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Co-op City Times / January 23, 2016
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Advance health care forum
The Retirees of Dreiser Loop is sponsoring an advance health care forum on Wednesday, January 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room 9 of the Dreiser Center, 177 Dreiser Loop. Anyone interested in attending is urged to sign up by calling (718) 379-0377 or 917-734-5935.
Black History Month Celebration in Co-op City
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Co-op City Section, and the Riverbay Fund, will cosponsor the 15th Annual Youth celebration of Black History Month on Saturday, February 27, 1-4 p.m., in Auditorium B of the Dreiser Community Center. This will be an afternoon of singing, dancing, stepping, poetry, Spoken Word, storytelling and much more. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. Youth groups interested in showcasing their talent at this celebration, or for more information, please call (917) 399-2643 or (917) 826-5644. Save the date and plan to attend, Saturday, February 27.
Support group for caregivers
A support group for people who give care to an infirmed or disabled loved one, family member, or friend is offered each Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Bartow Senior Center, Room 31. The program features guest speakers each week touching on such topics as elder care law, available home care services, personal safety initiatives to protect your loved one, and information on handling specific conditions such as Alzheimer’s Disease. For registration information, call 718-320-2066.
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Applications being accepted for scholarships and fellowship named in honor of past Co-op City resident and former aide to Gov. Cuomo Applications are now being ac-ceptservice. Carey proved that, when given use it to give back to his community. ed for the Carey Gabay Scholar-ship We remember Carey in the work that the opportunity to succeed, anything is Program, named in honor of the forwe do every day to improve the lives of possible, so I encourage eligible stumer aide to New York Governor dents to apply for these scholarAndrew Cuomo who died after ships and help us continue to build being caught in gunfire at the West a better state for all.” Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, Carey grew up in the Bronx, and NY last September. attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School. He was an Carey Gabay grew up in Co-op assistant counsel to Gov. Cuomo. City. He was 43. At the time of his passing, he was The Carey Gabay Scholarship first deputy counsel for the Empire Program will provide full scholarState Development Corp. ships to five incoming students in The Carey Gabay Scholarship, four-year programs within the state administered by the State Univeruniversity system “who exemplify sity of New York (SUNY), is open Carey’s commitment to social justice, leadership, and mentoring, and to students at all four-year SUNY also his personal story of succeedcolleges. It will be awarded anning academically despite having an ually beginning in the 2016-17 acaeconomically disadvantaged backdemic year, with current applicaground,” according to a press tions due on March 15, 2016. The release issued from the office of scholarships will be targeted at students from disadvantaged backGovernor Cuomo. grounds who have demonstrated “Carey was the perfect example of how hard work and service to Carey Gabay (Photo courtesy of NYS office of the Governor) academic excellence, leadership and mentoring skills, and a commitothers can make a difference in New Yorkers, and we hope that these ment to social justice, along with other life,” Governor Cuomo said in the statescholarships will help other young peoment. “He could have done anything ple change the world through public and yet he chose to take his success and (Continued on page 4)
Riverbay Corp. salutes employees for Perfect Attendance for 2015
Co-op City’s Buildings and Grounds, Maintenance, Restorations, Parking Facilities and Community Centers’ Local 32BJ unionized employees who worked throughout 2015 without taking one sick day were honored for their dedication to the job and the community at a luncheon held last Friday, Jan. 15, in the Bartow Community Center. Riverbay Interim General Manager Noel Ellison, Human Resources Director Inelle Cooper, and Board Director Junius Williams each personally thanked the workers for their relentless effort. Ellison told the workers: “I am the face of the corporation, but you guys do the work. The accolades that I get I share with you. We are a team and there is no other housing company that does what we do for this community.” The 51 workers honored for perfect attendance and dedication to the job in 2015 were: Jose Alvarez, David Brown, Stephen Brugman, Bovell Campbell, Ruben Chaparro, Jerome Christopher, Jose L. Claudio, Filiberto Coreano, Luis Duquela, Anton Dusaj, Pedro Medina Fernandez, Ryan Francis, Vincent L. Francis, Franc Hota, Nelson Rafael Jorge Collado, Lush Kocaj, Filip Kocovic, Kolja Kocovic, Naim Kurtovic, Dede Lasku, Ancell Leslie, Keithley Liburd, Hipolito Lino, Jorge Madera, Petar Markolovic, Hector O. Melendez, Tomor Mrizaj, Kingsley Ofori, Steven Pachlin, Alfonso Pagan Vazquez, Anthony Pearson, Pashko Pllumaj, Peter Popovic, Bautista Quinones, Eduardo Ramirez, Juan Ramon Francisco Reynoso, Otoniel Roman Rios, Alvin L. Rivera, Ramon Villalongo Rosado, Santos Rodriguez, Sergio Sanchez Corraliza, Antonio Suazo, Belarminio Tavarez, Ricardo Torres-Colon, Darryl Towns, Wing Kwong Tse, Justo J. Valdes, Jose Valentin-Corraliza, Marcelino A. Vargas, Ruben Vargas, and Zef Zefaj. Photo by Bill Stuttig