Co-op City Times 06/21/1980

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has community with our Tenth .Annual Community Fair. That's right, it's that time of year again. This Sunday, June 22, a wide assortment of Co-op City organizations will join cooperators on the northern part of · the Greenway (between Benchley and Debs Places). The groups will hawk their wares, offer games of chance, and provide ethnic food treats. Cooperators will wander about

and there wm Oe space and enjoy the day as wen as take in all the goings on. Everything from plants to used clothes will be on sale and last year's menu ran the gamut from kosher frankfurters to the Spanish dish, arroz con pollo. Entertainment this year will be provided by a diverse group of bands. The Steve Lane Orchestra, long a popular group here in Co-op ( Continued on page 4)

SUNDAy BS iHE DAY! See page 4 and 5 for more information.

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ylvia Baker of the Senior Nutrition Program is ready for Co-op ity's 10th Annual Community Fair - Are you? Come on out to the reenway this Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. anc:I enjoy the fon.

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Cooperators returning fron1 work Friday evening came home to a cool reception - General Manager George Steiner reported yesterday that airconditioning was turned on several days ahead of schedule and that all buildings should have · cool air by Friday evening. The changeover from heating to air conditioning involves complex, slow processes. Since both heating and cooling utilize the same pipe network, the system must be completely

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drained, checked and refilled when switching from one to the other. Over two and a half million gallons of water must be pumped into the over 32 miles of pipes which comprise the Ric Will system. Chilled water began circulating Friday morning and valves· atop each building were turned on to allow the water to reach all apartments. Residents will also be happy to ( Continued on page 32)

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an appeal must first be granted by the same court that handed down last week's ruling. The specific charges. Speciñcally, the Council's case against the State centers on a series of misrepresentations forwarded in the first two Informational Bulletins sept to prospective residents before Coop City was constructed. Such misrepresentations concealed the true costs of Co-op City's construction, failing to note that cost over-runs would lead . to an

By Peter Grad Co-op City residents scored a major victory in their longdrawn-out Nizer case last week as an appeals court upheld their right to sue the state and its agencies for fraudulent actions, concealment of data and conspiracy to misrepresent facts while luring families to move into the community in the late 1960's. The unanimous decision from the Appellate Division of the Supreme · Court ·<New Y ork County) overturns a 1979 ruling which had struck down 11 of 13 charges levelled against the State .by the Advisory Council ( now known as the Co-op City Council). The Court decision states: "In our view, the allegations < by the Council) . . . are sufficient to state a claim against both the State and the Housing Finance Agency for fraud and should not have been dismissed." Attorney Louis Nizer,: noting that "all of our claims have been reinstated and our theories of liability vindicated," hailed the decision as "a complete victory." Unless the State requests an appeal, the case will finally go to trial. The State, HF A and Community Services Inc. ( CSU have over thé years filed several appeals in this case. ln 1975, an appeal reached the.United States Supreme Court where it was ruled that cooperators could not sue for damages in .a Federal court. The case was then tried in State courts where, after years of delay, two successive decisions in two years dismissed all major charges against the State and HF A and an but two major charges against CSI. Following last week's decision reinstating those charges, the State and agencies will be allowed only one additional appeal. Permission for

sresiøen ' r lavvsuit elevated mortgage which in turn would result in the near doubling 'of rents within a several year period. The Nizer suit charges that the State and its agencies. which stipulated a total construction cost of $284 million, must assume responsibility for the subsequent escalation of construction costs to over $442 million and that such costs should not have been placed on the backs of residents who must make up the deficit through ( Continued on page 32)

Townhouses to construction d By the end of next week, an townhouse residents in Co-op City will receive a letter from Riverbay Corporation. The letter will inform each townhouse resident that our Construction Management team will be visiting every townhouse together with our consultants and DHCR representatives on an appointment basis, to verify the extent· of construction defects in those apartments affected. The letter will be marked off,

as applicable, in one of three categories: I. your apartment is on the list of construction defects 2. it is not on the list of construction defects. 3. that the problem that was reported by you was not a construction defect and has been forwarded to maintenance for repair. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL RESPONSES BE RECEIVED (Continued on page 32)

Inside More Community Fair info page 4 and 5 Last chance to clean your con vectors . page 12 Joseph Fernandez, new man on the Riverbay team page 16 President's Report page 2 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6 Manager's Desk page 8 Consumers Comer page 10 Feens " page 20 Metroviews .. ~ . . . . . . . . page .21 Bulletin Board page 35

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· Happenings page 36 Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 37 Fraternal page 38 Senior news ', page 41 Sports page 42 Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 44 Classified page 46


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