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Co-op City Times / April 17, 2010
Applications for Co-op City residents to work on roof project to be available at May 4th Job Fair BY BILL STUTTIG Applications for Co-op City residents to work with APA Restoration as they replace the roofs on eight buildings in Co-op City, will be available at the Riverbay Job Fair on May 4 in the Dreiser Auditorium. Last week, the Riverbay Board approved a contract to have APA Restoration replace the roofs on eight buildings tentatively beginning in early July. Work will commence shortly after the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal approves the contract in approximately 60 days. The contractor offered to hire local residents to help complete the assigned building roofs and Riverbay accepted the offer. Monica Williams of the Riverbay Risk Management Department said this week that applications will be handed out at the Riverbay Fund/Public Safety Department’s Job Fair which will take place on Tuesday, May 4 in the Dreiser Auditorium from 3-7 p.m. Applicants must be 18 years of age and older. Completed applications will then be sent to the contractor who will make the final determination as to who is hired. Riverbay’s Director of Construction, Tony Rasulo, said that the position that local residents might qualify for depends on their individual experience in the field. Most positions available are for general laborers. The contract for approximately $4.2 million was awarded to APA Restoration, a
Queens-based general contractor specializing in all phases of exterior façade restoration, roofing and waterproofing. The firm is fully licensed, bonded and insured, according to the website. Past clients include the Ed Sullivan Theater and the Jewish Home and Hospital. APA will begin work initially on the roofs of Buildings 22, 23 and 24. After those three are completed, work will move on to Buildings, 4, 9, 11, 19 and 20. So far, the roofs of 17 buildings have been replaced and these eight represent the next stage of the project. After that, there will be 10 buildings left to have new roofs installed. Rasulo explained that the contracted work includes removing the old roofing material and replacing it with a new Siplast surface, the same surface used on the 17 buildings already completed. Rasulo said that with the record rains of the last month, including almost 11 inches of rain that fell in nearly a two week period, no leaks were reported in any of the buildings that had the new roofs previously installed. Aside from the roof replacement, the contract also calls for some minor brick replacement work to bulkheads. APA Restoration was chosen by the project manager and engineer as the lowest responsible bidder from among 15 contractors who submitted proposals. In total, 55 Requests for Proposals were sent out to contractors by the Riverbay Contracts Department.
Two Westchester detectives hurt during arrest in Co-op City apartment
Detectives from the Westchester County Department of Public Safety’s WarrantFugitive Unit arrested Andrew Perez, 22, at his father’s home in Co-op City last Friday morning at approximately 10 a.m. He was wanted on a warrant charging him with criminal possession of a weapon and bail jumping, both felonies, from a previous arrest in 2007 in Dobbs Ferry. Westchester County Police said Perez put up a fight during the arrest and that two detectives suffered injuries in the struggle and were treated and released from the hospital. Perez faces additional charges of second-degree assault, a felony, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, as a result of the struggle. Photo by Bill Stuttig
Deepest condolences It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dennis, son of Mary Jaye, a former employee in the Riverbay Finance Department. Dennis
passed on Saturday, April 10, at the age of 35. Please keep Mary and her family in your thoughts and prayers during this sorrowful time.
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