church family, welcome to Community Protestant Church, a church of love and understanding, located at 1659 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx, N.Y. 10469; telephone: 718-862-9172.

Summer church schedule (Dress-down attire: July 7 to Sept. 1) Adult Sunday school: 9 a.m.

Worship Service: 10 a.m.

Communion Service: Every first and third Sundays The following program is at the Church’s Annex: 2053 Asch Loop North Neighborhood Bible study: Thursday at 10 a.m.

Worship service begins at 10 a.m.

Everyone is invited to come and be a part of this special moment set aside each Sunday morning to be in the 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, July 28, 10 a.m. A very special service! It is Family and Friends Day Service at

Community Protestant Church. All are welcome.

We invite you to join us in service as we go About our Father’s business Walking by faith, not by sight Our eyes on the prize, we scale the height Of Christian commitment in a troubled world Holding our ground as some among us fall.

Earnestly helping wherever we can Saying to the Master, yes, here I am.

Helping each other along the way About our Father’s business every day.

Standing for right if we stand alone Knowing that our reward is a heavenly home.

Daily communing with our Father in prayer Holding fast to His hand as we go through the year.

Hearing Him say, my child well done!

Enter the gates, you are quite welcome.

Asking His blessing along the way About our Father’s business every day.

The doors of Community Protestant Church are open to all to worship and fellowship with Christian believers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You are cordially invited to come in, join in and receive your blessing.

—Evan G. Mitchell

Scheduling Activities Calendar

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Rivers Run Community Garden

Thank you to all who braved the heat and came out to the Bomba celebration. Much fun was had by all.

Join us as we march and represent the Rivers Run Community Garden at the Fun in the Sun celebration Aug. 3. We will meet on Gun Hill Road and Eastchester Road at 10 a.m., then march to the Evander HS yard, where there will be lots of fun activities. Please wear your T-shirt, not mandatory, and your smile.

Also on that day, Pallet Palooza is back at the garden. Learn how to build useful items using upcycled wood.

Please tell your friends and family about this amazing place, where we not only grow fruits and vegetables, but we grow knowledge and friendships.

Rivers Run Community Garden is a movement toward improved mental and physical health. We provide all types of workshops, including nutrition, meditation, edible and medicinal wilds identification, planting, building and crafting. We are the outdoor classroom for the local schools and daycares as well as residents and neighbors. We are a place of beauty and peace. Visit. Stay. Experience us.

Event dates (All are welcome) Saturday, Aug. 3, 10 a.m. March with gardeners to Evander HS yard. Meet at Gun Hill Road and Eastchester Road.

Saturday, Aug. 3, Building with Pallets at 2 p.m. at the garden Rivers Run is open: Tuesday, 4 p.m. to dusk Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Membership requirements $20 per year fee and 20 hours of work. There is a waiting list for beds. Members who are actively fulfilling the 20 hours of volunteer work requirement are moved up on the waiting list. Volunteers are welcome.

If you’d like to reach out to us, please email us at Rivers_run@yahoo.com or call Denise Shelley at 917-232-2982 or me at 718-671-3801.

—Gail Sharbaan

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Family of God Church

Join us for our empowerment gathering Sunday, Aug. 4 as we celebrate our fourth Holy Communion Service together!

Our first Saint Marcus Day is Sunday, Aug. 18. We will celebrate the principles of unity, uplift, enterprise and pride in honor of the 132nd birthday of Marcus Garvey. A feast will be served.

Join our gathering for back to school Sunday, Sept.

8. Backpacks and school supplies will be given to children and youth.

We are looking for your presence as we celebrate National Back to Church Sunday Family and Friends Day on Sunday, Sept. 15.

We now offer special activities for children each

Sunday during our services. Sign in your children at our safe space for them and then come worship with us.

If you are a young man or have a young man ages 9 to 12 or 13 to 17, personally sign up or sign your son up for our new Co-op City group for boys and young men called Young Bros. We will meet one to two times a month for sports, trips, food, cooking, cultural outings, chess, gaming, art, music and socials.

Our Family of God is growing. There is still room for you. Remember, we are offering special Charter Member status to all who join us within our first six months.

—DeQuincy Hentz

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Newsong Church Victory Over Temptation – Part 2

Greater Love Refuge Ministries

“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Word for the week Watch for the temptation to feel bad about things of the past. Remind yourself that you can do nothing about any of it. What God has forgiven is forgiven.

Don’t dig up old trash that makes you feel terrible about yourself. You are a child of God; His chosen.

Go forth in the power of God’s love to seek righteousness every day.

Senior Pastor Presiding Elder Boyce Landrum, Pastor Carol Landrum and the Greater Love family invite you, friends and family to worship with us on Sunday mornings at 11:30 a.m. Greater Love Refuge Ministries is a multi-generational, teaching, preaching faith and Bible way church with an old-school flavor and a new-school feel. SWAG Youth Church is held on the first, third and fifth Sunday. Interactive Bible

school for children and adults is held on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

We are conveniently located at 900 Co-op City Blvd, Building 2A, on the ground level, Bronx, N.Y. 10475, main entrance, red button. Parking vouchers are available at the church. Our telephone number is 347-920-5607.

Outreach ministry Want to learn more about our church? Do you need prayer or a word of encouragement? Or if you just want to share in friendly conversation and experience God’s love, come out for our meet-and-greet table hosted by Chaplain Gunjia Fullwood and Elder William Yancey on the atrium directly outside the church Saturday, Aug. 10, beginning at noon.

Christian prayer line All are invited to join our weekly prayer line on Wednesday afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. and Thursday night from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. The number is 712-775-7031 and the access code is 578165132# All classes are in recess for the month of August.

Enjoy the summer!

—Pastor Carol

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. –James 1:13-15 ESV Did you ever hear the phrase “the devil made me, do it?” Truth be told, as a follower of Jesus, the devil can’t “make you” do anything, however he does give you the opportunity to do it.

In verse 14, James teaches us just how the enemy tempts us by using a fishing illustration. If you’ve ever gone fishing, you know to catch a certain kind of fish, you need the right kind of bait. You place the bait in the water, and the fish, who’s not that bright, sees his favorite food, that just happens to be floating there, and chops down on the bait never seeing the hook. Once hooked, the fish gets dragged out of the water and becomes the fisherman’s dinner.

James says that’s how temptation works. We, like fish, have “bait” we prefer. In other words, what tempts me may not be the same thing that tempts you. Some people are tempted by drugs and alcohol, others by food or shopping, etc. Whatever it is, We invite you to join us as we continue our teaching series “The Book of James; it’s bait on a hook for us. James says that the enemy tempts us with the desire that A Blueprint for Making Faith Work.” we already have, and then lures us away with it. He’s saying we must be smarter Join us this Sunday! than dumb fish! We must recognize the bait the enemy uses to tempt us, and Newsong Church is located at 135 Einstein Loop in room 45. Discounted instead of being lured by it and captured, we take a cue from Dory in “Finding parking is available in parking garage 7 and 8.

Nemo” and “just keep swimming!”

While you’re enjoying our worship experience, your children will be enjoying The good news is that not only do we have a God-given conscience to warn “Kidsong.” At Kidsong, children from nursery to sixth grade will learn about Jesus us, we also have God’s word that guide us, and the Holy Spirit of God to teach in fun interactive ways! us!

—Pastor Mike Tolone 13

Circle of Christ Church

Iglesia Circulo de Cristo 147 Dreiser loop Bronx, N.Y. 10475, lower level.

Come as you are…

Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

If you are looking for a place of worship in the local area aimed at teaching the transforming word of God, Circle of Christ Church invites you to fellowship with us this Sunday. We are a non-denominational, multicultural and loving church that accepts you just the way you are. Senior Pastor Elisamuel Colón and the body of Christ are committed to love people into a life changing-liberating relationship with God. We are located at 147 Dreiser Loop, patio level, the Dreiser Community Center.

Our Sunday services are in Spanish and English. We have an anointed worship team and dance ministry that minister regularly. The English service has biblecentered nursery program and children’s church, where children are ministered to from the cradle to 12 years of age. Please see our schedule below and followed us on Facebook and our website circleofchristchurch.com.

Circle of Christ Church responds to what Isaiah 68:10 says: “Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.”

We have a food pantry that serves the community and we offer family counseling based on need. If you are interested please contact us at 347-945-1992 or on facebook@Circle of Christ Church.

English Services Tuesday prayer 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Wednesday 7p.m. to 9 p.m. Prayer/Bible study Thursday 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Friday 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Operation Grace Youth Service 7 p.m.

Saturday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Young Adults Sunday Service 11 a.m.

Servicios en Español Salmos 122:1 Yo me alegré con los que me decían, “a la casa de Jehova iremos”.

Nuestros servicios dominicales son en español e inglés. Tenemos un equipo de adoración ungido y un ministerio de danza que ministran regularmente. El servicio de inglés tiene una iglesia infantil centrada en la biblia y un programa de guardería donde se atiende a los niños desde la cuna hasta los 12 años de edad. Tenemos ministerios para todas las edades. Consulte nuestro programa a continuación y síganos en Facebook y en nuestro sitio web circleofchristchurch.com. Distribuimos alimentos y ofrecemos asesoramiento familiar según las necesidades. Si está interesado, contáctenos al (347) 945-1992 o en Facebook: Circle of Christ Church Domingo: Culto de Adoración de 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Jueves Oración y Estudio Bíblico de noon to 2 p.m.

—Pastor Sam Colón

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(Cont’d. from p. 7) Opportunities

non-essential electrical usage can be curtailed in the community upon demand. During times of increased electrical usage such as during high heat and humidity Con Ed tests Co-op City’s ability to shed nonessential demand on the Electrical. Last month we had one of these tests. These tests are conducted with very little warning with an attempt to simulate a real need to curtail usage in an emergency. Most years, there are several test drills before an actual emergency. This summer, we have already had actual power shedding emergencies due to extremely high temperatures for three days in a row. By shedding non-essential power usage, it decreases the chance of having an all-out blackout such as we experienced in 1969, 1977 and 2004.

Power shedding in Co-op City will include garage lighting during day time hours, laundry room usage and air conditioning in the community centers. Some power shedding tests will take place with 24 hour notice in which case cooperators will be notified of outages and closures in advance. In other instances, only two-hour notice will be given, in which case officers and porters will respond to the laundry rooms and secure them. In some cases, this may appear inconvenient but the goal is to avoid the major inconvenience of a full-scale grid wide blackout. Last week, our efforts were instrumental in preventing a blackout despite temperatures in the high 90’s with even higher heat indexes. If you wish to help even more, when you become aware of a power shedding test or an emergency, curtail any non-essential electrical usage until full electrical usage resumes.

Consumer fireworks of any type are highly dangerous and are illegal in New York State. Zero-tolerance enforcement will be conducted by the Co-op City Department of Public Safety as well as the New York City Police Department. Barbequing is also not permitted on any of the public areas of Co-op City.

Strict guidelines set forth by the New York City Fire Department are in effect that restrict barbequing on terraces or patios within 10 feet of any building.

Propane tanks are strictly prohibited by the New York City Fire Department in any multiple family dwellings.

Residents are also reminded Bike Riding is not permitted near buildings, in shopping malls or anywhere else signs prohibiting bicycle riding are posted.

Have a safe and healthy summer. Use caution near pools, beaches and other bodies of water. Ocean beaches are particularly dangerous this time of the year due to the effects of offshore tropical storms. Only swim in areas where lifeguards are on duty. Parents must supervise children at all times. Never swim alone.

If summer fun includes consuming alcoholic beverages, be sure not to operate a motor vehicle. Also be sure to buckle your seatbelt, obey speed limits and avoid distractions when driving. Always remember, if you see something, say something. Call 911 and the Department of Public Safety at 718-671-3050.

Callers may remain anonymous when giving information. The Co-op City Department of Public Safety would like to thank all persons who have called in suspicious activity or sent information via our website. It is by your actions the crime rate remains low and a high quality of life is maintained.

Last week’s power outage on the west side of Manhattan fell on the 42 year anniversary of New York City’s blackout of 1977. For nostalgic purposes, take a few moments to remember where you were at that time if you lived in Co-op City or were even born at that time.

Co-op City is a diverse community with people of all ages, abilities and characteristics. All persons should remember to respect each other and embrace their differences. Don’t forget to say hello to your neighbors when you pass each other in the hallway or in the street. Co-op City strives to accommodate all persons.

It is also important to remember that not all disabilities are visible. Someone who appears to be healthy may have a physical or developmental disability.

Public Safety

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