Co-op City Times 12/15/18

Vol. 53 No. 50

Saturday, December 15, 2018

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Happy 50th Anniversary, Co-op City It Was a Night to Remember as Family & Friends of Co-op City Celebrate 50 Years at Celebratory Gala

BY TORIEA McCAUSELAND Co-op City celebrated 50 years of cooperative living in style on Monday, December 10, at the beautiful Marina del Rey in the Bronx. Shareholders, family, and friends of Co-op City showed up to pay tribute to an ever-growing community for reaching its golden anniversary and looking forward to celebrating 50-plus more.

During the welcome reception, guests enjoyed a wide variety of appetizers while pictures and videos of Co-op City during the last 50 years played on TV screens throughout the room. The reception welcomed friends, old and new, to mix and mingle before the start of the celebratory program.

Co-op City celebrated its 50th Anniversary on Mon., Dec. 10, at the Marina del Rey in the Bronx. ResiOne resident noted, “I’m looking forward to seeing dents, business leaders and elected officials attended the sold-out celebration.

Photo by Ralph Henriquez old members of the community that I haven’t seen in a sold-out celebration. very long time.”

Master of Ceremonies, David Roush, anchor, Channel News 12, kept the Twenty-year Co-op City resident, Benjamin Polite, said: “I’m here to of evening flowing, engaged the audience and kept the program on schedule. After celebrate along with everyone else in my building and to meet other residents Co-op City. I’m looking forward to having a good time tonight.” Mr. Polite the cocktail hour, Reverend Carmen Howell, co-pastor, Church of God’s indeed did have a marvelous time, along with so many others who attended the Children, gave the Invocation, followed by a moving (Continued on page 2)

Last Call for Pioneers To Share Their Stories

This is the final call for interviewees for the Oral History Project to commemorate Co-op City’s 50th anniversary.

Your stories thus far have been are uniquely different, as well as engaging. We want to remind those who are still interested in sharing their experiences that they can still be scheduled in the next two weeks. There are a limited number of audio interviews that will be recorded – so, sign up now!

We have made this process easy. Notify us of your interest by sending an email to OralHistory10475@gmail.com or call 646-535-0755 (a voice mail system only) and someone will contact you. You may also nominate individuals who you believe have experiences and perspectives to share.

Participate in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to define your history and add to the soundtrack of Co-op City.

Like us on our Facebook page, facebook.com/DrammehInstitute. P.O. Box 558, Co-op City Station, Bronx, NY 10475.

Finally, we’d like to thank the leadership of the 50th anniversary for their hard work. We’re sure the gala will be a memorable occasion.

—Iman Drammeh

JASA Seniors Hold Holiday Fete in Einstein Center

Thank You!

Monday, December 10, 2018 Co-op City had the kick-off of a year-long celebration of our 50th anniversary with an unforgettable gala at Marina del Rey. The event was well attended and beautiful. Over 600 shareholders, staff, vendors, President’s Message elected officials and guest enjoyed themselves for the evening. However, none of President this could have happened without the dedicated hard work of Riverbay employees.

A special thank you to the following employees!

Your efforts were invaluable.

Linda Berk

Board Office Jessica Felice Edwina Vallejo Monique Troupe Office Services Valerie Stone James Melendez Tanya Cruz

Community Relations Michelle Sajous Leandra Peters

Co-op City Times Rozaan Boone Jennifer Piovanetti Ralph Henriquez Toriea McCauseland CSO Tamira King Milsa Vega

Payroll Jillian Joseph Victoria Net

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Elevator Modernization Project Set To Begin Jan. 3 A major capital improvement project planned for Co-op City is the longawaited modernization of the community’s elevators and that work is slated to begin on Thursday, January 3, 2019.

In all, 160 elevators in the high rise residential buildings will be completely rehabilitated and modernized with state-of-the-art-technology to upgrade safety features, enhance appearance and also ensure efficient operation of the machinery. The project will be split into 16 parts with 10 elevators being modernized at all times and the entire project is expected to last between 4-5 years.

The first ten buildings to be addressed will be Buildings 2A, 4C, 5A, 11C, 11B, 15A, 15B, 28B, 32A and 34.

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BY ROZAAN BOONE

The annual senior Christmas party sponsored by JASA was held on Thursday, Dec. 13, in the Einstein Community Center. Partygoers were treated to great food, performances, and dancing as they celebrated the holiday season. There were performances by the Zumba Group, the Bartow Swingers, the Dancing Gents and the Drama Bunch.

(See page 5 for more photos) Photos by Brandon Ortiz

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performance of the “National Anthem” sung by Michelle Marbury.

Ms. Linda Berk, president of Riverbay’s Board of Directors and a resident of Co-op City since 1969, delivered the Welcome Address. After first thanking current and past directors of the Riverbay Board, she said: “Here we are stronger than ever. Tonight’s the night to raise the roof and celebrate 50 years of an exceptional place. We have set the scene for a glamorous event to make a statement of how proud we are, how unique we are, and how grateful we are for Co-op City.”

Bob Klehammer, executive general manager of Riverbay, said a few words following Ms. Berk’s welcome. He acknowledged: “Tonight, we honor the memories of those who perceived and built this community, the largest cooperative development in the entire country. The development that allowed thousands of middle-income New Yorkers to have affordable housing that was safe and clean; that allowed some to raise their children and gave others the security to follow their dreams.”

After the blessing of the food by Rev. Dr. Robert A. Smith, Jr., guests were served a dinner of both filet mignon and shrimp scampi, along with salad, vegetables, and unlimited cocktails. A plated dessert and coffee followed.

Throughout dinner, the program continued with members from local and state government and other political friends of Co-op City giving speeches and presenting Co-op City with proclamations from their respective branches of government.

Letitia James, the first African-American and woman to serve as the incoming Attorney General of New York City, gave a “shout out” to Co-op City cooperators for lifting her on their shoulders. She then revealed the advice Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz gave her 15 years ago when he served on the New York City Council. She confessed, “He [Mr. Diaz Jr.] said if you ever want to achieve statewide office, or even federal office, the road to victory is through Co-op City.”

Ms. James continued: “For 50 years, Co-op City has stood as a beacon of opportunity, of hope for many New Yorkers. When so many areas of this city have become unaffordable, unapproachable, and even unrecognizable, Co-op City has provided New Yorkers with a path to home ownership and given us a strong sense of community. It stands as a true model of how co-ops are supposed to work. Fifty years after the first tenant walked through these doors, this bustling community is still thriving.”

The night continued with a surprise appearance by New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio, who said to the audience, “Happy 50th Anniversary everybody!” He continued, “[Co-op City] The largest affordable housing development in America. A place for people who came together for a common cause, who built something for everyday people. A place where people could live in dignity, all different people together, in one area, in harmony. It’s a model that you should be so proud of; it’s what the people of Co-op City created, and it’s something beautiful. As your mayor, it’s my honor to say congratulations to you [Co-op City], for what you created. It keeps growing and keeps getting better.”

Riverybay’s General Manager, Noel Ellison, introduced the Keynote Speaker for the evening, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., who followed Mayor de Blasio and hinted at a possible mayoral run saying, “One thing you all are going to have to start getting used to is me following de Blasio!” The crowd then (Continued from page 1)

laughed, cheered, and applauded. He continued: “Some of you still didn’t process that!”

“Whether you’re coming from Maine or Florida on the I-95, once you see Co-op City, you know you’re in New York City,” Mr. Diaz said. “Co-op City, you are a microcosm of so many boxes that we could check as a society. It’s the place where people could come together and celebrate benchmarks and milestones in our lives. You [Co-op City] represent a beacon of hope and opportunity.” Shortly after his speech, Mr. Diaz Jr. proclaimed, December 10, 2018, as “Co-op City Day.” He congratulated the audience saying, “Happy Birthday, Co-op City, and I look forward to celebrating 50 more years.”

Additionally, Co-op City also received proclamations from other local and state politicians who attended the festivities. Those in attendance included: Congressman Eliot Engel, 16th Congressional District, one of the evening’s honorees; Councilman Andy King, 12th Council District; Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, representing the 82nd Assembly District; Senator Jamaal T. Bailey, representing the 36th District of the New York Senate; and Bronx County District Attorney, Darcel Clark.

In addition to Congressman Engel, awards were also presented to Amalgamated Bank for their commitment to Co-op City, and also to Mr. Fred Clark whose family was one of the very first families to move into Co-op City in 1968 and whose brother, Carl (now deceased), was one of the children at the groundbreaking of Co-op City, an event that is memorialized in a photo in which then-Governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller is featured along with other local officials, and the builders of Co-op City.

The memorable night continued as guests removed themselves from their tables after dinner and the presentations were over and stepped onto the dance floor. Some attendees rushed to dance the night away to the musical stylings of Skin Tight band, while others first made their way to the photo booth for a printed keepsake of the fabulous event.

Throughout the night, shareholders from then and now conveyed their continuous love and gratitude for a little city in the Bronx called Co-op City.

Caroline, a resident of Co-op City since 1975, expressed: “I’m here to celebrate 50 years of Co-op City. I’ve been there since the beginning. There are so many activities going on there, and I’m into everything. Co-op City is a great place to live. I don’t go out of Co-op City, but I’m out here tonight.”

Ms. Claudia, although relatively new to Co-op City being only a sevenyear resident, thought it was vital for her to attend the 50th anniversary celebration. She said: “I wanted to learn about the history of the place where I live and how it all started.”

Michael Myers, a long-time resident from the ‘80s, professed: “I came out tonight to come together with residents, see the old timers and young people here. It’s gratifying to see the politicians give their kudos to Co-op City while also learning a little history of Co-op City as well. I was very impressed with that.” He continued: “Fifty years is a benchmark, it says that this community has gone through some difficult times and yet it’s still growing. All different types of people and all different ages of people can live cohesively in one community, and it’s a reflection of what we could do for the rest of the United States.”

Sam Schwartz shared those same sentiments; he said: “Thank God for Co-op City. It’s just a great place to live!”

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Financial Aid Meeting At Truman High School Looking for money for college?

Truman High School is holding a Financial Aid meeting for parents on Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Truman Planetarium. Admission is free and all are invited to attend.

A financial aid expert from the Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) will answer financial aid and TAP (Tuition Assistance Program) questions. A sample college financial aid award letter will be distributed. If you have questions about applying for financial aid for college or TAP (a grant that does not have to be repaid), come to the meeting and get answers.

NCNW Winter Accessory & Toy Drive NCNW Co-op City Section will be collecting new, unwrapped hats, scarves, gloves and socks, as well as books and toys for children and teens at a local shelter. We are asking our community to help support our efforts in helping other less fortunate. Donated items can be dropped off at Dreiser Community Center, room 14, on Sat., 12/15, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tues., 12/18, and Wed., 12/19, from 2 p.m.-6 p.m.

Sable Holiday Fair At Faith @ Work Faith @ Work Christian Church in Co-op City is holding a Sable Holiday Fair today, Saturday, Dec. 15, from 12 – 6 p.m. in room 31 of the Bartow Center. Admission to the fair is FREE. A special authors pavilion will be featured, as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs showcasing a wide variety of items so if you still have Holiday shopping to do, this is the place to be. There will be refreshments, a praise dance performance and hourly giveaways.

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Former Riverbay Board Member and Long-Time Co-op City Resident Passes

This week, the angels came and took our and mastered her position as a Shop Steward, beloved Eleanor G. Bailey, a.k.a. Ms. Bailey, to and later served as a state officer. Ms. Bailey the heavens. The Co-op City community shares was a founding member and officer of the in the loss of a savvy, intelligent, and committed Coalition of Labor Union Women, which infoot soldier, as well as a genuinely loving spirit. spired the creation of Post Office Women for Ms. Bailey moved into Co-op City Section Equal Rights (P.O.W.E.R.) under the American Five 47 years ago. She grew up on Long Island Postal Workers Union (APWU). Eleanor’s and enjoyed an earlier career as a cosmetolocommitment to workers’ and women’s rights gist. When the NYC courts broke up the quota remained dear to her heart as an active memsystem of Mitchell-Lama Housing, she “secret ber of P.O.W.E.R., the APWU, president of the shopped” to increase Co-op City’s minority Moe Biller Retirees chapter, and supporter of households. equal rights and union causes across the counMs. Bailey served as a Board director for the try through conferences, protests, rallies, and Riverbay Corporation for three terms during parades. and after which she focused on community, Ms. Bailey continued to exalt her fiery spirit youth and housing initiatives; for the latter, she Eleanor G. Bailey and love of life to her Co-op City community. was a founding member of the Coalition to Save Many benefitted from her old-school style of Affordable Housing, and served on citywide housing/tenant “knowing her stuff” for real and keeping it real — be it breaking associations. Active involvements included president of her down Medicare, saving a person’s job, being the voice for those Building 32 Association for nearly two decades, officer of the who felt they had none and even soothing matters of the heart.

Section Five Association, member of the National Council of Some call her beloved matriarch, best friend, sister, leader, Negro Women and NAACP. She vetted and chartered the lo- mentor, union comrade, confidante, defender and advisor. cal Toastmasters Club and convinced youth sports organizaAlways on the move, Ms. Bailey allowed no dust to settle tions to form an alliance. under her feet, even at 87 years of age. There were but few Ms. Bailey served 35 years in the Post Office, stationed events or meetings that she missed, often riding her scooter in primarily at the General Post Office on 8th Avenue. She im- any kind of weather. She would tell you that there’s more mediately joined the union, and attended Cornell University, work to be done. We can rest assured that when she arrived in where she earned an Associates degree in Labor Relations. heaven, she got right to work! Rest in peace Ms. Bailey and Affectionately called “Momma E” by her union colleagues, thank you for your legacy. —Lovingly submitted by Josie she donned mini shirts and illuminating red hair! She revered Ferguson, daughter; and Earl Dunbar, son.

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“I’m glad we have finally gotten to the starting line with this project,” said Bob Klehammer, Riverbay’s executive general manager. “It is the largest single project in our five-year capital plan. We have spent the last 18 months planning for this day. We believe we have selected the right equipment and put together the right team for a successful project.”

In addition to the high rise elevators, contractors will also upgrade three hydraulic elevators – two in Dreiser Center and one in Einstein – and one wheelchair lift in the Einstein Center.

The elevator modernization work in the residential buildings will take an extended period of time to complete since one elevator in each building will be taken out of service at a time and each will take about 10-13 weeks depending on the height of the building and barring any unforeseen circumstances. Because the elevators are grouped in pairs in each building, once work is finished on one elevator, its twin will then be immediately taken out of service for rehabilitation. While work is ongoing, there will be some measure of inconvenience to shareholders who will experience a longer wait for the elevator and are therefore advised to be prepared to adjust their daily routines accordingly.

On the management side, Riverbay operations inside the buildings will have to be adjusted as well so as to lessen inconvenience to residents to whatever extent possible. This will include janitorial and sanitation services, move in/out, and delivery of the Co-op City Times on Saturday mornings.

This round of upgrade work on the elevators became evident about three years ago when Riverbay’s elevator consultants determined that the motors that were installed during the last, partial modernization project which began in 2001 were not adequate to handle the high volume of traffic in Co-op City’s high rise residential buildings. Additionally, the current motors were manufactured by one company which has since moved their operations away from the east coast making it even more difficult to obtain replacement parts for the motors when needed, especially in emergencies.

Apart from these issues which must be addressed to ensure efficient operation of the elevators, other major components of the elevators are being completely replaced with new equipment during this major, more complete rehabilitation and modernization project. These include new controllers, new ropes, new rope grippers (a secondary safety device), rotors, etc. Essentially, the elevator cabs will be stripped down to their frames and rebuilt.

“While the elevators remain safe to operate, we’ve had to slow down their traveling speeds to avoid any excessive vibrations when the cars are in motion,” said Noel Ellison,

Riverbay general manager. “As such, the consultants recommended the motors and related equipment be replaced to ensure the efficiency of elevator operation going forward.”

Once all the elevators have been rebuilt and modernized, they will be safer, faster, more energy efficient, and equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including emergency lighting and 2-way communication between passengers and Public Safety dispatchers who will also have the ability to see the passengers in the cab while communicating with them. They will also be able to handle the speed and volume of traffic that are normal for a rise high building such as the ones in Co-op City.

Another safety feature is that in the event of a power failure, the elevator cab will “drift” to the nearest floor where the door will open and allow 30 seconds for passengers to exit the car before the door closes.

The interior of the new elevator cabs will have a more contemporary look with wood paneling and an illuminated push button panel that is more accommodating for visually impaired and wheelchair-bound shareholders.

Significantly, the new elevator parts and software being installed in this round of work are not proprietary which means that, if necessary, any elevator contractor company will be able to work on the elevators. In addition, most of the parts are manufactured by a Bronx-based company, GAL Manufacturing, and stored right here in the Bronx which will make it more convenient when repairs are needed.

Given the time to complete the work on each elevator, there will be disruption to the residents’ daily routines.

“This type of extensive rehabilitation work is difficult to begin with and is even more difficult being done within a densely populated building such as we have at Co-op City,” said Mr. Klehammer. “We will try to minimize those disruptions as best as we can, but I will apologize now to the residents for the inconvenience that this project will create. However, at the end of it, I think you will be quite satisfied with both the appearance and the operation of your brand new state-of-the-art elevators.”

Apart from the rehabilitation of the high rise elevators and those in the community centers, upgrade work is also in progress on the 16 elevators in the community’s eight parking garages which are being brought up to code. So far, garages 3, 4 and 5 have been completed, while those in garages 1 and 2 are almost complete. Champion Elevator is currently working on the elevators in garage 6 and 7, and garage 8 will most likely be addressed in January.

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President’s Report

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Electric Shop Eddie Diaz Luis Lugo

Management Staff Bob Klehammer Cary Smith Noel Ellison Warren Mitchell Lanor Keitt Gail Ragin

A thank you to Christopher Robinson, our DJ extraordinaire!

While our staff were invaluable, how could we have had the night we had without the several hundred cooperators who came out on Monday night?

Each shareholder who attended made it the event extraordinary. Your support, excitement and joy were a thrill to see. Thank you all for sharing this special celebration for Co-op City.

A special thank you to Noel Ellison for introducing Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Michelle Marbury for her voice in the “National Anthem,” Rev, Carmen Howell, Reverend Dr. Robert A. Smith and Reverend Dr. Calvin Owens for their many blessings.

To our elected officials who came, we appreciate your support.

• Mayor de Blasio • Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. • Letisha James, Public Advocate and Elected NYS Attorney General • NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer • Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie • Councilman Andy King • Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark • NYS Senator Jamaal Bailey • NYS Assemblyman Michael Benedetto • Senator Shelly Meyer • Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell • NYS HCR – Homes and Community Renewal on behalf of Governor Cuomo We were very fortunate to have a wonderful MC in David L. Roush, a News 12 Anchor and Multimedia teacher at Truman High School. Along with his services as MC, David also brought four of

his students who recorded the evening event.

Congratulations once again to our honorees: • Eliot Engel, Congressman – original shareholder and elected official for Co-op City • Amalgamated Bank – for years of serving the community from the very beginning • The Clarke Family – Fred Clarke representing his family, true pioneers of Co-op City All in all, the Co-op City 50th Anniversary Gala was truly a community affair. Please look out for the announcement of upcoming events as we continue to celebrate the 50th birthday of Co-op City.

Upcoming events will be geared for all segments of the community from children, youth to seniors and pioneers. If you were not able to make this event, there will be more to come.

As always, I am interested in your thoughts and ideas. Please contact me at the Board Office at 347913-4224, 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475 or LBerk@riverbayboard.com.

To all, happy holidays! Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Felice Navidad and Happy Kwanzaa!

May God bless and protect you during this holiday season.

In Memoriam

Mary Elizabeth Black was born on February 12, 1922, in Norris, South Carolina. She departed this life on September 14, 2018, at Calvary Hospital at the age of 96.

Mary migrated to Newark, NJ in the mid-40’s to join her mother, the late Lula Oglesby. During that time, they both worked in Elizabeth, NJ making wartime items for the military. After dating her future husband, Reuben Eady (also from SC), for a couple of years, they married in 1947. Through this union, daughter, Bernice Nyia Eady, was born.

Mary was a devoted and loving mother to their only child.

In 1952, the family moved into the village of Harlem, NY. Mary and Reuben moved to Co-op City in August 1970. They were original shareholders who occupied their apartments in the new Co-op City. Many of Mary’s Co-op neighbors did not realize that she was hearing impaired. As a little girl at the age of nine, she lost part of her hearing. At that time, hearing aid devices had not been developed, so it was not an option for her.

Out of necessity and a desire to communicate, Mary realized that she would have to compensate for her hearing loss. Therefore, she taught herself how to lip read, which was an incredible achievement. When Mary came north in the mid-40’s, she

had access to a hearing aid device which helped her tremendously.

Unfortunately, at the age of 38, she became totally deaf due to profound nerve deafness. Over the years, along with being a homemaker, Mary cared for many children while their parents worked. She loved, enjoyed, and appreciated the happy times and feelings the children gave her.

Being a Southern girl, Mary loved to cook soul food and she especially enjoyed baking pies and cakes. Neighbors will remember her out-of-sight pound cakes which she provided for the building’s annual bake sale. At age 85, she learned how to make zucchini bread and enhanced it, thus making it her own hit. Mom’s other hobbies were quilt making and needlepoint.

Mary was the type of woman who, when she said she was going to do something, she did it. She never procrastinated and her word was her bond. She leaves behind to cherish her memory; her daughter, Bernice Nyia Eady; her great-great nephew, Fuquan Findley, who she lovingly adopted as her grandson; nieces; nephews; cousins; and many friends.

Mary left her imprint on everyone who had the good fortune of knowing her. Mom, you will be missed!

—Bernice Eady

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HAPPENING in Co-op City !

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JASA Seniors Hold Holiday Fete in Einstein Center

The annual senior Christmas party sponsored by JASA was held on Thursday, Dec. 13, in the Einstein Community Center. Partygoers were treated to great food, performances, and dancing as they celebrated the holiday season. There were performances by the Zumba Group, the Bartow Swingers, the Dancing Gents and the Drama Bunch.

Photos by Brandon Ortiz

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Second Reading - Resolution #18-37 SUBMITTED BY: Cheryl Jenkins SECONDED BY: Jerome L. Rice BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING: December 12, 2018

WHEREAS, the sponsors of this resolution believe that surveillance cameras should be installed to expose all concealed basement areas along the hallways of all Chevron, Triple Core and Tower Buildings.

WHEREAS, the Corporation installs cameras in all concealed basement areas for the purpose of deterring vandalism and to promote security in the buildings.

WHERAS, the presence of the surveillance cameras may also serve to increase the value of the property and to make

occupants feel secure, thereby promoting the safety and security of the buildings and further deterring criminal mischief.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that management should prepare a written report on the feasibility and costs of installing and monitoring cameras that would fully cover all building’s basement areas and that the executive general manager shall deliver a written report to all Board of Directors within (60) days of the Board’s approval of this Resolution.

YES: Berk, Cylich, Feliciano, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lambright, Leslie, Pearson, Rice, Richardson, Sampson, Saunders ABSENT: Peterson, Williams PASSED

Amended Second Reading - Resolution #18-38 SUBMITTED BY: Jerome L. Rice SECONDED BY: Cheryl Jenkins BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING: December 12, 2018

and to make occupants feel secure, thereby promoting the safety and security of the buildings and further deterring criminal mischief.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that management should prepare a written report on the feasibility and costs of installing clear glass woven wire windows in stairway doors and that the executive general Manager shall deliver a written report to all Board of Directors within (60) days of the Board’s approval of this Resolution.

YES: Berk, Cylich, Feliciano, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lambright, Leslie, Rice, Richardson, Sampson, Saunders NO: Pearson ABSENT: Peterson, Williams PASSED

WHEREAS, the sponsors of this resolution believe that having clear glass windows in all staircases should be installed to identify anyone conducting any criminality mischief.

WHEREAS, the Corporation installs clear windows in all staircases for the purpose of identifying anyone attempting to conduct any forms of criminal mischief, deterring vandalism and to promote security in the buildings.

WHERAS, the presence of clear glass woven wire windows may also serve to increase the value of the property

Amended Second Reading - Resolution #18-39 SUBMITTED BY: Jerome Rice SECONDED BY: Francine Reva Jones BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING: December 12, 2018

WHEREAS, the sponsors of this resolution believe that the Board should reserve the right to hire an independent investigator that, to the best of our knowledge, has no relationship or affiliation with the Riverbay Board of Directors or the Riverbay Corporation when addressing concerns regarding any Board member and such investigator’s final written report should be provided to all Board members.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that if the

Board decides to investigate concerns regarding any Board member the Board may approve hiring an independent investigator that, to the best of our knowledge, has no relationship or affiliation with the Riverbay Board of Directors or the Riverbay Corporation and that such investigator’s final written report shall be provided to all Board members at the same time.

YES: Feliciano, Johnson, Jones, Rice, Richardson, Saunders NO: Berk, Cylich, Jenkins, Lambright, Leslie, Pearson, Sampson ABSENT: Peterson, Williams DEFEATED

Second Reading - Resolution #18-42 SUBMITTED BY: Leah Richardson SECONDED BY: Claudia Sampson BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, DATED: December 12, 2018

WHEREAS, On May 10, 2017 the Board, via Resolution 17-26, approved Change Order 1 to Contract 2999, Balcony Restoration/Repairs (Buildings 10A, 20A, B, C & 26A, B, C) in the amount of $611,010 with IRW Restoration Corp; and 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.

WHEREAS, Management is now requesting that the Board approve Credit Change Order Two (2), in the amount of $-95,041.80; and WHEREAS, the Credit Change Order is due to less damage found in some areas then was first anticipated which resulted in a reduction of quantities needed; and WHEREAS, the Project Manager and Project Architect are in agreement with the requested Change Order as indicated in the attached memos.

WHEREAS, prior to voting on (Cont’d on page 26)

Important Notice to Shareholders of Building 18 Building 18

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If the Co-op City Times Was Not Delivered: Call 347-439-5632 on Saturdays ONLY, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Public Safety Report

CCPD Urges Drivers To “CLICK IT OR TICKET” And Drive Safely For The Holiday Season

As the winter holiday season is upon us, it is very important that drivers remain safe by avoiding risky driving behaviors. The holiday season puts motorists and passengers at increased risk of becoming involved in a traffic collision. By being aware of the hazards and taking steps to avoid them, you can keep your family safe.

Wearing your seatbelt, placing your child in the proper child safety seat, not speeding, avoiding distractions and refraining from consuming alcoholic beverages when driving are major steps you can take to stay safe on the road.

Wearing a seatbelt when you are the driver or passenger in any vehicle can effectively save your life. Since May of 2013 officers of the law have increased enforcement of the seat belt law “CLICK IT OR TICKET.” Heightened enforcement will be in effect to encourage drivers to ensure that all persons in their vehicles are wearing a seatbelt. Seatbelts have shown to effectively reduce your risk of death in a car crash. Front passengers in all vehicles must wear seatbelts at all times. Children and young adults in the rear seats must also wear seat belts. All passengers in a vehicle should wear seat belts. The driver of the vehicle is ultimately responsible for all passengers in their vehicle and can receive summonses and points on their license for all violations.

Every person riding in an automobile should wear a seatbelt. Seatbelts save lives. Airbags are not a substitute for seatbelts and are designed to be used in connection with seatbelts. An airbag comes out of the steering wheel or dashboard at a speed of 250 miles per hour. Without a seatbelt, the force of an airbag can cause serious injuries to the front seat passenger and driver. Wearing a seatbelt in combination with being in a vehicle equipped with airbags will minimize injuries in otherwise life threatening collision.

Seatbelts will prevent the wearer from being thrown from the automobile in the case of a collision. Today’s automobiles are designed to keep the passenger compartment intact in the event of a collision. Without a seatbelt, you will not remain within that safety zone. Unsecured persons in a vehicle continue to travel at the vehicle’s speed until they strike a solid object within or outside the vehicle.

Internal organs of the unbelted person then collide with the skeletal system causing serious internal injuries. An unbelted person also serves as a projectile and can cause injuries to other persons in the vehicle. A person properly restrained stays within the vehicle’s safety zone and comes to a slower stop thereby minimizing injuries.

During the holiday season, it may be likely that drivers might be taking more trips and transporting children or other passengers in their vehicles. It is very important that all drivers are aware of the rules and regulations regarding the appropriate restraint system for passengers of all ages. Using the proper car seat greatly increases children’s safety when they ride in a vehicle. Every person riding in a vehicle should be appropriately buckled up every time you drive your vehicle.

Never put a rear facing infant seat in the front seat of an auto that has a passenger airbag. The airbag can propel the car seat into the seat back with enough force to seriously injure or kill the child. Never hold a child on your lap while driving or while seated in the front seat. The force of the airbag throwing the child against you could be fatal. You should never take a child out of a car seat if they are fussing. Car seat in the rear seat is always the way to go; never regard not sitting in a car seat or sitting in the front seat as a reward.

Children need to be buckled up in the rear seat of the vehicle properly restrained. Children aged 8 or over, weighing 100 pounds or more or taller than 4 feet, 9 inches may use a seat belt. Children between 4 and 8, 40 to 100 pounds should use a booster seat. Children 1 to 4 years of age should be in a child safety seat with a five point harness. Children younger than 1 should be placed in a rear facing infant seat in the back seat of the auto. Never use a car seat that has been

By LieUTeNANT PAm APOLLO

Public Safety Blotter December 2 – December 8, 2018 December 2 – 120 Debs Place CCPD officers assisted NYPD officers in locating a suspect wanted for sexual assault. The male was known to the victim and positively identified.

The male was arrested.

December 07 – 140 Casals Place CCPD responded to a report of a burglary where various items were taken.

CCPD is investigating.

December 08 – 4100 Hutchinson River Parkway East Complainant reported that they were assaulted and kicked in the head by a male known to the victim, who left the scene prior to officers’ arrival. Complainant was uncooperative and refused to pursue the matter.

in an accident, it may have sustained damage that is not visible.

Car seat installation can seem difficult at first. It is very important that you carefully read the owner’s manual for both the car seat and for your auto. The LATCH system is an attempt to simplify car seat installation and make it universal from one car to another. The acronym “LATCH” stands for Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren. It includes Lower Anchorage points and top tether straps to fasten car seats. All vehicles manufactured after 2003 must have at least 2 LATCH points in the rear seat. Seat belts can still be used to install car seats.

This is an option for a third seat or if installation in the center seat is desired.

Information regarding the LATCH system and the installation of car seats may be found at the National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration at 1(888)DASH2DOT or on their website at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ (Continued on page 26)

OPPORTUNITIES AT CO-OP CITY For information on CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES ONLY, please contact: Lenya Garcia at Lgarcia@riverbay corp.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 Job#/Position

Department

Union/Non-Union

Posting Dates:

Janitorial

Non-Union

Ongoing

18-08 Temp Porter (Part Time)

Position Profile & Duties

Responsibilities include the day-to-day cleaning and restoration of assigned internal/ external areas of Residential Buildings and/or Community Centers, as well as, additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

1. HS Diploma or equivalent is a plus.

2. Working knowledge of janitorial equipment, tools, and material.

3. Ability to walk for long periods of time, twist, kneel, push, stoop, climb ladders; work in inclement weather; as well as lift and carry up to 80 pounds.

4. Must be available for emergency work.

5. Bi-Lingual is a plus.

Job#/Position

Department

Union/Non-Union

Posting Dates:

18-17 Temp Groundsperson (Part Time)

Grounds

Non-Union

Ongoing

Position Profile & Duties

Responsibilities include the day-to-day duties in the landscaping, maintenance of and general upkeep of company grounds and property greens as well as, additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

1. HS Diploma or equivalent is a plus.

2. Candidate should have a working knowledge of grounds equipment, tools, and material.

3. Applicant must have ability to walk for long periods of time, twist, kneel, push, stoop, climb ladders; work in inclement weather; as well as lift and carry up to 100 pounds.

4. Knowledge of OSHA and safety requirements related to performing janitorial duties.

5. Must be available for emergency work.

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Please Visit The Bartow Administration Office To See All Jobs Posted.

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Honoring Amalgamated Bank of New York Director’s Viewpoint

Bernard Cylich First Vice President Honoring Amalgamated Bank of New York at 50th Anniversary Celebration December 10, 2018

Amalgamated Bank of New York has been a pillar of our community for 50 years. Even before it opened its doors in Co-op City, the bank offered our pioneers low interest equity loans. Over the years, it has faithfully served cooperators and the Riverbay Corporation – and not by accident. Its president, Jacob S. Potofsky, led the United Housing Foundation, a coalition of labor unions that sponsored and built Co-op City.

Unlike most banks, Amalgamated was not established strictly for profits. In 1923, Sidney Hillman, leader of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, founded the first labor bank. It remains the nation’s

largest union-owned bank, one of the only unionized.

The bank’s mission was to meet the needs of Amalgamated Clothing Workers membership, mostly young immigrant women laboring in garment sweatshops. On the picket lines—where they demanded decent wages and better working conditions—the women resisted attacks by company-hired goons. In time, they won many of their demands. The newly formed bank served these workers when other banks refused.

Firmly rooted in the labor movement, the bank has championed working people, supporting unions — even providing strike loans and financing community housing. It supports forward-thinking organizations, companies, and individuals who seek to make a more just, peaceful, compassionate, and sustainable world. For nearly a century, Amalgamated Bank has provided financial opportunities for all, while promoting social justice and equality.

It was the first bank to: • Introduce unsecured personal installment loans.

• Provide foreign-exchange transfer service.

Building 6 Association

• Provide free checking accounts.

In 1927, for example, it financed the Amalgamated Housing Cooperative, the first of its kind, in the North East Bronx.

And in May1963, it provided the NAACP with $800,000 bail money for 1,200 Birmingham, Alabama children, some as young as nine years old, jailed for protesting segregation by the infamous “Bull” Conner.

In 1973, it provided Philadelphia striking teachers bail money, keeping them out of jail.

In 1982, it loaned $200,000 to the striking National Football League Players Association even though they did not have an account with the bank.

Recently, it was the only bank that raised all its employees’ wages to $15 an hour, and became the first bank to join the national “Fight for $15” campaign.

Amalgamated Bank is a bank with a social conscience and a heart.

We are proud to present our honoree award to Amalgamated Bank for its service to working people and its commitment to social justice.

I am glad everyone is enjoying the Christmas lights in our lobby and the two Christmas trees outside of our building. Our lobby is also filled with Christmas decorations, thanks to Marvin Lowery and myself, who put them up for us to enjoy; putting us all in the holiday mood. Our Christmas party will be in the Dreiser Community Center. Everyone needs to bring a dish.

Suggestions includes pizza pie, tray of mac and cheese, tray of baked ziti, tray of chicken parmesan, or a tray of your favorite dish. We will have DJ Tee playing the music for us, too. Our Christmas Party will be Saturday, December 22.

Update on our building association room: Our building association room will not be ready until early January or maybe longer. More problems were found.

We had the Grinch in our lobby this past weekend. Santa and the Grinch will be in our lobby on Friday, December 21, for photos.

—Jeffrey Schwartz

Building 30 A and B Association

We are holding our annual holiday party on Friday. The party is on Friday, December 21, in the association room with the door opening at 7 p.m.

All those who have paid their dues, come on down and enjoy.

For those who are having a birthday, anniversary, or a new arrival, congratulations.

Those under the weather, get well soon.

Those who recently suffered a loss, our condolences.

—Linda Werner Building 32 decorators did a marvelous job! Kudos to all of you for being caring, giving cooperators.

Our building association needs volunteers for the executive board. One hour monthly for an executive meeting (probably less) and less than two hours for our general meeting, which occurs every two months. Without new members, we will possibly have to disband. You don’t miss a good thing ‘til it’s gone. For further information, please contact our treasurer, Ms. Sonia Brown-Clarke, at 718-671-1685.

As stated in last week’s article, we do not collect for our worthy porters and lobby attendants. Please remember them for their hard work and dedication. A gratuity is always welcome and appreciated.

All complaints and suggestions at our last meeting were presented to our CSO office.

—Lorna Smith

Building 32 Association

Greetings, everyone.

December 8 – Our meet and greet was very successful. We had a large turnout, mostly greeting our new cooperators. Refreshments were served and everyone had a great time.

We are considering a New Year’s Eve party. Also, please watch our bulletin board for our next meeting in January.

Much thanks to Ms. Helena David (16B) who served the delicious food to our neighbors and to everyone else who assisted.

We are looking forward to seeing you again. Thanks for coming.

Merry Christmas to all.

—Teri Ann Garcia

Building 16 Association

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Committee Report

Riverbay Residential Sales Committee Report Francine R. Jones, chairperson Kevin Lambright, co-chair

Meeting date: October 18, 2018. Eleven people attended.

Review of last meeting The minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted with one correction.

Mission Statement – The Committee discussed the short-term goals: (a) Obtain detailed credit applications, including criminal background checks. The Sales director advised that this is being done. (b) Establish a more sensitive procedure for restoring vacant apartments.

The Sales director informed us that there are several outside contractors working on the vacant apartments and that apartments are being restored more quickly. This is a competitive procedure and contractors must participate in a bidding process. The work standard is high and once the work is completed, it is inspected by the Restoration Dept. before it is turned over to the Sales Dept. (c) Improve the information the community has regarding vacating and equity returns.

The Sales director stated that the cooperator who moves out pays for no more than 90 days of carrying charges following their notification to move out.

When the new cooperator takes possession, that is when the equity is returned to the old cooperator. An applicant has up to 30 days to respond when notified that an apartment is available. The applicant is shown two apartments. After an apartment is selected, notice is sent to the NY State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) for approval, which takes 21-27 days. A committee member stated that it took almost two years before Riverbay returned her equity after she transferred. Committee members thought that perhaps the equity could be refunded sooner. The chair will inquire and we can discuss this further at our next meeting. (d) Submit a resolution to investigate and eliminate sublets.

This has been done. There will be a vote on Resolution 18-36 at the next Board meeting. (e) The topic of downsizing, or transferring to a smaller apartment, was brought to Management’s attention at our last Board meeting and the committee members felt that Management should be reminded to report their Downsizing Plan to the Board so that it may be reviewed and sent to HCR for implementation as soon as possible.

Recommendation: The Sales Committee members recommend that the Board President remind Management to report their Downsizing Plan at the next Board meeting so that it may be reviewed and sent to HCR for implementation as soon as possible.

Residential Sales Update – Sheena McNeill, director The Sales director reported the following as of September 2018: A. Move-Ins totaled: 25 B. Move-Outs totaled: 45 C. Transfers totaled: 6 D. Applicants on waiting list totaled: 5,894 E. Applicants on Transfer waiting list totaled: 132 F. Available Units totaled: 161 G. Vacant Units totaled: 254 Succession Rights The Sales director reported that, as of 2017, the Residential Sales Department has managed Succession Rights. The Succession Rights Policy is intended to help a cooperator be aware of the protection provided to a family member or a “life companion” in the event a cooperator moves or dies. The Riverbay Corporation follows the NY State Division of Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) regulations, which provide that eligible persons may continue to live in an apartment after the death or move-out of the cooperator.

There is a Riverbay Succession Rights Application that must be completed within 90 days following when a cooperator moves out. There are exceptions to the rules, but basically, the applicant must have resided with the cooperator in the apartment as their primary residence for not less than two years … been listed on the Income Affidavit and/or Interim Income Affidavit … provide documentation that such person actually occupied the apartment.

One of the misconceptions about Succession Rights is that when a senior cooperator moves out or dies, the children can stay in the apartment or the children can keep the equity. However, the estate determines who receives the equity. It is recommended that cooperators have a living will. Also, in special circumstances, Riverbay requires a legal divorce or separation document when attempting to keep the apartment or obtain the equity. If the applicant is denied, the applicant may appeal.

Items for next agenda.

• Returning equity before the apartment is sold.

• Transfer of Senior Cooperators without Paying Equity.

—Francine R. Jones, chair

Building 10 Association

Greetings, fellow cooperators.

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

Mindful Eating – Today, Saturday, December 15, from 12 p.m. till 4 p.m. at Raymour & Flanigan, located at 2264 Bartow Avenue, our very own Lenise Streeter, in conjunction with BCA Global, will bring awareness to the importance of healthy eating and exercise especially during the holiday season. Stop by for healthy food samples and exercise classes.

4th Annual Holiday Toy Drive – We are accepting Holiday Shelter Toy donations for newborns to 18 years old. Donations will be accepted every Monday and Thursday from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. in the association room. The last day to drop off donations will be Monday, December 17. Please see flyer posted in the building lobby.

Theatre Club – This is a social event for Building 10 cooperators. We have tickets to see the new Broadway play, “Choir Boy.” The show is February 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $90 (premiere circle seats). For more information, please call 718-320-2366.

Mental Health Training – On January 26, 2019, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., a training session on Mental Health will be held in the Building 10 Association room. This training will teach participants how to help adults experiencing anxiety, depression, psychosis, and substance use disorder. All participants must register prior to the training. Class size is limited. Participants will receive a certificate for completing the 8-hour course. Light refreshments will be served.

Please see the flyer in the lobby for more information.

Lobby Decorations – Thank you to all the volunteers who decorated the lobbies of Building 10.

We would like to wish all December 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

DR. LEWIS WOLSTEIN Podiatrist — Foot Specialist NOW ACCEPTING GHI!!

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accept most health insurance plans

• Participating in the Medicare Diabetic Shoe Program • Evening and Saturday appointments

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The Ides of December

Director’s Viewpoint

Mary Pearson December 15th is much more foreboding than March 15th, don’t you think? If you’re not Julius Caesar about to be voted out in the harshest of ways, the only thing coming down the pike in mid-March is spring. Who doesn’t love spring? Ok, allergy sufferers and their noses do not love spring. They don’t much love dogs either, and many of the rest of us second that emotion when it comes to barking dogs, dogs fouling the public areas, and big scary ill-trained dogs getting way too close. But that’s hardly a seasonal complaint.

It’s Co-op City’s chronic problem, one that needs to be more satisfactorily addressed next year. But I digress.

Back to the subject of December 15th. It’s just 10 days till the 25th!

Do you remember when sellers proclaiming the number of shopping days till Christmas would leave out a few days here and there and not count every single day up to and including December 25th! Not having enough money to shop for the big day would guarantee a bout of depression. Then they invented credit cards so the bout of depression would start later, but last longer.

Whatever your money situation, please remind yourself it’s the thought that counts. The only time money can replace the warm feeling of loving company is if you set a stack of dollar bills on fire!

Nothing Says Lovin’ Like Something from the Oven The word’s out that progress is being made rapidly on the Building 33 gas leak shut down. The word is, only two “lines” have yet to pass the pressure test and all might be turned back on before Christmas. In fact, the gas may have already been fully restored by now, but just in case it hasn’t and we fail to make that celebratory deadline — reach

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out to the remaining “gas-less” and invite them over for an oven-cooked Christmas dinner, maybe? We had a couple of 33’ers, plus one “pioneer” from our own floor, over for Thanksgiving. It was a lovely day: pleasant and memorable.

Now What Are We Cookin’ Up? Tish James will soon be our new NYS attorney general and that means she needs to give up her old day job as NYC public advocate. This year, we produced two candidates’ events and I’m thinking we should do likewise in 2019. By “we” I mean Co-op City and more specifically the Coalition to Save Affordable Housing and the African American Association – sponsors for event #1, and CTSAH and Working Families/Indivisible – sponsors for event #2. The first event was held before the June primary for the US congressional race. (Incumbent Eliot Engel, as expected, won that race.) The turnout for the June event can be politely described as “modest.”

Then, before the September primary for NYS attorney general, governor and lieutenant governor, we packed the house, thanks to the star power of Cynthia Nixon. Governor Cuomo and Lt. Governor Hochul won their respective races, as did Letitia “Tish” James, which brings us to the subject of Candidate Event Season 2019.

As of December 10, the candidates running for NYC Public Advocate were Councilmen Robert Cornegy, Rafael Espinal, Ydanis Rodriguez, Eric Ulrich, and Jumaane Williams; former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito; Assemblymen Michael Blake and Daniel O’Donnell; broadcaster Nomiki Konst; attorney Dawn Smalls; Columbia University history professor David Eisenbach; activist Benjamin Yee; business owner Theo Chino; and activist Ifeoma Ike. That’s only 14, tops.

Only 14? Last month, there were almost two dozen people running. Why is it such a popular and pursued, relatively new, position, you may ask? It can, and has, led to the job of Mayor… once. The position’s only been around since 1993 and there have been only four public

advocates so far in those 25 years. One of them was Bill de Blasio. Tish James has served as PA since 2013 and once she steps down, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson will sub for her until her replacement is chosen.

The special Election will take place mid to late February so we’re looking at either Sunday, February 10 or 17 as possible dates to hold a forum and hear from whoever is still standing at that point. Watch this and other spaces for details.

And when voting day arrives, all I can say is hold on to your hats and hope it doesn’t rain. After the mess of the November election, it’s anyone’s guess how the machines that couldn’t deal with dampness are going to cope with snow or ice on Special Election Day, February 2019.

C-C-C-Cold Ugh, snow and ice. At least the ever-lengthening dark hours will reverse course shortly. Winter Solstice will arrive in less than a week bringing us a few more minutes of daylight each day till the end of spring. It’s one of Mother Nature’s little compensations making up for throwing us into the deep freeze.

At least she keeps the refrigerator light on a bit longer. That is, after all, the common reason for the season: lights and reveling and happy noisemaking aimed at chasing away the darkness. And every year, it works like a charm.

Come Together Hopefully, we will also all come together very soon to make plans for our community’s new recreational, educational and cultural activity space on the horizon. One of the compensations for calling for a cease-fire on the animal shelter battle is the potential for a Co-op City Performance Arts Center where there was none.

And speaking of coming together…off we go to the Gala! You’ll get a full report next week and I’ll let you know if my new gaudy, elegant, fabulous necklace won a prize!

Thanks for reading.

718-219-2211; mpearson@riverbayboard.com.

Co-op City Times / December 15, 2018

Building 26 Association

Warm greetings to all of our Co-op City families, friends, merchants, and especially our new residents. A belated Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish residents.

Congratulations to all celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, new births, and other celebrated events during the month of December.

Well wishes for a speedy recovery to the sick, hospitalized and shut in.

Our sincere condolences to those families who have experienced the recent loss of a beloved one. May you be blessed with strength during your unfortunate bereavement.

There are nine shopping days left, so take advantage of our beautiful shopping mall by catching the numerous holiday sales which will complete your gift shopping list. And please be careful while shopping. Be alert to pick-pockets. Stay vigilant to your surroundings. Remember where you parked your vehicle. Don't put packages in your car and return to the mall to shop; move your car to a different parking space.

If you see something, please say something by dialing 9-1-1 for emergencies and 3-1-1 for non-emergencies. Please take large boxes, furniture, and other large items to the basement. Your cooperation will greatly be appreciated.

—YuVonne Lewis

Building 9 Association

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Greetings, Building 9 family. Happy holiday season to you. Please be responsible and safe as you travel, shop and visit.

Thank you to our Building 9 holiday lobby collection teams: Wanda Rodriguez, Wanda Randall, Mitzi Cleare, Helen Blakes, Gabriella Concepcion, Barbara Cloud, Janice Rosario, Shirley Johnson, Shirley McCann, Shirley Wells, Daisy McCoy and Gwen Anderson.

Our 3rd Annual Year-end Celebration was held Saturday, December 8th. The Year-end Celebration is our opportunity to serve the members for supporting us all year long. It is a terrific way to ‘top off’ another outstanding year. Thank you to all 41 beautiful party people who attended our dinner: Wanda Rodriguez, Wanda Randall, Shirley Wells, Shirley Johnson, Shirley McCann, Ellen Wilkins, Janice Rosario, Tony Rosa, Robert Our third annual End of Year Dinner was held last Rosario, Evelyn Mavins, Mary Saturday, Dec. 8.

Walker, Alma Greaves, Mitzi Cleare, Jackie Lattie, Barbara Nesby, Michelle Chester, Eloise Coleman, Helen Blakes, Esther Cohen, Daisy McCoy, Ellen Wilkins, Rosemarie Masucci, Shirley Johnson, Janet Yarrell, Richard Yarrell, Jerome Wells, Hilda and Gerald, Neal Offen and Rosie, Teresa Gordon, Ana Nieves, Domingo Soto, Iris, Domingo, Jr., Lady Anyah & Lady Brianna, Gwen Anderson, Sharon Browne, our Building 9B member, and his dad.

We had good music, good food and good fun. Our menu: peas & rice, curry chicken, cod fish cakes, pastelles, empanadas, spare ribs, mac & cheese, steamed vegetables, baked ziti bolognese, cheddar biscuits, and turkey wings with soda, water, and juice. The cake was scrumptious, as always.

Our building association is better because you are participating members.

To all volunteers: I thank you for your generosity of time and energy. You always give us your best. I appreciate you all very, very much.

Our Chanukah decorations were taken down this past week. Our Christmas, The Coalition of African-American Churches and Community Organizations Kwanzaa and Three Kings items will go up this coming week. of Co-op City, Inc.’s next general membership meeting will be held on Tuesday, Happy Founder’s Day to the Co-op City Section of the NCNW. Thank you, January 8, 2019, at noon in the Dreiser Community Center, room 15. We are Roberta Booze, Maxine Sullivan and Hon. Kim Adair-Wilson. requesting all members to please attend. Please watch this column for further Be thoughtful, be thankful, be blessed.

—Linda Collins information. It is important that two representatives from each organization attend all Coalition meetings.

We will be hosting our annual Kwanzaa Celebration on Saturday, December 29, at 3.00 p.m. in room 31 at the Bartow Community Center, featuring Keynote Speaker NYS Senator Jamaal T. Bailey.

There will be entertainment: Kuumba dancers, drummers, Kwanzaa ceremony, Karamu Feast, and vendors. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited to this free event.

Kwanzaa is the seven-day (December 26 - January 1) African celebration of SECTION 5 • BUILDING 29C family, community, and culture as personified in African “First Fruits” or harvest 4240 HUTCHINSON RIVER PARKWAY EAST celebrations. Kwanzaa incorporates the spirit, value, and practice of ingathering, reverence, commemoration, recommitment and celebration. It revolves around seven principles, one for each day of Kwanzaa, called Nguzo Saba.

The seven Principles of Kwanzaa are Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination): Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa (cooperative ecoDIRECTOR nomics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity), and Imani (faith).

The Coalition members attending the Kwanzaa Celebration are requested to bring an offering of a large main dish of food (no pork, please) or desserts to share with others. Please contact the president to advise her of what your food offering will be. Also, traditional African attire should be worn, although it is not The in-office surgical correction of mandatory. Your attendance and participation are required to make this family BUNIONS • HAMMERTOES • INGROWN TOENAILS cultural festivity a success.

PAINFUL CORNS and CALLOUSES Please inform the Coalition of any suggestions that you may have. Ms. Virginia Stewart is the president of the Coalition. For more information, please contact (718) 671-4506. Ms. Stewart wishes everyone Happy Holidays, and a prosThe treatment of traumatic foot injuries, heel spurs, burperous new year. sitis and arthritis of the joints of the feet, toenail and The Coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and skin infections, as well as other conditions. improving the quality of life of cooperators while providing educational and culturally enriching programs for the community. We also act as one voice for all Most Union and Insurance Plans Accepted.

Coalition members where there are issues of common concern and human rights.

We also sponsor Friends & Family Day and Kwanzaa celebrations, free for the HIP CMO (Montefiore) Health Plan Accepted. community.

Members of the Coalition include the following: African-American AssociaWe participate in Postal Workers, Mail Handlers, Letter tion; Co-op City Baptist Church; Retirees of Dreiser Loop; Harriet Tubman Carriers, Verizon Workers, 1199, GHI, Blue Shield, Club; NAACP Co-op City Branch and St. Joseph’s Independent Democratic Episcopal Church.

Empire Plan, Medicare, Travelers, United Health Care Churches and organizations that desire to join the Coalition may apply for and many other union and major medical plans. membership by calling (718) 671- 4506 or (718) 671-9610 for a membership Se Habla Español application, which should be returned with a letter on your church/organization’s letterhead and signed by the minister/president. Read Coalition’s weekly column MEDICARE ACCEPTED • HOUSE CALLS BY APPOINTMENT for information about events and issues. Remember the Coalition’s motto is “Coming together is the beginning, keeping together is progress and working Diabetic Patients with Medicare may be eligible for shoes. together is success.”

—Harman T. Leacock

Shareholders, not tenants! Become involved in your building association!

Coalition of African American Churches & Community Organizations

CO-OP CITY FOOT CARE CENTER (718) 671-2233

DR. LOUIS JACOBS,

ALL FOOT CONDITIONS TREATED

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Co-op City is 50 Years Old

Director’s Viewpoint

Daryl Johnson Co-op City is now 50 years old. However, looking back, it’s hard to imagine that time has flown by that fast and that we’ve come this far.

We’ve Come A Long Way The area that we call Co-op City was previously described as a swamp. Thereafter, online sources indicate that a person that was formerly associated with Disneyland developed the concept for a park that existed before Co-op City was built.

The name of the park was called Freedomland, U.S.A. Built in 1960, the concept was to lay out this educational park in accordance with the shape of the United States. The entrance to the park would be through the area that they formerly described as Washington, D.C. But, did you know that area is now called Baychester Avenue?

Back in 1960, Disneyland was spread out over 65 acres. But, Freedomland only occupied 85 acres, out of its 205 acres of land. So, during that time, Freedomland was actually bigger than Disneyland.

Therefore, Freedomland’s slogan was: ‘The World’s Largest Outdoor Family Entertainment Center.’

Freedomland had parking for 72,000 cars, at 50 cents each. However, they had to temporarily stop selling tickets by the second day of operations because of tremendous traffic jams. Thereafter, lots of problems started plaguing this educational park.

For instance, ten people were injured when a stagecoach overturned. So, some of them filed lawsuits. Then, get this, four men allegedly robbed the front office of almost $29,000. Thereafter, it turns out that those guys had a boat ready and they were able to speed out of here at a rapid pace. Then, about a week later, the police caught them and locked them up. (By the way, doesn’t this case remind you of the rumors that surfaced when some guys used jet skis to get into the watery area near the power plant?)

Unfortunately, the appeal of this park didn’t last

long. And, Freedomland somehow managed to get stuck into $8 million of debt about a year later. And, that’s when they decided to bring in lots of attractions to appeal to a younger crowd. Regardless, the downward spiral of their finances continued. Then, by 1964, the operators of this park filed for bankruptcy and some of the rides were sold to other parks. Then, by 1965, Freedomland was torn down.

Now, it might be difficult to envision that a former park existed on our land. But, there are some short videos about Freedomland on youtube. So, please type in Freedomland and check them out.

Co-op City Get’s Built A group named the United Housing Foundation (UHF) worked with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and created Co-op City. Construction work began in May 1966. Then, cooperators moved into Co-op City in December of 1968.

So, now, events are being held to celebrate our 50th year of existence.

Regardless, if you go online and review our history, you’ll see some shocking cases of negative and illegal activities that have occurred here. Also, you’ll see that some of our former leaders were prosecuted for being involved in those illegal activities.

On a positive note, if you examine everything about our development, you might come to a conclusion that we’re living in one of the best cooperative developments in NYC. To support this point, can you list one self-sustaining cooperative development in NYC that has an entry price and a monthly carrying charge price that’s better than Co-op City? The answer is no.

Sure, we might complain about matters here because some things are not right. But, overall, Co-op City is a good place to live. And, I make this statement because we have good cooperators that live here and good employees that work here.

Are they perfect? No! Do some people get into trouble here? Absolutely, yes. But, we have a strong police force and strong policies that will effectively deal with people that want to violate our rules and break the law.

Building 27 Association

Greetings, neighbors. Bitter cold, so wrap up good.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays.

Congratulations to all who participated in Co-op City 50th Anniversary Gala this past Monday, December 10. Can’t wait to hear how well it went.

Holiday Cheer – Representatives from Building 27A, B and C, the building association extends our sincere thanks for taking time to collect monetary donations for our wonderful staff who keep our building clean. The porters are the best, and hope they stay as long as we stay. Our lobby attendant is such a nice lady, friendly and very helpful. The postal clerk, we feel for her, it looks like her work has doubled and tripled with the packages, etc.

We will continue to acknowledge and appreciate the work that they do for our building throughout the year. The effort to support our staff could not be done without the help of each representing their respective building.

Volunteers from each building did their thing, decorating their lobbies, young and older adults. Kudos.

New Shareholders – Welcome to any events you see posted by the Building 27 Association. Also, to those who have always supported their building, we thank you one and all for your generous giving each year.

Happy Birthday to all celebrating this month. The best of health to everyone.

Contact Lydia Rondon at 718-583-3040 to share news of an illness, or the passing of a neighbor. Pray for peace among the world leaders. At the end of the day, be nice, respectful and offer kindness to your neighbor, life is too short.

“There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.” –K.B. Hathaway —H. Overman

Other than the forgotten dump along Co-op City Boulevard, our buildings, commercial centers, parks, and other public areas are relatively clean. Do we have heat and hot water in our buildings? Yes! Sure, we might have problems at times. But, it would be a stretch for anyone to prove that our community is a slum.

What about our shopping centers? Do we have a sufficient amount of stores here? Of course! If you honestly look around, you’ll see that a lot of major stores have made a major commitment in our community. So, yes, they’re paying a lot of money for their rent. But, they’re making a lot of money here because we’re spending a lot of money here.

So, again, there are many things that might make us upset. But, overall, I can honestly say that we live in a good community.

Think Before You Drink According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “drunk-driving crashes claim more than 10,000 lives per year.” So, with all of the nice parties going on during this time of the year, we should make good plans so that we will not have to drink and drive a vehicle.

Close Lots of cooperators have done a great job of decorating this community in wonderful way. So, I want you to know that your outstanding work has brought a lot of joy and happiness to lots of people that live, work, and visit our community. Therefore, please be proud of your joyful work. And, please know that your great work has benefitted this entire community.

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 at 718-671-4544 if you would like to have a 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.

NAACP Co-op City Branch Theme: Defeat Hate; Vote!

December Holiday Membership Meeting – Sunday, December 16, 3:00 p.m. All invited. Bring a friend/guest – new, renewal or gift a membership.

Annual dues; adult $30 and youth $10. Refreshments. Bring fresh ideas and energy for the New Year.

Newly elected branch officers who will be serving 2-year term January 1, 2019 thru December 31, 2020 are: Jerome L. Rice, president; William Gordon, vice president; Brenda Brown, secretary, Carole Hague, assistant secretary; Diane Rodriguez, treasurer; William Gordon, assistant treasurer, and Joyce Wilson, Member-at-Large.

For voter education classes or/and speakers, call the office to schedule appointment. Please don’t wait until Election Day to ask questions on what the proposals mean. Let us all do our homework now. Register to vote and vote.

2020 is now!

Think about this: When you don’t vote, you rob from your community. Your vote affects/effects everyday life and can impact the issues we all care about.

Your vote affects housing, jobs, wages, education and services, schools, transportation and services, public health and services, Medicaid, Medicare and services, criminal justice and services, safety, police and services. Vote to elect the candidates who will make decisions that directly affect our community and our quality of life. Please vote as if your life depended on it.

To become a poll worker, contact: Bronx Board of Elections, 1780 Grand Concourse, 5 Fl.; 718-299-9017.

Seasons greetings; a happy, healthy & safe new year to all.

—Brenda Brown

Please Drive Slowly And Cautiously In All Of Co-op City’s Parking Facilities!

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Co-op City Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary! tive celebrates its 50th year as On December 10, 1968, the first shareholder-family moved in to Co-op City. This year, the coopera diversity, and cooperativism.” “the largest cooperative housing community in the nation” and stands “as a beacon of affordability,

ory ry of Co-o p City Histo is of the Hist nops psis Sy Syno (reprinted from 50th Anniversary Journal)

Housing Foundation (UHF), Co-op City was conceived by Abraham E. Kazan and sponsored by the United a (ACW). Kazan later Americ of s Worker g Clothin mated a coalition of labor unions established by the Amalga t. became Co-op City’s first presiden support for the passage of the ACW president Sidney Hillman had successfully won Governor Al Smith’s limited-dividend corporations. to on exempti tax New York State Housing Act of 1926, which offered a 20-year ACW developed its pioneer board, drawing the on were City In 1927, several decades before plans for Co-op it residence in the northwest multi-un equity limiteda tive, Coopera Housing apartment complex, Amalgamated that project was Kazan. behind Bronx, providing affordable housing for hundreds of families. The guiding force t projects spondifferen for units 40,000 over d Herman Jessor, Kazan’s chief architect, had already designe people. Jessor working for housing le affordab for e advocat sored by ACW and UHF. He, like Kazan, was an y, a praceconom and speed on focus rs designe his that insisted and ogy believed in utilizing modern technol tice that significantly lowered cost.

II of the Private Housing The concept of building Co-op City became a reality with the passage of Article of the state’s Housing hment establis the and 1955 in Law) Finance Law (better known as the Mitchell-Lama finance the building to bonds tax-free rest, low-inte sell to y authorit the had Finance Agency (HFA). This body City, as well as York New in of Co-op City. Under the Mitchell-Lama (M-L) program, a total of 95,000 units City.

Co-op of cost tion construc the of upstate New York, came into being. The agency financed 90% , who families working income middlefor housing build to The core mission of the M-L program was for qualify to money much too earned they hand, one on where, land ’s were caught in a financial no-man were ts applican (M-L market. public housing, but on the other, could not afford to buy or rent on the open subjected to a maximum-income limitation.)

City’s sponsoring group, In the mid-1960s, Jacob Potofsky, then-president of ACW and head of Co-op Mayor Robert Wagner and ller Rockefe Nelson or Govern of support the UHF, campaigned for and won shovels at Co-op wielded (and later, of Mayor John Lindsay) to build Co-op City. Among those who Rockefeller, figures: us illustrio most state’s City’s groundbreaking, on May 14, 1966, were some of the and Robert Badillo Herman nt Preside h Boroug Bronx y, Lindsay, Co-op City President Kazan, Potofsk wielding those among d include Also ty.

Authori Tunnel and Bridge ugh Moses, chairman of the Triboro shovels were the children of Co-op City applicants. include the following: Co-op City’s principles, which its residents have supported for half a century, • To serve, not profit from, its residents.

• To maintain a cap on equity—apartments cannot be resold on the open market.

• To remain cooperative, owned by its cooperators and free of landlords. y, a principle that is Another of Co-op City’s principles is a policy of non-discriminatory diversit aphic compodemogr nity’s commu the that showed reflected in the findings of the 2010 Census which sition was made up of: % of the total Co-op City population 20% Young people (less than 19 years old, 8,500) 60.5% African Americans 27.7% Hispanics 12.5% Whites 10.5% Others ng Retirement ComOne other notable feature of Co-op City is that it is the largest Naturally Occurri years old – many of 62 over are who tors coopera 19,000 mately munity (NORC) in our nation: approxi entire population.

City’s whom have aged in place – live here, constituting nearly half (47%) of Co-op multi-ethnic, nal, eneratio multi-g a Diversity has certainly played a role in making Co-op City lders shareho of lives the enhance that es ameniti multi-religious, middle income cooperative. Other space. open remains land the of include the park-like setting – 80% community has three Co-op City apartments are airy and roomy, with A/C and parquet floors. The childcare centers; ums; auditori and shopping and three community centers with meeting rooms library; forpublic a ; garages parking eight has City playgrounds, and even an outdoor stage. Co-op City.

York New in park n educatio only the and house fire mer, but now vacant, cinema; a ration power plant Co-op City also has the largest, non-utility company – a state-of-the-art tri-gene ty. The cost electrici and ) summer the that produces all of the heat, hot and chilled water (for A/C during The charges. carrying monthly lders’ shareho in of gas, electricity, and air conditioning are all included Times.

City Co-op The er, newspap weekly own its and force safety community also has its own public division of HousLike all Mitchell-Lama cooperatives, Co-op City is supervised by the state’s of Co-op City, entity te corpora the ing and Community Renewal (HCR). Riverbay Corporation, disabilities, with tors coopera as well as , citizens receives a shelter-rent tax abatement, and senior Rent Citizen Senior city’s the through ions exempt increase may be eligible for carrying charge .

(DRIE) Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and the Disability Rent Increase Exemption s against corDuring the last 50 years, Co-op City shareholders have waged unified struggle State support to ed continu have they s; increase ruption and unconscionable carrying charge and le affordab homes their keeping of y necessit the stress and funding of construction defects legacy the g honorin livable. At the community’s half-century landmark, shareholders join in to continue the fight they inherited from earlier generations of cooperators by being prepared that has made their community what it is today. t overruns, Despite hundreds of millions of dollars in construction defect repairs, contrac financial other and corruption, mismanagement, faulty design, installation of faulty equipment, town. in deal best the drains, Co-op City remains a thriving community and it is still

Happy 50th Anniversary, Co-op City!

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Co-op City’s 50

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Anniversary Gala!

December 10, 2018 ~ Marina del Rey

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ORIGINS OF CO-OP CITY STREET NAMES

United Housing Federation (UHF), builders of Co-op City, named the loops, places and streets throughout the development after personalities from across a range of ethnic and racial backgrounds. Many of them were known for their trade union, socialist, humanitarian and literary achievements, as well as their ties with Jewish communal life, to the Bronx and the site where Co-op City is built.

Sholem Asch (1880-1957)

Born in Poland, Sholem Asch emigrated to the US in 1910. He was a Yiddish novelist and dramatist and he is known for his popular novel, East River.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American poet, short-story writer, critic and editor whose use of the surprise ending influenced the development of the short story. He was also well-known for his poetic form.

Edward Bellamy (1850-1898) Edward Bellamy, author and socialist, rose to literary fame with the publication of his utopian science fiction novel, Looking Back-ward, a depiction of a harmonious United States in the future, which sold over 200,000 copies within a year.

George Washington Carver (1864-1943) An African-American born into slavery, George Washington Carver was the first African American to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in 1894. A botanist and inventor, he promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific American writer of the early 19th century and many of his novels portrayed life in early America. Among his well-read collection of works is The Last of the Mohicans.

Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) He was a political activist and trade unionist who was convicted and jailed for his part in the nationwide Pullman Strike, and later for opposing US participation in WWI. In 1920, while in jail, he won close to one million votes when he ran for president for the fifth time.

Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945)

A novelist and journalist, Theodore Dreiser is best known for his first novel, Sister Carrie, and his longest novel, An American Tragedy.

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) A leading Italian composer of the 19th century, Gaetano Donizetti wrote three highly acclaimed operas including Lucia di Lammermoor (1835), a recognized masterpiece.

Loula Grace Erdman (1898-1976)

Loula Grace Erdman was a teacher and award-winning writer of 17 novels, as well as nonfiction, short stories, articles and essays during her career.

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet who wrote under the pen name “A.M. Barnard.”

She was also an abolitionist and feminist and is best known as the author of the novel, Little Women.

Paul Henry de Kruif was an American microbiologist and author. His most noted book, Microbe Hunters, is required reading to this day for aspiring scientists and physicians.

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Sir Edward Elgar was a violinist, bandmaster and church organist before earning a reputation as a composer of classical music.

Among his best-known compositions are Enigma Variations, and Pomp and Circumstance Marches.

Robert Benchley (1889–1945) Notable as a newspaper columnist and short film actor, Robert Benchley was an American humorist.

He was widely published in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, and his acting success won him an Academy Award in 1935.

Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) Clarence Darrow was a lawyer, a skilled public speaker, debater and writer.

He was also a member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the defense attorney in the high-profile Scopes “Monkey” Trial.

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.

Cyrus Adler (1863-1940) An American educator and Jewish scholar, Cyrus Adler was a professor of "Semitics" at Johns Hopkins University. He was a founding member and officer of the Jewish Publication Society, and edited the first seven volumes of the American Jewish Yearbook, among other works.

Heywood Hale Broun (1918-2001) A native New Yorker, Heywood Hale Broun was a sportswriter and commentator, and actor. He is best remembered for his appearance on the Saturday CBS Evening News. His sports commentary are documented in ESPN’s “Woodie’s World,” a series of half-hour shows.

Paul Henry de Kruif (1890-1971)

Pablo Casals (1876-1973) Pablo Casals was born in Spain, but moved to Puerto Rico later in life where he lived until his death in 1973. He was highly regarded as a cello player and conductor.

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) Defoe Place is named after Daniel Defoe, who was born Daniel Foe in England. He was a trader, novelist, pamphleteer and journalist, known for his novel, Robinson Crusoe.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) A Nobel Prize-winning German-born theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity revolutionized modern physics. His famous equation, E=mc2, expressed the relationship between mass and energy. Einstein moved to the US later in life and settled in Princeton, NJ.

John Erskine (1879-1951) An educator, novelist and musician, John Erskine was the first president of Juilliard School of Music. Erskine also wrote many books and essays, including The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent, which is one of his more recognized pieces of work.

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Food Pantry Update Many of us need help putting food on the table at times. Please consider visiting https://www.foodbanknyc.org/get-help/ to find soup kitchens and other food support services. The locations may require some travel to their facility. There is no shame in asking for help. We are each other’s neighbor. Black Forum will let the community know when our pantry doors reopen.

Defensive Driving Classes The next class is Saturday, January 12, 2019, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., 177 Dreiser Loop, 2nd floor, room 1. $35 per person. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early.

Lower your liability insurance cost by 10% and remove up to four points from your driver’s license. Checks & money orders can be made payable to ‘Black Forum of CO-OP City’ and mailed to P.O Box 563, Bronx, NY 10475 at least 1 1/2 weeks before class. Include name and phone number. Walk-ins are welcomed, but only a $35 cash payment will be accepted the day of the class – NO checks. Call by noon the Friday before to register for seating. Please bring your current driver’s license and a pen. Call (718) 320-8035. Kindly leave your name, telephone number and brief message.

Nordic Lodge & Mohegan Sun Casino Trip Join us Saturday, August 17, 2019, for an amazing dining experience at the award-winning Nordic Lodge, in Charlestown, RI. Enjoy 2-hours of an all-youcan-eat seafood plus buffet with lobster, prime rib, specialty desserts and more!

The fun continues at Mohegan Sun Casino. $170 includes dining, shopping & round-trip coach transportation. Three payments due on or before: 1/25/19 ($60), 2/22/19 ($55), & 3/22/19 ($55). Please make checks payable to ‘Black Forum of Co-op City’ and mail to P.O. Box 563, Bronx, NY 10475. Include name & phone number of attendee. No refunds. Pick-up and drop-off at Dreiser, Asch Loop and Section 5. Please call 917-209-5334 or 718-320-0033 if you have questions.

Contact (718) 320-8035 or coopcityblackforum@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

—D. Illis

Broun Place Townhouse Association

As of today, Christmas is exactly 10 days away. Collections for the grounds keeper’s annual holiday gift are being accepted at our home or by our treasurer.

The amount will be published and if you enclose a card with your gift, it will be given to Martin.

Thank you to a heroine in our community, Dorothea Castle. Recently, Ms. Castle, building chairperson of Building 15A, worked on the Gala Anniversary Committee and in general gives many volunteer hours to Co-op City.

Remember neighbors, the evening of Friday, December 21, listen for the holiday carolers and/or join them. Building 21’s club article or “Section 4 Partnership’s” article will have additional information.

Broun Place’s January meeting spotlights New York State Assemblyperson Michael Benedetto. January 16th, come to our home and hear plans for Co-op City and have first-hand answers. Neighbors, thank you in advance for coming and joining us with new issues, January 16th. Read the Co-op City Times, cover to cover, for community news and updates. It is truly an essential weekly habit to do.

Broun Place residents are lighting up for the holidays. The most popular new displays are the rotating projection decorations. Come view our spectacular “welcoming the holidays” showcases.

The oral history project does not end with the gala event December 10th. Oh no, this historical project will be ongoing and part of the Bronx Historical Society and Library. If you moved to Co-op City between 1968-1973, you are a pioneer and likely have a story to tell. Pioneers of Co-op City, call: 347-913-4226, and be part of the 50th anniversary celebration, the golden anniversary. Tell your story, offer memorabilia for the time capsule, or documentation representing history and become involved with this celebration.

The final Building and Grounds Committee meeting for 2018 was held last Tuesday and it was, as usual, well attended. Congratulations and sincere appreciation to Sonia Feliciano and Marie Smith on chairing these monthly meetings.

It is important and appreciated that Riverbay employees attend and give their expertise. Issues on building repairs, grounds maintenance, community center repairs and basement issues were shared.

Our secretary, Reverend Grace Emanuel, “passed” this along to us: supporting higher education, Municipal Credit Union announces that they are accepting applications for their 2019 MCU Scholarship Program! This year, MCU will award $71,000 in scholarship grants to college-bound graduating high school seniors, including nine memorial scholarships worth $5,000 each and thirteen grants of $2,000 each respectively. The deadline for scholarship submissions is end of business day on Friday, January 4, 2019.

Please step-up to clean-up and show pride in our neighborhood. There are litter bins on the corners and in the basketball court. Let’s use those receptacles!

Pick up what is in your way as you walk. Dog walkers, clean up behind your dogs. It is not that hard. Finally, neighbors, get your flu shot!

—Eva Kindaichi-Lazaar

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Lions and Tigers and Decorators, Oh My!!!

Hello, shareholders and friends, Wow! The buildings are all dressed up for the holidays. Kudos to all cooperators from Sections 1-5 who contributed their time, talent, money, etc., in keeping the spirit of the “2018 season of giving” alive in CO-OP City. Special recognition goes to the following “troop decorators” and loyal team players of Building 21. From the B-Section, the Lopez Family, Mama Evelyn, and Jaylen and Jaylen’s bestie from Building 11, Cade Ferguson. Sisters Rushell and Renee Vassell were great again this year. Jennipher Martiena with mom Kenyetta did a fabulous job on our fireplace. We missed you, twin sister Jannett. Hope you are feeling better. Queen Barbara Wattley gave our chocolate swirl Christmas Tree her sweet touch. Kudos to Queens Grace and Belle from 21C who did a great job. We are proud and touched by all of the youngsters, ranging in age from 9 – 13 years. We recognize all of the people of Building 21. Whatever part you played in making our decorating extravaganza a success this season, we appreciate you.

Guess The Theme, Win A Prize…

The B-Section of Building 21 does a different holiday decorating theme every year. Last year, the theme was “Sleigh Ride.” If you can guess the theme we did this year, and you show up for our Egg Nog Toast to the New Year (every year after the decorations come down), we’ll have a special prize just for you.

Everyone, including the readers of this article, will be allowed to guess one time.

Write your answer on a piece of paper. We will read them all and award the winner on January 8 after the decorations come down, starting at 7 p.m. in “The Gathering Room” located in the rear of the B-Section. You must be present to win.

Think Tank at Building 21 is in session every Friday, 8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. in the Gathering Room in the rear lobby of 21B (120 Bellamy Loop). FYI, all monies collected are turned in to our treasurer and installed in the association’s bank account. Do you have questions regarding The 21 Association? You have three ways of gaining information. Email 21association@gmail.com or call 347.504.1821, and attend your monthly meetings, held every 4th Thursday in the “Gathering Room” in the rear of the B-section at 7 p.m. Our next General Meeting is set for January 25.

Please note: The decorations will remain in place through the Epiphany, Sunday, January 6. They will be removed on Tuesday, January 8, at 4 p.m. Happy and blessed holiday season to all. Each one of us, multiplied by all of us, equals a force for good. We’ll see you around the neighborhood.

—Michelle Marbury

Building 12 Cooperators Civic Association

Happy Holidays! Our next general membership meeting is Monday, December 17, 7 p.m., activity room. This meeting is our annual holiday get-together.

Come on down and join in the celebration.

The Annual Dues Envelopes have been distributed. If you did not receive your envelope, give us a call at 718-379-7841. As always, we thank you for your generous support and our floor captains who step up every year.

A word of caution—Please be extra careful this time of year. Make sure you know who is ringing your door bell or that you know it’s a delivery before you open your door. To contact CCPD, call 718-671-3050 or Maintenance, 718-3203300. We can be contacted at 718-37-7841 or MLSAH@aol.

—Sonja Maxwell

Building 25 Association

Tonight is Co-op City’s 50th Anniversary Gala, the event has been sold out and reservations for the buses are full to capacity. We would like to thank the people for their dedication and hard work planning this wonderful event.

Our building association is still collecting donations for our porters, maintenance, security and grounds people who see to the needs of our surrounding area.

If you have contributed already, thank you; if you have not, there is still time.

We wish all persons born in December a Happy Birthday, and for those who have been under the weather, we hope you get better soon.

Our next meeting will be scheduled for Tuesday, December 18, at 7:30 p.m. If you cannot make it to meetings due to scheduling or other obstacles in your way, please log onto our building email address at building25ca@gmail.com and address your emails to any or all members of Building 25 Association. Friendly reminder, our building annual dues are $5.00 per family. We would like to thank the residents who have paid their annual dues. Dues are collected at our monthly meetings by Carol Eilets, treasurer, or Celeste Stukes, asst. treasurer.

I will close with the following: “I believe that when people experience an event as a community, it can transcend and change people’s lives.” —Andy Serkis —Wanda Bailey

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Retirees of Dreiser Loop

Travel Events: (price includes Lorant coach bus; located at Dreiser Loop, in front of H&R Block) • Jan. 10–11, 2019 (Thurs. & Fri.), Foxwood & Mohegan Sun., CT. Sold out! Contacts: Serita Grayson, 347-564-5722/Barbara Williams, 718-320-0500.

• Mar. 21, 2019 (Thurs.), Sands Casino Resort, PA. Price: $40. Contacts: Serita Grayson, 347-564-5722/ Barbara Williams, 718-320-0500.

• Apr. 9, 2019 (Tues.), Hunterdon Hills Playhouse Theatre. Price: $85. Deposit: $45. Balance: $40 due

by Monday, March 18. Contacts: Serita Grayson, 347-564-5722/Barbara Williams, 718-320-0500.

Theatre Committee: (price includes van transport, from Dreiser Loop across from Rehab Center) • Jan. 23, 2019 (Wed.), “American Son,” a riveting drama starring Kerry Washington at the Booth Theatre. Show: 2 p.m. Price: $142. Deposit: (ASAP) $65, Balance: $77, due by Jan. 3, 2019. Contact: Dorothy Lindo, 718-379-0314.

Remember: Your deposit (and final payment) in the form of a check/money order payable to Retirees of Dreiser Loop, along with your name and telephone number, is required to reserve your trip &/or theatre seat. No cash accepted. Committee members will be available in the Dreiser clubroom, 19. For more information, please call (718-379-0377) on Mondays

and/or Thursdays, after 2:00-5:00 pm.

Good and Welfare Best wishes for a speedy recovery to George Crouse. To members and friends still under the weather, know that you are thought of warmly and wished brighter days. Call Josephine Flowers, 718320-0539, regarding illnesses and bereavements.

Join us on our next Jazz Up Your Health with A Senior Spa Day, date to be announced. Call Claudette D, 718-379-4784/Hattie L, 718-671-8449, if interested in joining us.

Attention! The Retirees need experienced parttime freelance drivers with a CDL license with passenger endorsement with at least three years’ experience and a clean driving record. This volunteer position requires transporting members and friends safely to and from special events within the Bronx, as well as to outer boroughs. Stipend can be expected for each trip. Please call C. Davis at 718-379-4784 and leave your name, telephone number and a brief message.

“Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness…May it be yours this Holiday Season and throughout the coming year.”

–Author unknown —Claudette Davis

This year, each lobby has its own unique color scheme for the holidays. 4A’s color scheme is silver, red and white; 4B’s is silver and gold, while 4C’s color scheme is red and green.

You’ll also notice that we have a new sign this year that wishes everyone a Happy Holiday as they enter. On that sign, all the various holidays of the season are acknowledged.

As these upcoming holidays are the busiest time of the year, I’d like to remind everyone to take extra care of their lobby, their floors and laundry room.

Some are throwing large amounts of recyclables and other non-trash items down the compactor chutes and leaving their cardboard boxes in the compactor must be broken down and taken down to the basement.

Continuing to leave cardboard boxes in the compactor rooms, as well as dirtying them will result in a fine being placed on your carrying charges. I cannot stress this enough especially with Christmas being right around the corner.

Another issue I’d like to address is that some have left the laundry room a terrible mess. For those of us who use dryer sheets, don’t just let them fall to the floor and stay there; pick them up and throw them away. Yes, we do have porters and a grounds person who help to clean and maintain the beauty of our buildings and grounds, but we too need to be mindful of our actions and take responsibility for maintaining

the beauty and cleanliness of our property. After all, it is we, not they, who live here.

Another issue I’d like to address is the laundry carts. It seems like some have them and are keeping them in their apartments and others have used the carts to bring their groceries up to their apartments or sort their dirty laundry. If you have a laundry cart in your apartment, please return it to the laundry room where it belongs. The laundry carts are to be used for clean clothes only! If anyone is caught using the laundry carts for anything else, they will be issued a Community Complaint and a fine. Just like it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to maintain the beauty of its surroundings.

On behalf of the executive committee of Donizetti Building Four Association, I’d like to wish everyone a very joyous and safe time as we celebrate the various holidays. Also remember to check on your elderly neighbors who live alone as this can be a very difficult time of the year for some. I welcome your feedback and any suggestions, stevenvega4u@gmail .com.

If the spirit of many in body but one in mind prevails among the people, they will achieve all their goals, whereas if one in body, but different in mind, they can achieve nothing remarkable. –Nichiren Daishonin —Steven Vega

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Co-op City Working Families

Last Meeting/Next Meeting The subject of our December 11th meeting was upcoming local, state, and federal legislation on the 2019 horizon, plus holiday cheer and Gala gossip.

But the main issue on the agenda was the upcoming NYC Public Advocate vacancy. The position opens in January when Tish James steps down as PA to step up to the NYS attorney general role.

A special election follows shortly thereafter and, at this moment, there is a huge list of candidates in the running. It’s time to get busy planning yet another Candidates’ Forum/Debate right here in Co–op City so we can hear from as many of the contenders as possible. We will soon contact everyone who has a hat in the ring for the PA job and we already have a preliminary list of available dates to present the candidates, thanks to the Riverbay Scheduling Office.

We are looking for co-sponsors for this non-partisan election among political and non-political organizations alike. The goal: expand democracy and encourage voting. Spread the word! And join us at the next WF/Indivisible meeting on January 22nd to work out the final details of the upcoming event.

The Co-op City Working Families Mission As the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, Working Families works 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. Next Meeting Details Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 22. Working Families/Indivisible Co-op City meetings are usually held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Remember, you don’t have to have a family or a job to join us, you can be single and retired and still join Working Families. All progressives are welcome. Tuesday, January 22, Section 5, Einstein Center, room 35, at 7:00 p.m.

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Happy Holidays, Building 20B!

Thanks to shareholder Oscar Vasquez of Building 20B, our lobby is once again beautifully decorated for the holidays. Mr. Vasquez has done a wonderful job in decorating and spreading joy to all of his fellow neighbors, and we are truly grateful for his giving spirit and generosity. —Tushawnda Garrett

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Open Door Ministries

The Passion of Christ • Full sermon at opendoorministries.net

Newsong Church

This Sunday’s Schedule: Location: 135 Einstein Loop. Discounted parking available in Garage 8. Kidsong available in rm. 49.

Jesus knew His purpose and was pre- by little, we have been forced off the hard Deaf Interpretation available during adult service. earth into a religious cloud-land where we are pared to fulfill His mission.

Join us on December 23 at 11 a.m. for our Christmas presentation, Jesus was Decisive – having or showing permitted to wing our harmless way around, the ability to make decisions quickly and like swallows at sundown, saying nothing that “A Bronx Christmas Tale.”

For more information about Newsong Church, our beliefs, or our might stir the ire of the sons of this world. That effectively. ministries, please go to our website, www.newsongchurchnyc.org.

Jesus was Focused – concentrating on a Neo-Christianity, which seems for the time to A Christmas Question particular goal and not wasting time or be the most popular (and is certainly the most 34 energy on other things. aggressive), is very careful not to oppose sin.

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virJesus was Intentional – deliberate; calcu- It wins its crowds by amusing them and its gin?” –Luke 1:34 (NIV) lated; conscious; intended; studied; knowing; converts by hiding from them the full implicaSome people will tell you that asking questions shows a lack of willful; purposeful; premeditated; preplanned; tions of the Christian message. faith. I couldn’t disagree more! When the angel Gabriel announced to preconceived.

We stand in desperate need of a few men Mary that she was going to be pregnant with Jesus, the Son of God, Luke 9:51 Now when the time was like Elijah who will dare to face up to the Mary responded with a simple question. There’s a difference between approaching for Him to be taken up to heaven, brazen sinners who dictate our every way of asking a question that’s based out of unbelief, and asking a question He was determined (set his face) to go to life. Sin in the full proportions of a revolution out of faith, in “who” God is and “what” God can do! or a plague has all but destroyed our civilizaJerusalem to fulfill His purpose.

When Zechariah was told that he and his wife, Elizabeth, were going Luke 12:49 “I have come to bring fire on tion while church people have played like to have a child in their old age, he asked the angel, “How can I be sure of the earth, and how I wish it were already kin- children in the marketplace. What has hapthis?” (Luke 1:18) In other words, Zechariah asked out of unbelief, lookdled! 50 I have a baptism to undergo, and what pened to the spirit of the American Christian? ing at their circumstance and desiring an additional sign to believe it.

51 Has our gold become dim? Have we lost the constraint I am under until it is completed!

There are people who don’t believe in the existence of God. They Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? spirit of discernment till we can no longer recdon’t believe that the Bible is true, they don’t believe that Jesus is God, 52 No, I tell you, but division. From now on ognize our captors? How much longer will that He died for our sins, or that He was resurrected. They want an there will be five in one family divided against we hide in caves while Ahab and Jezebel conadditional “sign” to believe. That’s asking questions out of unbelief. each other, three against two and two against tinue to pollute the temple and ravage the However, many people believe in God. They believe that Jesus is land? Surely, we should give this some serithree. the Son of God. They believe that He is the only way to God. They We have developed in recent times a peace- ous thought and prayer before it is too late – if believe that He was born of a virgin, that He lived a sinless life, that loving, soft-spoken, tame and harmless brand indeed it is not too late already. —A. W. Tozer He died on the cross for our sins, that He rose again on the third day of Christian of whom the world has no fear Sunday Services are @ 11 a.m. in Barbeating hell & death, and that His resurrection is evidence of our saland for whom it has little respect. We are care- tow Community Center, room 28. vation. And even though they believe all of this to be true, they’re still ful, for instance, never to speak in public Open Door Ministries’ Therapeutic Mentrying to wrap their brains around some of these things. Mary’s quesagainst any of the false cults lest we be thought toring Program offers free counseling. Conintolerant. We fear to talk against the destruc- tact Pastor Luis by text 917-334-4407 or tion doesn’t show that she was arguing or disagreeing with the angel, tive sins of modern civilization for fear some- email opendoorministries.net. it was more like…I believe God can do all of that, but how’s it going Blessings in Christ. —Pastor Luis Ramos one will brand us as bigoted and narrow. Little to work? That’s asking questions out of faith!

The angel answered her question, and finished his explanation with this statement: 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.” —Luke 1:37 (NKJV) Open Doors, Open Hearts and Open Minds Friends, it’s okay to ask questions about your relationship with Come & Visit Us – We welcome you to God’s House – One Family in Christ. We are a God, or His plan and purpose for your life. When Mary heard the congregation with spirit-filled worship, offering a variety of opportunities for spiritual angel’s explanation of how it would happen and his reminder that growth, fellowship and service to God and our community. We are a multi-ethnic, multiGod can do anything, she responded by saying this: 38 “I am the Lord’s cultural and bilingual congregation and all are welcome. Services are at the church at 2350 servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then Palmer Avenue. Parking is available. Our pastor is Rev. Arnaldo Sanchez and our phone the angel left her. —Luke 1:38 (NIV) number is (718) 320-3795, leave a message if no answer.

May that always be our response when we have questions. May we Just a thank you to all who came out for our “Gospel Experience Concert.” It was a pure always humbly trust that if God is leading us to it, He is able to do the blessing and everyone had a great time. The performers were fabulous and everything just impossible to get us through it! —Pastor Mike Tolone went so well. We look forward to doing it again in the near future.

Christmas Service and Luncheon: We will be having a Christmas bilingual service on Sunday, December 2, at 10 a.m. with a luncheon following immediately after service. Look forward to seeing many of our church family and friends there.

Schedule for Sundays - Come and Receive a Blessing: We have the English service starting at 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. and the Spanish Service at 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. The bilingual services with communFamily Owned and Operated ion will be on the first Sunday of each month at 10 • Large Chapel • Pre-need counseling a.m. -12 p.m. on premises Children: Sunday School will be at 9:45 a.m.

• Out of town services Bring your children, they will have a great time • Ample Parking while learning God’s word and doing arts & crafts. on premises A dignified funeral every family can afford.

• Cremations Adult: Sunday Bible Study in English will be at • Casket Showroom 8:45 a.m. and in Spanish at 10 a.m.

All areas are handicapped accessible on premises Prayer Night (English) & Prayer/Bible Study Afternoon (Spanish): The Lord said: “Whenever Personalized & Professional Care • 52 Years Serving Our Community two or more are gathered in my name I am in the midst of them.” —Matthew 18:20. Tuesday afterWorldwide Shipping including Caribbean, Africa & South America noon at 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. is the Spanish Prayer/Bible Study. Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. is the English Prayer Service. Come and bring your prayer needs so we can pray together. Remember that prayer brings many blessings.

Friday Night is Fun Night for the Youth (ages 13 Serving all Call – 21): This is a great time for the youth of our comcultures munity to learn God’s word and enjoy each other’s 24 NOW WEBCASTING TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABROAD company and make new friends. Start time is at 7:30 & faiths Hours p.m. – 10 p.m. There will also be many activities.

Exciting things are happening. On Tuesday evenings, www.mccalls.net • director@mccalls.net Pastor will be teaching the youth who are interested in 4035 Bronxwood Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. becoming leaders; time will be 8 p.m. – 9 p.m.

God bless.

—Barbara Penn

Evangelical Church of Co-op City – UMC

718-231-7647 Fax: 718-231-7665

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Community Protestant Church

On behalf of our pastor, 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, NY 10469; telephone: (718) 862-9172.

Regular Church Schedule Sunday School – 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service – 11:00 a.m.

Communion Service – Every first and third Sundays Noon Day Prayer – Hour of Power – Wed. at noon Prayer Meeting and Bible Study – Wed. at 7 p.m.

The following program is at the Church’s Annex: 2053 Asch Loop North (Co-op City) Neighborhood Bible Study — Thursday at 10 a.m.

Worship Service begins at 11 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 On Wednesdays at noon, you are cordially invited to noon day prayer at CPC, an hour of power, prayer, praise and testimony. Refreshments will be served.

RSVP: (718) 862-9172.

Advent at CPC – As we draw near the most joyous season of the year, a most cordial invitation is

extended to all to worship with us at Community Protestant.

“Year-End Candle Light Service” – On Monday, December 31, at 6 p.m., all are welcome to join in this special service of prayers and thanksgiving for the past year and looking forward with prayerful anticipation to the coming New Year 2019.

“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him and bless his name.” -Psalm 100:4 Community Protestant Church’s 50th Anniversary – 1969-2019 “Celebrating 50 Years of God’s Faithfulness Yesterday, Today and Forever” We’ve come this far by faith, leaning on the Lord!

The pastor and members of Community Protestant Church cordially invite you to celebrate with us on the following dates: 1. Our 50th Anniversary Banquet at Marina Del Rey on Saturday, March 23, 2019, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Tickets: $125.

2. Our 50th Anniversary Service on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 11 a.m. For tickets and/or additional information please contact the church at (718) 862-9172.

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 —Evan G. Mitchell blessing.

Dear Commander Oloruntoba, Thank you for all of your hard work. I sincerely appreciate everything you do for this great organization. With dedicated leaders such as yourself, we can truly make a difference in our membership. Together, we can accomplish our goal, but we must work together.

Pushing For 100% Membership I have received a memo with the above first paragraph, and I want to use the opportunity to appeal to our members who have yet to pay their dues to make every effort to send it in before the year runs out. I understand that some of you had already paid. So, I say thank you. However, for others who are still in default, I encourage you to send in your check or just do a walk-in where your card will be issued to you right away. On the other hand, anyone who already paid his or her dues but received notification of nonpayment should contact the office to resolve the issue. As we start the celebration of our 100th anniversary this year until May 2019, we are trying to make sure that we end the year with 100% membership. Our national target date is on May 8, 2019.

VA Announces GI Bill Processing Changes I need to bring to your awareness that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced key changes in the processing of GI Bill benefits payments under the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Forever GI Bill). Due to continued information technology difficulties with implementing sections 107 and 501 of the law, both of which change the way monthly housing

allowance payments are calculated, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) will reset its implementation efforts to give the department the time necessary to develop the capability to process Spring 2020 enrollments.

Christmas Gift This year’s Christmas holiday gift at the VA Hospital was on Sunday, December 9, between 10-1 a.m. at the Hospital. Every year, Legionnaires in Bronx County pull resources together to buy gifts and donate to those individuals committed to the hospitals. Gifts that were purchased from donations are given to the veterans who are hospital-bound. The exercise makes it possible that gifts are given to these veterans on their sick bed. This year’s gifts, as usual, were bought and arranged by the Legion Auxiliary and were given to the veterans; and to make donations to their loved ones since they could not afford to go out on their own for shopping.

Oratorical Speech Contest Co-op City Post 1871 will be the host of this year’s Constitutional Speech Contest. The Bronx County chairman of the Oratorical Speech Contest, Legionnaire Adeyemi LaCrown Toba, announced the change of the contest date from Dec. 10, to the 17th, due to Co-op City’s 50th Anniversary. The competition will be held on Monday, December 17, by 5 p.m. Students from grade 9 through 12 are eligible and encouraged by reaching out to the nearest American Legion Post to participate. Kindly call the Co-op City Post at 718-320-8165.

—Lsjc Adeyemi LaCrown Toba

American Legion Post 1871

St. Joseph’s Episcopal Anglican Church

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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 1. Sunday service with Holy Communion and Sunday School are both at 9:00 a.m. Every 4th Sunday, our children participate in the reading of the lessons and every 5th Sunday, our young adults assist in the service.

We look forward to welcoming you to church service tomorrow, Sunday, December 16, at 9:00 a.m. when we will celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent. Our Supply Priest is Father Simeon O. Johnson and he will be the preacher and celebrant.

2. Please join us on Wednesdays for an uplifting 15-minute midday service starting promptly at noon.

3. New: On Thursdays, Father Johnson will be available for telephone calls and visitations, interactive discussions on various topics in the Bible (11 a.m. to noon), followed by a very short noonday service.

4. Choir rehearsal is on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m., and we are always looking for new members.

Acolytes: The church is in need of Acolytes. If anyone is interested in becoming an Acolyte, please speak with Victoria after service.

Group Activities: The (ECW) 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.

Reminders • For vestry members only: Meeting today at 10 a.m.

• Christmas Eve Service on Tuesday, December 24, at 7:00 p.m.

• Kwanzaa Celebrations on Saturday, December 29, at 3:00 p.m.

As a member of the Coalition of African American Churches, members are expected to come out and represent St. Joseph’s by supporting this FREE event.

• Annual Bronx-wide Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, Monday, January 21, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. St. David’s Church, Bronx.

• Annual General Meeting immediately following the service on Sunday, January 27, 2019.

• Blessed Absalom Jones Celebration at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.

Upcoming Fundraising Events Please stay tuned for our 2019 fundraising events.

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. You may also visit our website https://www.stjosephsepcbronx.org for other information relating to St. Joseph’s Episcopal Anglican Church, Co-op City, Bronx, New York.

“Sing the praises of the Lord, for he has done great things, *and this is known in all the world.” Extracted from Canticle 9: The First Song of Isaiah (Isaiah 12:2-6) —Merville Chambers

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Bartow Mon., Dec. 17 Tues., Dec. 18

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Room 49 unless otherwise noted

Non-Kosher

Thu., Dec. 20

Kosher

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

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

Crochet & Knitting 10 - 11 a.m.

Spanish Class 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Bartow Main Office NEW - Yoga w/Damion 9:45 – 10:45 NEW - Dancercise w/Damion 1-2 p.m., JASA Main Office Card Games 2-4 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEW - Purple Life Trail Fitness w/Damion 1 – 2 p.m., Section 1 - Greenway Drama Club

Orange juice Salmon burger Yellow rice Cucumber dill salad Whole wheat bread Fresh fruit Alt: Curried chicken salad

BBQ pulled pork Baked sweet potato Collard greens

Fri., Dec. 21

Wed., Dec. 19

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Alternate Kosher Meals are also available Room 7 unless otherwise noted Crochet & Knitting 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Word Games 9:30-11 a.m.

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

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session Library 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Dominoes 10 a.m., rm. 45 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Orange juice Health & Wellness Support Group Line Dancing 10-11 a.m., rm. 45 Stay Well Exercise 10-11 a.m., rm. 2 California turkey Bartow Center, rm. 31, 10 a.m. – 11 Around The Lunch Table 11:30 a.m.

Color Your Stress Away 11 a.m., rm. 4 Basic Cell Phone & iPad training meatloaf, HomeSpanish style a.m.

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

1 p.m., rm. 7 Yoga w/Peggy Hill 11 a.m. - 12 Bingo 1-3 p.m., rm. 35 made mashed potaBaked chicken Mind Teasers 12-1 p.m., rm. 4 p.m., JASA Main Office Diabetes Support Group 2nd Mon- Diabetes Support Group 1 p.m. – Last toes, Steamed car- Sautéed Green beans Arthritis Exercises 11 a.m. - noon day - 1 p.m.

Monday of the month rots, Fresh fruit Roasted potatoes Card Games 2-4 p.m.

Computer Class for Beg, Int. & Bereavement Counseling 1 p.m., rm. 13 Whole Wheat Bread Gentle Yoga 1:15 - 2 p.m., rm. 2 Dominoes 2:30 p.m.

Adv. 9:30 a.m., rm. 34 Alt: Tuna salad Intermediate Yoga 2-3 p.m.

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

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

Alert & Alive 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., rm. 7 Dominoes 10 a.m.

Garlic bread Walking Club 10:30 a.m.

Beef Broccoli Computer Class rm. 13 Pasta Sautéed Beginner 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Caregiver Support Group Egg noodles Zucchini, Whole Health & Wellness Support GroupCultural Dance 10:30–11:30 a.m., Aud. B 1 p.m. 1st & 3rd Tues.

Mixed vegetables Wheat Bread, Fresh 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Mind Teasers 12-1 p.m., rm. 4 Card Games 2-4 p.m. fruit, Alt: Ovo-VegeZumba 1-2 p.m., Aud. A tarian chopped liver Matinee Tues., 1 p.m., rm. 7 Blood Pressure Every 1st & 3rd Computer Class Beginner 10 a.m. -11 Orange pineapple Dominoes 10 a.m., rm. 45 Wed., 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. a.m.; Intermediate 11 a.m. -12 p.m. juice, Stuffed Games 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Spelling Bee 10 a.m.

Only 6 seats available, rm. 13 cabbage w/beef Teriyaki chicken Stay Well Exercise 10 – 11am (New) Body in motion w/Ola Kasha Varnishkes thighs Line Dancing 11 a.m. -12 p.m.

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session Card Games 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

California blend White rice 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Dominoes 2:30 p.m. vegetables Baby carrots Spanish Practice Class 10:30 a.m., Sewing 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Smartphone Class Whole Wheat Bread w/parsley in the Computer Lab Beginner – 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Art Class 1 p.m.-3 p.m.

Canned pears Intermediate 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Zumba 11 a.m. -12 p.m., rm. 4 Yoga 2 p.m.-3 p.m., rm. 2 Alt: Salmon salad Bartow main office

Room 31 unless otherwise noted

Men’s Line Dancing 9 a.m.-10 a.m.

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

Women’s Line Dancing 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Chat Session 10 a.m.

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

Card Games 2-4 p.m.

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

Pokeno 2-4 p.m., rm. 35 Blood Pressure 2nd & 4th Fri., 10 11:30 a.m., rm. 45 Free Oil Painting Classes rm. 38, 10 – 11:30 a.m.

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

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

Meditative Moments 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., rm. 8 Pokeno 3rd Fri., 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

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

Orange pineapple juice, Roasted chicken, Boiled potatoes, & Carrots Green beans, Challah bread, Fresh fruit Alt: Gefilte fish

Baked whiting fish fillet Corn Winter blend vegetables

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 or at any of the three senior centers.

(FREE) LiveOn NY – SCRIE/SNAP (Food Stamps) Assistance – Fri., Dec. 21, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., JASA Main Office, 2049 Bartow Ave. No appointments! Walk-ins! First come! First served! Please make copies of your documents before coming to the office.

All trips to St. Mary’s Pool scheduled in December will be postponed until the beginning of the year. New dates for 2019 are Fri., Jan. 11th and Fri., Jan. 25.

Central Avenue – Tues., Dec. 18, $13. (Xmas Tree Store, Trader Joe’s & Amazing Savings). Bartow, 8:30 a.m.; Einstein, 8:45 a.m.; Dreiser, 9 a.m.

Christmas Toy Drive – Dreiser Senior Center.

Now until Dec. 21; 177 Dreiser Loop, rm. 7. Toy drop-off, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Donations will be given to the local family shelter.

Fee for lunch is $2.00 & $5.00 for guest

*Menu subject to change without notice.

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

ALL meals served w/margarine and fresh milk

Upcoming Events/Trips

Coat Drive, Dreiser Senior Center – Nov. 9 – Dec. 28. New or slightly used coats. Coats can be dropped off from 9 a.m.–4 p.m., 177 Dreiser Loop, rm. 7.

Chronic Kidney Disease 4-Week Workshop w/IPRO – Began Fri., Dec. 7 & ends Fri., Dec. 28; Dreiser Senior Center, 177 Dreiser Loop, rm. 13, 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Call the senior center to register, 718-320-1345.

Empire Casino – Tues., Dec. 18, $5. Bartow, 9 a.m.; Einstein, 9:15 a.m.; Dreiser, 9:30 a.m.

The Brownstone - “Merry Christmas Baby” Dale Grand singing all your favorite songs for the Holiday Season – Tues., Dec. 18, $85. Motor coach transportation, family-style menu: salad, pasta, ham, roasted turkey, dessert, coffee and tea.

Pick-ups: Bartow, 9 a.m.; Dreiser, 9:15 a.m.; Einstein, 9:30 a.m. Depart from Brownstone, 3:30 p.m.

Empire Casino – Wed., Dec. 19, $5. Bartow, 9 a.m.; Einstein, 9:15 a.m.; Dreiser, 9:30 a.m.

Stew Leonard’s – Wed., Dec. 19, $4. Bartow, 9:30 a.m.; Einstein, 9:45 a.m.; Dreiser, 10 a.m.

“Active Shooting Seminar” – Wed., Dec. 19, 1-4 p.m., 135 Einstein Loop, rm. 38.

JASA Closed Tues., Dec. 25, Christmas Day. Tai Chi for Arthritis w/Stan for 8 weeks 2x’s per week – Mon. & Fri. starting Mon., Jan 7, 2019; 135 Einstein Loop, rm. 45, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Must

call the JASA main office to register, 718-320-2066.

Only 15 spaces available.

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

Aldi – Wed., Jan. 9, $3. Bartow, 9:30 a.m.; Einstein, 9:45 a.m.; Dreiser, 10 a.m.

Shoprite – Mon., Jan. 14, $4; Bartow, 9:30 a.m.; Einstein, 9:45 a.m.; Dreiser, 10 a.m.

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

Costco – Wed., Jan. 16, $5. Bartow, 9:30 a.m.; Einstein, 9:45 a.m.; Dreiser, 10 a.m.

Diabetes Self-Management 6-Week Workshop for Spanish speaking Seniors – Tues., Jan. 8, 15, 22 & 29; & Feb. 5, & 12; 10 a.m.-12 p.m., 2049 Bartow Ave. in the JASA main office. Gifts & certificates for participants who complete the six-week workshop. Call 718-320-2066 to register.

Healthy Living Presentation – Fri., Jan. 11, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the JASA main office, 2049 Bartow Avenue. Refreshments will be served.

Chronic Disease Self-Management 6-Week Workshop – Tues., Feb. 12, Feb. 19, Mar. 5, Mar. 12, Mar. 19 and April 2, 2019; 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Bartow Senior Center, 2049 Bartow Ave., rm. 31. Gifts for participants who complete the 6-week workshop.

Call 718-320-2066 to register.

Co-op City Times / December 15, 2018

Scheduling Activities Calendar

AARP Chapter #4997

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FYI – 2019: General Membership meeting scheduled for Monday, January 14, 2019, at 1:00 p.m., Dreiser Center, room 9. Looking forward to seeing all members for the first meeting in the New Year.

Heartfelt Condolences to Gladys Polite on the loss of her brother, Willie Fogle.

Good & Welfare – Please contact our Good & Welfare coordinator, Frances Wilson, 718-6715493, 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 February 6, 2019: Westchester Broadway Theater Lunch and Show – The show is “Ain’t Misbehavin’;” transportation included, $115 ($50 deposit due immediately). Contact Judith, 718-3793370.

April 1-12, 2019: Panama Canal 11-night Cruise on the Norwegian Jade – Price includes roundtrip flight to Miami (FL); ports of call include Cantagina, Columbia; Panama Canal/Gatein Lake; Puerto Limon; Roatan Bay Islands; Harvest Cape, Costa Maya, Mexico; 3 days at sea; valid Passport is required; all meals on board the ship. Insurance available. Sold out. Contact Judith, 718-379-3370.

June 23-28, 2019: Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa (Canada’s Capital City) – 6 days/5 nights includes Motor Coach transportation; guided tours, five breakfasts, five dinners, and much more; $699/person double; $929 single ($50 deposit due immediately). Contact Hannah, 718-379-7962, or Judith, 718-379-3370.

September 17-19, 2019: Ride the Rails in West Virginia – Ride two trains in one day: The Cheat Mountain Salamander and the Durbin Rocket; 3 days/2 nights; 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 2 dinners; $539/person double; $708, single ($50 deposit due immediately). Contact Hannah, 718-379-7962, or Judith, 718-379-3370.

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 opened 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.

—Delores Debnam

Stay Alert To Your Surroundings!

If You See Something, Say Something!

To all members: We are now collecting $15.00 dues for 2019. If your birthday is in January, please pay your dues as soon as possible so we may post it in the December 29 article.

New Year’s Party – Saturday, January 19, 2019 in our club room 39. Dues for 2019 must be paid.

Members only. $5 entrance fee toward food. It’s a cover dish party so feel free to cook one of your favorite dishes or bring salad, beverage or dessert.

No entrance fee, if food is donated. Time is l p.m.

Resorts Casino – Thursday, January 31, 2019, in Atlantic City, NJ. Price, $35.00. Rebate $25 slot play. Please call today, seats going fast, 718-3799613. All money must be in by January 10.

Ain’t Misbehaving’ – Wednesday, February 13, 2019, day before Valentine’s Day at the Westchester

Goose Island Seniors

Broadway Theatre. A day of theatre and dining.

Price: $89. Experience the heart and soul of 1920s and 1930s Harlem. Enjoy the rhythms of Swing, Ragtime, Jazz and music of Thomas “Fat” Waller.

You’ll be jumpin’ and jivin’. Coming soon. Money due by January 23.

Bingo – Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Time: 1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. with Stephen in our club room 39. Members only. Admission, $5.00 for three cards, 12 games and jackpot extra cards are 25¢ each. Refreshments available.

Game Day – Tuesdays and Thursdays, our club room is set up for our members to play games; Mahjong, Dominoes, Kalooki, Wii Tennis, Bowling, and more, from 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Members may bring a friend or two). $1 collected for refresh-

CCPD Emergency: 718-651-3050 or 9-1-1.

Non-Emergency: 718-320-3330

ments. WiFi available.

Karaoke – Also on Tuesdays and Thursdays at l p.m. – 3 p.m. with Stephen in room 45. Come sing or listen to a free concert. All are welcome.

To all members: Happy Birthday to all members who celebrate their day in the month of December: Janie Williams, Barbara Hines, Brenda Brown, Adele Lawrence, Barbara Owens and Ada Snyder.

Note: Call Ann or Stephen at Goose Island Seniors, 718-379-9613, or visit us at 135 Einstein Loop, room 39, (mornings) Mon. – Fri., 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.; (evenings); Tue. & Thu., 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., and Mon., Wed., & Fri., 6–8 p.m.

Stephen’s cell phone number is 347-847-1941.

Please leave a message.

Good health to all.

—Stephen Roberts, Sr.

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Co-op City Times / December 15, 2018

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, December 15, at 5:21 p.m.

Candle Lighting for Friday, December 21, is at 4:11 p.m.

Good and Welfare: We sell Tree Certificates in honor or memory of a loved one. The cost is only $15 per tree. Mazel Tov to all having simchas. If you’re ill, wishing you 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 celebrated their birthday in December. For those members celebrating their birthday/anniversary in December, I am still looking for this data and could use some help.

I would like to wish Michael Schwaiger a speedy recovery from his recent illness.

Fun And Games: After services and kiddush, some men and women play Rummy-cube.

Your support of the Traditional Synagogue is greatly appreciated.

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

—Bruce Gitelson

Pastors Kenneth Hodge and Deborah Hodge and the New Vision congregation invite you and your family to come and worship the Lord with us. Church of the New Vision is designed to meet the spiritual needs of God’s people. Serving the community for over 45 years, we offer a warm, friendly, spirit-filled atmosphere of Christian love. All are welcome.

Order of Services Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Night Prayer and Bible Study: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Youth Ministry: Fridays, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Events • December 23, we will have one service at 10:00 a.m.

• December 30, we will have one service at 10:00 a.m.

• December 31, Watch Night Service will begin at 10:30 p.m.

• July 23-25, 2019 (Tuesday-Thursday): Join us on a three-day trip to the National Museum of African American History & Culture with the Museum of the Bible. Double occupancy $440/single occupancy $560. The first bus is now full, submit your deposit/payment as soon as possible to reserve your seat on bus two. For additional information, please contact Sis. Brenda Brown, Bro. Anthony Davis or Sis. Terry Gavin.

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

Office: (718) 671-8746 or (203) 374-3020. Mailing address: P.O. Box 753037, Bronx, NY 10475.

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

—Sis. Carol Haque

REMINDER—Carrying Charge Boxes

Shareholders are reminded that the carrying charge deposit boxes located in the community centers open on the morning of the first business day of the month and close at midnight on the 10th of the month, which is the last day to pay your carrying charges before a late fee is accessed. If the 10th of the month falls on a weekend or holiday, the carrying charge boxes remain open through the next business day.

—Riverbay Management

Church of New Vision

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Co-op City Times / December 15, 2018

Greater Love Refuge Ministries

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” Galatians 6:7 Word for the Week: Self-examination and internal work continue to be a priority. When you blame others for the results of what you have done, you will continue to reap the harvest of bad attitudes and motivations. Change must begin with realizing your own culpability. Be honest with yourself and others in all things. Remember that you reap what you sow.

The Greater Love family invites you, friends and family to worship with us on Sunday mornings at 11:30 a.m. Morning Prayer begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by Sunday Bible Study for children and adults from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. We are conveniently located at 900 Co-op City Blvd. (Bldg. 2A), on the ground level, Bronx, N.Y. 10475; main entrance - red button. Parking vouchers are available at the church. The church phone is 347-920-5607.

Special Announcement: Greater Love will fellowship with Co-op City Baptist Church tomorrow morning, December 9, at 11:00 a.m. The church will not be open for Morning Worship and will reopen next Sunday.

Christmas Service and Luncheon: Will be held on Sunday, December 23, beginning with morning prayer at 11:00 a.m. and morning worship, including a celebration of Christmas at 11:30 a.m. Our holiday buffet will follow the morning service. Feel free to bring your favorite holiday dish to add to the festivities.

The Two Fish & Five Loaves Food Pantry Ministry will distribute food carebags following our afternoon luncheon (available between 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.) on December 23rd. However, we invite all who attend the pantry to spend the entire day with us as we celebrate the reason for the season.

New Year’s Eve Crossover Service: All are invited to join us for our New Year’s Eve Service on Monday, December 31, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Weekly Schedule Sunday Morning Prayer: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Bible Study (Adult): 10:00 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Continental Breakfast: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 11:30 a.m.

Children’s Church: 1st, 3rd & 5th Sunday: 11:30 a.m.

Holy Communion – First Sunday Salvation Teaching (Combined Class): First Sunday, 10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m.

Bible Institute: A Survey of the Bible – Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Adult Bible Study/Discipleship Class: Resumes January 2019 Mid-Week Prayer Line – Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.

Evening Prayer Line: Thursday, 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.(Dial 712.770.4010 – Access code: 527976) Food Pantry: 3rd Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

—Pastor Carol Landrum

Faith In God Church & Bible Institute

Pastor & Evangelist Vernon Little greets everyone in the name of Jesus, that name which is above every name. We want you to know that you are welcome in this house of the Lord! It is His house by ownership: it is our house by stewardship: and it can be your house by membership; so come on in and join with us.

May God bless you in this house!

Prayer acknowledges that we are weak and totally dependent on God. We may not fully understand the circumstances of our life, but we can rest in the knowledge that God is in control. He gives us His peace. Let’s look at scripture to support this. 1st Peter 5:6-10 says: 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Invitation: Sweet Hour of Prayer is today at 3 p.m. Sunday School is tomorrow at 10 a.m. Our Sunday Morning Worship Service is at 11 a.m. Every third Sunday following the morning worship, we serve Holy Communion. Come out and celebrate our 30th anniversary with us this weekend.

Vernon Little just released a new EP titled ‘Double Minded’ on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc. It’s a fusion of Gospel, R&B, and Rap. He also has videos on YouTube. You will be blessed, encouraged and inspired.

We are located at 171 Dreiser Loop in Section 1. Our phone is (347) 276-4925.

Jesus loves you, and so do we!

—Evangelist Vernon Little

Reminder: The deadline for submitting club articles is Mondays at 3 p.m.

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

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

Our telephone number is 718-320-3774. Visit us on the web at www.coopcitybaptistchurch.org.

Tomorrow, Sunday, December 9, the Missionary Ministry will be celebrating their 46th Anniversary at the 11 a.m. service. The guest speaker will be Elder Boyce Landrum, senior pastor of Greater Love Baptist Church, here in Co-op City. The theme for the day will be “Working Through the Power of God.” Corinthians 4:7. All are invited to this special occasion.

You are invited to join us for a midweek spiritual pick-up at our worship service held on Wednesdays at noon. Bible Study is held on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Prayer Service is held on Fridays at noon.

Prayer Service is also held on Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to join us from the comfort of their home for an hour of prayer. Using available technology, prayer service is held using a conference call line. On Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m., you can call 563-999-2090; when asked for the PIN, enter 660065 and you will be connected. Prayer Service is not held on the first Friday of the month.

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.

—Hattie L. Lucas

National Council Of Negro Women

Founder’s Day – At our December membership meeting, we always celebrate Founder’s Day commemorating the founding of National Council of Negro Women on December 5, 1935

by Mary McLeod Bethune. This year, we also honored one of the founders of our Co-op City Section of NCNW in 1971, by naming our room in Dreiser Center, The Roberta Boozé Room, after our surviving charter member Roberta Boozé who Founder’s Day prog r a m has been a resident of Co-op City Lori Melton and w i t h S h e i l a Richburg Roberta Boozé with her family since 1969. This surand Camille Worrell. viving founding member still supports the projects and activities of our Co-op City Section. We were so happy to be able to honor her and surprise her in this fashion.

Holiday Collection for Children – We have begun collecting new unwrapped toys (no toy weapons) in addition to hats, scarves, gloves, socks and even Pampers for newborns to high school age students. For members and other friends throughout the Co-op City community who wish to support our efforts to brighten Christmas for children at the Phipps Center in our neighborhood, we will be available in room 14, Dreiser Center, at the following times for collection: Saturday, December 15, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Tuesday, December 18, and Wednesday, December 19, from 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Thank you for your support!

Book Club – There has been a big change in the schedule for the discussion dates of the books we will be reading for our Book Club. We will be discussing “Becoming” by Michelle Obama on January 12, 2019. On February 9, 2019, we will be discussing “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics” by Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway and others. On March 9, 2019, we will be discussing “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones. The young adult (teen) title has not been selected yet, but stay tuned for this book title. Join us for a lively discussion of these interesting books. If you need more information, contact us at ncnwcoopcitysocial@gmail.com.

Vacation Travel – NCNW is planning a cruise to Bermuda, August 4 to August 11, 2019. Since this time slot coincides with the school vacation period, we’re hoping that families may be able to enjoy this vacation together. Norwegian Cruise Line provides “no fly cruising” from NYC. Rates per person (double occupancy) are Balcony, $2082; Ocean View, $1902; Inside, $1557. This includes port charges & government taxes, all meals and daily entertainment while aboard ship. Passports must be valid for 6 months beyond August. Further information about accommodations for single cabins and for children under 4 years can be obtained by calling 718-655-9034 or 718-320-2366 or 718-5388606. A deposit of $250 per person will reserve your stateroom. Travel insurance of $170 is highly recommended. Don’t miss out on this chance to explore Bermuda by land and by sea – a perfect family fun vacation! Partial payments accepted.

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

—Joyce Howard

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Resolutions

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 Credit Change Order Two (2) with IRW Restoration

Co-op City Times / December 15, 2018 Corp for a total credit of ($-95,041.80) to contract #2999 be approved as submitted by Management in accordance with Board of Directors Resolution #8516 and amended by Board of Directors Resolution #95-44 and the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to

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Second Reading - Resolution #18-44

WHEREAS, the Project Manager recommends this contract be awarded for a not to exceed amount of $400,000.00 to Altype Fire Door Corporation, as the lowest responsible bidder (Recommendations attached); and WHEREAS, this will be a two year contract for the Purchase of 1 and a half hour Fire Proof Self Closing Hollow Metal Doors & Frames.

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 # P1001,

SUBMITTED BY: Claudia Sampson SECONDED BY: Leah Richardson & Jerome Rice BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, DATED: November 20, 2018

WHEREAS, the Procurement Department sent out eight (8) requests for proposals to vendors for Bid #P1001, Purchase of Hollow Metal Doors & Frames; and WHEREAS, we received one (1) responsive proposal which was sent for review; and WHEREAS one (1) proposal was evaluated by the Project Manager; and

Second Reading - Resolution #18-46 SUBMITTED BY: Leah Richardson SECONDED BY: Kevin Lambright BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING DATED: December 12, 2018

Riverbay Corporation, Owner, and Congressman Eliot Engel, 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, Pearson, Rice, Richardson, Sampson, Saunders ABSENT: Peterson, Williams PASSED

WHEREAS, Congressman Eliot Engel has requested a lease from Riverbay Corporation for the premises at 177 Dreiser Loop, Room 3, Bronx, New York, to be used for congressional district office; and WHEREAS, the term of the lease is two years 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 177 Dreiser Loop, Room 3, Bronx, New York, by and between

Public Safety

Certified child passenger safety technicians are available at various locations to check for the proper installation of car seats. To find out about car seat check locations, call 1(866) SEAT CHECK or at their website at www.seatcheck.org.

Texting while driving has bypassed drinking while driving in causing teen deaths. Texting while driving makes you 23 times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash. In New York State, texting while driving is a primary offense. That means you can be pulled over and ticketed for texting while driving even if no other offense is committed. Previously, a driver could only be pulled over for another traffic infraction and given a summons for texting and driving in combination with another infraction.

Looking at a text, sending a text or otherwise looking at a cellular device are all offenses for which summonses may be issued. Texting and driving is a leading cause of fatal automobile collisions. Young people are at an even higher risk due to lack of driving experience. Please make all drivers in your household aware of this new law. New York State is using the slogan “CELL PHONE IN ONE HAND, TICKET IN THE OTHER,” to promote this law.

Drivers should consider taking a Defensive Driver Training Course. These courses teach drivers tactics in becoming a safer driver plus provide an insurance discount and possible point reduction. The National Safety Council offers an online course for $29.95 at www.ddcnsc.org/ny. The course is an interactive, informative course. You have one month to complete the course in as many sessions as you desire. Users

have three attempts to score at least 75% on the exam at the end to receive credit. The online course offers the same benefits as the live course. A computer with a flash player is required; visit the website for more information.

School is open, DRIVE CAREFULLY. Never pass a stopped school bus with a STOP sign displayed or its red lights flashing. This means children are loading or unloading. Be aware of pedestrians and bike riders when operating a motor vehicle. Bike riders must refrain from riding bicycles near buildings and shopping centers. Bicycle riders must give pedestrians the same level of respect that they expect from motor vehicles. Everyone needs to share the road safely.

Remember, if you consume alcoholic beverages, be sure to designate a driver who will not drink.

Never operate a motor vehicle if you have consumed alcoholic beverages. Always buckle your seatbelt; it will save your life in a serious collision. Avoid distractions and excess speed when driving; these are the two leading causes of collisions within New York State.

Always remember, if you see something, say something. Call 9-1-1 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 that the crime rate remains low and a high quality of life is maintained.

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take all steps necessary to make this action effective.

YES: Berk, Cylich, Feliciano, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lambright, Leslie, Pearson, Rice, Richardson, Sampson, Saunders ABSENT: Peterson, Williams PASSED for the not to exceed amount of $400,000.00 to Altype Fire Door Corporation 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.

YES: Berk, Cylich, Feliciano, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lambright, Leslie, Pearson, Rice, Richardson, Sampson, Saunders ABSENT: Peterson, Williams PASSED

Second Reading Resolution #18-47 SUBMITTED BY: Sonia Feliciano SECONDED BY: Leah Richardson BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING DATED: December 12, 2018

WHEREAS, Cohen Fashion Optical Store No. 272, LLC, has requested a lease from Riverbay Corporation for the premises at 2075 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, New York, to be used for retail sale of eye glasses, contacts, lenses, hearing aids, optical accessories and eye exams; 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 #8516 as amended by Resolution #95-44; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the lease agreement for the premises at 2075 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, New York, by and between Riverbay Corporation, Owner, and Cohen Fashion Optical Store No. 272, LLC, 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, Pearson, Rice, Richardson, Sampson, Saunders ABSENT: Peterson, Williams PASSED

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