Rochdale Village Bulletin Newspaper – March 2023 Edition

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Women's History Month Celebrations

Joint Community Gala Celebrating Women

By MaryaM HuBBard, CoMMunity relations CoMMittee CHair

OnSaturday, March 25, 2023, The Community Relations Committee ended Women’s History Month by celebrating Our Community Hidden Figures, in partnership with our State Senator, James Sanders Jr., celebrating Women in Education at a joint community gala.

Originally there were two separate events planned but in the end, a decision was made to merge both and make it one big Queens Women’s Honoree Celebration. The committee takes highlighting those that are actually doing the work in and around our community seriously and we wanted the honorees to know that the Rochdale Village community definitely sees

their light. Ten ordinary women doing extraordinary things, providing services to the community that many have and still benefit from.

The honorees of Rochdale Village were given awards from not only the committee, but also from The Honorable Senator James Sanders Jr., and the Honorable Speaker of the City Council Adrienne Adams.

The event held in the Rochdale Village Grand Ballroom was not an easy task for the committee, but with dedication and a community of help, the mission was successfully accomplished. The Committee also wanted to shine a light on the Rochdale Village women who serve on the Board of Directors by presenting each with an award from both the Senator and Speaker.

Our Keynote speaker was none other than Education Guru

Dr. Belinda S. Miles, President of Westchester Community College and a native of Queens, NY. With nearly 550 people in attendance, the night consisted of entertainment by Elite Marching Band, Destined 2 Dance Studio, Solo Singer Lisa Maria, and Solo Dancer Sirelle Frasier. In total, 46 women were honored at this year’s Women’s History Month Gala. Dinner was served and the night was spent dancing and mingling. Special honor and thanks goes to the Committee members who worked tirelessly to help put this event together: Evelyn Hicks, Margo Jackson, Robin Sparks, Clara Sheppeard, Carolyn Jackson, Lonnette Allgood, June Allgood, as well as the staff of Rochdale Village and the staff of Senator James Sanders Jr. office.

(l. to r.) State Senator James Sanders Jr., 3rd Vice President Keysha Beasley, Treasurer Letisha Azizah, President Jean Hall, 1st Vice President and Community Relations Chair Maryam Hubbard, Director Jean Randolph-Castro, Assistant Secretary Nadine Browne.

Seniors Celebrate Women’s History Month - Page 17

Community Relations

Commitee Tea Party - Page 3

Cooperator Turns 105!

ROCHDALE VILLAGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2021-2022

The Rochdale Village Board of Directors serves 5,860 middle income families and more than 25,000 people in the world’s second largest housing cooperative, located at 169-65 137th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11434; Tel: 718276-5700 extension 3360..

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD

Chairwoman of the Board

Althea Hicks

President

Jean Hall

Vice Presidents

Maryam Hubbard

Kamal Saleem

Keysha Beasley

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Treasurer

Letisha Azizah

Assistant Treasurer

Althea Hicks

Secretary

Stacey Francis

Assistant Secretary

Nadine Browne

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Letisha Azizah

Keysha Beasley

Nadine Browne

Clifton Stanley Diaz

Edward Douglass

Stacey Francis

Jean Hall

Gary Hawkins

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Althea Hicks

Maryam Hubbard

Sheila McKenzie

Jean Randolph-Castro

Kamal Saleem

Derrick Shareef

George Simon (State Representative)

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

Budget & Finance

Althea Hicks

Commercial Services

Letisha Azizah

Community Center

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Community Relations

Maryam Hubbard

Legal & Management

Jean Hall

Maintenance

Keysha Beasley

Orientation

Letisha Azizah

Public Safety

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Senior Citizens

Jean Hall

Youth Planning

Nadine Browne

Environment, Parks, & Recreation

Kamal Saleem

Parking Kamal Saleem

Media & IT

Stacey Francis

MANAGEMENT

Marion Scott Real Estate, Inc.

General Manager

Jay Williams

Assistant Managers

Herbert Freedman

Wilfred Rodriguez

Controller

William Young

Director of Maintenance

Kelvin Pantaleon

Public Safety Chief

Adolph Osback

Power Plant Director

Corey Jones

Human Resource Director

Dolores Benner

General Counsel

Robert Bernstein

President’s Message

- by Jean Hall

I am proud to announce that the Board will be seeking your input regarding the first round of apartment upgrades. The choices will be introduced throughout the month of April 2023, in the various committee meetings. We will also have a option to send your choices online as well as a pull out option in the April edition of the bulletin. Let’s go to work!

The convector project remains on hold. The vendor made a visit to the complex last week however board members were not part of that session. Therefore, the vendor will be requested to return and provide a full demonstration to the Board of Directors regarding the proposed fixes to the units and discuss the timeframes. At the board meeting held on 3/27/23 the issue of noise from the convectors was raised. I was led to believe that the issue of noise was intermittent and that for the most part the convectors noise level should not impact the quality of life for shareholders. However, if that is not the case, that too will be addressed. As I have stated, we do not want to begin the install and retrofits until we have the confidence from management, vendor and contractor that they are ready to install units that are compatible with our power plant systems and do not raise concerns regarding noise levels. I will keep you updated.

There are five community rooms that are undergoing the

final walk-thru and punch list. The buildings are 1, 5, 10, 14 and 18. At the same time the Board is working on the final update for policy and guidelines which will govern the community rooms. A meeting with all keyholders will take place in the coming weeks. It is anticipated that a soft opening of the five community rooms will take place in May 2023. At that time the schedule for the remaining rooms will be outlined.

Based on a shareholder’s recommendation, I tasked management with the responsibility to install automatic doors for the two (2) lobby entrances to the management office. A request for proposal (RFP) was sent out on March 13, 2023. I will keep you updated on this essential project!

The following directors have been appointed to the October 2023 election committee: Stacey Francis, Jean RandolphCastro, Kamal Saleem and Khedda Hayden-Ryan. They are responsible for the election procedures, schedules, and selection of vendor that will conduct the election. They will provide their report no later than July 2023 to the full board for discussion and vote.

The Senior Citizens Committee and the Senior Center joined forces to host a Women’s Day Celebration featuring the “Mighty Kamm Band.” This was a wonderful celebration

full of good food, music and fellowship!

A hand clap to all the events celebrating women’s history month such as the Community Relations Committee collaboration with New York State Senator James Sanders honoring Educators and Hidden Figures for their outstanding service to our community.

Time to get moving for the spring and summer. Did you attend the pickle ball event held by the Community Center Committee this month? It was wonderful and yes I was on the sidelines, knees and ankle said, Girl don’t try it!

Rochdale Village is a wonderful community and a shining example of affordable living. Yes, we have our challenges, complaints and concerns. We should be proud of where we live, what we have accomplished and know that the best is yet to come!

President, Jean Hall

The Rochdale Board will meet on Monday, April 24, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. online or in the Ballroom.

By CyntHia Bernadine

On Saturday, March 11, 2023, the Rochdale Village Community Relations Committee kicked off Women’s History Month with The Light We Carry Tea party. The tea party is supposed to be an annual event hosted by the committee, but it has been on hold for the last three years due to COVID-19. This triumphant return was greeted with enthusiasm by all in attendance. The tea

The Light We Carry Tea Party

party is seen as a great opportunity for ladies and a few gentlemen in and around Rochdale Village to get dressed up and meet with likeminded individuals over a contemporary work of literature.

This year, The Light We Carry, the most recent book by former first Lady Michelle Obama, was chosen. The book makes use of stories to reflect on topics like change, challenge, and potential of personal power. Rochdale invited back Author and

Speaker Allison Mahon to serve as moderator. Mahon stirred conversation by helping to dissect and expand on this prolific musing of the former First Lady.

Women of all ages and from all works of life were present and expressed how they saw themselves reflected in the novel. This was a similar reaction to the 2019 tea party where Becoming, another work by Obama, was the topic at hand.

A fabulous afternoon was

had by all. Everyone had fun while sipping on tea, eating, listening, and just having a good time in the presence of friends and neighbors. This intimate event was held on the Red Brick area of the Community Center. Committee Chair, Maryam Hubbard, would like to extend a gracious thank you to all the committee members that selflessly volunteered their time in making sure that community events such as this are a complete success.

Photo Credit : Gail Dobbins.

Committee Chair Maryam Hubbard (center) and Moderator Allison Mahon (fourth from left) with Community Relations Committee members.

Monthly Report

- by Marion Scott

- by Jay Williams

General Manager’s Monthly Report for February 2023

Where we are now & were we are headed

As I approach my 1-year anniversary of being a business owner and the General Manager of Rochdale, I find much to reflect on. My role as General Manager has many similarities to my previous role in scope and responsibility with one notable exception, I have the final word pertaining to managerial decisions. While operational decisions are not made in a vacuum, with an emphasis on team input, it is nice to be able to implement new initiatives. To name two significant changes, we have redefined the integrity control position with a focus on maintenance and customer service. This includes additional building walk-throughs, spot-checking our group office managers for quality control, and customer service callbacks for all work performed in Rochdale. We’ve also redefined the role of group secretary changing the job description and pay rate to reflect that of an office manager. The creation of a Management led Facebook page was also a longtime desire of mine. With the understanding that social media, in general, has its challenges as it pertains to misinformation, I am glad to expand the ways that we can communicate directly with shareholders. We have several staff members periodically checking the page daily. Our communications department has done a good job with managing the group so far.

Rochdale, like many other communities in the affordable housing world, took a financial hit because of COVID and its aftermath. Unlike some of our contemporary Mitchell Lama developments, we are headed decisively in a positive direction. We are current with our mortgage payments; we have a 24-month plan to catch up on all outstanding bills and we are anticipating that our reserves will be back up to approximately $7 million by this time next year. We were fortunate that we locked in our gas rate and changed our gas classification. Based on the post-Covid prices we see now, we would currently

have had an extra $5.6 million in additional expense, and this would be a very different conversation.

In my travels as the President of MSI, I found other developments that are similar to ours in serious financial trouble. This trouble runs the gamut from giant price hikes in insurance and gas to delinquent mortgage payments, double digit increases and shortfalls in capital funding for projects started 10 years ago. Rochdale is not exempt from some of these issues, but the Board and Management have diligently worked and are working toward providing Rochdale with a stable financial future.

We are here to serve (Revisited)

Years ago, I helped draft a portion of the management report with the hope that management would be included in the social media conversation. This, of course, predated the Facebook group that exists now. So, the first thing I want to say to our shareholders is “Thank you” for all those that are participating. It is as true now as it was then, that regardless of any negativity the word “Management” garners we want to be a part of the solution. We appreciate the feedback because 20,000 plus pairs of eyes can see a whole lot more working together.

Social media has continued to expand our connectivity to the world. These tools are a great way to exchange ideas and generate new ones. Concepts like movie night or the definition of Mitchell Lama affordability or operational questions about a missed appointment are compelling and should be discussed freely among residents. Posting events as they happen or new amenities that neighbors may have missed reading about is thoughtful and fosters a sense of community. Board members and Management can also provide further insight into many topics where residents are uncertain. With the advent of “Fake News” permeating our network of friends and family, the work for all of us

is being able to sift through information with objectivity in search of the ultimate truth.

Am I My Neighbors Keeper?

In a community such as Rochdale, being a neighbor is a fundamental value that is essential to its continued growth and success. When I lived here, we all knew each other on our floor. I looked out for them, and they looked out for me. When a package was sitting in front of a door someone would pick it up and keep it safe until the other got home. When the neighbor’s kid looked like she was in trouble we would come out to make sure she was ok. In building 11C on the 7th floor; that was community. I have a version of it where I live now, but in apartment buildings it’s more acute. For the most part, we have neighbors on all sides that can hear many of our day-to-day happenings. So being a good neighbor here means not making excessive noise, making sure you put your trash down the chute, cleaning up any spills you cause in the hallway, making sure to share laundry machines and other considerations when living in close proximity. If we are unable to be concerned about or treat each other with respect, how then can we expect anyone to show respect for a building made of brick and mortar?

A neighbor knows the importance of getting to know those around them. A neighbor is one who cares, shows compassion for and is willing to help those in need but also one who is unafraid to speak up when something is awry. We are not suggesting putting yourself in any danger by directly confronting individuals but at the very least, you must be willing to report incidents to the proper authorities. For those that may insist not to get involved in this manner, we only ask that you show compassion for your fellow residents. We have the potential, we only need to do our very best to be a good neighbor and expect nothing less from those around us.

Public Safety Report

- by Chief Adolph Osback

February 2023

The Public Safety Department maintains 24-hour / 7 days a week coverage.

The statistical data for the month of February 2023 is outlined below:

COMPLAINTS:

110 Loitering complaints of which 27 were marked as unfounded (officers responded but noloiterers were present)

91 Noise complaints of which 61 were marked as unfounded (officers responded but no noise could be heard)

INVESTIGATIVE

These verticals resulted in (1) arrest, (0) C-Summon issued, 25 violations, and encountered 61 loiterers during the vertical patrols.

Note: Directed verticals are additional post inspections performed in order to proactively reduce quality of life conditions in designated “hot spots” as determined by community complaints and analysis of various patrol reports.

3,869 building verticals, ground floor inspections and parking lot checks were conducted in the month.

255 Directed verticals were conducted in the month.

4,124 total post inspections conducted in the month.

Cooperator Escort Service

28 DAY ROCHDALE VILLAGE INDEX CRIMES SUMMARY:

Reduction in Quality of Life Issues

Group 1: Our Building 1 Initiative is still in ongoing and has yielded outstanding palpable results based on the feedback received from cooperators. This Initiative shall continue until the identified source of the problem has been evicted.

Group 2: On March 14 at approximately 7:52 p.m. Alvin Worthy (known RV quality of life offender) was arrested on an outstanding warrant for a burglary committed in the confines of the 113 precinct. Subsequently, he was also indicted on 2 additional burglary incidents.

Group 5: On March 15 at approximately 4:05 p.m. members of the Task Force and the DVR investigations unit were conducting a surveillance operation involving the possible sale of marijuana near the rear entrance of building 20. Their investigation led them to the Laundry room

where they observed an individual named Cameron Richardson (Non-resident) rolling a marijuana cigarette. While escorting this individual off-complex he became combative with the responding officers and threatened them with a box-cutter. As a result, he was arrested, charged with menacing, harassment, criminal possession of weapon and issued a Criminal Trespass notice. This individual is now subject to arrest if observed on our grounds.

Simply call 718-2762400 extension 3670/3680/3690 to contact Rochdale’s Public Safety dispatch and report any suspicious behaviors, activities, or packages. If you cannot call, discreetly text 347-455-9373 to communicate any troubling incidents.

Provided by 113th Precinct Sergeant Kevin Watz, Crime Analysis Division to Public Safety Chief Adolph Osback, Public Safety Chair Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Controller’s Report - by William Young

Profit and Loss Financial Statement Narrative

For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023(FISCAL 2023)

Rochdale

Village Inc. PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT FY 2022 and FY 2023 vs. Budget

For tHe ten (10) MontHs ended January 31, 2023, ControllaBle inCoMe BeFore interest, depreCiation, aMortization, and inCoMe taxes deCreased $(2,744,000) to $4,147,000 as CoMpared to $6,892,000 in tHe Budget

Below you will Find an explanation

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CHanges vs tHe Budget:

Controllable Income is defined as income less variable expenses that can be managed by the Company (“A measure of Operation efficiency of the Company). It is commonly known as EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes and Depreciation and Amortization).

Operating Revenue and Expense variances are explained below:

REVENUE

Total revenue - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Total revenue was relatively in-line with the Budget $69,698,000 as compared to $69,138,000 in the Budget. Even though Total revenue was in-line with the Budget, there were variances within the Total Revenue category that are explained below:

Apartment revenue - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Apartment revenue increase $402,000 to $61,162,000 as compared to $60,760,000 in the Budget. The increase of $402,000 was principally related to an increase in surcharge rent.

Other Rental Revenue - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Other Rental Revenue increased

$211,000 to $1,631,000 as compared to $1,420,000 in the budget. This increase is principally due to the increase in monthly parking charges in August 2021 from $39.50 to $45.00 and no such increases were anticipated in the Budget.

EXPENSES

Total expenses - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, total expenses increased $3,304,000 to $65,550,000 as compared to $62,246,000 in the Budget. This increase is explained in the following expense categories:

Administrative - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Administrative expenses increased $570,000 to $5,074,000 as compared to $4,504,000 in the Budget. This

increase is principally due to (1) Account 505.30 Commercial Leasing Fee – an increase of $92,315 related to 6% fee for each lease renewal or new lease which is paid to management (2) an increase of $191,000 in collection costs related to the courts opening up (3) an increase of $189,000 in administrative office expenses related to inflation impacting purchases of office expense and other related costs which was not Budgeted for.

Maintenance and operating costs

- For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Maintenance and Operating costs increased $3,212,000 to $12,926,000 as compared to $9,714,000 in the Budget. This increase is due to the following expense categories:

Contracted Services – For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, these accounts increased approximately $2,866,000 to $7,694,000 as compared to $4,828,000 in the Budget. This increase is principally due to the increase in Apartment Repairs. This increase is related to: (1) the cost impact of supply shortages (2) an increase in requests for floor tile replacements in FY 2023 which is related to the impact of covid delaying work in the prior year (3) the impact on expenses due to the significant increase in Inflation.

Public Safety - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Public Safety costs decreased $(1,311,000) to $4,255,000 as compared to $5,567,000 in the Budget. This decrease is principally due to the Budget reflecting a full staff. The Budget is summarized below:

1. Supervisors

a. Lieutenants – The Budget reflected 3 Lieutenants at full staff and we have 2 actuals with 1 vacant position.

b. Sergeants – The Budget reflected 7 Sergeants at full staff and we have 6 actual with 1 vacant positions.

2. Guard Salaries – The Budget reflected 100 Guards at full staff and we have 65 actual Guards with 35 vacant positions.

Power Plant – For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Total Power Plant expenses increased $1,223,000 to $15,417,000 as compared to $14,194,000 in the Budget. There were both positive and (negative) fluctuations in the expense categories which are explained below:

1. FUEL & UTILITIES (Fuel Oil, Fuel Gas & Fuel – Oil) - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Fuel increased approximately $182,000 to $222,000 as compared to $40,000 in the Budget. This increase is due to the additional fuel-oil costs related to the installation of a new aerator in FY 2023 which required running the oil fueled generators.

2. Fuel, Heating and Gas - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Fuel expenses increased $184,000 to $5,826,000 as compared to $5,642,000 in the Budget. The reason for this increase is related to increased usage: offset, in-part, by lower costs related to National Grid and Engie (our Natural Gas supplier) as describe below:

(1) National Grid - The favorable impact of the Change in our Service Rate Classification from a SC4A - High Load Factor Service ($0.2640 per Therm) to a SC21 – Baseload Distributed Generation Sales Service classification ($0.0327 per Therm) from

National Grid that management was able to obtain through a 3rd party Energy broker. This rate classification change has reduced our National Grid bills from over $300,000 a Month to approximately $120,000 a Month. If usage remained constant, the savings would be over $2,000,000 a year!! The savings would be offset by any increase in usage.

(2) Natural Gas Prices (Engie) – In September 2020, when the Natural Gas market was at a 25-year low, Management executed a 5.5 year forward contract at $0.392 per Therm (a measurement of natural gas purchases). This locked in the price of Gas prices for 5.5 years. This means that Rochdale Village Inc. is protected from Natural gas price fluctuations till March 2026.

(3) Seasonality in the Budget was based on prior % and the actual is trending in a slightly different volume.

2. Water & Sewer - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Water and Sewer expenses increased approximately $1,170,000 to $5,193,000 as compared to $4,023,000 in the Budget. This increase is due to the Budget projecting savings from the water conservation project being delayed due to COVID. Further analysis indicates that the savings are not as beneficial as anticipated in the Budget. In addition, more residents continue working from

home which results in an increase in water usage.

Insurance Expense - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Insurance expenses increased $961,000 to $6,708,000 as compared to $5,746,000 in the Budget. The increase is due to the 2021 and 2022 insurance policies renewals. In the renewal, the most significant policy increase was the General Liability including umbrella. During discussions with our insurance broker, he explained that there have been significant industrywide increases in insurance costs related to COVID and our claims experience is negatively impacting on our costs.

Employee Benefits - For the Ten (10) Months Ended January 31, 2023, Employee Benefits expense decreased $(1,083,000) to $7,050,000 as compared to $8,133,000 in the Budget. The decrease is related to (1) a decrease $480,000 in Local 32 BJ benefits due to the contract reducing the 32BJ benefits to offset the impact of the onetime $3,000 bonus payment to 32BJ employees (2) A decrease in SSOBA benefits due to the vacancies as compared to the Budget at Full Staff.

1. Reserve Funds (Wells Fargo and HCR) - The reserve and escrow balanceS were $30,358,000 as of January 31, 2022.

Rochdale Village, Inc. BALANCE SHEET FY 2020, 2021 FY 2022 and FY 2023

- by William Young

Delta Airlines Provides OSHA Training to Community

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OnFriday, March 17, 2023, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams stopped by the second cohort graduation to offer words of inspiration and support to forty community members completing their OSHA 30 and Flagging Certification classes sponsored by Delta Air Lines at Rochdale Community Center.

Herlema Owens, President, Founder, and principal consultant of the Association of Women Construction Workers of America, Inc. (AWCWA), conducted the training. Owens a former construction worker, started AWCWA as a not-for-profit organization to advocate for women in construction, but it has grown beyond that.

The week-long training was attended by people who came from the Bronx, Westchester, Brooklyn, and of course, Queens and Rochdale which shows the value of the OSHA 30 certification.

“I started the organization in 2006 because as a woman in construction, I didn’t feel like we were getting the fair end of the stick, it was always the short end. Especially for women and minorities, it seemed like we were the last hired, first fired every time, and there had to be a way to make a difference in that,” states Owens.

The scope and goals of AWCWA have grown to include helping contractors such as Delta Airlines to fulfill their MWBE goals, as well as MWCW, which

opens the door for women and minorities in construction. “The heartbeat of the AWCWA is Building Success in pre-apprentice construction, safety, and professional service training.”

“I don’t live in Rochdale but I live in the vicinity of Rochdale, I shop in Rochdale, both malls, I come to a lot of different programs over here and I’m always telling people about this area,” Owens shares, “It’s a beautiful thing to be able to be in your own community, and be able to give back.”

Owens admitted that in the past, she was disheartened by the lack of women in construction, but over time AWCWA has grown. “Today we had a graduation for 40 students, it was 51% women. It was a week-long pro-

gram of 30 hours or OSHA and then we took a whole day because of the number of people to receive training, in flagging at construction sites,” she said.

She explained that OSHA 30 and flagging cards are universal certifications and graduates can use them to obtain employment across the country. There’s no denying that people like Herlema Owens is doing a great service to the community by providing valuable free training programs.

In addition to the two cohort sessions for OSHA 30 which certified over 70 attendees, Delta Airlines has sponsored three cohort sessions for Public Safety certification, training for over 90 individuals, creating life-changing career opportunities.

Rochdale’s Public Safety CPR Training

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This month, a total of 77 of our 80 Public Safety Officers were re-certified in CPR/First Aid & Defibrillator training. In

these Officers, all of our Group Managers and several administrative staff members also became certified in this training. This life-saving skill set provides an invaluable tool in the event of a medical emergency until the arrival of paramedics.

All of our Public Safety Vehicles, the Community Center, Public Safety Headquarters and several administrative offices are equipped with Defibrillators that undergo monthly inspection by our vendor.

Photo Credit :Mikell Richards.

Photo Credit : Mikell Richards.

Community Center Director Julia Shaw (holding paper), New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams (seated), AWCWA President Herlema Owens (third row center behind Adams), instructors with trainees.

Celebrating a Rochdale Centenarian and Other “Young at Heart” Seniors

in Anderson, South Carolina, where they had two children, Patricia Ann and William Romeo Clayton. Little did they know that they would soon be part of history.

As the Matriarch of her family, Hattie is considered “blessed” as she is seen as their guiding light and inspiration. When it comes to leading a long and fruitful life, Hattie attributes her longevity to her faith in the Lord and to her commitment to her family.

By CyntHia Bernadine

Born on February 27, 1918, Hattie Clayton Sherard recently celebrated her 105th birthday. Family, friends from the community, and well-wishers poured into the Rochdale Village Grand Ballroom on Friday, March 10, 2023, to show their love and continuous support for such a regal lady. Hattie, who has lived in Rochdale Village since the early 1980s, made a special appearance to celebrate this amazing milestone during the Senior Center’s quarterly birthday celebration for Roch-

dale’s “young at heart” seniors born in January, February, and March. It is a festive celebration that dates back to before the pandemic and is organized by Senior Center Director, Sheree Shivers and her dedicated staff, Evelyn Wilson and Wali Baraka.

Hattie Clayton Sherard’s long and fulfilling life began in South Carolina. When her father, the 31-year-old Ernest, and her mother, Lila, who was 20, brought her and her four siblings: John, Maude, Louise, Jessie, and Edna, up with all the love and care they could muster. In 1939, Hattie married Romeo Dean Clayton

In 1944, at the beginning of the Great Migration from the South, Hattie and her family moved to New York to seek refuge from an oppressed South, while remaining hopeful about the better opportunities that lay ahead. Ready to work for her new life and her family’s wellbeing, she became a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union while employed in the Garment District from the 1940’s until her retirement.

Today, Hattie is a charter member of the New Covenant Church of Christ in Queens Village, an institution of which she has been a member since 1959. Not one to rest on her laurels, she continues to spend time doing needed work at the church or taking trips with her fellow congregants.

The testimony of her efforts is seen in the number of family and friends who traveled to Rochdale to revel in the celebration of the life of their beloved matron. Those who could not travel were there via Zoom and in spirit.

She received numerous recognitions from City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Assemblywoman Vivian Cooke, as well as Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. Hattie’s grandson, District Leader of the 32nd District, Patrick Jenkins, stood by her side with the biggest smile and presented his grandmother with her many awards.

The room was filled with over 100 guests decked out in shades of purple which was this month’s celebratory theme color. Those in attendance had a ball recognizing each other’s milestones with friends, good food, and lots of dancing.

Photo Credit : Mikell Richards.

Our Rochdale Village

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH JOINT COMMUNITY GALA

Rochdale’s Community Relations Committee in Conjunction with Senator James Sanders Jr. hosted a gala in the Grand Ballroom on Saturday, March 25, 2023 from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. to recognize women in education and to honor hidden figures within the community.

(Photo Credit : Gail Dobbins). See story on cover.

(l. to r. back) Kilolo Needham, Venus Ketchum, Evelyn Hicks, Sandra Gill, Aleeia Abraham, Shanelle Cummings. (From left front) Rev. Donna James, Sabrina Hunter, Monique Ullah, Tyquana Henderson-Rivers.

New York State Senator James Sanders Jr.

Maryam Hubbard, Community Relations Chair and First Board Vice President.

Village Community

SENIORS CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

The Senior Citizens Committee & the Rochdale Village Senior Center hosted a celebration for Women’s History Month on Thursday, March 23, 2023 in the Grand Ballroom from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

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(Photo Credit

Larry ‘Love’ Moore).

(l. to r.) Senior Center Recreation Coordinator Evelyn Wilson, Senior Citizens Committee Chair and Board President Jean Hall, Senior Center Director Sheree Shivers.

~ Poetry Corner ~

POETRY CHILD

By antHony CHarles Blake

There was once a child 10 This was no pretend A child would read Poetry To the child, the words and meaning were a mystery

The child started to write his own words Turns out, it became Poetry

Words and sentences popped up into the child’s head

The

THREESCORE

Me mother’s name was Flannery, Worked all day in a cannery, Came home to cook for her man Nothing that came from a can.

A mere threescore year ago, The good sod turned to dust, ‘Taters rotted in the groun’ So too, my friends, we must.

‘Twas threescore year ago, Of mother, Pa was keen, She was the lovin’ kind, alas Upon the village green.

Their lovin’ was so carefree, Threescore year ago, Without benefit of clergy, That I began to grow.

Now, three score year and ten, I’m sayin’ ‘bottoms up!’ Drink to the carefree love they had And have another cup.

Three score year has passed away, My ink has all run out. My youth all but forgotten, Not much to sing about.

A Leprichaun once told me “Drink all your three score years. Never fret or get upset, just Raise your cup to “Cheers!”

So, come along, so come along, Out time is almost up, Three score year is good and gone, Let’s have another cup! When life trials and tribulations

May see to come

You could still Stand the test as you rest In the Lord’s assurance

And hold on to the promise keeper’s word He will flourish you In the court of In presence and You will be righteous Planted in the house of the Lord Like a tree in cedar in Lebanon.

Encourage yourself

And never settle for defeat Keep positive dreams alive! Let your feet stand Complete in the Hope A steadfast to Hope Unmovable bless place Of the Blessed!!!

Dream your Dreams

And keep them alive and thrive For if you are waiting on the Sovereign

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The NORC Program Hosts MEET & GREET in Rochdale

This month the NORC Office visited each Rochdale Village circle in turn. Over several Tuesdays, they met residents in their lobbies to familiarize cooperators with NORC services. NORC, which means Naturally Occurring Retirement Community, aims to support Rochdale’s more geriatric members to continue to thrive in their own homes.

Photo Credit: The NORC Office.

Rochdale Village Board of Directors Calendar

April 2023

See what’s going on in and around our community... There’s a little something for everyone!

aBouT rochdale Village coMMiTTeeS

Cooperative living embraces the principle that we are a community that works together for the common good. This means each resident plays an active role in supporting their community, and ultimately, each other. Cooperators may join any committee by simply calling the board office, 718-275-5700 ext. 3360 and request your name be added to the members list. You are free to join as many committees as you choose!

BudgeT & Finance coMMiTTee

DATE: 03/13/2023

TIME: 7:00PM

LOCATION: RV COMMUNITY CTR. RM 11/12/13

ANNOUNCEMENTS: CARRYING CHARGE INCREASE WAS IMPLEMENTED ON FEBRUARY 1, 2023.

DISCUSSION

1. There are key areas that will impact our budget as we begin FY 24. Our meeting discussed those areas and how we as cooperators can work on them to have an impact on our budget.

CHAIRPERSON: Dr. Althea Hicks

Co-Chair: Jean Hall, Board President

Controller: William Young

Approval of minutes: minutes from the last meeting were shared in the January newsletter. Minutes from last meeting read and approved

PLANNED AGENDA

1. Status of Carrying Charge Increases

2. Budget Expectations for FY 24

3. Q&A

2. Cell Phone Tower Agreement- Questions were raised on the status of the Cell Phone Towers located on our buildings. We will gather the financial details of the agreement to discuss further and determine how we can take action to improve our budget.

3. Vacancy Rate- Rochdale maintains a vacancy rate of less than 1%. While we consistently work to fill all vacant apartments, realistically, given moveins, move-outs, and other factors, a vacancy rate of 0% is hard to achieve. However, we will discuss the plan and process of filling the apartments to identify any areas that can bring a positive significant change to the budget.

4. Equity- Shareholders who move out

of Rochdale Village may receive an equity payment. The amount is based on several factors, including, how much equity the shareholder paid into the apartment and the cost of repairs to the apartment upon moving out of the apartment. If there is enough equity to cover the cost of repairs, the remaining equity will be returned to the shareholder. If there is not enough equity, to cover the cost of repairs, the shareholder will be invoiced for the difference. The impact to the budget comes when the cost of repairs is not covered in the equity or not received through an invoice because this becomes another expense for Rochdale Village.

5. Snowfall- The budget includes $1,000,000 for snow removal. If the weather is good and we do not have much snowfall, this becomes a savings for our budget.

6. Landscaping and Maintenance- Much of the landscaping work on our premises is contracted out which we believe costs more than having the landscaping work done internally by

our own staff. This will be taken into consideration as a way to save on our budget, along with utilizing perennial flowers which come back every year. Maintenance work will also be taken into consideration to see what type of work can be done by our maintenance staff instead of the increased expense of a contractor.

7. National Grid Rates- While our negotiated rates for natural gas are locked in with National Grid, our usage levels will still impact our expenses. The more we use our natural gas, the higher our expense will be.

Next Meeting None

Next Meeting

Thursday June 22, 2023.

Meeting ended at 8:30PM

Attendance: 12 Attendees

Minutes submitted By Dr. Althea Hicks, Chair, Budget and Finance Committee

coMMuniTy cenTer coMMiTTee

DATE: MARCH 2, 2023

TIME: 7:00PM

LOCATION : RM 11, 12 & 13

CHAIRPERSON: Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Approval of minutes

PLANNED AGENDA

1. Planning of upcoming 2023 events

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

⁕ After the committee members did a trail run of pickleball, the committee decided to move forward and introduce pickleball to the community. This is a game for all ages.

DISCUSSION

1. Finalizing events for 2023

2. Finalizing dates for 2023 events

Next Meeting

• March 14th Pickle Ball Event

• May13th - Pre-Mother’s Day Food Truck Festival (crawl)

• May 20th - RV Entrepreneur Tradeshow Expo (Rochdale Residents Only)

• June 10th - Pre-Father’s Day - Cigar & Game Night

• July? - Registration for the Fall Festival

• August - Every Sunday - RV Music

Festival

• Sept. 10th Fall Festival (may have a rain date undermined at this time)

• November 10th or 11th - Veterans Day Celebration

• December 9th - Tree lighting event

• New Year’s Eve party

We will also fit in the following: Pickle Ball different dates throughout the year Sneaker Ball Event date undetermined

Next Meeting

Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 7:00pm location TBD

Meeting ended at (Time) 8:10PM

Attendance: 25 SHAREHOLDERS

Minutes submitted By Khedda HaydenRyan Chairperson

What is Pickleball? Several people got to find out on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in the Grand Ballroom at 7:00 p.m. Thanks to the Community Center Committee, residents who came out enjoyed music, feasted on sandwiches, and engaged in the sport which is seemingly making a comeback across America. Pickleball is a paddle sport comparable to badminton, ping-pong, and tennis, that dates back to 1965. A good time was had by all!

Chairperson, Althea Hicks.

Chairperson, Khedda Hayden-Ryan.

Photo Credit: Community Center Committee.

enVironMenTal conSerVaTion and recreaTion coMMiTTee

Date: March 15, 2023

Time: 7:15pm

Location: CC Rm 12/13

Chairperson(s): K. Saleem, A. Hicks, PhD

7:20p Reading and Approval Of Min-

discussion with Principal members of organization.

April Events – Many ideas were brought forward. The committee settled on two for the Earth Day weekend of 4/22.

1. Farmers Night Market at the Pavillion

No Report.

Upcoming Events

Night Farmers Market

DSNY Interactive Educational Discussion

Next Meeting

DATE: March 16, 2023

TIME: 7:30pm

LOCATION: Rooms 11,12 & 13

Urban Garden Investment and Collaboration Update – No further information beyond concept stage. Awaiting

2. DSNY Educational Outdoor Event Assignments were delegated to committee members and updates will be provided to Chair(s) via email. Parking Sub Committee: Khedda Hayden-Ryan

MainTenance coMMiTTee

Planned Agenda: Shredfest Preparation

Announcement: N/A

Discussion: The committee discussed the dates in which we would hold the annual shredfest event. This year we decided to move the date to the month of May. The committee agreed that the weather in May cooperates a little better, allowing more cooperators to take advantage of the shredfest.

for the second date by an hour would be helpful to those that aren’t necessarily early weekend risers. Standard rules will continue, shareholders are able to bring (2) bags to shred.

Upcoming event: Annual Shredfest

• May 6, 2023 9am-1pm. Big Mall (Chase Bank parking lot)

• May 20, 2023 10am-2pm (Small Mall Public Safety Lot)

Date: April 12, 2023

Time: 7:30pm

Meeting Ended: 8:52pm

Minutes Submitted by: Kamal F. Saleem

an influx of mice in group 4.

Co- Chair Royal Hubbard advised the committee to schedule appointments to have convectors sealed and any telephone poles (in closets)

The committee recently was informed that Mr. Lockout Mouse is no longer installing the lockout mouse gates. Sadly, with the rising cost of materials he could no longer continue.

CHAIRPERSON: Keysha Beasley

Co-Chair: Royal Hubbard

The committee also discussed ways in which we could accommodate our fellow shareholders, the committee agreed that pushing back the start time

Fall dates for Shredfest TBA

Additional discussion: Committee members have raised issues regarding

Media & iT coMMiTTee

Date: March 17, 2023

Location: Zoom & Rochdale

Village Community Center (Rooms 11/12)

The committee reviewed a sample video which contained QR codes to Roch-

dale’s Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts. The slides will be forwarded to committee members to test the QR codes which will redirect them to Rochdale’s social media profiles using their smartphones or tablets.

This video sample will be presented to the entire board at the March 2023 board meeting. In addition, a revamp of the buildings’ electronic bulletin boards & monthly bulletin be presented for discussion.

Next Meeting: April 20th, 2023 7pm We invite new members to join the committee.

DATE: March 9, 2023

TIME: 7:00PM

LOCATION: RM 11, 12 &13

ADJOURNMENT

• The meeting adjourned at 7:45pm

PuBlic SaFeTy coMMiTTee

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The NCO officer Easton give out flyers and announce that their first quarterly meeting would be held in Rockdale Community center on March 16, @ 7pm.

DISCUSSION

1. Reinstating hall patrol – we need to reinstate hall patrol in each building.

Some of the incentives will be :

a. Radios for communication

partments of 113th precinct. The meeting was turn over to our invited guest:

RV Public Safety Chief Osback spoke on:

a. Actions being taken to address problems in building 1.

b. Actions being taken to address problems and building 15.

c. Parking issues in Mall #1

After Chief Osback give his update. The 113pct officers were ask in to introduce themselves to the committee

Easton and Police Officer Joseph Olivero. Each person gave a brief description of their duties. Inspector Ray Jenkins spoke of the some changes he brought/ brining to the precinct follow by Q & A session. 8:20pm the meeting was adjourned.

UPCOMING EVENTS

National night out will be held on August 1. 2023

NEXT MEETING

CHAIRPERSON: Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Approval of minutes

PLANNED AGENDA

1. Update on community activities.

2. Planning events for 2023

b. Jackets for identification

c. Training and certification in CPR

d. Ring Door bell

At this meeting the committee members had the opportunity to meet and speak with Chief of public safety and all de-

The meeting was attended by many of the high ranking officers of the 113th Pct. Captain Karathanasis who is newly assigned to the pct., Capitan Meyers along with the Rochdale’s appointed NCO (neighborhood coordination officers) officers Police Officer Anthony

Thursday, April , 2023, at 7:00pm location TBD

Meeting ended at (Time) 8:20PM Attendance: 34 SHAREHOLDERS

Minutes submitted By Khedda Hayden-Ryan Chairperson

Chairperson, Stacey Francis.

Chairperson, Khedda Hayden-Ryan.

Chairperson, Keysha Beasley.

Chairperson, Kamal Saleem.

SynoPSiS oF cooPeraTor’S SeSSion

- For FeBruary 27, 2023 Board Meeting

Chair Dr. Althea Hicks opened the cooperator’s session at 7:08PM.

Question: If a cooperator has mailed off his or her SCREE application may he or she pay the former amount of carrying charge prior to the February 1, 2023 increase, pending approval of the application?

Response: I will take down notes and have someone reach out to you and when we receive an answer we will make sure that it is posted in the paper as well as on-line.

Question: What is the status of the receipt of the building that was promised in that development transaction on Baisley Boulevard and what measures are being put in place, so that the receivership can be taken -- can be expedited without a great deal of problems? This is a question that I posed to Herb Freedman, at least twice a year for the last five years and I posed this question simply because this is a property that has left the possibility of millions of dollars on the table through tax credit sales to investors, because I am sure that the developer has exhausted the existing tax credit time line of ten years and if they were to turn it over to the corporation, and I do know that the language requires that a not-for-profit organization handle those monies, but there are issues that can be dealt with that allow for those monies to then be placed over to the corporation. Where are we with that and what preliminary actions have been met in terms of researching the possibilities?

Response: I don’t have my notes in front of me, the time frame is up next year, so there is still time and money has not been lost yet as far as the time being exhausted and us not acting. So there is one property that comes back to us next year and there is a second parcel that comes back a couple of years later. I know that the Board has taken some action with regard to this in hiring an additional firm specifically to address the receivership of the Baisley properties and how that will be handled

Question: Could you give some insight as to the end of the term of the lease for Bargold? How much do you receive in revenues from Bargold annually, pursuant to the lease? While you look that up, it would be appreciated if the agenda that is provided to shareholders would have some reflection of exactly what is going to be discussed on the agenda items, possibly the motions that will be discussed, so that we can inspire more participation from shareholders based on those particular topics; just a suggestion.

Response: Noted. The Bargold lease I thought that I brought it with me. It is right in my office there. What I will do while the other questions are being answered by Mr. Rodriguez, I will just run to my office and grab them, okay, and we can answer them at the end if that’s okay with you.

Question: Yes, if you can just type it. I don’t know if this has chat capabilities. Okay, so you can send it to me in a personal chat, just for my record.

Response: According to the resolution passed in 2013, the Bargold is a fifteen-year lease and Rochdale receives twenty-five percent of the revenue as a servicing fee.

Question: Is there an anticipated time resolution of the issue with the February 2023 carrying charges not being posted? We have just received our carrying charge bill with a double charge.

Response: We had the rent conference that was held in January. We had subsequent meetings and the door to door was sent out as per the state with regard to what the increase would be and at the rent conference hearing they said that as long as the Commissioner signed within five days of the first it would be applied on the first, but if you are having an issue with the payment you should contact the management office immediately so that we can look into the matter. You shouldn’t be double billed. That shouldn’t be occurring.

Question: When will the Pavilion be available for the cooperators for utiliza-

tion, like for birthday parties or weddings and what would be the cost of it?

Response: We are in the preliminary stages of getting all the rental rates together right now. What we plan to do is try to open by Memorial Day, May 29th this year and we plan to run it through Labor Day, so it will be open from May to September. We don’t have all of the rates available yet. We do have some things that we want to present to the Board before anything is finalized, but some of the ideas that we do have are for two-hour sessions for just wedding events and photography photos, a rental rate for that. A twohour session for somebody who rents the ballroom and they want to add the Pavillion as an addition to the ballroom, we are going to have a rental rate for that. We will have a rental rate for a time where you can have an event in the Pavilion alone that will run anywhere from two to five hours. We will want to close that area by 9:30 in the evening, so we are not disturbing other cooperators and we are working on a rental rate for that as well.

Question: Can the carrying charge statement be mailed out at least a week before the rent is due, because it has been going out late?

Response: We will look into that. Typically, we do get them out a week before, but I will look into what occurred this past month. I believe it went out a week before but I will look into our records and make sure that that occurs.

Question: The clarifying question earlier about the carrying charges and the timing. Our carrying charges were paid in a timely manner. We have been informed that there is a problem with the processing center and that no late charges will be applied. I was personally asked not to stop my check because management was aware of the problem. We have also received e-mails, texts and hard copy notification. We are not asking about the increase, but the fact that the carrying charges for February 2023 have not been applied to our accounts.

Response: Citibank is who we bank with and they have a lock box that is out of state and they had some -- I guess it’s -- the lock box is actually located in Texas. There were weather issues in Texas that have affected the handling of, not just our receipts but others. We have been in contact – in constant contact with them with regard to this because we would like to be able to post these funds as they are needed to run the corporation and we do not like to inconvenience our shareholders, so we will keep you posted.

Question: Why are the Maintenance and Public Safety meetings constantly cancelled?

Response: Security was cancelled last month due to a personal condition that I had but Security and Maintenance -- well, Security and Community Center meets every month. The Maintenance Committee Meeting was cancelled for the month of February due to the Board having to meet with additional concerns that we had to address, but for this coming March we will resume the regularly scheduled meetings.

Question: Will the City or Rochdale perform an updated testing on the Legionnaire issue in Building 6.

Response: That is still ongoing. We have a firm that still does testing biweekly. Actually they are testing for temperatures and to make sure that everything is circulating properly. Just to be absolutely clear, we are no longer under the constraints of Legionnaires because we were cleared by the Department of Health. After you are cleared you still have to have a third-party test the system, so that testing still is on going but we are clear of Legionnaires in Building 6.

Question: When will the community rooms in the buildings be able to be rented again?

SynoPSiS oF cooPeraTor’S SeSSion

Response: The Board is in the process of reviewing the procedures regarding the community room rules and regulations and we are also in the process of reviewing the rooms so that we can bring up at least one room by April 1, 2023, so until we have the room brought up and we agree on the Board policy, hopefully able to vote on that in March, we will not be renting out any rooms.

Question: I received a notification, last week, Thursday, regarding the gas inspection that was supposed to take place on Friday, in Building 16, the B section. Now no one showed up, no additional amendments were sent out. I called and no one knew what I was talking about. Can you explain that?

Response: An inspection was done of Building 16, A Section, B apartment line. There was a gas leak in the month of December. It was repaired and National Grid approved the repair, but the Building – the Department of Buildings must check all jobs that they pulled a permit for and the reason for their inspection was to verify that it was done properly.

Question: Since the work was done on the community rooms, doesn’t the

Fire Department have to come back and put those signs up showing the quantity of people allowed and also the fire extinguishers and whatever has to be done, sprinklers, I don’t know, whatever the building codes are at this point with the total renovation of the community rooms? I do know that we need to have the Fire Department put those signs back up in the room before you can even open them.

Response: Yes. It is called the public assembly. That is the signage that you are talking about? I spoke to the architect about this. We are grandfathered in with regard to that, however we are still taking steps to have those rooms reassessed to update those numbers, so the rooms can be opened according to our architectural firm, Robert J. Stahl, so that we don’t have a problem there. With regard to the other part of your question, the FDNY does have to check our fire alarms so we are just making sure that our fire alarm system is up to date there and that is the last step before opening the room.

Will respond to online questions in the Q & A given the timing, the Cooperators Sessions ended at 7:30pm.

rochdale Village Board oF direcTorS MeeTing resolutions - FeBruary 27, 2023

R04-23: COMMITTEE BUDGETS APPROVED

Moved by: Stacey Francis

Seconded by: Keysha Beasley

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors hosts committee meetings to foster civic engagement through informational meetings, cultural programs and activities, and community events.

WHEREAS, funds are needed to cover expenses for the myriad of events and programs throughout the year.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the committee budgets submitted for the following are approved and the monies will be taken from the operating expense account;

FOR

Letisha Azizah

Nadine Browne

Jean Hall

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Maryam Hubbard

Kamal Saleem

Clifton Stanley Diaz

Sheila McKenzie

Eleven for, four absent: motion passes.

Keysha Beasley

Stacey Francis

Gary Hawkins

Althea Hicks

Jean Randolph-Castro

Edward Douglass

Derrick Shareef

R05-23: REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS

Moved by: Maryam Hubbard

Seconded by: Khedda Hayden-Ryan

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors wishes to recognize the diversity within our community;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors embraces transparency and fairness for all of our shareholders;

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors adopts the attached procedures for new groups and organizations.

Objective: In accordance with the Rochdale Principles of Cooperative Living the formation of new groups and organizations should be available without artificial restriction or any social, political, gender, racial or religious discrimination, to all Rochdale residents who can make use of services provided by Rochdale Village, Inc. and are willing to accept Rochdale’s established policy and guidelines. Any new group or organization is required to submit to the Board of Directors the following;

1. Statement of reason for group or organization.

2. Defining if the organization will be political or non-political.

3. The principles and/or purpose of said organization or group.

4. The names and addresses of the principals of the group or organization (they must be Rochdale residents)

which repre sents .4% of the annual budget.

Political Groups are defined as groups formed by Rochdale residents that exist in part or in whole with the intention or running candidates for the Board of Directors, under their organizational or group name. Political groups have access to building community rooms to hold their meetings without charge. The notification of meetings, activities and events can be posted on the regular bulletin boards and digital bulletin boards. Advertisement in the weekly information

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or “Bulletin” will be paid according to the existing fee structure. These groups can hold fundraising events in building community rooms and community center subject to the existing fee structures.

Other New Rochdale Groups & Organizations: May have access to building community rooms to hold meetings under appropriate circumstances. Requests to hold events and activities will be evaluated by the Board of Directors on a case-by-case basis. If the building community room or community center is the appropriate venue, the organization or group should submit their request to the Board at least fourteen days in advance of the proposed event. Requests for in-kind use of community center facilities will be determined on a case-by-case basis by submitting a written request to the Board at least fourteen days prior to the proposed event and provided the requested facility is available.

Any denials should be provided to the organization or group within five (5) business days.

If any group is denied access or permission to form that denial will be in writing containing the reason for denials, signed by the Board President and a copy will be submitted to HCR within thirty (30) days of receipt of the request.

If any funds or monies are to be collected as part of any event or activity, the group or organization must state the purpose the monies will be used for and provide a statement all monies will be directly used for that stated purpose. A statement of full disclosure for the use of such monies must be on any advertisement used by the group or organization.

Existing Organizations will be identified and grandfathered in. Such organizations will be required to provide their mission statement and the names and addresses of the principals for Board files.

FOR

A. To submit a repayment plan to the Board for the missed deposits of $1,756,197.00 by close of business by Friday, March 10, 2023.

B. Provide an account of how we spent the $17,345,364.00 withdrawals from the HCR Reserve Account. Kindly include the withdrawals, what we spent i.e. was it a project or an emergency, the resolution number, the date passed if applicable, again by close of business March 10, 2023.

Based on that background information;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Rochdale Village Board of Directors adopts the policy outlined below for the HCR Reserve Account effective February 27, 2023.

It has come to the Board’s attention that the HCR Reserve account balance is at $1.4 million. This account is set aside for emergencies such as gas leaks, significant and/or unexpected repairs for plumbing and electrical. This is not an all-inclusive list.

The minimum balance in the HCR account is set at $8 million. Withdrawals beyond the minimum balance may not take place without Board approval. In such instances, Management is required to provide a detailed outline of the emergency and how the monies will be subsequently deposited to achieve the minimum balance.

It has come to the Board’s attention that there have been months in which the required $195,133.00 monthly deposit to the HRC reserves was not made. Therefore, management must notify the Board in writing, providing an explanation as to why they are unable to make the monthly deposit. Additionally, management will provide a schedule for repayment of the missed deposits. These deposits are effective immediately.

FOR

Letisha Azizah

Nadine Browne

Jean Hall

Althea Hicks

Kamal Saleem

Gary Hawkins

Jean Randolph-Castro

Clifton Stanley Diaz

Derrick Shareef

ABSTAIN

ABSENT

Keysha Beasley

Stacey Francis

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Maryam Hubbard

Sheila McKenzie

Edward Douglass

Eleven for, three abstentions, three absent: motion passes.

R06-23: BOARD ADOPTS POLICY FOR HCR RESERVE ACCOUNT

Moved by: Stacey Francis

Seconded by: Keysha Beasley

Resolution involves the policy for the HCR Reserve account, and I just want to give a little background information, so you can follow along with me and I am going back to the year 2019.

(1) In the year 2019 $8,232,725.00 was deposited into the HCR Reserve Account from the $195 million refinance.

(2) After that deposit the balance in the HCR Reserve account was $12,575,136.00

(3) Therefore, the opening balance prior to the $8,232,725.00 deposit was $4,342,411.00

(4) & (5) From October 2019 to October 2022 there were thirty-two deposits for the monthly amount of $195,133.00. That equated to $6,244,256.00. If I add the $12,575,136.00 to the $6,244,256, we have in that account $18,819,392.00

(6) I need to note that there were five missed deposits in the year 2020, April May, June, July and August which totaled $975,665.00

We had two missed deposits in 2022, November and December which totaled $390,266.00

We also had two missed deposits in 2023, January and February for an additional $390,266.00.

The total of the missed deposits thus far has been $1,756,197.00 in the HCR reserve account

(7) If I subtract our current balance of $1,473,965.00 we spent from 2019 through 2023, a total of $17,345,364.00 from the HCR Reserve.

Based on this we have some action items for Management.

Letisha Azizah

Nadine Browne

Jean Hall

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Maryam Hubbard

Keysha Beasley

Stacey Francis

Gary Hawkins

Althea Hicks

Sheila McKenzie

Jean Randolph-Castro Kamal Saleem

ABSENT

Clifton Stanley Diaz

Derrick Shareef

Twelve for, three absent: motion passes.

Edward Douglass

R07-23: BOARD APPROVES FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025 BUDGET

Moved by: Jean Hall

Seconded by: Khedda Hayden-Ryan

WHEREAS, the Rochdale Village Inc. (“Rochdale”) prepared operating Budgets for the Fiscal years ending March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025; and

WHEREAS, Rochdale Village, Inc. (“Rochdale”) Board of Directors received Budgets for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025;

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors approves the Budget for Fiscal years 2024 and 2025, subject to the approval by New York State Homes and Community Renewal.

FOR

Letisha Azizah

Nadine Browne

Jean Hall

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Maryam Hubbard

Keysha Beasley

Stacey Francis

Gary Hawkins

Althea Hicks

Sheila McKenzie

Jean Randolph-Castro Kamal Saleem

ABSENT

Clifton Stanley Diaz

Derrick Shareef

Twelve for, three absent: motion passes.

R08-23:

Moved by: Jean Randolph-Castro

Seconded by: Gary Hawkins

Edward Douglass

WHEREAS, Rochdale must comply with the New York City Facade

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Inspection Safety Program (FISP), also known as Local Law 11 (“Cycle 9”), that require New York City Buildings taller than six stories to have their facades inspected and repaired every five years;

WHEREAS, Stage 2 will encompass the completion of necessary safety probes for the remaining fourteen buildings (1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20) and complete the Cycle 9 work in Group 4;

WHEREAS, the inspection and probes portion of Stage 2 are a priority at a cost of $1,204,000 and will give us the information necessary to identify the overarching cost and remaining stages necessary to complete Cycle 9; and

WHEREAS, we will return to the Board as additional monies are identified to cover the remaining $3,523,499 of stage 2.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rochdale Village, Inc. Board of Directors approves the amount of $1,204,000 funded from the HCR reserve account to perform the necessary inspections and safety probes on the remaining fourteen buildings subject to approval from the New York State Homes and Community Renewal.

MOTION TO TABLE

R10-23 TELEPHONE VOTE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM ACCOUNTING FIRMS

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors as part of its fiduciary duties has been reviewing the professional services provided by the cooperative’s current accounting firm, Mitchell Titus; and

WHEREAS, it is recommended best business practices to conduct a review of professional services so that the cost and benefits can be analyzed and compared; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has determined that a request for proposals (“RFP”) should be issued to a select number of accounting firms that have experience with regulated cooperatives to provide accounting services.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors directs the cooperative’s legal counsel, Norris McLaughlin, P.A. to prepare a RFP to the accounting firms selected by the Board of Directors requesting that they submit written proposals for preparing the cooperative’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. Said proposals shall be reviewed by the Board of Directors with the assistance of Legal Counsel.

Moved by: Kamal Saleem

Seconded by: Stacey Francis

Letisha Azizah

Nadine Browne

Jean Hall

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Maryam Hubbard

Jean Randolph-Castro

Clifton Stanley Diaz

Derrick Shareef

FOR TABLING

Keysha Beasley

Stacey Francis

Gary Hawkins

Althea Hicks

Sheila McKenzie

Kamal Saleem

Upon the selection of an accounting firm by the Board of Directors and approval by HCR, management or legal counsel shall be authorized and directed to advise the cooperative’s current accounting firm of the termination of their services.

FOR

ABSENT

Edward Douglass

Twelve for tabling, three absent: motion to table passes.

R09-23: NEW FLOORING EQUIPMENT TO BE FUNDED

Moved by: Jean Randolph-Castro

Seconded by: Keysha Beasley

WHEREAS, the last set of floor machines were purchased in 2010;

WHEREAS, the current floor machines are in constant need of repair and past their useful life;

WHEREAS, proposals were sought from vendors for forty (40) new floor burnishers and seven (7) stripping machines with results as follows:

Contractor Bid Price

B. Keith Controls, Inc. $45,024.66

I.T. Distributors, Inc. $45,841.82

S Kaufman’s $45,945.25

WHEREAS, B. Keith Controls, provided the lowest responsible bid in the amount of $45,024.66 including applicable taxes.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rochdale Village, Inc. Board of Directors approves the proposal from B. Keith Controls to supply new flooring equipment for $45,024.66 to be funded from the operations account.

FOR

Keysha Beasley

Stacey Francis

Gary Hawkins

Maryam Hubbard

Jean Randolph-Castro

Letisha Azizah

Nadine Browne

Jean Hall

Althea Hicks

Sheila McKenzie

Kamal Saleem

ABSTENTIONS

ABSENT

Clifton Stanley Diaz Edward Douglass

Derrick Shareef

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Ten for, two abstentions, three absent: motion passes.

Letisha Azizah

Nadine Browne

Jean Hall

Althea Hicks

Kamal Saleem

Edward Douglass

Gary Hawkins

Derrick Shareef

AGAINST

ABSTENTIONS

Keysha Beasley

Stacey Francis

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Maryam Hubbard

Sheila McKenzie

Jean Randolph-Castro

UNABLE TO BE REACHED

Clifton Stanley Diaz

Nine for, two against, three abstentions, one unable to be reached; telephone vote ratified.

BOARD MEMBERS

Althea Hicks

Chairperson & Assistant Treasurer

Jean Hall President

Maryam Hubbard

First Vice-President

Kamal Saleem

Second Vice-President

Keysha Beasley

Third Vice-President

Khedda Hayden-Ryan

Fourth Vice President

Stacey Francis Secretary

Nadine Browne

Assistant Secretary

Letisha Azizah Treasurer

Clifton Stanley Diaz (Not Present)

Edward Douglass (Not Present)

Gary Hawkins

Sheila McKenzie

Jean Randolph-Castro

Derrick Shareef (Not Present)

MSI REAL ESTATE

Jay Williams

General Manager

Herbert Freedman (Not Present)

Assistant General Manager

Wilfred Rodriguez

Assistant General Manager

Lance Williams

Director of Operations

Robert Bernstein, Esq.

Corporate Counsel

William Young Controller

Kelvin Pantaleon

Director of Maintenance

Adolph Osback

Chief Public Safety

Corey Jones

Director of Power Plant

David George

Assistant Director of Maintenance

PROJECTS IN PROGRESS

Project Name: Convectors

Description: Replace all (20,000) convectors with mod-ern convectors with washable filters, thermostats, and leak prevention.

Status: Installation is complete in the following Buildings: 20,19,18. Awaiting delivery of additional units to complete building #17. We anticipate re-starting in April 2023.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $32,419,478

Money Spent: $12,688,337

Projected Completion: June 2025

Project Name: Federal Pacific Breaker Panels in Apartments

Description: Replace electric panel located in hallway in every apartment.

Status: In Progress: (3359 installed)

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $2,380,480

Money Spent: $1,859,806

Projected Completion: December

2023

Project Name: Building Capacitors

Description: Upgrade to improve quality of electrical distribution and replace electric panels at ground level.

Status: We are currently waiting on a delivery for the capacitors. Once received, a schedule for replacement will be put together.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $1,210,325

Money Spent: $1,139,113

Projected Completion: May 2023

Project Name: Parking Lot Repair & Sidewalk/Curb Repair Architect

Description: Repave, restripe, and add expansion parking lots 1, 2,4,5,9a/9b and Big Mall.

Status: O&S submitted revised drawings after receiving the Board’s input. Jay to create RFP for Parking Lot repair/expansion. O&S created RFP for Sidewalk/Curb Repair HM-23AE pending approval.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $1,390,686.09

Money Spent: $519,169.05

Projected Completion: June 2023

Project Name: Parking Lot Repave/ Repair Contractor

Description: Repave and restripe parking lots 1,2,4,5,9a/9b and Mall 1.

Status: Three lots completed: #2 (11 new spaces), #9A (1 new space), 9B. Stasi- Brothers were the lowest responsible bidder awaiting board approval

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $1,390,686.09

Money Spent: $519,169.05

Projected Completion: June 2023

Project Name: Sidewalk & Curb Repair Contractor

Description: Concrete repair of worst areas campus wide.

Status: Completed: Groups #1, 2, 3 & 5. Group 4 is paused for Façade work. MSS is lowest bidder at $360,000 and Board approved.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $1,390,686.09

Money Spent: $519,169.05

Projected Completion: June 2023

Project Name: Deaeration Tank

Description: Used to remove oxygen and other gases from the water that feeds into boilers that generate steam and prevent corrosion.

Status: Deaeration Tank: Installed May 10, 2022. Unit now has to be connected to the existing system. We anticipate completion in the spring of 2023 as work needs to be done in the shoulder season (Power Plant switches from heating to cooling).

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $1,169,000

Money Spent: $957,600

Projected Completion: May 2023

Project Name: Diesel Generators

Description: Replace or rebuild two emergency backup diesel generators in Power Plant.

Status: In Progress - Diesel #2 Is dismantled and parts are being cleaned and evaluated in preparation for reassembly.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $4,529,672

Money Spent: $201,392

Projected Completion: July 2023

Project Name: Various

Description: Engineers and Architects and Construction mgmt. - allowance for architect, engineer, and con-

struction mgmt. fees.

Status: Ongoing

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $400,000

Money Spent: $238,258

Projected Completion: For duration of work associated with Wells Fargo repair escrow

Project Name: Central Plant Engineering Work

Description: Remedial Work for Cooling Towers and Tower Dunnage, Screen-Wall, and other necessary control, filtering and piping life-cycle evaluation and energy management work.

Status: Revaluating most effective approach for new condenser lines (plumbing) and steel dunnage (cooling tower structural supports and beams).

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $115,300

Money Spent: $38,840

Projected Completion: April 2023

Project Name: Fire Alarm/Sprinkler in Big Mall

Description: Install sprinkler system as required by FDNY in Mall 1 common area.

Status: Fire Alarm: Sprinkler and Smoke Purge system completed. As of August 11, 2021, we are still awaiting NYC FDNY approval of system. FDNY Application has been re-submitted and awaiting FDNY approval. Sprinkler: Completed as of 2/7/2020

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $815,000

Money Spent: $525,600

Projected Completion: TBD

Project Name: Fire Alarm for 18 Bldgs.

Description: Install fire alarms in building community rooms as required by FDNY.

Status: Eleven (11) rooms completed (#1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, & 20) Bldg. #4 is completed and inspected by FDNY. Bldg. 15 filed at FDNYAwaiting approval. Eight (8) bldgs. approved by management and sent to contractor for FDNY filing. Awaiting NYCFD approval.HM-23 pending at HCR. HM-180 approved 10/23/19

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $438,857

Money Spent: $338,194

Projected Completion: October 2023

Project Name: Public AssemblyPA’s

Description: Certificate required for places where people gather for parties, meetings, etc.

Status: This work is on track with the other renovations of the community rooms. Architect - DOB search for all 20 Bldgs. Architect will file when fire alarms completed for all 16 social rooms and the 4 nurseries.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: TBD

Money Spent: N/A

Projected Completion: October 2023

Project Name: Bldg. Community Room Renovation

Description: Renovate all building community rooms including main area, bathrooms, and kitchens. Lathe and plaster ceilings will be removed and re-placed with 24’ x 24’ dropped ceilings.

Status: Twelve (12) Bldgs. are completed: #1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, & 20. Three (3) bldgs. remaining for 2023 & drawing pending at DOB for approval. #2, 7, 15. HM-23 pending at HCR & HM-180 approved.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $1,995,612

Money Spent: $1,138,460.09

Projected Completion: October 2023

Project Name: Sitewide Roofing Replacement/Repairs Consultant

Description: Long-term contract for roofing repairs and replacement throughout Rochdale Village.

Status: Consultant is William Davis.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $100,800

Money Spent: $95,653.52

Projected Completion: June 2023

Project Name: Sitewide Roofing Replacement/Repairs Contractor

Description: Long-term contract for roofing repairs and replacement throughout Rochdale Village. Contractor is Bay restoration. Roofing Mfr. is Siplast. Completed work carries a 20 year no dollar limit guarantee.

Status: Eight (8) Bldgs. Completed: #1 - 5, 12, 17 & 20. Year 1 (#1, 3, 4, 12 & 17); Year 2 (#2, 5, & 20). Management, Architect & Contractor agreed to close out/ place this project on hold until funding is available. Five (5) remaining buildings (#6, 7, 8, 18 & 19) will be re-bid and done at a later date.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $8,277,850

Money Spent: $4,572,351

Projected Completion: May 2023

Project Name: Bulkhead Repairs

Description: Repairs include Pointing, Lintels, Caulking, brick replacement, and Coping Stone Replacement.

Status: Start date: 7/27/21. Nine (9) Bldgs. Completed: #1 - 6, 12, 17 & 20. This project will be placed on hold until funding is available to complete remaining buildings (7-11, 13-16, 18-19).

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $700,000

Money Spent: $205,533

Projected Completion: Re-evaluating

Project Name: Façade

Description: Long-term plan for brick and terrace repairs including Local law 11 work each 5 years.

Status: Nine (9) Bldgs. are completed: #1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 17 & 18. - In progress: #13 (95%) & 20 (95%). Will recommence with inspection and probes once funding is approved by the Board. HM-23 pending at HCR. HM-180 approved.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $12,764,400

Money Spent: $5,119,204

Projected Completion: November

2024

Project Name: Façade

Description: Long term plan for brick and terrace repairs including FISP each 5 years.

Status: RJSA has been selected by Management HM-23AE pending at HCR as of 1/28/2020.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $880,000

Money Spent: $701,632.26

Projected Completion: November 2024

Project Name: Air Monitoring

Description: Service contract

Status: Ongoing

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $200,000

Money Spent: $19,408

Projected Completion: N/A

Project Name: Mold Assessment

Description: Service contract

Status: Ongoing

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $100,000

Money Spent: $27,900

Projected Completion: N/A

Project Name: Brownfield SSDS

Mall 1 & 2

Description: Air clean up underground

Status: Exhaust fan installation completed. Awaiting the Certificate of Completion (COC) from DEC. Mall 1

- JS Cleaners Remediation is completed. Mall 2 - HIP cleaners Remediation is completed.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $411,800

Money Spent: $341,500

Projected Completion: N/A

Project Name: Pylon Signs

Description: Merchant list signs for Mall #1.

Status: New design - signs awarded to ASG.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $288,683

Money Spent: $57,777

Projected Completion: June 2023

Project Name: Pylon Signs

Description: Merchant list signs for Mall #1.

Status: Structural work for pylon bases was competitively bid and awarded to Sky, Inc.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $145,400

Money Spent: $14,580

Projected Completion: June 2023

Project Name: General Consultant

Description: Service contract.

Status: Ongoing

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $210,000

Money Spent: $25,808

Projected Completion: N/A

PROJECTS ON-HOLD

Project Name: Lobby Enhancement & Door Replacement & ADA Accessible Vestibules

Description: Replace 20 lobby entrances, doors and make ADA compliant.

Status: On Hold. Management is working with Wells Fargo and Freddie Mac on reallocating funds from this project in order to fund necessary work on the cooling towers. This project will be revisited at a later date.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $800,000

Money Spent: $323

Anticipated Re-start: This project will be reevaluated once funding is available.

Project Name: Elevators/Utilities/ Demising Walls - Mall 1

Description: The installation of an elevator, demising walls and utilities to 2nd floor of mall.

Status: On Hold. All work complete and funded except the 2nd elevator which is no longer being done. Management is working with Wells Fargo and Freddie Mac on reallocating funds from this project in order to fund necessary work for NYC Speaker’s buildout.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $750,000

Money Spent: $83,100

Projected Completion: N/A

Project Name: Elevator Modernization & Preventative Maintenance

Description: Elevator modernization including new maintenance.

Status: On hold however, we are moving forward with the preventative maintenance portion.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: N/A

Money Spent: N/A

Anticipated Re-start: This project will be reevaluated once funding is available.

Project Name: 15 Cardboard Balers

Description: Machine to compress cardboard waste into small and compact bales.

Status: On hold

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: N/A

Money Spent: N/A

Anticipated Re-start: This project will be reevaluated once funding is available.

PROJECTS TO BE REMOVED

Project Name: Lot 3A/3B Tier 1 Architect

Description: Design Work for Building a tier above Lot 3A/3B to create additional parking

Status: To be removed. Original budget of $5 million no longer applies due to Covid-19, supply chain issues and inflation total cost ow exceeds $12 million for adding approximately 300 new spaces. These considerations make this project financially infeasible. Management will continue to look at other alternatives to address the parking issues.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: N/A

Money Spent: N/A

Anticipated Re-start: N/A

Project Name: Lot 3A/3B Tier 1

Contractor Description: Building a tier above Lot 3A/3B to create additional parking.

Status: To be removed. Original budget of $5 million no longer applies due to Covid-19, supply chain issues and inflation total cost now exceeds $12 million for adding approximately 300 new spaces. These considerations make this project financially infeasible. Management will continue to look at other alternatives to address the parking issues.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: N/A

Money Spent: N/A

Anticipated Re-start: N/A

COMPLETED PROJECTS

Project Name: Maintenance Department Dump Truck Description: Purchase of a new Hino truck to handle bulk garbage and large deliveries.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $ 97,962.46

Money Spent: $ 97,962.46

Completion Date: Jan. 2023

Project Name: Federal Pacific Breaker Panels PURCHASE

Description: Replace electric panel located in hallway in every apartment

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $2,380,480

Money Spent: $1,859,806

Completion Date: Oct. 2022

Project Name: Main Federal Pacific

Breaker Panel

Description: Upgrade to im-prove quality of electrical distribution and replace electric panels at ground level.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $1,210,325

Money Spent: $1,139,133

Completion Date: Jan. 2022

Project Name: Augers

Description: Machinery to eliminate bulk garbage reducing larger items (such as furniture) to splinters.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $412,057.51

Money Spent: $412,057.51

Completion Date: Jan. 2022

Project Name: Interior Compactors

Description: Indoor machine used to reduce household garbage by crushing into small and manageable pieces. All are being replaced (60 total).

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $564,000

Money Spent: $564,000

Completion Date: July 2021

Project Name: Exterior Compactors

Description: Next two to arrive on site in 6 weeks. Out-door machine used to reduce household garbage by crushing into small and manageable pieces. Replacing all (30 total) compactors site wide and the concrete pads.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $397,500

Money Spent: $397,500

Completion Date: Dec. 2021

Project Name: Isolation Valves

Description: Replace valves which isolate dual temp risers per apartment line plus provide shut off at all convectors.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $3,078,682

Money Spent: $3,078,682

Completion Date: Oct. 2020

Project Name: Site Wide Camera Installation

Description: New cameras throughout common areas and in all elevators.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $703,332

Money Spent: $703,332

Completion Date: Nov. 2021

Project Name: Test Underground

Electric Feeders

Description: Test lines to ensure proper electric distribution from Plant to buildings.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $516,244

Money Spent: $516,244

Completion Date: Nov. 2021

Project Name: Elevator Door Lock

System

Description: Monitoring system to help keep elevator doors closed. Elevator cars will only be able to move when doors are properly closed.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $1,926,758

Money Spent: $1,926,758

Completion Date: Feb. 2020

Project Name: Mall 1 Atrium Roof

Replacement

Description: Roof System - Replacement of the shopping center roof (atrium section).

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $278,953

Money Spent: $278,953

Completion Date: Jul. 2020

Project Name: Natural Gas Risers (Bldg. 15)

Description: Emergency replacement of gas pipes in entire building.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $899,883

Money Spent: $899,883

Completion Date: Nov. 2019

Project Name: Cooling Tower Motor

Description: Replace original motors with more energy efficient.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $58,335

Money Spent: $58,335

Completion Date: Jun. 2019

Project Name: Community Center

HVAC

Description: Upgrade heating and cooling system in Community Center.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $149,500

Money Spent: $149,500

Project Name: Pump Rooms Upgrade

Description: Upgrade to domestic water distribution which delivers hot water to apartments from the Power Plant.

Funding Source: Wells Fargo

Contract Amount: $2,146,473.86

Money Spent: $2,146,473.86

Completion Date: Aug. 2021

Project Name: Egress Stairs in Big Mall

Description: Build wall which divides Crunch and Hibachi Grill spaces and supply utility connections for both new tenants.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $222,536

Money Spent: $222,536

Completion Date: Dec. 2021

Project Name: Big Mall Purge System

Description: To be added to the installation of the fire alarm system throughout the Big Mall.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $275,000

Money Spent: $275,000

Completion Date: May 2021

Project Name: Parking Lot Cameras

Description: Added/Upgraded surveillance in parking lots.

Status: Complete

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $86,400

Money Spent: $86,400

Completion Date: Nov. 2020

Project Name: Group Signs

Description: Directional/informational signs for each group.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $80,000

Money Spent: $80,000

Completion Date: May 2020

Project Name: Pump House Roof (Power Plant)

Description: Replace roof located at

Power Plant pump house that is beyond its useful life.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $20,400

Money Spent: $20,400

Completion Date: Mar. 2020

Project Name: Pipe Insulation Phase 2

Description: Insulation of pipes in crawl spaces.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $186,550

Money Spent: $186,550

Completion Date: May 2021

Project Name: Building 5 Emergency Work

Description: Renovations needed due to violations from DOB.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $131,943

Money Spent: $131,943

Completion Date: Nov. 2019

Project Name: Parking Lot #2

Description: Restriping/Reconfiguration to enlarge parking spaces.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $33,478

Money Spent: $33,478

Completion Date: Nov. 2019

Project Name: Pump Room Ceilings in Each Building

Description: Pump Room Ceiling Asbestos Abatement and Re-Insulation Insulation.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $320,000

Money Spent: $320,000

Completion Date: May 2021

Project Name: Satellite Dish Area Rehab

Description: Make the place usable for party and rental.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $296,700

Money Spent: $296,700

Completion Date: Sept. 2022

Project Name: Purchase of (3) John Deere Tractors

Description: Grounds Equipment.

Funding Source: Reserves

Contract Amount: $179,396

Money Spent: $179,396

Completion Date: Nov. 2022

Rochdale Village NORC Calendar - April 2023

NORC Brings The Celebration to 99 Year Old Cooperator

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OnFriday, February 3, 2023, several people from Rochdale’s NORC made their way to the residence of one Mary Ford bringing gifts, decorations, and a cake! Born on February 3, 1924, in the Caribbean Island before moving to the United States in her 20s, Ford is currently a home-

bound resident of Rochdale Village and NORC was there to celebrate her 99th Birthday. Ford is a long-time resident of Rochdale Village; in fact, she was among the first set of people to take up residence at its 1960s inception.

Ford is still energetic, loves to cook and has a great positive attitude. When asked, she readily admits that she hand-

picked her apartment because of the view overlooking parts of Jamaica. She says the day Rochdale staff showed her the apartment, she immediately fell in love due to the beautiful floor view from her window and decided to make it her home. Ford looks forward to celebrating many more years at her Rochdale apartment, starting with to her 100th birthday.

“It was truly an honor to have witnessed this momentous milestone,” said NORC Director Phara Carolei. NORC is a program designed to support the elderly in their place of residence by providing a range of on-site health and support services. To contact the NORC office dial 718-525-2800 extension 2.

100 Suits Hosts Coat Giveaway for Seniors

100 Suits hosted a coat giveaway on Thursday, March 9, 2023 in the Community Center, on the red brick area. 100 Suits Founder Kevin Livingston worked with volunteers to distribute a variety of women’s coats in different sizes and styles as well as a few accessories to the Senior Center.

Photo Credit: Mikell Richards.

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2. Crystal Eastman was the female ____ who worked for equal rights and suffrage, co-founded the ACLU in 1910, and helped write the Equal Rights Amendment.

7. Barbara Mikulski is the longest-serving United States ____, elected in 1968.

13. What former slave was a powerful speaker for the rights of women and black people?

14. Who was the first black woman lawyer in the United States and the first woman admitted to District of Columbia bar in 1872?

15. What sport did Martina Navratilova win 56 Grand Slam competition events and 9 Wimbledon women’s singles titles?

16. Which position was Geraldine Ferraro the first woman candidate for on a major political party ticket in 1984?

18. Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for this elected position of the United States in 1872.

20. Who was the Shoshone Indian woman who served as guide and interpreter on the Lewis & Clark expedition1?

21. Anne Bradstreet was the first American woman ____ whose work was published in London in 1650.

22. Susan B. Anthony was arrested and convicted of attempting to do this in 1872.

23. Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice? Down

1. What woman ran for president on the National Equal Rights Party, receiving 4149 votes in 6 states in 1884?

3. Annie Dodge Wauneka was the first Native American to receive the Presidential Medal of ____ in 1963 for work in decreasing Infant mortality decreasing tuberculosis.

4. Elizabeth Blackwell became the first licensed ____ in the US

5. Betty Friedan wrote “The ____ Mystique” in 1968 and became a leading figure in the Women’s Movement.

6. Judy Garland is the first female artist to win a Grammy for ____ of the Year.

8. Louise Bogan was the fourth poet ____ appointed to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title.

9. Maria Goeppert Mayer was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in ____ in 1963 after she discovered the structure of atoms.

10. Donaldina Cameron is credited with helping free more than 2000 Chinese women and children smuggled into which California city lo be sold as slaves.

11. Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to ____.

12. Madeleine Albright was the first female Secretary of ____ of the US, appointed by President Clinton in 1997.

17. Harriet Tubman served as a “conductor” on the Underground ____, freeing hundreds of southern slaves and leading them to safety in the North.

19. Queen Liliuokalani was the queen of which nation before it became a part of the US?