President’s Message

- by Jean Hall

It is imperative that the Board hits the ground running during the first quarter of the new year. There are several priorities that we must address to ensure affordability and a safe and secure environment for all residents.

Your Board of Directors has begun making in-roads to making sure sound business practices are in place for financial budgets. With that in mind, the board itself, has developed a budget which will be reflected in the budget summaries for FY 2024 and FY 2025.

Your Board of Directors will be extending an invitation to all of our elected officials to discuss our main objective of keeping this development affordable. To find out what resources are available as we continue to ensure needed capital projects are completed. Our first meeting with State Senator Sanders is scheduled for 1/26/23.

Your Board of Directors will examine the current work for the convector project. A meeting will be held on 1/30/23 with all stakeholders responsible for working on this project. As I have stated before, the project will not begin until the Board is fully satisfied that the project can proceed because improved efficiencies, improved communications and accountability measures are in place.

Your Board of Directors will tackle the re-opening of building community rooms, the numerous complaints regarding the laundry rooms, and reviewing procedures for obtaining a new accounting firm in February 2023. This is just a snippet of the activities and priorities your board of directors continues to undertake on your behalf.

On 1/25/23, each household should have received the Order of the Commissioner of Housing and Community Renewal regarding the application fated April 29, 2022, requesting an carrying charge increase. This increase was approved by the prior majority board. Based on the Order of the Commissioner that carrying charge increase will be effective 2/1/23. If you have any questions regarding your specific account kindly call 718-276-5700 you will be directed accordingly.

During the month of February, we will celebrate Black History Month. This is a time to reflect on the multitude of contributions that African A mericans have made to the world. As one writer reflected, Black history is important because it is American history.

The Black History Month 2023 theme, “Black Resistance,” explores how “African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms and police killings,” since the nation’s earliest days. Let us embrace this month and pass the knowledge to our youth. To understand where we are going, we first need to understand where we came from.