Vot 13
No. 26
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Saturday, ,Jooe 7, 1980
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I By Peter Grad Charles Parness, who just over two years ago sat as the lone "opposition" Board member frequently entangled over corpora te policies with thenPresident Larry Delnick and a Steering Committee dominated Board, last Wednesday won easy re-election to the post of Riverbay Board President by a unanimous vote from fellow Board members. Following last week's general election sweep by Parness and his four CERL ( Committee to Elect Responsible Leadership) running mates, the resident Board, for the first time since it was established in 1976, is without a member from the Steering Committee, the group which lead Co-op City's rent strike. The new Board is now comprised entirely of CERL members. The victors in the May 28 contest, in addition to leading voter-getter Charles Parness, were Joseph Frieman, Al Gordon, Irving Nusynowitz and Dan Sandler. The five victors
were each elected to three year terms. Last week's overwhelming victory was the third sweep in a . row for CERL, a coalition group which campaigned heavily against the Steering Committee and which expressed support for a policy of non-confrontation tactics with the State. In a brief statement at the close of the meeting, President Parness spoke of a spirit of "rededication" to the ideals of the cooperative spirit. He said the Board "did a lot of hard work last
Election results by building on page 5. year and I'm looking forward to seeing that everyone puts in their best ,;efforts in the coming months." Officiating at Wednesday's meeting, Peter J. Hopkins, the sole State appointed represen-
The five winners of last week's Board of Directors eledion pose ofter their installation at last Wednesday's Board meeting. from left are Irving Nusynowit:z, Al Gordon, Riverboy President Charles Parness, Joe frieman and Dan Sandler. Photo by Peter Grad tative on the otherwise fully resident Board, welcomed the newly elected members and wished all officers good luck. He
then presided over elections for officers of the Board. Eight positions, including that of president, were filled, all
unanimously and without opposition. The 1980-1981 Board Officers are: President- Charles Parness. First Vice-President ~ Gerald Friedman. Second Vice-President - Terri Gabrielli. Third Vice-President - Wilana Lerner. Secretary - Sanford Blair. Treasurer - Sol Friedman. Assistant Secretary - Harry Bell. Assistant Treasurer - Eva Pellman. The next meeting of the Board, of Directors will be held on Wednesday, June 18. The meeting will be held in Bartow Room 31 and begins at 8. All cooperators are invited to attend and may speak during the gallery session held during the first half hour of the meeting. Speakers may discuss any issue relating to Board affairs they choose but are asked to limit their remarks to three minutes.
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By Madelon Joyce Rosen Cooperators flocked to the Baychester Branch Library this past Thursday afternoon to protest cutbacks in library services and hours at a rally sponsored by the Baychester Library Association ŒLA). The crowd heard various speakers call for a restoration of needed funds into the system's budget and approved a telegram to be sent to Mayor Koch insisting
Photo by Peter Grad
l:verything's coming up roses - and salvia, marigolds, geraniums, ageratum, petunias, dusty millers and alyssum - as Prudential Maintenance Corporation workers restore plants to the dozens of vacant flower beds throughout the community. When Ferlin Industries supervisory crews packed up to leave Co-op City upon the hiring of Prudential last month, they packed up the flowers they had donated as well. According to Alan Lisirz, who is supervising the flower project, Prudential has promised to begin planting over 40,000 flowers by buildings and sidewalks beginning next Thursday. Happily working on the Bartow loop lawn above are (clockwise from left) Orazio Palmieri, Sam Swecki, Lisitz, Almondo Lisi, Ronnie Racine and Howie Brown. Paul Bone (in tractor) watches.
that money be added to the library's current budget. BLA Co-chairwoman Nathalia Lange stated that "the City fathers have to know we are here to keep the library open, not five days a week, but six days." Lange pointed out that there is hope, since Councilman Edward Sadowsky has called for money to be back into the library's She credited the massive campaign conducted by Association with helping to bring about the call for restoration. Pols attend rally Lucille Subbiondo, represenCongressman Jona thon Bingham, said that Bingham was Community residents turned out lost Wednesday to trying to stop President Carter's Boyehester library in the face of further budget cuts balanced budget from going sit-ins by the library entrance. Boyehester library Association Congress since this Co-chairwoman Nahha!ia longe holds onto fellow hurt the cities. She also chairwoman Arlene Tolopko as both called a stepped up letter noted that the Congressman was writing campaign to City Hail officials. Photo by Madelon Rosen trying to lift the current freeze on CET A workers. CET A workers Arlene Tolopko, Baychester District Leader, speaking on are used to staff libraries and so Library co-chairwoman, stated, behalf of Assemblyman Eliot the freeze has affected the "it's appalling ... we are tired assured the crowd of his amount of workers in branches. of having to fight the City of New for the library system. Speaking for Bronx Borough York ... but if we must, we from State Senator President Stanley Simon, James will." Tolopko pointed out that Abraham Bernstein his Vacca assured the crowd that the the Baychester Branch services support for library money was Borough President is "supportive all Education Park students and then read. of the library system" and said is heavily used the rest of the Library Fees rorseen he would be working to restore community. . Ba y ches ter Li bra r~ the money cut from the library Sandra Parness, Democratic Association Treasurer Aller system. :fä n:,)X>t?}f:y::;;;n::tt:ItLtX\{i>:tA::):f:I?t:{;;;:i:to::t:wwm::üøfü::O:t(:: tØ:f:tfäI::::¿;::::::::::::t Xt Thurgood read a letter from Cit: Council President Carol Bellarn: referring to the possibility Ô Inside people paying to use the library Thurgood pointed out that i Parness Reviews the Election 2 ( Continued on page 18 10th Anniversary Fair Coming ••••.•••.•.•.•....•.•..•.•. 2 0
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