Co-op City Times 06-21-25

Shareholders Invited to Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, June 25 In-Person Voting Commences June 25-June 28

By ROZAAN BOONE

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 is the date of the annual meeting of shareholders as well as the start of in-person voting in the 2025 Riverbay Board of Directors election.

From 6-10 p.m. in the Dreiser Center on Wednesday evening, officials from the independent election company, YesElections, will be available to assist shareholders who wish to cast their Board election ballot in-person. In-person voting can be done electronically or by using a paper ballot.

In-person voting will continue on the following dates:

• Thursday, June 26, Einstein Community Center, 12 p.m.-8 p.m.

• Friday, June 27, Bartow Community Center, 12 p.m.-8 p.m.

• Saturday, June 28, Bartow Community Center, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

Shareholders voting in-person must bring ID, so their identities can be verified.

Ballots began arriving in Co-op City mailboxes this week. The 2025 Election Committee, co-chaired by Board Directors Monique Coleman and Leah Gra-

Candidates’ Debate Community Engagement, Lottering and Resolutions at Final Candidates’ Forum

BY DANIELLE CRUZ and ROZAAN BOONE

The third and final Candidates’ Forum for the 2025 Riverbay Board of Directors’ Election was held on Tuesday, June 17, in the Dreiser Auditorium.

Six of the 11 candidates were in attendance. Election Committee co-chairs Leah Graham and Monique Coleman were also in attendance along with Thais Rutledge from the League of Women Voters, who served as the forum moderator, and Election Committee member Jewel Crawford-Duncan, who served as the timekeeper.

Each candidate was given one minute to present their opening statements. The candidates were then asked nine questions submitted by shareholders and given one minute to answer eight of the questions and 15 seconds to answer one of the questions in a lightning round. At the end of the forum, the Election Committee opened the floor to shareholders in the audience, and three shareholders were able to step up to the mic and ask the candidates a question.

Q. How would you engage with residents to identify and address quality of life concerns?

Darnell Lopez: The proper way to engage with the community would be by all of our events, going up to shareholders, speaking to them, understanding what matters to them, understanding the different things that people have, coming together, understanding once again that nothing will be perfect, but we have to

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Power Outage

On Thursday, June 19, Buildings 1-8, Defoe Place Townhouses, Debs Place Townhouses, Garage 1 and the Dreiser Center experienced two power outages after the transformer in Building 3 failed, followed by the transformer in Building 6.

The first power outage occurred at 8:30 a.m., during which only some buildings experienced a total blackout, while some others only experienced a brief flicker. The Call Center was also impacted by the outage. The Power Plant quickly responded to the outage and was able to restore power at 9:30 a.m.

The second power outage occurred at 10 a.m., when the transformer in Building 6 failed. During this outage, every building experienced a total blackout. Power Plant technicians on-site were then able to restore power to most shareholders by 11:30 a.m. The power to some townhouse units on Defoe Place was restored at 9 p.m.

“The power was restored quickly due to redundancies built into our infrastructure,” said Power Plant Director Egan Anders. “The Power Plant will be working diligently to restore those redundancies in Building 3 and 6 in the coming months.”

Management thanks shareholders for their patience and apologizes for the inconvenience caused by the power outage.

—Power Plant

ham, advises anyone who has not yet received their Riverbay Board election ballot to contact YesElections by calling (855) 970-6106 or emailing help+riverbay@yeselections.com to request a replacement ballot.

Eligible shareholders of record as of April 1, 2025 are voting to elect up to five candidates from among the 11 certified to run in this year’s Board election. The certified candidates are Kevin Lambright, Bishop Angelo Rosario, Leslie Peterson, Anika Green-Watson, Keith Logan, Daryl Johnson, Shacara Cudjoe, Idalia Reyes, Grace Solomon, Leah Richardson and Darnell Lopez. There is one vote per residential unit.

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Reminder: NYC Primary Election, Tuesday June 24, 2025. (See more

Open Board Meeting/Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be held in Dreiser, June 25

The annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Wednesday, June 25, when the Riverbay Board of Directors meets in open session in the Dreiser Auditorium. All shareholders are invited to attend.

From 6-7 p.m., the directors of Riverbay departments will be available to meet with shareholders. The Gallery Session will begin promptly at 7 p.m., and those who wish to address the Board are asked to arrive early and sign the speakersʼ list. The Board meeting will be convened following the Gallery Session.

Starting at 6 p.m., shareholders who wish to cast their 2025 Riverbay Board election ballot in-person will be able to meet with an election official from YesElections, the independent election vendor, and to get assistance, if required, to vote electronically or by paper ballot. The 2025 voting period is currently open and will end at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

Please see the Agenda for the June 25th Open Board meeting below.

Forum ––––– (Continued from page 1) strive and try to do different things to help everyone that is here. Those different things, as far as quality of life, everyone has a different meaning, but we have to make sure that we have the right Board members here that actually care about that, and will do what is needed with the shareholders to make sure we can upgrade the quality of life.

Grace Solomon: I basically would look at bringing the community together. I would definitely try to make building presidents and building association members one of my key expertise or person who is knowledgeable on what’s happening in their particular building, particular section and also their concerns for the community. So, some of the people that I would be looking for basically to work with would obviously be the senior citizens, youth, people with disabilities, people who are having special needs and I would probably bring those people to the forefront, to the table.

Anika Green-Watson: So, my estimation, the major vehicle through which the Board can engage with shareholders is through the Open Board meeting. So, once a month, we have Open Board meetings and shareholders for the first portion of that Board meeting have the opportunity to come to a Gallery Session. The term quality is subjective, right? Because what is quality for you may not be quality for your neighbor. And so, in that venue, you have an opportunity to raise your concerns to the Board and have the Board act on it immediately, either through a recommendation to Management, a certain department in Management, or through immediate feedback, right? There are 15,372 units in this development. There are 15 Board directors. If you would like to be heard, if you would like to interface with the Board, come out to Board meetings.

Leslie Peterson: The way that I engage with residents always is I’m kind of a people person, so wherever I am, I speak with people. It’s a very large

community. At its face, we have 15,000 units here, so that’s not even counting for the number of people. So, whether I’m in the elevator, I speak with people. In my building, I speak with people. We have a lot of functions here in Co-op City, so I get to interact with people. People like different things. People do different things. So, whether it’s something that is civically involved, or whether it’s socially involved, music, whatever event it is, I go, I participate. Even in community committee meetings that we have I try to make sure that I go to those committee meetings because there are a number of people here with a lot of good ideas, a lot of fantastic thoughts, and I need to know of a variety of them so that I can best represent them in the boardroom.

Daryl Johnson: Okay, so you have to first develop very good solutions to quality-of-life issues. I believe in writing viewpoints, strong viewpoints about quality-of-life issues. Also, you have to attend Board meetings and explain and listen to people, talk to them, help them to understand, hey, exactly what we’re doing to accomplish what we want as a community. My telephone number is in the paper, so Board directors should be able to communicate with you and you should be able to communicate with Board directors. So, folks want to call me, “Mr. Johnson, Daryl Johnson, hey, what’s going on with this?” Let’s go. We can talk about it, all right? And then you have to be willing to work with the community. Show them that, hey, we can make good improvements here. That’s what I’m all about. Working with people, talking to people, helping to resolve problems, that’s my whole goal here. So, I want the community to elect good directors that are going to represent you in a proper way.

Kevin Lambright: One of the main things that I learned… serving on the Board at least is that you, as a Board member, you can interact with individu-

als because I’ve experienced that even before I got on the Board. For many years, I’ve been helping seniors and youth and getting involved in community organizations and committees, so it’s not hard to do, but that’s me as an individual. Shareholders need a way to communicate how they feel, what they think, and ideas. So, what I would do is I would push for this website that we have so that people can actually go in and give suggestions and talk about things. I’m not talking about things that, the problems that you have inside of your apartment, but a lot of people have ideas because there’s a lot of skilled people here that we’re not utilizing.

Keith Logan: First, I would listen to the individual’s problem. If there’s something that I can do personally to help or fix the problem, I would interject, but I wouldn’t promise something that I couldn’t deliver. I’m a firm believer in meaning what you say and saying what you mean. So, a lot of times, people will give you the answer you want to hear, and then things don’t get addressed. Also, some of the quality-of-life issues should be handled through a chain of command, and as a Board member, a lot of the times, it’s not for you to step in, unless it’s an issue that is to the point where you should step in. You should allow the people that work here to do their jobs and handle the issues that they’re supposed to handle.

Q. How do you handle criticism or feedback, especially when it comes from fellow shareholders?

Anika Green Watson: So timely. I see criticism and feedback actually as an opportunity for growth. And that’s both in the context of being a Board director and just in the context of being a human. We are ever-growing, and I will be honest with you, when I got on the Board four years ago, I had some ideas about how things worked and how things didn’t work, and it is a completely different story being in the actual seat. You have to be open, and (Continued on page 4)

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Summer Meals Offered Through August

BY BRANDON ORTIZ

New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) will offer free summer meals beginning this month through August.

Specifically, summer meals will be offered from June 27 to August 29 for any individuals 18 years or younger. Breakfast is served from 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m., followed by lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Halal options are also available. Public school locations will serve meals weekdays, while three food trucks across the city will offer meals seven days per week. There is one truck in the Bronx at Haffen Park located at Ely Avenue and Hammersley Avenue. Summer meal food trucks operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends.

Notably, NYCPS highlighted that individuals “don’t need to sign up, show papers, or have an ID to get these meals.”

For Co-op City shareholders, there are two nearby locations to receive a free summer meal:

1. M.S. 180 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams: located at 700 Baychester Avenue.

2. P.S. 160 Walt Disney: located at 4140 Hutchinson

River Parkway East.

To find other Summer Meals locations around the city, visit tinyurl.com/yxykyfwx.

For parents of high school students looking to keep their children active this summer, the Public School Athletic League (PSAL) offers programming in July and August. Programming is available in every borough. Locally, Harry S. Truman High School will offer several programs, according to the PSAL. From basketball, tennis and swimming to robotics and e-sports, Truman High School will feature a variety of offerings for students. Each program offered at Truman High School and citywide spans approximately two weeks, starting Monday, July 14. Programs begin at 3 p.m. and finish at 6 p.m. from Monday to Thursday. There will be two sessions, with the second session starting on Wednesday, July 30, and concluding on Thursday, August 14.

Program seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. If a program does not appear when completing the registration form, then it has reached capacity. Parents and students can find a complete list of all upcoming programs and register at tinyurl.com/56cse5sw.

District 12 Participatory Budgeting Results Released

BY BRANDON ORTIZ

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced the results of the latest citywide Participatory Budgeting process on May 30.

District 12 will use roughly $1.5 million toward the following three projects that will benefit the community:

• Project 1: $1,000,000 to upgrade the Truman High School fitness center

• Project 2: $250,000 for security cameras in Co-op City

• Project 3: $200,000 for technology upgrades at Baychester Middle School

This year’s winning proposals will be included in the 2026 Fiscal Year budget.

rowing the options down based on the needs of each City Council district. Next, March and April are dedicated to raising awareness about Participatory Budgeting voting followed by the actual voting window. Lastly, May and June are when winning proposals are announced, included in the upcoming City budget and officially begin implementation.

Speaker Adams detailed the importance of the Participatory Budgeting process on May 30.

The Harvest Home Farmers Market will return to Co-op City in July. More details will be forthcoming.

Silent Disco

Join the Co-op City Silent Disco, Friday, June 27, 5-8 p.m. on the Section 5 Greenway. Bring your own headphones or rent headphones free; bring ID.

Make a Plan & Plan to Vote!...

... in the 2025 Riverbay Board of Directors election. Keep reading the Co-op City Times and vote to help make the quorum to avoid extending the election.

The Voting Period is from June 11–July 8 at 9 p.m. Be sure to return your ballot as soon as it arrives.

Avoiding Scams

If it sounds too good to be true, if you are being pressured to make an immediate decision, or if you were contacted unexpectedly, STOP – hang up the phone or walk away. Immediately speak to someone you trust – a friend, family member, neighbor or even CCPD. Call (718) 671-3050 or send an email to info@ccpd.us.

Over 93,000 New Yorkers voted in the latest cycle of Participatory Budgeting, which took place in the spring from March 29 to April 6. For this year’s cycle, a total of $30 million was allocated for all City Council districts in New York City.

Beginning in October and extending through November, the Participatory Budgeting process starts by gathering ideas for proposals from community members. From December to February, city agencies and staff assist with developing ideas into legitimate proposals and begin nar-

By BRANDI SIMPSON

“Through Participatory Budgeting, New Yorkers across the city have contributed thoughtful ideas and projects to improve their neighborhoods, and the winning projects will be included in the upcoming city budget,” said Speaker Adams. “This process fosters greater civic engagement and empowers New Yorkers of all ages to be involved in the long-term success of their communities. I am grateful to my Council colleagues, the budget delegates who advanced funding proposals, and the over 93,000 New Yorkers who voted for their favorite projects.”

In recent cycles, District 12 has voted to approve projects such as renovating the PS 087 playground and upgrading the air-conditioning system at Bronx Alliance Middle School.

JASA Celebrates Juneteenth

JASA hosted their annual Juneteenth Celebration on Wednesday, June 18. Kicking off the celebration with a parade led by Grand Marshal Dr. Adeyemi LaCrown Oloruntoba, PhD, DD, president of the Coalition of African American Churches and Organizations in Co-op City. The parade started at the Baychester Library, continuing through Co-op City Blvd., Bartow Ave., and Asch Loop before returning to the Bartow Community Center. Joined by Executive General Manager Marvin L. Walton, FDNY Engine 66/Ladder 61, and the Bronx Health Sciences High School, participants held signs, banners, and flags, cheering and celebrating the freedom Juneteenth represents. Drummers Ralph Echevarria, Mehki Clayton-Smith, and Jalil Shabazz of The Afrikan Healing Circle also joined the parade, providing a musical element with rhythmic beats throughout the event. CCPD Officer Boone escorted the parade in her patrol vehicle, helping to maintain safety along the route. Following the parade was a ceremony organized by Ms. Ann Moncrieffe, Cynthia Dixon, and Debra Jones. The ceremony featured an invocation prayer from Rev. Cynthia Niles of Berean Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY. As well as a variety of entertainment including various singing and dance performances from BHS students, solo dances from Leah Carr, a nine-year-old choreographer, and Queen Ola, a poem by Ms. Yvonne Wallace, multiple speakers including special guest Ms. Phyllis Marie Bowdwin, a drum performance from The Afrikan Healing Circle, and multiple dances, from the JASA OAC Dancers, choreographed by Ms. Dixon, including a closing circle dance where the audience was invited to participate. (See page 16 for more pictures)

Photos by Brandi Simpson

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you have to have a willingness to learn. You have to be available for correction. And you have to know yourself well enough to correct yourself. It’s not always going to be a criticism or a statement coming from someone else. You have to be able to step back and say, okay, maybe I didn’t understand that exactly the way I should have. And so, I don’t have to call any names here, I have witnesses, I self-correct. I have no problems with people calling me out. This is a learning journey and if you can teach me something, by all means, please do it. Because at the end of the day, none of us have all the answers.

Keith Logan: I’m getting better at accepting criticism... Some things are warranted, but also some things are not. People think that the Board of Directors can snap their fingers and make things happen and that you personally hold the key to certain situations. But they don’t realize that there’s 14 other people that you have to work with to get things done. And if those 14 other people are not in agreement with you then things can’t happen. But I feel like criticism is always a way to reflect and see what you’re not doing well and what you can improve in. So that’s an area I have to get a little bit better at, to be completely honest.

Kevin Lambright: I’ve been married 30 years to my current wife, so I know about criticism. And I have four children who are adults now. I understand criticism and I’m used to it. I don’t always, let me just say, I don’t always agree with the criticism, but usually, I learned to just sit back and absorb. One of the things that happens when you’re either a building president or on the Board is people will always come to you and sometimes, you know, it’s meant well, and they will criticize you. It’ll be bad criticism, or it’ll be good criticism. It doesn’t matter. As long as you’re listening to them and you take it where it needs to go. In other words, I always try to find a solution and I let that person tell me the solution and most of the time, that’s what happens. They will tell you what they want.

Leslie Peterson: Sometimes criticism can be solicited, it can also be unsolicited. Regardless of either, it gives you a chance to be introspective. So, you look into yourself and see whether maybe the way that you looked at something, the way that you thought the way that something should be, is correct or not correct. And also incorporate what that person in their criticism told you or explained to you and try to see where some changes and some deviations could be made in your thought process. It is always to me a growing experience, such as my colleague said. So, I have no problem with criticism. Do I always like criticism? No. And sometimes the criticism that I hear from the shareholders is not necessarily criticism of me but criticism in the manner in which we do things, how things are conducted, or how they think they should be conducted. So I don’t have a problem.

Daryl Johnson: The key thing as being a Board director is this, you have to make sure that you represent this community in the proper way. That is the main thing that you should be worried about, as a Board director. Are you going to take sides with directors that are going to approve every single increase, every poor resolution that Management…some folks produce in this community? No, don’t do that. Represent this community… Sure, people will criticize me, but they should be able to see that you have integrity. They should be able to see your intentions, that you are representing them in this community and that you want the best for this community. So, if they want to criticize what… is it intelligent? That’s the thing that we want to focus on. Be the best that you can be for this community here, write your viewpoints in that paper there and make sure that you’re doing a very good job, that way you overcome that.

Grace Solomon: Well, I look at it like this. There’s two types of criticism. There’s the constructive type and there’s the non-constructive type. The non-constructive type is actually used to discourage you and to maybe distract you. And the constructive type is the type that’s gonna benefit you. It’s the type that’s going to make you better. It’s the type that’s gonna help you to grow. And so, I would take the constructive criticism and like my mentor and colleague would say, Kevin, Kevin has said, I will use it as an opportunity to absorb and to reflect and to hopefully get better.

Darnell Lopez: As a Board director, I would enjoy the criticism. The reason why I say that, because everyone has an idea of perfect of where they live. That would give us an opportunity to understand that person’s perfect. Now, the good side of that, what I understand it to be, is it gives us as a Board a chance to get better, because it’s always about forward progress, always. But the thing about it is it gives you a different point of view. It gives you the point of view of the shareholder, of the resident, on how they see things. Maybe it could be misinterpreted. Maybe they need a little bit more information, or maybe we’re doing it wrong. And that’s something that us, as adults, shareholders, need to have not a problem with. We will make mistakes, but we need to be smart enough to know when to correct it. So, the criticism for me would be an easy thing to take care of because it just has to make us better. And that’s what we all want.

Q. What policy or oversight structure do you recommend to safeguard shareholders and prevent the Co-op City Police Department misconduct?

Kevin Lambright: Well… personally I don’t agree with any type of police misconduct. Here in Co-op City, it is a policy that we… the type of policing that we do here is community policing. It’s a lot different than what some of us have probably experienced with NYPD and I’m not trying to sound like I’m not a fan of NYPD, but I am a fan of community policing. And I’m going to say this because we have a lot of youth here who don’t have a lot of activities and so they look for something to do. If you don’t give them something to do, they will find something to do. As far as our CCPD here, in my experience, there have been very little misconduct and the ones that have existed we have actually addressed, and I’m proud of the CCPD that we have here now.

Riverbay Directors’ Corner

John Lowe, Director, Insurance Risk Management Department

My name is John Lowe, and I am the director of the Insurance Risk Management department for Riverbay Corporation. I have been in this role for the past nine years and have been in the real estate insurance industry for nearly thirty years.

My department, with three colleagues assisting me, oversees, manages and is responsible for the renewal of Riverbay’s 15 insurance policies. These policies include:

• Workers’ Compensation Insurance – Provides medical benefits, wage replacement, and other benefits to Riverbay employees who are injured or become ill because of their job.

• General Liability Insurance, also known as Commercial General Liability (CGL) Insurance – Protects Riverbay from financial losses due to claims of bodily injury, property damage, and personal injury from third party claimants from Riverbay’s operations. CGL is a crucial form of business insurance, and the first line of defense against common risks.

• Excess General Liability Insurance – Provides additional liability protection beyond the limits of Riverbay’s primary CGL insurance.

• Commercial Automobile Insurance – protects Riverbay from financial responsibility if an accident involving a Riverbay vehicle results in bodily injury or property damage. It covers the cost of damages, legal fees, and potential lawsuits if Riverbay or its employees are at fault.

• Property Insurance – Riverbay has two Property Insurance programs. The first is for the Power Plant. The second covers all other physical structures at Co-op City. Property insurance coverage protects these properties from various risks including fire, flood, windstorm, and earthquake.

The Insurance Risk Management department works with the Finance department collecting and reviewing shareholders’ insurance certificates to make sure all certificates show the required coverage and limits

We find many shareholders having a Renter’s Insurance Policy instead of a Co-operative/Condominium (C/C) Insurance Policy. While both policies insure your personal property, the C/C policy has broader coverage which includes the structural elements in your co-op (doors, kitchen cabinets, bathroom fixtures installed by Riverbay). As a shareholder, you own shares in your unit. You are not a renter. We call and inform shareholders who have Renter’s Insurance they need to change to a C/C policy for better coverage and financial protection.

The Insurance Risk Management department also reviews shareholder insurance certificates to make sure the required types of insurance coverage and minimum amounts are met:

• Personal Property Coverage ($25,000) – This insurance protects your belongings within your co-op from damage or theft. If you have valuable items, such as jewelry, artwork, or a baseball card collection, you may want to insure for an amount commensurate with the total value in your co-op.

• Building Property Protection ($2,500) – This insurance is for the structural components of your co-op, including exterior and interior, and any fixtures permanently installed within it such as Riverbay flooring & doors should your co-op be damaged. If you install any personal item that replaces a Riverbay-installed item, such as flooring or kitchen cabinets, those items are now your personal items and need to be covered.

• Liability Protection ($100,000) – This insurance in a C/C policy protects you if you are found responsible for bodily injury or property damage to others, whether it is on your property or off. It covers damages to Riverbay or other shareholders resulting from your negligence, such as causing a fire to your unit. It is a standard part of your C/C policy.

• Guest Medical Protection ($1,000) – This insurance coverage provides financial assistance for medical expenses incurred by guests who are injured while visiting your co-op, regardless of who is at fault for the injury.

• Additional Living Expenses (12 months) – This insurance coverage helps pay for the extra cost of living elsewhere when your co-op becomes uninhabitable due to a covered loss, like a fire, flood, or storm. It is designed to cover expenses that are beyond your normal living costs, such as temporary housing, meals, and other necessities. This coverage DOES NOT relieve you of your responsibility for paying your monthly carrying charge due to Riverbay while you are in temporary housing.

The Insurance Risk Management department also works with members of the Cooperator Services Office (CSO) with inspections of plumbing issues and property damages to shareholder units. We work with members of the Safety department with building inspections and touring the entire Co-op City campus to identify and correct safety hazards that could lead to potential claims.

On behalf of my colleagues, I welcome all shareholders with questions about their insurance policies to visit the Insurance Risk Management department at Room 24 in the Bartow Community Center.

Thank you.

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Darnell Lopez: So, being someone who grew up here, understanding that as a community there is not much activity for the youngsters to do. The main thing we need to do is definitely get a youth center together. We need to connect the dots. Now, I understand there are a lot of

Forum –––––– (Continued from page 4) activities going on here, but I see that there’s a lot missing where the youth have no idea it’s going on. So, we have to do a better job of connecting those dots. Now, when it comes to police misconduct, I can totally understand where they may come from, dealing with unruly undesirables. But it’s on us as a community to give them a safe space to go to, to release that energy, possibly learn some new things, new skills or maybe be more creative. But what we would need to do is have some sort of a youth center. When I was a young boy, we used to have YAC here, and every boy from the youngest to the oldest would be there.

Grace Solomon: One of the policies that I think I would recommend using in order to oversee oversight of the police would be to work collaboratively with our commander and to also listen and find out what it is that’s happening with our youth. What’s happening with some of our blind spots? What’s happening with some of our cameras? Some of the things that they’re supposed to oversee, and it’s really important that we’re listening to them, but that we’re also working collaboratively with our shareholders and making sure that we’re listening to them and making sure that they’re finding Co-op City to be a very safe place.

Anika Green-Watson: Okay, so I am going to resist the urge to respond how I would in my professional life. But I do want to call out the question, right, because I think it presupposes this CCPD misconduct, and I just want to disabuse this audience of thinking that this is some proliferating problem that we need to ask seven people here to work through. But I will say that as a Board, our policy work… So, when you think about resolutions, you see the resolutions that we vote on that’s been talked about quite a bit; a lot of that comes from Management. But the policy work that the Board draws is driven in committee. And so, what it sounds like this question is getting at is a safety concern, and so we do have a Safety Committee, and I think there are opportunities there for shareholders, if they have true policy issues or true safety concerns, for us to raise them in that venue. But I don’t want to assume that we’ve got issues with CCPD.

Keith Logan: I don’t think that there’s necessarily a problem with misconduct with CCPD in my dealings with them and what I’ve seen in the community. I don’t know everybody’s perspective, but I think that we need more CCPD if that’s a policy or a stance that we should take as far as hiring more officers and having them available during the middle of the night and the times when crime and activities are happening. I think that would be a better help. As well, as my colleague stated, a youth center would help deter a lot of things that go on because our kids need something to do.

Leslie Peterson: …Directors are charged with setting policy, and a lot of the work is done in committee. So, what I would like to see happen is that our former captains that we had, they had certain stances on how we should handle our dog problem. A lot of people complain about what’s going on there. They had a problem with the way that we wanted them to police and show visibility. I had a conversation with one recently, and they told me how they were going to have people at the stores, and I said, “but the main reason why we have CCPD is to protect the residents that are here in Co-op City.” We want the stores protected, but the shareholders more so. We need to push for more visibility. We need to push for some changes in the way that they monitor certain things that go on here in Co-op City.

Daryl Johnson: Well, you touched on a good point there. Let me bring up something to this community here. If you read my viewpoints a few years ago, you’ll see that I’ve audited our books on several occasions and one time, several times, I noticed that we have a problem with some officers. This is a few years ago now, they were filling up, and other employees, they were filling up their vehicles two and three times within one hour. And I said to myself, “how at all could this be possible?” But it was true, and I proved it. We don’t have that problem anymore. I published it in the newspaper so that this community could see this is what was going on. I’m glad that they changed it and I’m glad that they changed the entire system. We cannot have that type of nonsense going on here. Currently, our public safety officers are managed in a proper way, and that’s good. But did we have a problem years ago? Yes, but you need strong directors that are going to point out these problems here.

Q. What changes would you advocate for improving the Riverbay Corporation’s Call Center?

Daryl Johnson: The Call Center, look, there’s many things that we can do. For instance, in reference to the Call Center, first of all, we have to empower our shareholders. Shareholders should not have to rely solely on the Call Center. Why can’t we have a system where folks can use their telephones if they need a work order we can produce. Put the work order on the telephone and this way, if somebody has a problem… they can instantly point that out in their telephone and send it right in. They don’t have to deal with the Call Center. This way, the volume within the Call Center will go down. Now, folks here, workers will have a responsibility to respond just as though they are responding to the Call Center, and everybody can be held accountable. Currently, we put too much emphasis on the Call Center, but we have to put more emphasis on the shareholders and empower them… Say for instance that folks come over here, they can enter their work orders over here also, and this way they can get the same job done.

Kevin Lambright: When the Call Center first was put together, after the first year, we had spent over a million dollars on the Call Center. And the program that they were using, they realized this is the wrong one, so they bought another one. Now this is a few years ago, so I did some research, and I approached the then Management and Board president at the time, and suggested that there were other programs that, just like Daryl suggested, those programs, and I introduced them to the people who could give us those programs. As a matter of fact, one was going to be giving it to us for free, but the IT director at the time said that wouldn’t work with the current system that we have, which I thought was ridiculous, because it’s a separate system and it would have cost us nothing.

Leslie Peterson: One of the things that I did speak to Management and the Board about, one thing was that when I first got on the Board was, like I mentioned, I was

a property manager, and whenever somebody called in for a ticket, they always got a number, and I noticed that we here at Co-op City did not give ticket numbers out. So just because I know people are watching, I want them to know now, and in the past year, you should have been receiving a ticket when you call in. Other than that, I have been living here in Co-op City for 40 years, and I know when I moved into Co-op City, I could make a call to the CSO office, tell them what my complaint was, and somebody came and whatever it was got fixed. If that can happen that way sometimes there’s an expression, and expressions mean something, if it’s not broke, don’t fix it. So, it was not broke and we fixed it, supposedly, but I think we need to go back to the way that it was before. That’s what I think as far as the Call Center and break the units up a little bit smaller, in manageable areas, so that it can be repaired faster for the shareholders.

Darnell Lopez: What we can do with the Call Center is update it with more modern tech. Just an idea, we can create an app-based AI bot to some degree. You can download that, add your issue in there, it’ll give you a case number, and give you the option of would you like to interact via email, or through the chat, or get a call back. This way, this will create some type of order. That way, it can be funneled to the people in the Call Center, so these things can be more organized. Because the main issue that I always hear is that the turnaround time is not as proficient as everyone would like. That could be definitely an update to the Call Center.

Keith Logan: It’s probably an unpopular opinion, but I agree with Leslie, with if it’s not broke, don’t fix it. I’ve worked in the CSO department, and I’ve worked in the Restoration department, which gets a lot of calls from the Call Center. I feel like in those particular departments, people were specialized in whatever trades corresponded to those departments, and it would be more knowledgeable. Now, when everything came together, with them cross-training everybody, all of the information didn’t translate well. So, I feel like it was more effective when you called CSO, you were able to get a better response. If you called Restoration, you were able to get a better response. So, I happen to agree with that opinion.

Grace Solomon: In regards to the Call Center, I would definitely make a few changes. Although I really do think it’s working well for most shareholders, there are some shareholders who are finding it obsolete. So first and foremost, I would make it user-friendly. I would have the Call Center revitalize or using some state-of-the-art equipment, better equipment. And just like Darnell Lopez was saying, it’s so important that we use all of what we have in regards to social media. Someone like myself, who is profoundly deaf, calling, and then dialing, and then switching over to the next person…for some of us, this is a hardship. So, chats, emails, other opportunities.

Anika Green-Watson: So, the Call Center is a little bit of an Achilles heel, and I think the sentiment is shared among everyone on this panel. I think the improvement, though, comes from modernizing our technology. I work at a bank and we have a call center because customers complain sometimes. But to require a human to interface with a person who needs to get a message that is a run-of-the-mill message, I think is a little bit clunky, and it presents a bottleneck because you restrict the hours, and you restrict, obviously, the human capital you have. We do have a chat feature for the website, but I don’t know that it’s widely known or widely used. I think we need to move into the 21st century, though, to be able to track the work better. So, some ideas that were mentioned that I had already jotted down were to have a self-service feature, an app, I know the chat is similar, but it’s still a live person on the other end. An interactive voice response, an IVR machine, where you can go in put your problem in and have it serviced that way.

Q. What top three issues do you think the Board should focus on? (15-second lightning round question)

Grace Solomon: Budget oversight, maintenance and restoration and quality.

Darnell Lopez: Top three would be youth initiative, budget oversight and community communication.

Keith Logan: Youth Center, Youth Center, Youth Center.

Anika Green-Watson: So, I’ve got fiscal management, quality of life issues and community engagement/outreach/involvement.

Kevin Lambright: Quality of life issues, employment, setting up a system so that Riverbay residents get access to jobs here before anybody else does.

Daryl Johnson: In this order, we have to fix our budget. We have to stop all these insane increases, all this excessive spending. We must fix our computer systems. We must, that’s a disgrace. What happened here is a total disgrace. I’m very upset about that. And of course, we have to institute a daycare program for folks here.

Leslie Peterson: From the time that I got on the Board, I’ve been a proponent of a youth center. I want some vocational skills for our youth here, as well as activities that they would like. quality of life issues, and visibility of the CCPD, more visibility.

Q. Board resolutions are how you institute changes. What resolutions do you plan to submit to effectively advance your community agenda?

Grace Solomon: A resolution that I would use to help the community would be resolutions to fix convectors, garages, and deal with some of our safety. This is a capital funds project. Another resolution would be to work with our unions so that we’re seeking to keep our employees safe and trained and properly pay well… we’re dealing with them in a fair and equitable way. Another resolution I believe I would have is, that in regards to, keeping Co-op City sustainable, in regards to the EV chargers… and that’s a big capital project. That’s something that we have to focus on.

Darnell Lopez: Resolution that I would, I have a few resolutions in mind that I would like to effect change. Number one would definitely be our youth center, because we need to have our young people engaged more. We, as a community, and Riverbay as a corporation, we have a (Continued on page 9)

In Memoriam –Deborah C. Nelson

It is with deep sorrow that the African-American Association of Co-op City announces the passing of Sister Queen Deborah Caroline Nelson. Not only to the AAACC, but her unwavering commitment to the Pan African mission and tireless advocacy were a source of strength and inspiration to us all. She will be profoundly missed, both for her leadership and for the compassion she brought to everything she did. Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones during this difficult time.

––Michelle Marbury

The Drammeh Center

We mourn the loss of a valued board member. It is with deep sorrow that we acknowledge the passing of Sister Deborah C. Nelson, a courageous, dedicated member of The Drammeh Institute and Center. Her unwavering commitment to our mission and her advocacy was a source of strength and inspiration to us all. She played a significant role in supporting our goals in advancing our work and various programs throughout Co-op City. She will be profoundly missed. Our thoughts are with her and her family.

Iman Drammeh

Deepest Sympathy – Mary Walker

At this time, the Broun Place Townhouse Association sadly announces that long-time resident, Mrs. Mary Walker, has joined the angels. On Saturday, June 14, she died from lung cancer. Mrs. Walker is survived by her husband, Tom, writer of acclaimed book “Ft. Apache.” We send our deepest condolences and prayers that they know no more sorrow.

––Eva Kindaichi-lazaar

Shareholders’ Meeting ––––– (Continued from page 1)

In order to make this year’s quorum of 5,041 certified ballots to validate the election without requiring an extension – which results in additional cost to Riverbay Corporation and shareholders – the Election Committee urges shareholders to complete and return the ballot as soon as it is received.

It is critical that shareholders read the ballot letter included in the green “Riverbay Board of Directors Election Official Ballot” envelope and follow the directions provided to make sure their votes are counted.

Shareholders can vote for up to five candidates only. Voting for more than five candidates will invalidate the ballot. Alternatively, those who choose not to vote for candidates can opt to cast their ballot for quorum purposes only.

Once the ballot is filled in, it must be placed into the envelope marked “Secret Ballot Envelope” and sealed. The Secret Ballot envelope must then be placed into the postage-paid, pre-addressed envelope and sealed. Both envelopes are provided in the green ballot envelope. The postage-paid envelope has a unique code imprinted that is specific to each residential unit eligible to participate in the Board election. This unique code is considered a more dependable and efficient way to validate the votes instead of the election vendor having to verify the authenticity of a voter’s signature. The Riverbay Legal department explained this week that the unique code is used by the election vendor to preserve the integrity and confidentiality of the election process. Therefore, returned ballots that are not in the post-paid, pre-addressed envelope will not be counted.

Ballots can be returned in one of three ways:

• By US mail in the postage-paid, pre-addressed envelope provided in the ballot envelope. Mailed ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday, July 8, 2025 to count in the election. Ballots that are postmarked after July 8, or not postmarked at all, will not be counted.

• Place the pre-paid ballot return envelope into the secure, blue Riverbay Corporation ballot box located in the three community centers. These ballot boxes, clearly marked “Riverbay Corporation Official Ballot Drop Box,” are located near the ATM machine in each of the centers (see page 8 in this issue). The ballot boxes are maintained by YesElections during the Board election.

• In person to the YesElections officials who will be on site on in-person voting day.

The 2025 voting period for the Riverbay Board of Directors election began on June 11 and will continue until 9 p.m. on July 8. If quorum is achieved by 9 p.m. on July 8, the Election Committee will certify the final count of election ballots at a public meeting on Monday, July 14, at 7 p.m. This meeting will be live streamed on the Riverbay in-house tv channels, 12 & 591. The Committee will then certify the election results to the Board and publicly post the results by 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. The newly-elected members of the Riverbay Board will be sworn in on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. The deadline to file challenges to the election in this scenario is Wednesday, July 16, 2025 by 5 p.m.

On the other hand, if a quorum is not obtained by 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, the election can be extended starting at 9:01 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 until Monday, July 28, 2025. (See extended schedule on page 22 of the June 14, 2025 issue of the Co-op City Times at issuu.com/cctimes.)

At the final Candidates’ Forum held in the Dreiser Center on Wednesday, June 17, both Election Committee cochairs, Board Directors Coleman and Graham, underscored the importance of shareholders’ participation in the Board election to help make the quorum.

“Meeting quorum is very important for this community so we don’t have to pay for an extension,” said Director Graham in her closing statement. “…It’s really important that we try to be as engaged in our wonderful community as possible. It’s really very, very important. The ballots are in the mail. They should be in your mailbox. We need you guys to help us. Please come out to make quorum …Hope to see you at the in-person voting.”

Director Graham, for her part, keenly explained that in the ballot envelope, there are two additional envelopes, one marked “Secret Ballot Envelope.” After filling out the ballot, she informed shareholders to place their ballot into the “Secret Ballot Envelope” first, seal it, and then place the “Secret Ballot Envelope” into the postage paid envelope with the return address.

“You will either put it in a mailbox or you can drop it in (Continued on page 21)

Important Notice to Shareholders of Bldg. 1 & Earhart Lane T’Houses

Article SIXTH of your Occupancy Agreement provides, in part, that your lease automatically renews for an additional three (3) year period. You need to do nothing if you want your lease to extend for another three (3) year period. If you will be moving out at the end of your lease, notify Riverbay, in writing, Attention: Sales Support Office, 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475, ninety (90) days prior to lease expiration.

Building 1 A&B

920 & 900 Baychester Ave. & Earhart Lane T’houses

Current Lease Expiration Date: September 30, 2025

New 3-Year Expiration Date: September 30, 2028

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Summer Precautions with the Outage

By SGT. JOSEPH VARGAS

While Riverbay continues to address solutions for the network outage, Co-op City Public Safety record keeping and reporting processes remain hampered: the manual processing and dissemination of incident reports and other data take additional time to complete. However, the Co-op City Public Safety’s doors remain open and the department continues to prioritize investigations preserving life, followed by quality-of-life and property. Co-op City Public Safety continues to be available to respond to emergencies through phone, walkin complaints, and can respond to 911 calls as well. CCPD has more than doubled Patrol visibility on the beat, in our shopping malls and vehicle patrol, during this network outage challenge. We have also shown twice as much presence at Riverbay outdoor events. As we approach and begin to experience some of the highest temperatures of the season, our Emergency Service Unit continues in operation, with our EMTs available to respond to medical concerns and to take blood pressure, sugar and other vital checkups.

Heat Tips

The first major health tip all medical professionals would suggest during the summer months is to listen to your body – do not shrug off a sensation. If you find yourself having a dizzy spell, fatigue, sudden “winded” onset, your body is trying to tell you something. Cease whatever you're doing and take a moment

What shareholders need to know about noise complaints

Shareholders experiencing undue and/or incessant noise coming from a neighboring apartment or home, are advised to call Public Safety, (718) 671-3050.

After the call is received and the location is noted, officers will be dispatched to the home of the shareholder calling in the complaint. When the officers arrive at the home of that shareholder, the shareholder should cooperate with the officers so they can confirm that there is noise from a neighboring home that is loud enough to be considered a violation of Co-op City by-laws designed to ensure each home’s quality of life.

After the investigating officers confirm the noise and determine it to be loud enough to be considered a violation, then a community complaint will be issued to the shareholder of record of the offending home.

The fine for the first offense is $100 and doubles for each fine thereafter.

to recover and reset, you may be experiencing heat exhaustion. At times, the weather may not seem quite as hot, but the humidity levels are high enough to cause physical exhaustion.

Hydrate! Drink plenty of liquids throughout the day; but none replaces pure water. Drink water. Sufficient intake of water strengthens muscle, brain, and recovery cells in the body. High temperatures increase blood pressure and sugar levels in the body, and, sufficient amount of water can help stabilize these conditions. Stay cool. Consider portable fans for outdoor activities and movement. Stay in shaded areas and try to limit outdoor activities to cooler parts of the day. Appropriate clothing should be worn outdoors. This means looser fitting and light clothes. Keep in mind that dark clothes absorb the rays of the sun. Wearing headgear, such as caps or fitted’s help protect the sensitive ears, eyes and face skin from UV rays. And, sunglasses can help to protect the eyes. It's also best to apply appropriate sunblock or sunscreen. UV rays are strongest between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Finally, do not be afraid to ask for help. The CCPD Emergency Service Unit’s EMTs are standing by to respond and assist with any heat conditions or concerns.

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Director’s Viewpoint Mary Pearson, Assistant Secretary

Last week, I promised there’d be more election talk this week, plus lots more on leaky convectors, the BxM7, Smart Curbs, pickleball progress, and who knows what else.

Here’s some of that what else

On page three of the 6/14/25 Co-op City Times, we learned that those ACE and ABLE Photo Enforced Bus Corridor tickets may not land in Co-op City drivers’ mailboxes anymore… maybe… soon. BUT. Though the bill (introduced by our elected state officials, Senator Bailey [in May] and Assemblyman Benedetto [in June]) has now passed both chambers of the state legislature (unanimously, it looks like), it still needs Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature to become law. And if/once it does, it will not go into effect for three months. So, drivers – you be careful out there

Trudi’s daughter will be so pleased, but good golly, Miss Molly! I didn’t even know this remedy was being pursued.

I do take exception to just one part of Sen. Bailey’s quote: “Dropping off your kids at school, waiting for a parking spot, cheering your kids on at a Little League game amongst other routine things shouldn't cost you financially.” I say absolutely for most of those scenarios, but anyone who doubleparks to go watch a ball game deserves a ticket, especially since we have a perfectly fine garage a block or so away.

And that, takes us to the curb: Curb Management Action Plan aka Smart Curbs.

To successfully implement more manageable roadways in Co-op City, to provide an ability for residents of Chevron buildings (and some Triple Cores) to reach the street anywhere between the far ends of their particular block, to give our delivery truck drivers a break looking for parking, to accommodate our residents with physical limitations and our mothers pushing strollers, all double parking needs to be curbed.

A preliminary meeting with a DOT representa-

tive (Department of Traffic), the first step on Co-op City’s trip to become a Smart Curb neighborhood, is in the works. In the meantime, if anyone would like to see the ACCESS PowerPoint without waiting for a let’s-get-on-the-same-page Town Hall, it’s yours for the asking.

But something’s happened since the presentation’s last tweaking, which, fingers crossed, might make a couple of pages about the BxM7 wrongway drivers irrelevant.

BxM7. I’d been complaining regularly – with no success – for a year and a half about the bad habit the BxM7 drivers had gotten into, traveling around Einstein Loop in the wrong direction. When I enclosed pictures with my 2/10/25 complaint, the MTA confirmed receipt, gave it a number and closed Case 06088595 four days later.

However, my 4/25/25 complaint, packed with even more pictures, caught their attention. Case 06346375 was officially labeled Dangerous deviation from Co-op City route, closed within days, reopened, and closed again on May 19.

The 5/30/25 complaint, with time-lapse videos, counted a mere one to two drivers an hour taking the shortcut. MTA reps called the videos invaluable aids in correcting the dangerous behavior of the drivers

Yes. Case 06459526 got its licks in before whamo closed on 6/13/25.

I'll keep at it, though, because, you know, Persistent Pearson, and because one of the complaint fielders sounded quite sincere when he or she wrote: Your continued support and feedback are incredibly helpful as we work to get this right.

Leaky convectors. Mitigating our perennial convector problems has been a top-of-the-heap issue for decades. I see four options. 1.) Install the tested 15,000+ convectors in the living rooms. 2.) Install the living room convectors and install water sensors in the remaining 40,000+. 3.) Install all 60,000+ convectors with water sensors. 4.) Do nothing and continue piecemeal patch work.

I’m for Option Two. Details next time.

Pickleball progress. I’m delighted to report: the regulation-size, Section 5, Erskine Place pickleball court is ready for action. And right in time for our 100º weekend. Enjoy! And hydrate!!

*ELECTIONS* City Elections. Today and tomorrow arethe last two days to Early Vote in Dreiser (from 9 to 5). Or vote in the general election on Primary Day, Tuesday, June 24, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. But VOTE!

*Riverbay Elections* Follow the directions on your green Riverbay Board of Directors Election Official Ballot THIS YEAR: There’s no need to sign your return envelope.

Endorsements. Judging from what I heard at the only Forum I’ve been able to attend so far, we have a great crop of candidates this go ‘round. I was so very impressed with the selection that I’ll need more time to make my five choices. I expect I will have learned enough from last Tuesday’s third and final Forum to make as informed a decision as possible, but, at this point, I only know that I will cast one of my votes for Anika Green-Watson (because we can’t afford to lose Anika Green-Watson!) and one of my votes will go to Grace Solomon.

Grace Solomon. Losing the fight to Save Ramp C wasn’t due to a lack of trying. Many were involved with the effort to save the easy way home for Section 5 drivers but none as unrelenting as Grace. Despite her being a person of deep faith and me being a devout atheist, we became fast friends while protesting not only the ramp’s destruction but the imperfect Metro-North railroad station access plan as well. The more I learned of her personal history and her herculean achievements in her role as an educator – not despite her disability but informed by it – the more I admired Grace. Grace will be a great addition to the Board and an important and needed voice for Co-op City and Section 5.

Have a good week, everybody. And please VOTE! MPearson@RiverbayBoard.com/718-2192211.

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Forum –––––– (Continued from page 5) high school here. There should be no reason that we do not have an apprenticeship, internships, for all of these children to progress in. We have executives that work here, Restoration, Garage, there are so, we have retired people here, and there’s a lot of engineers here. That’s something that should be mandated within the community. The same way things are mandated to help the senior citizens, we have to help the future.

Keith Logan: I think one of the most important things is our youth. If you look at a community and they don’t have youth, then you don’t have future. So, as well as like budgeting is important, but I think that we need to make a greater effort to have activities and a center for our youth. I have nothing against the animal hospital or against animals, but it’s a sad day in Co-op when we get an animal hospital before we get a dedicated youth center for our children.

Anika Green-Watson: So, I’m going to be the odd person out having served on the Board for some time and understanding how resolutions actually work and say that any talk about resolutions being presented is very premature. The majority of the resolutions that you see coming before you at a Board are not resolutions put forth by Board directors, and I would posit to say that very few of them actually are. Again, I mentioned earlier that a lot of our resolution work does come through our committee work, but you write a resolution resolving that we are going to build a 100-story structure on the Greenway and then what? We have a budget. There’s a process. We have policies already existing. But one resolution I do support that I think should be effective as soon as this new Board is seated is that we don’t have any seat warmers. Every director out of the 15 should take on a committee assignment. Every director needs to be involved in the committees as they are.

Kevin Lambright: Yes, thank you. I’m going to say it now because it was just said, one of the resolutions that I would put together, one of the first resolutions I would put together is that every Board member is involved, not just coming to a Board meeting, but chairing a committee. I have chaired over five committees at one time… The other thing I would do is create a Resource Committee that not only helps Riverbay when they order supplies and use their buying power but also gives certain discounts to shareholders where each apartment, each shareholder, will have a Riverbay card so that will give them discounts so that they can feel it right away in their pocket. And Co-op City first…

Daryl Johnson: One of the biggest things that I think, and I’m saying this in a positive way, one of the biggest things that we need to do in this community is we need to make a management change, okay? We have to stop the waste in this community here. Our budget has increased by 29 million dollars. We’ve received 51 million dollars from New York State, so that’s a major reason why you’re not going to get an increase now for the next year. Look at what happened with our computer system. That’s... I don’t like this. This community should not be accepting this. We have 130 vehicles here. Is that not waste? Those vehicles cannot leave Coop City… These buildings are not that far apart. You can walk, I walked over here. People that work here have to stop this waste here. We shareholders, we have to stop this waste here. Everyone needs to understand this. What’s going on here is wrong, so I would love this community to agree with me to make a management change here.

Leslie Peterson: Currently, I have the Sales committee, Residential Sales committee, and Restoration of vacant units. And so, there are some things that we were able to put together, but there are still some things that are lacking. One of the things that a lot of people wanted to do was to be able to, when they made improvements in their apartment, be able to have those improvements shown to the next person who was moving in, which was a very good thing for those who lived here. But along those lines with the apartments, I also have spoken to the legal department about finding ways in which we can have people who are on the waiting list when it’s time for them to be called sometimes it’s several years, and whatever money they have put aside,

they don’t have any more. And so, we’re trying to find a way to see if we can have them pre-qualify for some of the monies. And the other thing that we’re working with the Legal department with is subletting laws that are on the books with HCR and changing them.

Q: What specific actions will you take to address the increasing issue of individuals loitering around the Dreiser Loop Shopping Center, as well as in stairwells and hallways, to ensure the comfort and safety of all shareholders?

Kevin Lambright: It’s about really deployment of public safety and how it’s going to be done. I know we have a certain amount of Public Safety officers during each shift, but it’s the deployment, it’s how you deploy them. Also, making sure that all of our cameras are working, and even though it’s unfortunate that a lot of people will go on Facebook and tell our business as far as where we’re most vulnerable, which is something that shouldn’t be done because it’s doing nothing but hurting us when you do that. We should continue to … when you see something, say something, report it. There are a lot of people who actually sit, I learned this from my building association, people who sit and just watch the camera downstairs and wait for something to happen and actually call Public Safety. I love those people.

Darnell Lopez: As someone who grew up here, I remember as a young boy, when I would stay out a little too late, that there would be times when you would catch CCPD sweeping the stairwells. Now as an adult who is a shareholder himself, I don’t see much of that anymore. So that’s definitely one aspect that we can go back to that will help police our area, keep it a little safe. Once again, we can always make sure that the cameras actually work. Now, cameras do not stop crime. They are a deterrent so let’s be honest and say, you know, some crime will happen, but we need more actual policing. We’re a community. Do any of you know any of these police officers’ names? That’s a problem. So they need to make the step as well as us and we all need to get to know each other.

Leslie Peterson: Yes, along those lines, that’s why we often speak about more visibility with the CCPD officers, and in some of our material that we presented in some of our conversations in previous forums, we mentioned that we wanted to have continuous classes of our CCPD officers. Everybody is entitled when they come to work here to move and change and go to another location or job description. But we need to make sure that we always have people that are ready, that are willing to step in and become employed … There was a time when community policing was done very well by Chief Apollo when Chief Apollo was here. I loved him. I mean he was a very community-minded captain and he made sure that his officers were out there. You knew their names. They did, when he says, sweep the building, for those who don’t know, that means going up and down the stairwells and whatnot. And sometimes I just don’t see that happening now and hopefully with the increase in CCPD, we’ll see more of it.

Anika Green-Watson: I think one of the things that, you know, having budgetary constraints caused over the last couple of years was for us to skip a CCPD class, right? And I think one of the learnings from that is, however tight the budget ever gets in the future, that’s something that we should have on a continuous basis. And so, you know, obviously with fewer bodies on the beat, the visibility becomes an issue, and that’s why it’s part of our platform and why we’ll continue to support continuous CCPD classes from here on out. But just kind of to talk about the sweep, I do have information on the other side, again, by the committee work – I hate to keep bringing up committees – that these things are sometimes happening, but I think just with a community as large as ours and with the force size that we have, it’s just not nearly enough, so I would like to see an increase in that.

Keith Logan: Like everyone said before me, more of a community policing approach. I feel like, like I said before, that we can use some more officers, but I still want to put the responsibility on the shareholders as well. A lot of us have a mindset

that we don’t say something until it’s a problem. So when you see something, say something. Take pride in your community. Be engaged in your community. If these are the things that are happening, bring it there. Don’t just complain once it’s gotten out of control. But I feel like, as shareholders, a lot of us act like renters. We need to take that title as a shareholder and have the pride in it and actually live it, wear it. Be a shareholder. Be actively engaged in the community.

Grace Solomon: Some of the actions and activities that I would probably implement is, first of all, I would take a look at identifying the priorities, the hotspots, and placing people in authority like the police officers and/or NYPD in some of these areas. Another thing is, it’s important that we find another activity or another venue area for the youth. So it’s one thing to supervise and huddle, but we also have to try to redirect. And so getting the young people involved in some of these youth centers would be another approach I would take. And then also passing out literature and handouts and letting them know.

Daryl Johnson: Well look, the first thing in reference to what’s going on in Dreiser, downstairs, we have to put signs downstairs about the loitering. Okay, that’s number one. Okay, they have that in Bay Plaza, so you go to Bay Plaza, they have officers that will take care of that. That’s number one. We have to set up programs for youth and adults. A lot of adults here that hang out here, they are not necessarily terrible people. Okay, we can redirect them. Okay, and help them to become maybe mentors. One thing that we can do also is building associations, we have to work with our building associations. Okay, what we can have in each building, say a game night, a movie night, parties, other things for adults that love to hang out. If you live in this community here, we should have something for youth and adults. This way, people will get involved with the community. We can all work together instead of us arresting these adults and the youth. That’s a better approach, in my opinion.

Q: How do you balance the confidentiality that the corporation requires with the transparency that community members yearn for?

Anika Green-Watson: So I think I have the benefit of being a practicing attorney and having to abide by a particular set of ethical rules and knowing you have to service a client, right, but obviously having some confidentiality attorney-client privilege. I think there’s a discretion piece because you’re obviously called to do a great work but some of it, you know, can cause risk to the corporation, can cause risk to the very shareholders you’re protecting if it gets out there, and so I think there’s a way to disseminate information so that people can understand what’s happening without putting the corporation at risk and when I think about being a director, when I think about managing a project, when I think about managing a team, just in general, I think about it in terms of risk, right? And so to do it without exposing yourself to potential litigation risk, to potential regulatory risk is, I think, a skill set that very many people don’t have.

Darnell Lopez: So as a financial professional, it’s a skill that you have to acquire essentially to balance confidentiality with transparency. Number one, you have to be honest. And if people are asking questions that you can’t directly answer, you have to let them know that we’re early in the stages and I can’t give away too much information. I feel with the shareholders, if you’re honest, they will respect you and understand that whatever information you are actually giving them is truthful and they can hold on to that until a later time. In my profession, we always have some type of inside information that you can’t divulge, but you have to be honest as far as what you can say and what you cannot say and just be truthful with the shareholders. It’s very simple, but if you’re trying to hide things, that’s why we have the issues that we have now. More transparency, more communication. Team Unity.

Daryl Johnson: You have to have integrity. You have to be a strong director. You have to have a

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Director’s Viewpoint Lynette

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Finger on the Scale

ently if given another opportunity to serve?

Board

Good day, Co-op City, Our annual elections will officially commence in-person on July 25th. Generally during this time, current Board directors give their endorsement of the candidates for whom they feel possess the qualities needed to be one of many leaders of this community. I, myself, have participated in this in the past; however, this year, I feel differently. I will not be giving an endorsement to any candidate. Instead, I think it’s better to ask the candidates the question you have about their qualifications, both of incumbents and non-incumbents, and to select who should be responsible for making the political and financial decisions among us.

For Incumbents

Incumbents are current directors who are asking you to vote them in for another three-year term. The advantage to being an incumbent is that you’re more aware of the demands and limitations of the position. However, this also means that you should have accomplished multiple goals, improving the lives of all of us during their time served. Seat warmers are not needed, and complainers are not effective. Some of the questions to ask could be:

• How have you worked collaboratively with all Board members and what specifically was achieved?

• What are the initiatives that you pushed during your current term and what has been implemented as a result of your efforts? How has this improved the quality of life for residents

• What committees have you chaired? When did you chair them and what was attained?

• How have your accomplishments added to keeping Co-op City affordable for the most vulnerable in our community and improving our quality of life?

• What is a decision you have made as a Board director that was unfavorable with shareholders, but was beneficial for the community?

• What mistakes do you feel that you’ve made as a current director, and what would you do differ-

Although the Board of Directors is a volunteer entity, directors are expected to work and be efficient. This can only be achieved through dedication of time and collaboration with all factions of the Board, not just those you personally like or even those with whom you run.

For Non-Incumbents

Non-incumbents, or those who have not served as Board directors but are looking to, have advantages and disadvantages in campaigning. They are filled with energy to change to what they see as “the better,” but are also not informed enough to know the responsibilities and demands of a Board director. Although they may be filled with excitement, or anger, their expectations are not always logical or feasible. Due to the lack of experience and common misunderstandings of the Board’s responsibilities, the questions should be completely different. However, some criteria still apply: No seat warmers, no complainers. What we need are planners, visionaries, and collaborators.

• What committees or community groups are you engaged in that benefit Co-op City? What positions are you currently holding?

• What policies do you believe need to be more strictly enforced or created as a Board director? How would you accomplish this?

• What are your beliefs about the relationship between Management and the Board?

• The community desires many upgrades, but also does not want any maintenance increases. How would you balance corporate requirements with shareholder demands?

• How would you handle dealing with a Board director who you do not feel is working in the best interest of the corporation?

• How comfortable are you in reviewing and asking questions about the financial performance of institutions? (Remember, Board directors have a fiduciary responsibility to the corporation.)

General Questions

There are also some questions that can be appli-

cable to anyone, regardless of experience:

• The Board of Directors is responsible for the budget every 2 years, and occasionally more often if there is a shortfall. If it is decided that an increase in maintenance is needed, what would you do?

• How would you manage disagreements between the Board and Management?

• What are your biggest weaknesses in serving as a Board director?

• How do you plan to work with fourteen other colleagues when the group is unable to agree? What role do you think relationship building plays as a director?

• How do you balance the confidentiality that the Corporation requires with the transparency that community members yearn for?

• Being a Board director is a large commitment of time and energy. How will you ensure that you are ready and available to attend to the demands of the position, e.g. attending briefings and open Board meetings, reviewing materials in advance of the briefings, emergency meetings, keeping updated with committees of the whole Board and individual, shareholder participatory meetings, etc.?

These are just a few of the questions that you should be asking your candidates. I am sure there are many more, detailed questions that are important to you.

It's About Action

Elections shouldn’t be about name familiarity, hollow executionless promises, or even who are the angriest at the current Board or Management. It’s about moving the needle to make us a modern, sustainable and, of course, affordable community. One way that you do your part is by voting for candidates that you believe in after you have reviewed all of them to make an informed decision. The Co-op City Times has two previously released papers with all of the candidates’ responses (May 17, 2025 and Jun. 14, 2025, both of which are available online at issuu. com/cctimes). Dig deeper. Be curious. Always ask, “How?” And once you do, vote! (By mail or in-person). Until next time…

Primary Election Day – Tuesday, June 24

Polls are open from 6 a.m.-9 p.m.

New Yorkers who haven’t cast their ballots yet for the 2025 Primary Election can either participate in the last two days of Early Voting this Saturday, June 21, and Sunday, June 22, or stop by their polling site on Primary Election Day, Tuesday, June 24.

In Co-op City, the early voting poll site for all shareholders is the Dreiser Auditorium.

Only voters who are registered with a specific political party can vote in the Primary Election.

The Early Voting Schedule is as follows:

• Saturday, June 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Sunday, June 22, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

On Primary Election Day, Tuesday, June 24, polls will be open on 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Shareholders can visit findmypollsite.vote.nyc to find their Election Day poll location.

This year’s Primary ballot includes citywide races for NYC Mayor, Public Advocate and City Comptroller. County races include Bronx Borough President, City Council Member, 12th Council District in the Bronx, and Judge of the Civil Court, Bronx County.

The candidates running for NYC Mayor on the Democratic line are Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Scott M. Stringer, Selma K. Bartholomew, Zellnor Myrie, Adrienne E. Adams, Andrew M. Cuomo, Jessica Ramos, Whitney R. Tilson, Michael Blake, Brad Lander and Paperboy Love Prince.

For Public Advocate, the candidates include Jumaane D. Williams, Marty Dolan and Jenifer Rajkumar.

Democratic candidates seeking the office of City Comptroller include Mark D. Levin, Ismael Malave Perez, Justin Brennan and Kevin S. Parker.

On the Republican line, the candidates are Peter Kefalas and Danniel Maio.

For Judge of the Civil Court, Bronx County, the candidates are Shekera Anessa Algarin and George M. Santana.

For Bronx Borough President, Vanessa L. Gibson is running against Rafael

Salamanca Jr.

Bronx Council Member Kevin C. Riley is being challenged by Andy King in the 12th Council District.

In each race, voters will nominate one candidate to advance to the general election in November. Voters can also write-in a candidate.

Voters will use Ranked Choice Voting only for the races for Mayor, Public Advocate, City Comptroller, Borough President and City Council.

For more election-related information, please visit https://vote.nyc or https:// lwvnyc.org.

strong personality. Moreover, you have to instill confidence in people. You have to let people know that you are going to resolve the situation in a very positive way. People must have confidence in you and your ability to resolve problems and issues that affect this community here. Sure, we have issues that are currently impacting this community, okay, but working with strong directors you know, this community should know, that if you are there as a director, that you’re going to represent them in a proper manner. That is what I’m all about, representing this community in a proper manner and making sure that I write very good viewpoints that will educate this community in a very proper way. This way, you know what’s going on; this way you know where I’m at and you know where I stand.

Keith Logan: I think you have to be as honest as possible without divulging information that could put us in harm’s way, just like what’s going on with the systems and stuff like that, that information probably shouldn’t be on Facebook because that makes us vulnerable to certain attacks and things like that, so I think first, you have to build the trust with the shareholders. If they feel like they can trust you, then that’ll go a long way. But you give them and be as transparent as possible without putting the corporation in home’s way.

Grace Solomon: Confidentiality and transparency, trying to get that equal balance. In regards to confidentiality, we’re thinking about being discreet. So we’re not probing, we’re not putting personal information out there. We’re not, of course, we’re not spreading rumors or lies, we’re actually putting the facts out there. In regards to transparency, we’re thinking honesty, we’re thinking above board. And so, if we’re in a workshop or we’re in a lecture, we’re trying to use discretion. If we’re using emails, we’re not putting people’s names out there, but we’re actually giving the facts and giving the information that they need without throwing somebody under the carpet.

Leslie Peterson: Yes, I’m big on sayings. I think they have purpose, they have meaning. And one of them is honesty is the best policy. And you’ve heard that, as everybody here answered. One of the things that you heard in everyone’s statement is honesty. And one of the things that I have learned, although I’m on the Board, I also managed a development where I did have people’s personal information, everything of themselves, Social Security numbers on down. And one of the things that I do know how to say is, I cannot answer your question, that is confidential, that is not something that you need to know, that is not something that I have the privilege of sharing with you, and just tell someone just like that, okay? But at the same time, if there’s something that is happening in the community, sometimes you take a different stance because you need to let them know that this could harm the community, that, you know, I need to do things that are in the best interest of everyone, not just you who may want to know certain information, so honesty.

Kevin Lambright: I have to admit that is very hard because when you talk about transparency – and everybody talks about transparency – and when something is happening … that affects a shareholder, but yet you cannot say anything about it. I think in situations like that, Management would need to get out first before anything; Management would have to get out there and give an explanation for things that are happening. Also, when a Board member goes out there and starts talking and giving out certain information, we set ourselves up for lawsuits. And when I say ‘ourselves,’ because if a Board member gets sued, so does the shareholders, we all get sued at the same time. And we had a situation where a Board member was removed – a lot of people forget that because for some reason, we have short term memory – but recently, a Board member was removed for doing just that.

Q: If you had one wish for this community, what would it be?

Grace Solomon: My wish for this community would be, one wish would be for us, for shareholders, not to have to pay maintenance. You know, 66 years ago, we started from scratch, and our founders who put this corporation together started from scratch. Here we are 60 years later, sitting on top of a $200 million corporation. So I’m saying 5, 10, 15 years down the road, we should be sitting on a $200 billion corporation, and we have to figure out a way to do that.

Darnell Lopez: Okay, so my one wish, and I’m still actually writing it down, the truth is, it would just be a program for the youth, and let me explain. It would start all the way from young ages, PS 153. We would have a program, at least for the young children, let’s just say up to sixth, seventh grade. Their focus would be sports and crafts, meaning that would just be teamwork, camaraderie, learning those skills. After those years, we’ll be more technical, where we teach the kids to build things, simple robotics, maybe simple science stuff, things that get their mind going. Then from high school, when they have interest in things they can tell you that they don’t like and do like, we can use Riverbay Corporation because we have those jobs here to put them in the field so they can see exactly what it’s like to be an adult and maybe understand if that’s something they like or can see early that that’s a decision that they don’t want to do. We need to do something to help our future…

Daryl Johnson: Okay, the biggest thing that we have to do is stop the waste here, okay, stop this excess spending. I would love to see more cameras in this community, all right, I want our community to be strong, I want us to work together as a team, okay? I want us to have, you know, us to get along, all of our shareholders, all of our cooperators, let’s work together like a family, okay? I want us to work positively. We have neighbors that are fighting with each other, that needs to stop, okay? Let’s work together in a positive way. I would love to see us have an after-school program. Look at this auditorium here, look at the auditorium and this building right here. They’re empty, they’re empty most of the day. These auditoriums and all of our centers should be filled to capacity, after school programs, this way when kids get off of school, they can come here and they can have a great time, okay? Parents should be able to go to work, come back home, pick up their kids, okay, without spending hundreds of dollars on

programs that they can be safe.

Keith Logan: My one wish would be to make this community realize its voting power, to realize the strength in numbers, to make this place ‘ungentrifiable,’ to make this place here for our kids, our kids’ kids, … and to help Co-op City to reach its full potential.

Anika Green-Watson: I think the unlimited budget goes without saying so I will not even touch on that but I think when I think about my one wish for the community, it appears as though I’m not being true to the question in doing just one, it’s like the utopia – programming at all levels, right? Youth, seniors, just something for everyone. I would love to see excitement, pride and unity. I know the Election Committee is doing their best to invoke that kind of unity around the election but you know last year when I served as the chair of the committee, I had this vision that election season would be a time where the community just banded together, put aside our differences, everyone got excited and got outside. I would love to see us busting at the seams in these rooms where we don’t even have to worry about whether or not we’ve made quorum, right, because people are really excited to be here. When you listen to the panel, you hear people say, I’ve been here 20 years, I’ve been here 30 years, I’ve been here 25 years. We love this place. I just want us to act like it a little bit more.

Leslie Peterson: My answer is going to be two-fold because I think that we are here in Co-op City sitting on the diamond in the rough. A lot of people would like to have what we have here, the size of apartments that we have, the amenities that we have here. And I think we need to be very careful, as was said previously, of gentrification. And so many of us, when I look around the room, we’re all of a certain age and we do have our youth that are coming behind us. And what we need to do is make sure that they are prepared financially, that they are prepared with civics, understand civics, being civically engaged in what’s going on so that they can build wealth and so that they can make sure that they would be able to be sufficient and be able to manage staying here and have an awareness of the different legal ramifications that can go on back and forth when you have a property of this size so that they can keep this diamond that we have among us in our community.

Kevin Lambright: One of my biggest wishes is that we would all come together as a community and understand, have the mindset that we are one Co-op City. And a lot of people don’t realize that the rest of the world, the country looks at us as an example. A lot of first things, things that happen first, happen here first in Co-op City and they mimic it outside of Co-op City. I’m talking about the good things. Also, along with that, the mindset of the fact that our politicians are not celebrities – we are. They are here to, they are here to serve us, we are not really supposed to be going after them and telling them, oh please give; please, we need this. There are certain things that are in place already that the politicians have access to that their job is to go get them for us, not for us to take photo ops and just be happy that we’re next to them.

Before the candidates presented their closing statements, the 2025 Election Committee agreed to take three questions from the audience. Shareholders with questions were allowed 1 minute to ask their question, and each candidate was allowed 15 seconds to respond.

Question from Winsome Bancroft: Now, you mentioned the Call Center… I had a bathroom leak maybe a couple of months ago and an inspector came in, and from that, I was told that I was going to have painting done and then the inspector looked around and I needed grouting and caulking. That was three appointments. I’m a day worker so it means, or it meant, I had to take off three days to have all that done. … my question is how can we actually better serve the shareholders by not having us take four days off for like three problems?

Darnell Lopez: Well, honestly speaking, with that, I would reach to my colleague, Keith Logan, who knows the process, and he would definitely have an idea and a way to make it much better. He has the expertise, so I would kind of get with the people who have the expertise to understand what the process is to actually speed it up. We want to give you more quality than quantity.

Keith Logan: A lot of the problems, aside from the Call Center, are in the processes of how you address

Director’s Viewpoint Michelle Marbury

The Job of the Board Director: How Best to Choose One

Board Director Responsibilities and YOU, Shareholder I have covered this before but as we all know, repetition is key to structured business. “You” want to be sure that who you choose to represent you is up to the challenge and willing to do all that is necessary to manage and carry out the duties put before them on your behalf… The only way to keep a “control” on that is to be sure that each Board member is held to certain fiduciary responsibilities. The “development training weekend” is designed to do just that.

The Board Director’s Position

Important to note, a Board member’s job is to govern and make policy. We do that by identifying problems and then taking said issues back to the Board (i.e., through a committee or from complaints that have not been adhered to through the system of protocols put in place to run our corporation).

Board members are in a constant state of analysis (if we are doing our job correctly). We must protect the integrity of Management’s role (i.e., addressing problems by gathering information at the root cause).

Policy Making Processes: Important to Understand…

When the community comes to us with problems, we must come together in the board room to make policy which governs our corporation by addressing those problems. Example: Repair issues that are not being solved. We must figure out why this is happening (i.e., direct an investigation to identify the problem, through a committee, or gathering information as to the root cause). Then come back to the Board having pinpointed the problems, and offer a report of the committee’s findings. Then set policy and work with Management so that they can carry out “directives from the Board” to take particular action to address the issue. In short, if a Board director says to you, they will take care of a certain issue or problem for “you” individually, they are speak-

ing out of turn. Such language can be detrimental to the corporation as a whole. Each Board member is a shareholder first, just like you. The power, held by a Board member is only in effect when utilized along with the Board as a unit.

Directors’ Fiduciary Duties

(These duties are the creed that a Board director must follow; framed on the wall in the board room reminding us of our responsibilities) …

■ Duty of Care

■ Duty of Confidentiality

■ Duty of Loyalty

■ Duty of Obedience

An Analysis in Plain Language… Footnotes:

The Riverbay Corporation Board Development Training presented by: Smith Buss & Jacobs LLP

Duty of Care

■ Business Corporation Law § 717

• A director shall perform his duties as a director, including his duties as a member of any committee of the board upon which he may serve, in good faith and with that degree of care which an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances.

■ This also refers to the level of attention required of each director to attend meetings, carefully review documents, participate in committee work, pay attention, question, listen, understand, seek assistance from subject matter experts and do what is necessary to inform the decisions you are called upon to make.

Duty of Confidentiality

■ DHCR Regulations § 1725-2.4

Disclosure of information. Members of the board of directors have access to a considerable amount of personal information concerning tenants or cooperators. Such information must be held in the strictest confidence and should not be disclosed to any person except insofar as it has a direct bearing on: (a) the business of the company, or (b) the division's

efforts to deter fraud in developments under its supervision, and except to persons duly authorized to receive such information.

■ Directors must protect all confidential corporate records, including personal employment and shareholders’ records.

Duty of Loyalty

Directors are not permitted to profit personally at the expense of the corporation, and their private interests may not conflict with corporate interests.

■ Bylaws Art. III, § 3(d)-(g); 3(i)

• A board member must act for “the well-being of the cooperative as a whole,” setting aside personal or political interests.

Duty of Obedience

■ Oath of Office

• I … do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of the Riverbay Board of Directors and will, to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America and the State of New York. I furthermore affirm that by accepting the election of the shareholders of Riverbay Corporation to the Riverbay Board of Directors, I understand that I, individually, have no more right or privileges than any other resident shareholder within this community. I pledge to obey all of the rules and regulations of the cooperative, and to work with the other members of the Board of Directors, as a whole, to develop and to oversee policy for the good of the entire Co-op City Community.

■ If a director goes beyond his or her legal authority, that may subject the Board, the Corporation, and all directors to liability for breach of fiduciary duty.

Just Plain Passion

I promised to write about a lovely conversation with a shareholder (i.e. Ms. Lyone of Section 5). It was a pleasure talking with you that day, Miss Lyone, I didn’t forget you.Thank you all for reading my viewpoint. I can be reached at mmarbury@riverbayboard.com.

Congratulations, Dr. Nathan!

RE

Caroline and Porterfield Davis of Building 15A would like to congratulate our daughter, Dr. Domonique Nathan, on graduating with high honors from Ross University School of Medicine on May 16, 2025. Dr. Nathan will begin her Internal Medicine residency program at Jefferson Health Northeast in Philadelphia, PA. We are proud of you, Dom! Love, mom, dad, sister, Nichole and husband Jeff.

Caroline and Porterfield Davis

ELECT VANESSA L. GIBSON

BOROUGH PRESIDENT

REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE & EXPANDING PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES

LOWERING THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FROM 26% TO 6%

BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

NYS Attorney General Letitia James

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (AD-83)

Congressmember Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)

Congressmember Rit ie J. Torres (NY-15)

Congressmember George Latimer (NY-16)

Senator Jamaal T Bailey (SD-36)

Senator Jose M. Serrano (SD-29)

Senator Robert

Dr. Adeyemi LaCrown Oloruntoba (center), president of the Coalition of African-American Churches & Community Organizations of Co-op City, Inc., was honored on May 22 with a Proclamation presented by NYC Councilman Kevin C. Riley at the Africa Day 2025 Celebration in the Council Chambers at City Hall. In attendance for the occasion were Coalition officers, Francine Jones (left) and Merville Chambers (right).

Winners

The winners of the Co-op City Scholarship, sponsored by State Assemblyman Michael Benedetto and US Congressman George Latimer, and this year named in memory of the late Rev. Dr. Robert A. Smith, Jr., have been announced by the Scholarship Committee.

The winners are Carlos Santana, Eric Isaiah Lunsford and Chisom Eke

An awards ceremony is planned for Saturday, June 21, in the Dreiser Center.

According to the Scholarship Committee chair, Linda Collins, 13 applications were received for the scholarship, which honors the memory of the late Co-op City shareholder and long-time local pastor, Rev. Dr. Smith.

Each of the winners will receive $1,000 for school-related expenses.

The Co-op City Scholarship has awarded approximately 50 scholarships to deserving Co-op City students since its inception in 2011.

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Father’s Day Skate Night

By P.M. CAMPBELL

The Riverbay Fund hosted a Pre-Father’s Day Skate Night last Friday, June 13th. Supported by Riverbay Corporation and Optimum, the event was held on the Bellamy basketball courts from 4-8 p.m.

While some families brought their own skates, others used pairs supplied by Frankie Waters. Skaters of all proficiencies enjoyed the weather while DJ Rob Scott played songs like Lupe Fiasco’s “Kick Push.”

Reflecting on the Mother’s Day Skate Night, Claudia Sampson stressed the importance of thanking single fathers, grandfathers, and uncles and other men taking on paternal roles. “We think it’s a great community building event, we get to see all ages coming out,” she said. “I think our young people need to move more and this gives them the opportunity to do it in a very safe and welcoming environment.”

JASA Juneteenth Celebration

Photos by Brandi Simpson

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a leak from the first place. So a lot of the times it’s not scraped out, therefore there’s residual moisture, so then when you have those appointments, those appointments get pushed back because it’s not ready to do whatever service that you’re ready to do on.

Anika Green-Watson: I think it’s very fact-specific. It depends, right? I had a leak in my house, but they had to come and plaster the wall, and they couldn’t paint on the same day they plastered. And so that required a two-day visit so there’s no one-size-fits-all, but if there are opportunities, then we should be looking at them.

Leslie Peterson: I was going to basically kinda say something like what Anika just said, as far as, you know, depending on what the situation is. Also, remember that sometimes where the leak is coming from is from someone else’s apartment and you have to try to get into that apartment because it’s coming from above. So there are a whole host of circumstances that can, you know, be the reason why.

Kevin Lambright: I was so frustrated when I realized that there had to be so many different appointments and I think it has a lot to do with skills set. One guy does the painting, one guy does the plastering, and it’s a union thing, I think.

Daryl Johnson: We have training in most buildings outside of Co-op City where we have superintendents. They can do a variety of tests. We can train also our employees to do a variety of tests also. This way you won’t have three, four appointments, like the lady said.

Grace Solomon: I agree with her – that’s a very frustrating problem. And we have to get all of these directors and leaders to the table so that we can find a resolution to that problem, because a lot of people work and a lot of people have other issues.

Question from Crystal Francis: I live in 4C. I want to know about the gas. I was informed that the Board had to agree, or we got $100 taken off our rent or maintenance for one month. It’s still going on. We’re still inconvenienced. I’m grateful that I have somewhere to lay my head, but what are we gonna get accommodated for? They only took one month off, $100 off a month. It’s still going on. We were just at a building meeting, and they said we had to come to a Board meeting. So I came to the Board meeting to find out the exact information. You all said, we must be honest. We need to know what’s going on.

2025 Election Committee co-chair Leah Graham responded: The question that’s being asked is appropriate, but not for the forum. It is a very legitimate business question at the Board and this panel is not all Board. At this moment, these are candidates and we’re not in a position to provide the shareholder with the quality type of response that she deserves. So we’re gonna pause that because that is a Board issue that needs to be addressed.

Question from Kelly Saunders: I have lived in Co-op City, actually I was born and raised here, 38 years, and I have a 14 year old who is graduating out of 180, and a six-year-old who is rising from kindergarten to first grade in 153. So, I heard a lot about youth, youth, youth, and youth centers and all these wonderful things. So my question is, assuming that we don’t want to raise pricing for shareholders in their carrying charges, maintenance, so on and so forth, what is one thing you would cut from the current budget in order to provide these youth centers?

Grace Solomon: One of the things that I would probably cut from the budget would be, let’s see, maybe looking at, maintenance and restoration.

Keith Logan: People are gonna hate me for this, but the Call Center.

Anika Green-Watson: I thought I had insurance going third. I was like, surely no one will say the Call Center. Not necessarily cut it, but like a revamp and to utilize the resources that we have more effectively than we are with the current Call Center.

Leslie Peterson: I would not cut anything from the budget, but what I would do is what something that we are embarking on right now, and we have gotten commitments from several of our elected officials because we have reached out to them, and we are requesting money for the purpose of building our youth center.

Darnell Lopez: We actually don’t need to cut as we have open space, but what I can say is I would look to cut some of the programs that are reaching out to almost no one. That could take some money and bring it back to the youth that will bring more of a crowd.

Kevin Lambright: I don’t want to cut any services that we have because I don’t think we have enough services. So, one of the things I would do is just streamline that Restoration department because they don’t have any inventory maintenance at all…

Daryl Johnson: We have to stop the waste here. For instance, we have, like I mentioned before, 130 vehicles here that cannot be driven outside of Co-op City. Our budget increased. How can this be justified? $29 million increase. We have to stop that. We can work with New York City overall and set up programs like ACS and others, DYCD, and set up programs here in this community for our youths. That’s the best approach.

Each candidate was then allowed a 1-minute closing statement to conclude the final forum of the 2025 election for the Riverbay Board of Directors. Forum

P.S. 160's 4th Annual Inventors' Fair

By MARIA NIX-MILLER

The P.S.160 Walt Disney Magnet STEAM School (District 11) launched their 2025 Inventors’ Fair on June 3rd and June 4th.

The Inventors’ Fair is designed to encourage creativity and innovation, attributes that align to P.S. 160’s S.T.E.A.M theme (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math). Mrs. Nix-Miller brought the idea to the school community four years ago and continues to facilitate the event, in the spirit of cultivating opportunities for scholars within the Co-op City community to see themselves as scientists, engineers, and/or entrepreneurs from an early age. Every year, scholars in third through fifth grade select a category to create prototypes for. Scholars like fifth graders Samuel

Jimenez and Erianna Cruz have participated every year! Their prototypes have consistently left impressive impressions along with many other participants.

Inventors are asked to use the pillars of the Engineer and Design Process to identify a problem, create a solution, and a 3D prototype. Inventors like third grader Ava Rose Rivera identified a problem related to the way her grandfather stores essential items on his motorized wheelchair. The solution…a wheelchair organizer that can be attached to the handles of a motorized wheelchair. This is no ordinary basket. The wheelchair organizer featured customized compartments that consider items like wallets, headphones and water.

Chief of Staff to NYS Senator Jamaal T. Bailey, Mr. Salvattore Morello and Deputy Chief of Staff to Council Member Kevin C Riley, Mr. Jahmal Yapp, attended the fair to support the elementary school inventors. The names of all the participating inventors and their invention categories are listed below:

Devin Morales and Erianna Cruz (“Weather Wonders), Jessica Adjei, Korkor Ashirifi, Alice Fargas, Zoey Sfeir, Christiana Antwi, Idrissa Sow, and Ava Rose Rivera (“Day-To-Day Routines”), Rewina Mezuge (“Supporting Diverse Learners”), and Samuel Jimenez, Aisha Oguntola, Elijah Deas, Kylie Ventura, Brooklyn Bond, Fatoumata Sow, Lena Jenkins, Alexia Crawford, and Ephraim “EJ” Smith Jr., Amanda Herasme, Adelina Zepeda, Aliyah Chambrie, Layla Burgess, Noah Mitchell, Toniann Gabbidon, Leah Boakye, Kaylee Lagat, and Daniella Sotindjo.

All participants extend a warm thank you P.S.160’s Administrative Team –Ms. Pagan, Mr. Acevado, Ms. Rocco & Ms. Sayers.

Greetings, all.

Building 11 Association

We would like to thank Mr. Michael Ambo, director of the Riverbay Grounds department, for his presentation and follow-up on shareholders' concerns at our June 2nd Association meeting. Dog clean-up and signage have been posted on our grassy areas and the front area along the side of Garage #3 has been spruced up. Thank you again, Mr. Ambo, for your follow-up and your team's outstanding performance.

It’s election time for both our Board of Directors and the New York Primary. Most of you should have received the green envelope for our 2025 Riverbay Board of Directors Election Official Ballot. If you have not, please call 855-970-6106 to obtain a replacement ballot. Voting can be done by mail, ballot box or in-person. See the Co-op City Times for more information. Voting is open until July 8, 2025. We must meet the quorum of 5,041 to avoid additional charges. The ballot allows you the “option” to check a box indicating you are only casting your ballot for purposes of quorum only. Please vote by one of the means!

The NY June Primary voting is on Tuesday, June 24, the polls open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the 24th. Early voting ends tomorrow, Sunday, June 22, in our Dreiser Loop Auditorium. Get out and vote!

Shareholders, please stop jamming our lobby door lock to keep it from closing properly/locking. You are impacting our safety and damaging the lock.

We welcome all of the new shareholders to our building. We look forward to seeing you at our September meeting.

We would like to extend happy birthday wishes to our shareholders born in June. Happy anniversary to those celebrating one. We wish a speedy recovery to our sick and shut-in. We offer condolences to anyone who has experienced a loss.

Have a safe and fun-filled summer.

––Deborah D. Henry

Retirees of Dreiser Loop

Greetings, retirees and friends.

Yesterday, June 20, was the summer solstice, the longest period of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere for the year. We wish everyone a happy and safe summer.

We had another fabulous annual June luncheon at the Marina del Rey on Wednesday, June 18. We thank everyone who attended and supported this function. Our entertainment chairperson, Daisy Young, did an amazing job, as always, coordinating this affair. Thank you, Daisy.

Atlantic City – Seats are still available. Wednesday, July 9, a day trip to the Tropicana Casino. Tickets are $70 with a $15 slot-play giveback. The bus will pick up on Dreiser Loop, in front of H&R Block and will depart at 8 a.m. sharp. On our return, the bus will drop off at Einstein, Asch, and Dreiser Loop. Contact Serita for additional information at 347-564-5722.

Hunterdon Hills Playhouse – Seats are still available; Hampton, NJ, on Tuesday, September 16. Tickets are $160 and includes lunch and a show “Never Too Late.” A $50 deposit is required now to hold a seat. The bus will pick up on Dreiser Loop in front of H&R Block and depart promptly at 9 a.m. Contact Serita at 347-564-5722 for additional information.

Happy Birthday – We wish all our June celebrants an incredibly happy birthday and continued peace and happiness throughout the year.

Condolences – Please continue to pray for all our bereaved members and their families.

Good and Welfare – We also ask that you continue to pray for those who are ill and/or shut in. Please notify Lorraine Parker at 718-671-6403 of any member illnesses or deaths.

Membership Committee – Annual membership dues are $25. Personal checks payable to the “Retirees of Dreiser Loop” can be mailed to: Retirees of Dreiser Loop, 177 Dreiser Loop, Rm. 19, Bronx, NY 10475. Questions may be addressed to Mary at 718-655-9170.

General Meeting – Our general meetings are suspended during July and August, for summer break. Our next meeting will be held in September, the date to be announced. Georgianna Rodriguez

REMINDER: Co-op City Times weekly deadline

The deadline for submission of editorial content to the Co-op City Times is MONDAYS by 3 p.m. Articles received after this deadline are considered on a first-come, first-served basis, and as space allows.

The articles of recognized organizations are published at no cost to your organization each week, in order to inform your members and the community-at-large about your organization’s programs, services and events, not as editorial space for personal comment or opinions; to promote or advertise businesses, products and/or services; or to make political endorsements or critical comment.

In an effort to better accommodate all the organizations, groups and religious institutions that submit articles for inclusion in the Co-op City Times, weekly submissions MUST NOT exceed 500 words

Submission may be sent to cctimes@riverbaycorp.com; faxed to (718) 320-2595 or hand delivered to Rm. 21 in the Bartow Center. Thank you for your cooperation.

Building 29 Association

The Building 29 Association held its last meeting before our summer break; our next meeting will be in September.

Michael Adolphus, our president, laid out a comprehensive agenda for the meeting.

1) A bingo night is scheduled for June 27 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

2) A group “walk-a-thon” for all Building 29 cooperators is scheduled for the fall, Saturday, Sept. 20. Details for this will be decided at our first fall meeting (Sept. 10), including a rain date, how far to walk, time, etc.

We encourage everyone to wear their Building 29 T-shirt (and if you don't have one, they are available in any color for only $15. All proceeds go to the association). We hope to build participation and unity for our cooperators! PS: Children are welcome.

3) We have a vacant position for 1st Vice President. We will nominate in September. Meanwhile, please consider volunteering yourself, or talk to others who may be willing.

4) Starting in September (look for flyers), Cynthia Dixon will be offering line dancing for children (starting from five years old up to young adults). It will be two times a month on Saturdays, from 1-3 p.m., and is free for all.

5) Movie night to be determined.

6) June 28th is “Fun Day” Everything is free. Somos is giving free basic health screenings, like blood pressure and weight. Connect to Food will be giving away $80 vouchers (good for 3 months–value $240!) to be used for purchasing fruits and vegetables. To be eligible, basic criteria must be met–i.e. high blood pressure and/or obesity. Michael will also be giving out $5 gift cards to Panera, for the first 30 participants!

Mention was also made of our wonderful and long standing (7 years!) book club, and all readers are encouraged to join. It is held over Zoom and is always fun and interesting.

Please do not forget to vote for our own Board at Riverbay. Encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same. Also, you do not have to vote for 5 people, you can vote for only one...or none (if you have religious objections). There is absolutely no excuse for not voting. Let's get this done!

Peace and stay safe and well.

––Katharine Wood

Building 9 Association

Greetings, Building 9 Association family and friends. Due to the recent disruption of printing services, some past articles were not printed.

In the event you missed it, on May 22, I was awarded the NYPD 45 Pct Council Community Service Award at their annual council breakfast ceremony. I thank my family, the Council, and all who attended.

On May 29, the Building 9 Association hosted its annual Volunteer Recognition dinner. Our invited guest speaker was Riverbay Assistant Executive General Manager Cary Smith III.

Barbara Cloud and Linda Holley were our 2025 “Nine Diamonds” awardees. Riverbay Assistant Executive General Manager Cary Smith III presented Barbara and Linda with bouquets of roses as our show of appreciation for all they do for their neighbors and friends. Our dedicated Building 9 Executive Board officers were also presented with a bouquet of roses for their diligence as well. In a surprise move our Executive Board presented me with a plaque and a bouquet of roses. I thank everyone for their continued confidence and support.

On June 10 and 24, we resumed our biweekly Pokeno on Tuesday events.

I thank all who support our building-wide events.

On Saturday, June 14, we hosted an art class. We created individualized decorative face masks. The masks were absolutely magnificent. Some are on display in our association room. We thank Evelyn Mavins, Janet Yarrell, Wanda Randall, Barbara Cloud, Pamela Bryan, Elizabeth Manning, Shirley McCann, Denise Shelley, Valerie Gunn, and Gail Sharbaan for a successful event.

On Saturday, June 21, the Co-op City Rev. Dr. Robert A. Smith Jr. Scholarship Award, which is comprised of three $1,000 awards, will be presented to recent high school graduates Carlos Santana, Chisom Eke, and Eric Isaiah Lundsford. Congratulations and continued success to all.

We look forward to you joining us for upcoming association events. Please be determined to vote in the upcoming Riverbay Board elections. Please vote early in our New York City Primary Election. Early voting began on June 14. Also, Election Day is Tuesday, June 24. Vote.

“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” ––Henry Ford

––Linda Collins

Building 32 Association

Hello, shareholders.

I hope June is treating you well.

First, I would like to thank everyone who came out to our “Lunch With The Bunch Social.” The free hero sandwiches (three types), macaroni salad, potato salad, cole slaw, cake and iced tea were delicious hits with the attendees. It was our way of showing our appreciation for our fellow shareholders and neighbors who attend our meetings and events throughout the year. Thank you!

Back on June 10, 2025, the Building 32 Association had guest speakers Diane Cooper from Caregivers Outreach and Michelle Ferrera from Essen House Calls come to our general meeting. They gave a great and informative talk.

Ms. Cooper, a registered nurse and founder/executive director of Caregivers Outreach, explained how Caregivers Outreach has resources for family members who are the primary caregivers for those loved ones in need. The organization informs you that you have rights as caregivers and explains to you what those rights are. Caregivers Outreach also teaches you how to talk to medical professionals when concerns or hospitalizations arise about your loved one. Because caregiving can be extremely stressful, they offer therapy resources for caregivers to help with the anxiety and guilt a caregiver may be experiencing. Caregivers Outreach also has a Respite System for caregivers who need to travel or take a break from the stress of caregiving by providing people to attend to or look in on your loved one while you’re away. Caregivers Outreach even has a sister organization called SHARKS. This stands for Students Helping and Assisting Relatives with Knowledge & Skills. It’s a youth caregiver initiative program. Many teens in our society are the primary caregivers for disabled or sick parents. These teens need resources and help as well. SHARKS help provides that assistance. For more on both Caregivers Outreach and SHARKS call: 718-379-3159. For more information about Essen House Calls, please contact us. Our June meeting was our last until next Autumn. In the meantime, think of some sort of event or activity you’d like the Building 32 Association to do in the coming season and any concerns you might have. Email us at building32association@gmail.com.

See you in September!

––Ezekiel Springer Jr.

Building 28 Association

Association meetings are suspended for the summer months, July and August. Regular meetings will resume in September. A schedule of summer activities and events TBA. Dues are still being collected; $10 per family. The executive committee is excited to announce that Building 28 Association was awarded a 2025 Community Leader Grant from CitizensNYC! More information to follow.

Save the Dates

Saturday, June 21 – Section 2 Summer Fun Day, 12-5 p.m. (Casals Place location)

Saturday, June 28 – Section 5 Summer Fun Day, 12-5 p.m., hosted by City Councilman Kevin Riley. Building 28 Association will have a table. Annual Riverbay Board of Directors Election – Green ballots were mailed and should have been received. The voting period is: Wednesday, June 11 to Tuesday, July 8. Check out the Co-op City Times for more information. Remember: Every Vote Counts! Voting has consequences! If you don’t vote, don’t complain! Extended voting costs us more money. Let’s get it done ASAP!

Early Voting for the Primary Election is June 14 to June 22 and the Early Voting Poll Site is: Co-op City Dreiser Loop community center, 177 Dreiser Loop.

Primary Election Day is June 24, from 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Gentle Reminders

Compactor room: All bagged garbage and trash is to be disposed of in the garbage chute, not the floor. The recycling bag is for recycle items only. Newspapers are placed on the shelf. If you spill it or drop it, clean it/pick it up. Postings are on each floor, each compactor door, and inside the compactor room. Please follow directions to avoid community complaints and fines.

Dogs: When in public spaces (that includes the lobby, laundry room, and elevator), dogs should be wearing their leash. Additionally, refrain from having your pet relieve themselves under the buildings or in the grassy areas. Take them to the curb and pick up the poop.

Laundry Room Etiquette: Continue to respect our laundry room and your neighbors by getting your clothes on time (within a 15-minute window) and maintaining a clean and healthy working space.

If You See Something, Say Something: For emergencies, call Co-op City Public Safety at 718-671-3050 and NYPD at 911. For non-emergencies, call 311. You can also call CCPD at their anonymous tip hotline: 718-879-6311. The secretary position is open if interested and if there are any suggestions for the association, please send an email to: building28association@gmail.com

––Brenda Brown

Community Protestant Church

Rev. Dr. Calvin E. Owens and the Community Protestant Church family welcome you to worship with us. We are located at 2053 Asch Loop, Bronx, NY 10475. You may contact us by phone: 718-862-9172, fax: 718-671-4416 or email: administration@thecpcchurch.org

Worship Schedule

In-person Sunday Morning Worship at 11 a.m.; Adult Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.

Every Wednesday: “Hour of Power Noon Day Prayer” at 12 p.m. on the conference call line: 712-432-3900; Access code: 343284#.

Every Wednesday: 7 p.m. Online Bible Study via Zoom. Log in on Zoom. com or dial One Tap Mobile: 646-931-3860 or 929-205-6099; Meeting ID: 813 089 803 39.

Summer Worship Schedule

Sunday, July 6, through Sunday, September 7, worship begins at 10 a.m. Adult Sunday School is on summer hiatus.

Sunday, September 14, 11 a.m. Worship and Adult Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. Save The Date

Sunday, June 22 – Men and Women’s Day

Sunday, July 20 – Family & Friends Day BBQ

Last Sunday we began our Father’s Day service with praise and worship. We testified to the goodness of the Lord and thankfulness for great fathers. Deacon Frances Wilson passionately invited the Lord in and read Psalm 24. Poet, Sister Elaine McClain shared her special Father’s Day reading, “A Father of Artificial Intelligence.” The CPC Choir rendered “We Give You Praise.” Pastor Owens welcomed visitors which included Bronx Borough President, Vanessa L. Gibson. Pastor’s Father’s Day message was taken from Psalm 119, told us that God holds faithful fathers accountable as providers; to trust in the Lord for the affection, perfection and protection of their children and families. Adding though we experience trials and tribulations––if you trust God, you’ve got it made. Praise the Lord! For Altar Call, the men were invited first, and we all received a powerful prayer led by Rev. Tyrone Richardson.

Thank you for your fellowship. Worship with us tomorrow as we celebrate Men’s and Women’s Day. Women are asked to wear white accessorized with purple and the men are asked to wear dark suits with a purple tie. We invite you to worship with us. Come explore and experience all the new possibilities at Community Protestant, a church of love and understanding.

Our sincere and heartfelt condolences are extended to all who are in a season of mourning. To our sick and homebound members, please know that we are praying mightily for you and for your speedy recovery. Our best happy birthday wishes to everyone celebrating their special day this month.

“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” Psalm 119:105

––Lexa M. Mingo

Building 10 Association

Greetings, fellow cooperators.

New Cooperators – Welcome, all new cooperators. We look forward to seeing you at the next general membership meeting.

Section 2 Summer Fun Day – The Section 2 Summer Fun Day will be held today, Saturday, June 21, at the intersection of Casals Place and Carver Loop. The first 50 children will receive a free T-shirt beginning at 12 p.m. There will be steel pan music, the One-Man Band, Juan Ortego, Hidden Gems Archery and, of course, DJ Sid Nice to keep us dancing all afternoon. Come out and show us your moves in the salsa contest. Will you be the last one standing in the musical chairs contest? Can you name that tune? We will have these activities and more. Come on out and join the fun. Rain date: Sunday, June 22.

Ice Cream Social – On Saturday, June 28, from 2 p.m.-4 p.m., the Building 10 Association will host an Ice Cream Social event in the Building 10 Association Room (rear lobby of Bldg. 10B). Come out and meet your neighbors. This event is for all Building 10 residents, children, and adults.

Building 10 Association Dues – The collection of building association dues for 2025 has begun. Building association dues are $10 per apartment. Please note, the money collected is used for association-related expenses, i.e. flyers, meeting and party supplies, holiday lobby decorations and refreshments, etc.

Tip of the Week: Laundry room etiquette – The laundry room is a shared space. Please remove your laundry from the washers and dryers promptly at the completion of the cycle. Please refrain from using the carts, benches, and tables for dirty laundry. Keep our laundry clean. You can report broken machines at www.cscsw.com or call 877-264-6622.

If You See Something, Say Something – For emergencies, call Co-op City Public Safety at 718-671-3050 and NYPD at 911. For non-emergencies, call 311. You can also contact CCPD at their anonymous tips hotline: 718879-6311.

Suicide Prevention – If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide or in emotional distress, the number to call for help is 988; you can call or text. Someone is available 24 hours a day.

Questions, Comments and Suggestions – You can contact the Building 10 Association via email at Building10Assoc@gmail.com or drop a note in the suggestion box located in the laundry room. We are also on Facebook, “Building 10 ABC Association.” Like our page and get notified of all the happenings in and around Building 10.

Congratulations – Congratulations to the class of 2025! Your hard work and perseverance have paid off.

We would like to wish all who were born this month an incredibly happy birthday.

Celebrating an anniversary this month? Happy anniversary!

To the homebound and sick, we wish you a speedy recovery.

To all who have lost a loved one recently, we offer our deepest condolences.

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” –James Baldwin

Have a great week.

––Jewel Crawford-Duncan

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Building 13 Association

The Section 2 Summer Fun Day is today, Saturday, June 21 (rain date: June 22). All are welcome to join us. There is no parking on the street adjacent to the tot park.

Please see the flyer located in your bulletin board so you can book your table for this fun-filled day. There will free shirts given to the first 50 youths. The American Legion Post 1871 will open the ceremony with an honor guard presentation. Enjoy the Music by DJ Sid, free cotton candy and hot dogs (while supplies last). We will have carnival games and, of course, Name That Tune and our Salsa Contest. Additionally, our one-man band will be there, Juan Ortega, City South Steel Band, and Hidden Gems Archery among other fun events. By the Way: Get your boots on the ground, ours will be! We have our fans! Practice makes perfect!

Funding for SFD was made possible by Councilman Kevin Riley, NYC Department of Youth & Community Development, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, Congressman George Latimer, Attorney Stephen B. Kaufman PC, The Co-op City Tire Co. (near Dunkin’ Donuts), BobCares Charitable Organization, McCall’s Bronxwood Funeral Home, Riverbay Corporation, CCPD, NYPD and FDNY.

Congratulations to the 2025 Graduates. All graduates are welcome to come party; we will be celebrating you! We will have music and light refreshments in the association room. This party is scheduled for Friday, June 27, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. RSVP by June 23. Call Annice at 917-488-4179.

Building 13-Summer Sunset Cruise, in collaboration with the NAACP, is being held on Friday, September 12. The yacht is boarding at 6:30 p.m. A charter bus is arranged for transportation to the marina. Please see the flyer in the bulletin board and numbers listed for additional information. Get your seat on the bus ASAP.

Reminder: Do not leave bags with raw food on the floor in the compactor room. Look at the sign located in the compactor room and place the proper items in the recycling bags.

When in public spaces (that includes the lobby and elevators) dogs should be wearing their leash. Additionally refrain from having your pet relieve themselves under the buildings. Take them to the curb and pick up the poop.

“A united people, striving to achieve a common good for all members of the society, will always emerge victorious.” ––Samuel Nujoma, Former President of Namibia.

Visit our Facebook Page at: Building 13 Association Inc.–Co-op City E-mail us at building13assoc@yahoo.com. Contact: Wendell Mattison, V.P., at 917-330-1380. Thank you for supporting our team.

––Wendell Mattison

Building 15B Association

Hello, neighbors.

We would like to invite you to our next Building Association meeting that will be on Thursday, June 26, at 7 p.m. in our meeting room in the rear lobby of Building 15B. We will have guest speakers from the Riverbay Ja-

nitorial department: Interim Director Arthur Taylor and Section Supervisor Wilmer Rodriguez. Please come to our meeting. If you have any questions or concerns, they will gladly answer them for you and tell you the responsibilities of the Janitorial staff. We would like to welcome any new cooperators to the building and invite them to join us at our meeting. Please make every effort to attend and bring a neighbor with you. Refreshments will be served and we will have a 50/50 raffle. If you have any questions or concerns, you can send us an email at building15bassoc@gmail.com.

Happy Father’s Day to all fathers in our building. Have a happy, healthy, and safe summer vacation.

Congratulations to all our June graduates. We wish you success with your future endeavors.

––Sandy Krasnove

IMPORTANT!

For up-to-date communication from Riverbay Corporation, read the Co-op City Times, delivered to your building lobby and the community centers on Saturdays, tune in to the Crawler on your home TVs and lobby monitors, and register for Phone Tree notifications.

African-American Association of Co-op City

This Month We Celebrate Juneteenth

Juneteenth is a powerful celebration of freedom and resilience, marking the day when the last enslaved African Americans in the United States were finally freed. It’s a time to reflect on our ancestors’ struggles and the long journey toward equality. As Black people, Juneteenth reminds us of our history, our strength, and the importance of community. Let’s honor our heritage by embracing our culture, supporting one another, and continuing to push for justice and equality. Juneteenth is a celebration of our past, present, and future, and it’s a moment to reaffirm our commitment to one another and to our collective freedom.

DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO IMPACT THE OUTCOME

Join us on June 22nd when the AAACC will offer a programed celebration that stirs the souls of our ancestors. Won’t you come and experience this bliss with the African-American Association of Co-op City, aka the AAACC? Excellence: Here in Our Own Neighborhood

Saturday, September 6 – Visit us at the Co-op City Fair, 12 p.m.-6 p.m.

Saturday, September 13 – Open Mic Fundraiser, 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Dreiser, Rm. 15

Sunday, September 21 – General Meeting, 3 p.m., Dreiser, Rm. 15

Saturday, October 11 – Open Mic Fundraiser, 4 p.m.-8 p.m.

Sunday, October 19 – General Meeting, 3 p.m., Dreiser, Rm. 15

AAACC Programs

Belly Dance Classes – contact Xonia Wilson at 646-301-9438

Evening Line Dance Classes – contact Cynthia Dixon at 917-903-7073

Co-op City Baptist Church “Gospel Line Dancers” – contact Joyce Smith at 718-320-0714.

AAACC Membership

RIVERBAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The special guest speaker on Sunday, June 22, will be Professor Kaba Hiawatha Kamene. He earned his first Masters of Art in World History from Hunter College, NY, (June 87) and received his second Masters of Science in Educational Administration and Supervision, from City College of New York (Feb. 88). Professor Kaba Hiawatha Kamene is the bestselling author of “Honoring Professor William Leo Hansberry (1894-1965): An Intellectual Libation for the Architect of America’s African Studies Department” and recognized as an internationally acclaimed Pan African Historian.

He is also the star expert of the Hidden Colors documentary series, as well as the narrator of the international hit film, Out of Darkness.

As an educator, consultant, curriculum and community developer, you don’t want to miss his address on Sunday, June 22. Credits: The African American Literature Book Club

Coming Events!

Today, Sunday, June 22 – 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration, at 3 p.m. in the Dreiser Center, Auditorium C.

2025 ELECTION

Sunday, August 17 – Marcus Garvey Drum Circle Celebration, Section 1 Greenway or Dreiser, Rm. 15 (in case of rain).

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Your Voice, Your vote

any one of our ballot boxes here,” Director Graham reiterated. “You can bring it to the in-person voting, if you like. So we try to make a variety of ways that we all could be part of this process for our community in an attempt to keep our community affordable.”

Director Coleman emphasized in her opening remarks: “It’s a really important choice because the candidates will become our future leaders, and the leaders of this community will make a decision based on what you’ve heard, choices about how our resources are spent, what policies are made and written, and basically, they shape how our futures, our future is going to grow.”

your Co-op CommUNITY

reach Quorum

Ballots will be mailed on Wednesday, June 11th,2025 Envelopes color: green (same as last year)

Reminding shareholders about the upcoming availability of in-person voting, Director Coleman reviewed the schedule and noted: “On Saturday, June 28, election-day activities will be held at Bartow Center, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Our plan is to have a big party, and our theme is ‘don’t be chicken; come out and vote,’ and we’ll be serving chicken that day too.”

EARLY VOTING

In addition to revisiting the May 10, May 17 and June 14, 2025 issues of the Co-op City Times to review the candidates’ statements in the three election supplements at issuu.com/cctimes, shareholders can also log onto the YesElections voting site, Riverbayvotes.com, to view the bios and videos, if available, of the 11 certified candidates seeking their votes, or scan the QR code above.

In person early voting dates:

$25/year for single membership and $35/year for Family/Household membership. Zelle your payment using our email address. Email: aaaccpower@ gmail.com. Call: 646-883-9095. The African-American Association of Co-op City, P.O. Box 702, Co-op City Station, Bronx, NY 10475.

––Michelle Marbury

NAACP

The NAACP marches to defend democracy and combat racism and discrimination in communities across the country. Located in the Einstein Community Center, Rm. 36, we meet on the fourth Sunday of the month at 3 p.m. The NAACP Co-op City Branch Office hours are: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Mondays & Wednesdays. Notary available on Monday and Wednesday during office hours, beginning May 12. Call for an appointment.

Keep hope alive by voting in all elections – beginning in our community. Remember: Elections have consequences! If you don’t vote – don’t complain! NAACP Co-op City Branch General Meeting is Sunday, June 22, at 3 p.m., Einstein community center, Rm. 36.Guest Speaker: Simone Jones, Chief of Staff for Councilmember Kevin Riley. “Know Before You Go” Rank Choice Voting. All invited. Lite refreshments.

Early Voting: Saturday, June 14 to Sunday, June 22. Early Voting Poll Site: Co-op City Dreiser Loop, 177 Dreiser Loop.

Primary Election Day: June 24. Visit BOE website at: vote.nyc or call.866VOTE-NYC

Rank Choice Voting/RCV applies to NYC local offices: Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President, City Council then flip the ballot and vote on the Non-Rank Choices ex.: Civil Court Judge.

Save the Dates

Monday, August 11 – Care Without Barriers, a student led non-profit workshop, 3 p.m., 135 Einstein Loop, Rm. 36. Dedicated to education, prevention, and community support against marijuana and C.T.E. More info to follow.

Friday, September 12 – Join us on the Skyline Princess Summer Sunset Cruise. Deposit due now! Donation: $150 pp; after August 1st, donation: $175 pp. First payment: $75 by June 20. Second payment due by July 15 and final payment due by August 29 (deposit non-refundable.) Price includes: buffet dinner, braised beef ribs, chicken du jour, lemon sole stuffed with crabmeat, vegetarian entrée, dessert, soda, juice, coffee, herbal tea (cash bar). Boarding Time: 7 p.m. sharp!Returning 11:30 p.m. Info: Jacquie at 917-217-6363; NAACP Office: 718-320-3210; Jewel: 917-488-5237; Tracy: 646-234-4065; Gail: 718-671-3801. Ask about the charter bus.

Watch & Listen: “Our Culture, Our Stories” on the NAACP+ YouTube channel.

Follow us on Facebook: “Co-op City NAACP”

Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Dreiser Loop Community Center 6pm -10pm

The three official Candidates’ Forums were broadcast live to the community. To view the first Candidates’ Forum, shareholders can visit the corporation’s YouTube channel at bit. ly/3G4S7rd, or scan the QR code at left.

Thursday, June 26, 2025, Einstein Loop Community Center 12pm - 8pm Friday, June 27, 2025 Bartow Community Center 12 pm - 8pm

Election Day Event in person:

Saturday, June 28, Bartow Community Center 8am-8pm

know candidates—scan the QR code or visit website below

There were, unfortunately, technical challenges experienced during the broadcast of the second Candidates’ Forum held on May 21st in Einstein Center due to the network outage affecting Riverbay Corporation. Every effort is being made to readd audio from alternate sources so the Forum can be made available, notwithstanding the poor audio quality, so shareholders can at least hear some of the candidates’ responses to the important questions asked. Please keep checking the YouTube channel for addition of Candidates’ Forums #2 and #3, as they are finalized. [The Riverbay in-house channels (Crawler) is inaccessible at this time.]

Looking to make an even greater impact? Become a champion for change and join us to keep advancing Annual Membership:Adult: $30; Youth: $10; Silver Life: $750, until 12/31/25. Make ck/mo. payable to:NAACP Co-op City. Mailing address: NAACPCo-op City, 135 Einstein Loop, Rm. 36, Bronx, NY 10475 To become a member online, go to: www.naacp.org membership. Select Co-op City (2210) and join. To leave a message, call the office phone at: 718-320-3210 oremail: naacpccity2210@gmail.com ––Brenda Brown

AARP Chapter 4997

We would like to thank everyone who came out to our meeting on June 9, it was a beautiful celebration and award ceremony for our AARP Chapter volunteers and individuals that took part in The Bronx Caregiver Volunteer Respite Program through the Caregivers Outreach Mentorship Empowerment Program (C.O.M.E). We are so grateful to Mrs. Diane Cooper, who is the founder of the C.O.M.E program. She has brought a wealth of knowledge, services and support to our chapter/community. We also thank Mr. Marvin L. Walton, Executive General Manager, Riverbay Corp.; Essen Health Care; NYS Care Giving & Respite Coalition; Lifespan and JASA for their support and presence at the celebration.

It is election time. Tomorrow is the last day for Early Voting in the Primary Election, right here in the Auditorium at Dreiser Loop. The Primary Election Day is Tuesday, June 24. You can visit the BOE web site at: Vote.NYC or call 1-866-VOTE-NYC (1-866-866-3692) for additional information.

Riverbay shareholders, you should have received your green envelope for our 2025 Board of Directors Elections. If you have not, you can call 855970-6106 to obtain a replacement ballot. Voting can be done by mail, ballot box or in-person. Read the Co-op City Times for additional information. We must meet the quorum of 5,041 by close of voting on July 8, 2025, to avoid additional charges to extend the election. So please vote in our Board of Directions Election

We are looking forward to our next fun filled day trip to Tomasello Winery & AC on Thursday, July 17. We are asking all guests to arrive at 7:30 a.m., in front of the H&R Block Office, 171 Dreiser Loop. The bus will be leaving at 8 a.m. You can contact Judith Wright at 718-379-3370 or Hannah Brown at 718-379-7962 for additional information.

Our office will be closed until Monday, June 30.

We will be having our Chapter & Caregivers Intergenerational Summer Technology Program again this year, starting July 2 through August 14. The program will be from Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will be offering one-on-one sessions to assist you in using the latest technology. Walk-ins are welcome, but we encourage you to call our office, 718-320-1946, for an appointment.

Happy birthday to all born in June. We extend condolences to anyone that experienced a loss. We wish a speedy recovery to our sick and shut-ins. Our office is located at 177 Dreiser Loop, Rm. 0, on the second floor. We hope you all have a safe and full filled summer.

––Deborah D. Henry

National Council of Negro Women

NCNW National – The leaders of eight legacy Civil Rights organizations, including National Council of Negro Women, released a joint statement in response to the current administration’s immigration raids and the responsive protests in the Los Angeles area. It is not lost on us that no such show of force was deployed in advance of the January 6 insurrection at our nation’s capital despite the clear threat to democracy.

NCNW Youth Group – Our Youth Group closed out the year with a fun and heart-warming time at the AMC Theater watching “Lilo & Stitch” at their last meeting on June 14. Mahalo to everyone who made this final gathering before our summer break so special. Here’s to another successful year. Thank you all for your continued support.

NCNW Co-op City Section –Continuing and new members, if you have not already done so during the 2024/2025 year, please complete or update your NCNW, Co-op City Section Membership application that’s on our section’s website. We need to have an updated membership application on file for each member. Our next full membership meeting will be in September.

Please continue to keep our sisters Gladys Pryer, Lottie Townes, Patricia Banner Hayes, and Lori Melton high on the prayer list and also any of our members who are in a nursing home, rehab center, or housebound. We received the very happy news that our Beautification/Hospitality co-chair, Candacie Daniels, gave birth to a baby girl! Mother and daughter are just fine!

Social Justice Committee – 2025 Primary Election Voter Guide. Early Voting: June 14–June 22. Polls on June 14, 15, 16, 19, 21 and 22 are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Polls on June 17 & 18 are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Polls on June 20 are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Primary Election Day – on June 24 polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Any registered voter can request a ballot online or by mail by June 14. You may request a ballot in-person by June 23.

The General Election Early Voting will take place October 25–November 2. General Election Day is November 4, 2025.

Social Media – Remember you can find us on our website: www.ncnwcoopcitysection.com; on Instagram: NCNW Co-op City and email: ncnwco.opcity@ gmail.com.

––Joyce Howard

Black Forum

Emergency Food Pantry – 920 Baychester Ave, Bldg. 1A (opposite basketball court). The pantry is open on Thursday and Friday, from 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m., for grocery distribution. Guests are eligible to pick up food once a month. All guests must present a pantry card, at least four to six clean shopping bags with handles and a shopping cart to receive food. We will not place food in black bags because they pose a safety hazard. Section 5 guests should visit the Co-op City United Maethodist Church at 2350 Palmer Avenue to pick up groceries. This distribution site is open Thursdays, from 11a.m.-1 p.m. The groceries are supplied by and distributed by Black Forum. Religious affiliation is not required. For the safety of our staff and other guests, mask-wearing is required when picking up food.

Our priority at Black Forum Emergency Food Pantry is to provide a safe and respectful environment for everyone accessing our services. To ensure the well-being of our staff, volunteers, and all guests, we have established guidelines for appropriate conduct. While we are committed to serving our community, we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone who engages in disruptive or aggressive behavior. We will also cease service if an individual poses a risk to the safety of our staff or other guests. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in maintaining a positive and supportive atmosphere for everyone.

New Client Registration & Re-Certification for Returners – New client registration and returning client re-certification for 2025 are now closed. Check back here for the latest information on registration and recertification dates. Thank you for your patience during the process this year.

Events – Here are the pickup times for the Saturday, June 28, Caesars Atlantic City Casino trip: 920 Baychester Ave at 8:45 a.m.; Asch Loop (behind library) at 9:10 a.m.; 135 Einstein Loop (outside Community Center) at 9:30 a.m. Please be early. Also, remember your assigned seat to ensure a quick departure. We recommend you bring a sweater or jacket in case of cooler temperatures. Thank you again for your support. All proceeds go to the Black Forum to support Co-op City through our Emergency Food Pantry. We look forward to seeing you all!

Contact Us: coopcityblackforum@gmail.com

––D. Illis

JASA Co-op City NORC Program Invites You for These In-Person & Virtual Activities

Bartow OAC Shopping trips – Walmart, 6/24; Stew Leonard’s, 6/25; Costco, 6/27. Trips are $6, with the exception of Walmart, which is $12. Concerts in Motion Classic Hits – Join us, Tues., June 24, at 11 a.m. in the back of the JASA NORC Office

Common Pantry is scheduled for Tues., June 24, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Please note, they are currently on a freeze and will not be accepting new participants. Any new or inactive participants will be placed on a waiting list and will be contacted once space becomes available.

Bartow OAC Apple Picking – Trip to OCHS Apple Orchard is on Aug. 28. Price: $45, includes lunch. Su Casa programming is back at Dreiser OAC. Please join us every Wed., 1 p.m., until June 25, for

BARTOW CENTER CLOSED

Walk w/Odessa, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Blood Pressure W/Gertie & Phyllis, 12-1 p.m., (1st & 3rd Tues.)

Health & Wellness w/Ann, 11-12 p.m.

Smart Phone & Tablet Class w/ Julesa, 1:45-2:45 p.m.

Dinner Hour: 3-4:30 p.m.

JASA NORC OFFICE, new Zumba class every Tues., until July 1, at 11a.m.

Stay Well Exercise w/Odessa, 10-11 a.m.

Line Dancing w/Cynthia, Wed. & Fri., 12:30-1:45 p.m.

April, May & June Birthday Celebration

Massage Therapy, 10 a.m.-12

p.m.

Manicure, 10:30 a.m-12 p.m.

Line Dance with Cynthia, 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.

Drama Club w/Dazee Windley 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m., in Bartow OAC, Rm. 31

Dinner Hour, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Intergenerational Arts & Crafts w/Denise, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Salsa with Rasheem,10 a.m.11 a.m., Dreiser, 2nd floor

Word Games

10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Bingo on Saturdays

1:30-3:30 p.m. in the back of JASA NORC Of fice

a Caribbean & Dance workshop in Rm. 2. Caringkind: The Heart of Alzheimer’s Caregiving Rep. will be in the Bartow main office every third Mon. of the month, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., for Alzheimer & Dementia Consultation/Health Care Proxy & Power of Attorney Consultation and other services. Please call 646-744-2921 for an appointment.

Technology Class – Thurs., 6:30-7:30 p.m. Dial in number: 929-205-6099; Meeting ID: 862 5043 9695; Passcode: 896989.

Steel Drum Classes – Wed., 1-3 p.m., NORC office.

Notary: JASA NORC Office – Weds. & Thurs., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Call 718-320-2066 for an appointment.

Notary: Dreiser OAC – Weds., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Rm. 7. Call 718-320-1345 for an appointment.

American Dream Mall (NJ)

Mindful Mornings, 9-10 a.m.

Tai-Chi, 9-10 a.m.

Line Dance, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Book Club, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Ageless Facials & Self Care,1-3 p.m. (Appts. only)

Movies w/ Dennis: “South Side with You,” 1-3 p.m.

Never Too Old to Learn Spanish, 10-11 a.m., Rm. 35

Bridge to Care Arthritis Exercise w/ Damion, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 45

Technology Lab w/ Steve, 1-2 p.m.

Black Restaurant Week (Harlem)

Stretch & Tone w/Ola, 10 a.m.-11 a.m.

Bodies In Motion w/Ola, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Tech w/KJ, 1-2 p.m.

Board Games, 1 p.m.-2 p.m.

Visual Arts, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Salsa Dancing w/George, 12-1 p.m.

Chit Chat, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Fit for Life Exercise w/Gail, 1-2 p.m.

Coloring for Calmness, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Su Casa Art w/Tijay, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Chess Club, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Blood Pressure Screening, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Health & Wellness 2.0 – Celebrating Each Other, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Let’s Get It on Zumba, 1 p.m.-2 p.m.

Beware of Telephone Scammers

If you receive a telephone call demanding immediate payment using a pre-paid card, wire transfer or bitcoin, even if your Caller ID identifies a legitimate business, HANG UP and report the call. Do not divulge personal information such as Social Security number, bank account number, date of birth or any other information. Be smart, be safe!

Stay Well Exercise w/Denise, 10-11 a.m., Rm.2

Yoga Class w/ Adira, 1:15-2:15 p.m., Rm. 2

Current Events, 10-11 a.m.

Art w/ Gerry, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 6

Leisure Games w/Clara, 1-3:30 p.m.

Zumba w/Ola, 1-2 p.m., Aud. A Tai Chi w/Jimmy, 2-3 p.m., Aud. A Computer & Tablet Class w/Ralph 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. (Virtual)

Su Casa Caribbean Music Dance & Workshop Showcase, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Aud. B

Leisure TV, 9 a.m.-10 a.m.

Massage Therapy w/ Diana, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 6. (Twice a month. Appt. Req.) Arthritis Exercise w/Damion, 11 a.m.12 p.m., Aud. A Technology Class w/Steve, 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Drama Club, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Rm. 4

Black Restaurant Week Lunch, 10:45 a.m.3 p.m.

Sewing Class w/Joy, 9-11 a.m., Rm. 2 Manicure Services, 10-11:30 a.m. (twice a month)

Cardio Exercise w/Gail, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Aud. A

Leisure Games w/Clare, 1-3:30 p.m., Rm. 2 Body in Motion w/Ola, 1-2 p.m., Aud.A Leisure Games w/Clara, 1-3:30 p.m., Rm. 2

Walmart (Monroe, NY), 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Coney Island Beach/Boardwalk, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sewing Class w/Joy, 9-11 a.m., Rm. 2

Knitting /Crocheting w/Loretta 10-12 p.m.

Alert & Alive w/Cathy & Essie, 10-11 a.m., Rm. 4

Line Dance w/Sassy, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Aud. A Bingo, 1-2:50 p.m.

Menu fee for lunch is $2 & $5 for guest. ALL meals served with margarine and fresh milk. Menu subject to change without notice. For information, please call: (718) 320-2066. Schedule subject to change without notice.

Payments for trips can be made where noted, Mon.–Fri., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. only.

Funded by: The NYC Department for the Aging, the NYS Office for the Aging and Riverbay Corporation Must be 60 or older to become a JASA participant.

LUNCH & DINNER MENUS

Alternate Kosher Meals are available

LUNCH: KOSHER:Eggplant, Chick Pea Tagine, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Vegetables Mix; NON-KOSHER : Baked Asian Style Honey Chicken, Pasta, Steamed Cabbage

NO DINNER SERVED

LUNCH: KOSHER: Turkey Meatloaf w/ Mushroom Gravy, Spaghetti, Sautéed String Beans; NON KOSHER: BBQ Pork Chops, White Rice, California Blend Vegetables

DINNER: BARTOW ONLY

KOSHER:Turkey Meatloaf in Mushroom Gravy, Spaghetti & Sautéed String Beans, Tangerine; NON KOSHER: Baked Asian, Honey Chicken, Ziti Pasta, Steamed Cabbage, Apple

LUNCH : KOSHER: Baked Fish w/ Garlic Sauce, Couscous w/Peas & Lemon Steamed Carrots; NON KOSHER: Baked Fish w/ Mushrooms & Peppers, Cous Cous, Sautéed Green Beans w Onions

DINNER: BARTOW ONLY

KOSHER Breaded Fish in Garlic Sauce, Cous Cous, Fresh Garden Salad, Pear; NONKOSHER: BBQ Pork Chops, White Rice, California Blend, Vegetables, Orange

LUNCH: KOSHER: Dairy Free Baked Ziti w/ Beef, Capri Blend Vegetables; NON KOSHER: Lemony Chick Pea & Kale Stir Fry, Brown Rice, Cauliflower w/Carrots & Parsley

DINNER: BARTOW ONLY

KOSHER : Vegetarian Three Bean, Chili, Cornbread, Prince Edward Blend Vegetable, Banana; NON-KOSHER : Baked Fish w/ Mushrooms & Peppers, Cous Cous, Sautéed String Beans, Pear

LUNCH: KOSHER: Baked Chicken Quarters, Apple Noodle Kugel, Roasted Zucchini; NONKOSHER: Oven Fried Chicken, Baked Mac & Cheese, Steamed Collard Greens

DINNER: BARTOW ONLY

KOSHER: Baked Chicken, Apple Noodle Kugel, Roasted Zucchini, Kiwi, (10 Grab & Go); NON-KOSHER: Chick Pea & Kale Stirfry, Brown Rice, Cauliflower w/ Carrots, Banana

Saturday: Lunch served at 12:30 p.m. until finished: BARTOW ONLY

KOSHER: Dairy-Free Baked Ziti, w/ Beef, Capri Blend Vegetables, Apple; NON-KOSHER: Oven Fried Chicken, Baked Macaroni & Cheese, Steamed Collard Greens, Orange

Pentecostal Tabernacle

100 Co-op City Blvd., Building 22A; Mailing address: P.O. Box 204, Bronx, NY 10475.

Sunday School for all age groups starts at 10:30 a.m.; mid-day worship service begins at 11:45 a.m.

You are welcome to attend services.

Wednesdays: Prayer and fasting service will be held at 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Bible Study and prayer meeting will also be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays: Worship service will be held every evening at 7:30 p.m.

All night services will be on Zoom, 6469313860; Meeting ID: 85748454513; Code: 850684#.

Focus: Grace is divine power that causes the heart to rejoice and reflects in the lives of those who find favor with God.

“And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.” (Acts 4:33)

The promises of God are given by His grace.

Peter explained that the outcome of God’s grace working in our lives is the giving of great and precious promises.

“Simon Peter, a servant, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the

Men of Understanding

knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue. Whereby are given to us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:1-4)

At a glance, we may credit these promises to God’s power, but a closer examination of scripture reveals that all scriptural promises are ultimately the result of God’s grace. Apart from his grace, we would not receive any promises from God. It should not be a strange thing for one who has experienced the grace of God to ask for more. Although there are several means of obtaining more grace, one way is through seeking a greater knowledge of Jesus Christ from the study of his word.

Grace allowed us to enjoy God’s unmerited favor, gave us a gift that we did not deserve.

This is the true love of God that supersedes the love of human as John 3:16 states, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” His love towards us is so strong that He was willing to give up his life for us.

1 Corinthians 13:4 speaks of, “charity suffers long, and is kind, charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, it not puffed up.” It is very important that we try to love one another as God loves.

Love is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. 1 John 4:8 states, “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”

–Rev. R. Sibblies

Circle of Christ Church Iglesia Circulo de Cristo

Some people go through life with little understanding. They live entitled, expecting good things without making an effort to relate to God or others. Then there are those who pay attention and, therefore, make a difference in society. God calls men to be faithful and courageous especially with their families.

Numbers 14:23-24, “Not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it. But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.”

God makes a startling declaration, those who knowingly disobey his statutes treat him with contempt. Just as they disregard God, He prevents them from enjoying His blessing. Caleb obeyed and was blessed and so were his generations. Obedience lives beyond us. Although blessings are provided by God, stubborn rebellion is repulsive to Him.

Number 14: 36-37, “So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it– these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the Lord.”

These men belittled the Word of God and held it in low esteem. They did not honor God and, even worse, they slandered God’s blessing and in doing so poisoned the mind of the people. They refused to acknowledge God’s sovereignty and incurred His wrath.

The same spirit that sustained Caleb is seen hundreds of years later in the men who honored God’s word in making David King. The Scripture says they came to David. This means they heard the call of God and reacted obediently to it. Godly men must stand up in a wicked society to bring forth God’s program.

1 Chronicles 12:23, 32, “These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the Lord had said:... from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do, 200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command.”

The Bible further clarifies who these men were by describing them. These were men who understood the times and had been given depth of spirit to unravel what should be done. They also led their families with the high calling imposed on them. They were loyal to God.

Schedule (147 Dreiser Loop)

First Sunday of the month, Bilingual Communion Service 10:30 a.m.

Sunday: Spanish Service at 9:30 a.m. & English Service at 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday: Prayer at 10 a.m.

Wednesday: Nonperishable food distribution, 12-2 p.m.

Thursday: Prayer/Bible Study, 6:30-8 p.m.

Friday: Youth Service, 6:30-9 p.m.

Saturday: Women’s Fellowship, second Saturday, 12-3 p.m. Young Adults, third Saturday, 12-3 p.m.

Men’s Fellowship, fourth Saturday, 12-3 p.m.

Blessings in Christ, ––Pastor Luis F. Ramos Jr.

Co-op City Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Sheldon E. Williams and the Co-op City Baptist Church family invite you to join us for Worship Service tomorrow at 8 a.m. in-person only and at 11 a.m. in-person and on Zoom. Sunday School classes for all ages will be held at 9:30 a.m. We are located at 135 Einstein Loop, Rm. 50 (lower level), Bronx, NY 10475. Telephone: 718-320-3774. Email: ccbc135@optimum.net or coopcitybc@gmail.com. Website: www.coopcitybaptistchurch.org Masks are optional.

The 11a.m. service is also available on Zoom at https://us04web.zoom. us/j/9623430102 or Zoom Telephone Conference Line 646-568-7788; Meeting ID: 962 343 0102#; Password: 788175#. You can also go to YouTube, search for Co-op City Baptist Church, and watch us there.

The church’s free conference call line dial in number is 857-357-0254; Access Code is 660065#.

Rev. Williams asks everyone who calls into the Sunday Worship service to use Zoom through your computer or dial-in using the Zoom information shown above.

Our Youth and Young Adult Ministry invites you to “Kingdom Agents Weekend.” Today, Saturday, June 21, at 2 p.m., there will be a free concert in the Einstein Community Center, Rm. 45. All are welcome. Tomorrow, Sunday, June 22, at 11 a.m., our Children’s Day Service will be held at the church. The guest preacher will be Min. Jermaine Antonetty. Everyone is invited.

This Week’s Events: Wednesday Bible Study Classes will be held at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. via Zoom. Last classes for the summer. They will resume on Wednesday, September 10. Prayer Warriors Prayer Service on Thursday at 12 p.m. is on the church conference call line. Last prayer service for the summer. Thursday at 2 p.m., the Circle of Grace Knit and Crochet Group will meet in person at the church, in Rm. 51. Last one for the summer. They will both resume on Thursday, September 18. Friday Mid-Morning Prayer service at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Prayer services are on the church conference call line. They end on Friday, June 27, for the summer and resume on Friday, September 19. The next CCBC Food Giveaway will be distributed on Friday, June 27, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. in front of the Einstein Community Center. Please remember to bring your own bag and perhaps a cart. Some products can be heavy.

All Sunday School classes will end on Sunday, June 29. They will resume on Sunday, September 21, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, July 6, we will start our summer hours. We will have one service at 9 a.m. Our regular 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services will resume on Sunday, September 21. The attire during the summer will be casual dress.

“GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1

The Co-op City Baptist Church exists to glorify God and to establish a living community of people who follow the teachings of Jesus the Christ through worship, prayer, Bible Study and fellowship. We seek to meet the spiritual and physical needs of the church through ministry.

––Marilyn C. Williams

REMINDER:

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The deadline for submission of editorial content to the Co-op City Times is MONDAYS by 3 p.m. Articles received after this deadline are considered on a first-come, first-served basis, and as space allows.

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Newsong Church

The Blessing of Less: Learning to Trust God the Provider

“The Lord said to Gideon, ‘You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me,’ ‘My own strength has saved me.’” Judges 7:2 (NIV)

There will be times in your walk with God, where God will actually cut back your resources. He doesn’t do this because He’s mean, He does this so that we can learn to trust Him. Sometimes it takes losing your job to realize that God is your provider. Sometimes it takes losing your health to realize that God is your healer. It’s when we go through the storms of life that we realize that God is our rock, our anchor, or peace, our strong tower!

Are you going through a rough season? Allow the Holy Spirit to draw you closer to the Way Maker! Join us this Sunday as we continue our teaching series in the book of Judges!

About Us – Newsong Church is a life-giving church right here in Co-op City! We believe that every person can know God, find freedom, discover their purpose, and make a difference in this world! No matter what you’ve been through or where you come from, you are welcome here. Join us for Sunday worship and see why God’s family is no ordinary family. Check us out, we’re located at 135 Einstein Loop!

Sunday Worship Experience – Every Sunday at 11 a.m.Our Sunday worship experience starts with celebration. We make music to please God and to build others up. Colossians 3:16 says, “Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.” We sing to bring glory and honor to God and celebrate who He is and what He’s doing in our church!

Newsong Deaf Church, Rm. 35 – Our deaf worship experience is in ASL so that our deaf and hearing impaired can worship and fellowship in their own language!

Kidsong, Rm. 49 – We’ve created a place where children can have fun and learn about Jesus on their own level!

Against The Flow – Every Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Rm. 42.ATF is Newsong’s student ministry. Today’s middle and high school students will lead the next generation of the church and change the world. At ATF, our goal is to graduate students into a lifetime of following Jesus.

So, what are you waiting for? There’s a God in heaven who loves you and has a purpose and plan for your life! Do you live outside of Section 5? Remember, a church alive is worth the drive! Come and find hope. Come and find healing. Come and find freedom. Contact Us

Mailing Address: 135 Einstein Loop, Rm. 42

Phone: 917-342-2559

Email: CentralTeam@newsongchurchnyc.org

Prayer Request Line: Text “Prayer” to 877-899-7323

Website: www.newsongchurchnyc.org

Social Media: Facebook/IG/X: @newsongchurchbx; YouTube: Newsong Church NYC

—Pastor Mike Tolone

St. Joseph’s Episcopal Anglican Church

St. Joseph’s is located at 155 Dreiser Loop, lower level, Co-op City, Bronx, NY 10475. Email: stjosephsepc@aol.com. Church phone number: 718-3200844. Priest-in-charge: Fr. Simeon Johnson, cell phone: 917-227-4303. In-person worship service for the Second Sunday after Pentecost will be conducted by Father Simeon Johnson at the church on Sunday, June 22, at 9 a.m. as well as via teleconference.

Please remember to tune in for the daily noonday prayer service. To participate by teleconference, dial 1-425-436-6344, Access Code: 509-898, followed by the # sign.

Pledge Cards for 2025 are still available. Please collect, complete, and return yours to the church as soon as possible. We know that you want to help your church, so it is on these cards that you tell us about your areas of interest and expertise. Events and Fundraising Activities

June 28: Winery Trip to Pindar Vineyards in Long Island, sit-down luncheon at the Cooperage Inn and discount shopping at the Tanger Outlets. Hopefully, you have completely paid your $160 for the trip. The bus departs at 8:30 a.m. from in front of the rehab center, 177 Dreiser Loop, Co-op City. For more information, please contact Sheila at 718-320-0844 or 718-320-2654. If no one answers, please leave a detailed message.

August 15: The Episcopal Church Women (ECW) of St. Joseph’s are having an Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Ride to Connecticut (luncheon included) on Friday, August 15. The bus departs promptly at 8 a.m. from in front of the rehab center, 177 Dreiser Loop, Co-op City. Donation: $165 per person. Deposit of $50 due as soon as possible with the balance of $110 due by July 25, after which there will be no refunds. Contact: Valrie at 718-320-0844 or 347-200-5850. If no answer, please leave a detailed message.

Condolences: Our thoughts and prayers go out to all our bereaved members, families and friends who have recently lost loved ones. Please remember to keep them in your prayers.

Sick and Shut-in: We extend our well wishes and prayers for a speedy recovery. If possible, please visit them, call them on the phone or send them a card.

Birthday Greetings: Best wishes and blessings to everyone celebrating a birthday this month.

We continue to collect food (cans and dry goods) for the pantry at Grace Episcopal Church, West Farms. If you can, please contribute to those in need. Grace and Peace!

–Merville Chambers

Traditional Synagogue of Co-op City

The synagogue would appreciate donations to keep our shul open. If you would like to help, go to www.Gofundme.com/Traditional-Syagogue-of-Coop-City to donate, or mail to the Traditional Syngogue located in Section 5, 120 Erdman Place, in the rear lobby of 27B. The synagogue has services on Saturday morning starting at 10 a.m. After service, we serve hot/cold kiddush meal. Entrance to our synagogue for Saturday services is on the side door of Building 27B.

General Information: The Traditional Synagogue located in Section 5,120 Erdman Place, in the rear lobby of 27B. It is on the ground floor and is handicap accessible, no steps. Phone #: 718-379-6920. Office hours are Thursday and Sunday, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Please call the office before you attempt to come over. If no one is in the office, please leave a message. The synagogue has a Facebook page “Traditional Synagogue.”

The synagogue needs donations. Whatever amount you can donate, big or small, would help. The synagogue needs men to help make a minyan. There are a lot of Jewish men who live in Co-op City who do not come to services. Please come by 10 a.m. so we can take out the Torah.

The Traditional Synagogue is the only synagogue in Co-op City.

Sabbath ends on Saturday, June 21, at 9:22 p.m.

Candle lighting for Friday, June 27, at 8:10 p.m.

Good and Welfare: The congregation welcomes donations in honor or memory of a loved one. Any amount is greatly appreciated. For information about the congregation and its services, please call 646-285-1206.

To all Members: Happy birthday to all other members who will be celebrating their birthday in June. Please send me your name and I will add it to the list.

Fun and Games: After services and kiddush, members play games. Your support for the Traditional Synagogue is greatly appreciated. Wishing all our members and friends peace and good health.

––Bruce Gitelson

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Iglesia Cristiana Marcos 16:15

135 Einstein Loop, Rm. 33, Bronx, NY 10475.

Paz de Dios sea con ustedes.

Iglesia Cristiana Marcos 16:15 les hace una cordial invitación a la comunidad hispana a congregarse con nosotros. Somos una congregación pequeña, pero nuestra hospitalidad y amor superan nuestro tamaño. Estamos buscando nuevos miembros que vengan y se unan a nosotros. Hoy en día muchos se sienten cómodos viendo los servicios de adoración en línea, lo cual está bien, pero experimentar el poderoso movimiento del Espíritu Santo mientras uno está en la iglesia es una experiencia hermosa que no se puede comparar. A través del poder del Espíritu Santo, los creyentes son salvos, llenos, sellados y santificados.

Salmo 118:26: “Bendito el que viene en el nombre de Jehová; Desde la casa de Jehová os bendecimos.”

Únase a nosotros mientras alabamos, oramos y celebramos el amor de nuestro Señor y Salvador. Nuestra iglesia se encuentra en el centro comunitario de 135 Einstein Loop, Segundo piso, Salón #33.

También pueden vernos en vivo los domingos a través de nuestra página de Facebook: “Iglesia Cristiana Marcos” Horario de Servicios

Lunes: Estudios Bíblicos Español/ telefónico, 9 p.m. (564-888-5521; Código: 696248)

Martes /Viernes: Estudios Bíblicos Zoom, 8 p.m. (ID 3447367643; Código: 3jEJ2W)

Jueves: Estudios Bíblicos telefónico: Ingles, 7 p.m. y en Español/9 p.m. (564-888-5521; Código: 696248)

Domingos: Culto de Adoración: 11a.m.

La Santa Cena es el 1er Domingo del mes.

Que Dios le bendiga y recuerda que

Cristo te ama.

Iglesia Cristiana Marcos 16:15 135 Einstein Loop, Rm. 33, Bronx, NY 10475

Peace of the Lord be with you.

Iglesia Cristiana Marcos 16:15 cordially invites the Hispanic community to come gather and worship with us.

We are a small congregation, but our hospitality and love surpass our size. We are looking for new members to come and join us. Today, many are comfortable watching worship services on-line, which is fine, but to experience the powerful movement of the Holy Spirit while in church is a beautiful experience that cannot be compared. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, believers are saved, filled, sealed, and sanctified.

Psalm 118:26: “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you ”

Come join us as we praise, pray, and celebrate the love of our Lord and Savior. Our church is located at 135 Einstein Loop community center, 2nd floor, Rm. #33. You can also watch us live on Sundays via our Facebook page, “Iglesia Cristiana Marcos 16:15.” Services Offered

Monday: Spanish Bible Studies/ phone: 9 p.m. (564-888-5521; Code: 696248)

Tuesday/Friday: Zoom Bible Studies, 8 p.m. (ID 3447367643; Code: 3jEJ2W)

Thursday: Telephone Bible Studies: English, 7 p.m. and in Spanish, 9 p.m. (564-888-5521; Code: 696248)

Sundays: Worship Service, 11:30 a.m.

Holy Communion is the first Sunday of the month

God bless you and remember, Jesus loves you.

Blanca Santana

Church of the New Vision

Greetings, in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Church of the New Vision and Pastors Kenneth and Deborah Hodge welcome you to worship with us at 115 Einstein Loop North, Bronx, NY 10475. Church phone: 718-671-8746 and Pastor’s phone: 914-522-5039.

Our scripture verse for 2025 is: 2 Corinthians 2:14 KJV, “Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ and maketh manifest the savior of his knowledge by us in every place.”

Sunday School for Adults and Youths begins at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday service at 11 a.m. All are welcome. Masks are required.

Fasting, prayer and meditation is the last Wednesday of each month.

Daily Noon Day Prayer Line: 12-12:30 p.m., Monday–Friday. Join us for Wednesday Night Bible study and prayer. The conference line number is 646769-9900, Access Code: 3099388#. Please mute your phone.

Worship Message: “Man of God – There is a Charge on your Life (are you listening?)”

Sermon: 1 Timothy 6:11-13 KJV, “But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession.”

Save The Dates

June 28: Councilman Kevin Riley hosts Summer Fun Day in Section 5 –visit our tables.

August 9: Family & Friends Picnic at Glenn Island Park. See ushers for parking permits.

Tuesday, August 12: NOAH at Sight & Sound is sold out.

We continue to pray for a speedy recovery for the sick and shut-in. Grace, mercy, strength, comfort, healing, and condolences to families who lost loved ones and good health and wellness for all.

Please mail contributions, tithes and offerings to: Church of New Vision, P.O. Box 75-3037, Einstein Station, Bronx, New York 10475. Thank you.

––Brenda Brown

Co-op City United Methodist Church/ IEMU de Co-op City

Open Doors, Open Hearts, and Open Minds.

Come and Visit Us – We are a multi-ethnic and bilingual, Bible centered congregation with spirit-filled worship. Services are held in person at 2350 Palmer Avenue, across from Building 30. Parking is available. You can also participate with us via Zoom (904 4685745) or Facebook Live (UMC Coop City). ––Pastor, Rev. Sara Girón-Ortiz.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

Before His ascension, Jesus promised His disciples that they would receive power—not the power to overthrow political systems, but the power of the Holy Spirit: God dwelling within them, transforming them, and equipping them to be His witnesses. This verse reveals both a gift and a responsibility given to Jesus' disciples, and it carries profound implications for believers today.

As promised, in Acts 2 we witness the dramatic outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, empowering the apostles to boldly proclaim the Gospel. The book of Acts reveals the transforming power of the Holy Spirit in the early church and in the lives of believers. As a result, we see the birth of Christ’s Church and its expansion from Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth—all made possible through the faith and obedience of the first disciples.

In our world today, many around us are in desperate need of love, peace, truth, hope, and God’s grace. Scripture tells us that all people are invited to receive the grace of God through Jesus Christ—but they need to hear the truth of the Gospel.

As Christians, we are called to be bold and radical witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ. People need to hear—and see through our actions—what God has done for us. Therefore, like the first disciples, we must walk in faith and proclaim the message of hope, restoration, and salvation to a lost and broken world. As followers of Jesus, we too have been given power through the Holy Spirit to speak of the transformation God desires to bring into every life.

Let us pray for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. May the Spirit within us revive our hearts, renew our spirits, and refresh our zeal to love others and boldly share the good news of hope and salvation.

Come and Receive a Blessing: All are Welcome!

Theme for 2025: “God’s Love in Action with Joy and Thanksgiving”

Tuesday: Grief Share in Rm. 43, at the Einstein Community Center, 1 p.m. (new) Thursdays: Pantry and in-person prayer meeting at 11 a.m.

Upcoming Events – Save the Dates Sunday, June 22: Escuela Dominical at 11:15 a.m.

English Service at 11:15 a.m.

Servicio en Español at 12:30 p.m.

––Grace Abadia

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