Co-op City Times 05-23-26

Candidates Discuss Safety, Metro-North Station, and Goals at Final Forum

By DANIELLE CRUZ

The third and final Candidates’ Forum for the 2026 Riverbay Board of Directors’ Election was held on Monday, May 11, in the Bartow Community Center.

The forum was moderated by Election Committee Chairperson Mary Pearson, who opened the forum by reminding shareholders to keep an eye out for the green ballots mailed out to all shareholders.

Each candidate was then given two minutes to present their opening statements before answering nine questions

Annual Shareholders/Open Board Meeting held in Bartow, May 20

By ROZAAN BOONE

The Annual Shareholders/Open Board meeting of the Riverbay Board of Directors was held on Wednesday, May 20, in Bartow Center, Rm. 31, marking the beginning of the voting period in the 2026 Riverbay Board of Directors election.

Riverbay Board First Vice President Bishop Angelo Rosario presided over the meeting. In his opening remarks, he emphasized the uniqueness of the Coop City campus and the importance of collaborative efforts to address ongoing challenges.

2026 Annual Meeting for Riverbay Corporation

Good evening, shareholders, Board Directors, Management, and guests. On behalf of Douglas Elliman Property Management, Managing Agent, I am pleased to present the Management Report for the 2026 Annual Meeting for Riverbay Corporation. This Management Report will be a “Year in Review” for Fiscal Year beginning April 1, 2025, and ending March 31, 2026

This report highlights selected accomplishments across the corporation and is organized by department.

The state of Riverbay Corporation is good!

Budget and Finance Department

The grand total actual expenses for the corporationwere $284.6 Million. The actual expenses include the three (3) functional expense categories: departmental and capital, corporate, and debt service & fees. The grand total actual income was $296.9 Millon. These results yielded a surplus of $12.3 Million for the fiscal year. The Finance department successfully completed the CY 2024 income affidavit cycle and processed over 14,000 affidavits and finalized the process within the

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“We have a campus that is much different from any other campus in the world,” First Vice President Rosario said. “…We have to come together to figure out how, in dangerous times and bad times, we can make it better. I just want to let you know that I'm very proud to be here...If we come together with all the partners who we are sitting around our table with that probably can put it together, we will be able to make a better com-

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Shareholders Share Quality of Life Concerns at May Gallery Session

By DANIELLE CRUZ

On Thursday, May 14, the Riverbay Board of Directors held a Gallery Session in the Bartow Community Center. During the session, shareholders voiced their concerns and asked questions about issues affecting the community, like infrastructure repairs, building maintenance, sustainability initiatives, lobby upgrades, and other quality of life concerns.

The Gallery Session was called to order by First Vice President Bishop Angelo Rosario, who opened the meeting by greeting shareholders and emphasizing unity, transparency, and collaboration. He explained that this Gallery Session marked a continuation of the Board’s and Management’s efforts to engage directly with the community.

“I always hope that we can get 10,000 people out here to be able to speak and try to figure out how do we keep our community affordable and clean,” said First Vice President Bishop Rosario. “We're just trying to follow up to make sure that we can do the best job that could

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imposed deadline.

Residential Sales Department

The Residential Sales department completed 332 closings against an annual goal of 360, falling short by 28 closings for the fiscal year. There were 353 move-outs during the year. Residential Sales will continue working to meet or exceed their FY 26/27 goal of 420 closings, depending on apartment availability and DHCR approvals.

Restoration Department

The Restoration department restored 258 apartments, falling short of its 420-unit goal due to material shortages that delayed work on vacant units. For FY26/27, the department plans to meet the 420-apartment target by averaging 35 restorationsper month. Additionally, build-out has begun on the former Montefiore space in Dreiser, the future site of the on-site 32BJ Training Center. Call Center

The Call Center agents received 154,482 calls, resulting in an average monthly call volume of 12,873 calls. Approximately 121,580 calls were answered with an average wait time of 7m:04s. Agents in the Call Center created/opened 51,036 work orders and completed/closed 47,114 work orders

Procurement

Department

The Procurement department processed a total of 70 Contacts including 21 change orders totaling $17.7 Million and Purchase Orders totaling $5.4 Million. These transactions supported the direct services delivered to shareholders. The department successfully implemented the BidNet Direct platform, which is a cloud-based procurement platform that connects companies with businesses seeking to win public sector contracts. It operates as a centralized hub where Riverbay Corporation publishes Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Invitations to Bid.

Human Resources Department

The Human Resources department received approximately 7,756 resumes for all position openings and conducted 482 interviews. A total of 109 employees were hired and 94 separated from the corporation. The separations were either resignations, terminations, or retirements. At the end of the fiscal year, there were 898 positions filled and 46 vacancies

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CCTimes integrated AI technology into its video production operations to improve the efficiency of content creation for the Crawler and YouTube channel. Production of the CCTimes continued during the data security incident that impacted the Corporation for several months.

Cooperator Services Office (CSO)

The CSO developed and implemented seven (7) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to enhance operational structure, compliance, and interdepartmental coordination. The department also increased enforcement of the Occupancy Agreement violations, resulting in a higher number of holdover cases initiated where warranted.

Maintenance Department

The Maintenance department completed Local Law 152 – periodic inspections of gas piping systems across the entire complex and restored gas service to 500 apartments in Buildings 4A, 4B, and 4C in approximately four months. The department also completed the annual cleaning of the domestic water tanks in the community.

Grounds/Landscaping Department

The Grounds department removed more than 300 diseased, dying, or undesirable trees throughout the complex, replanted those areas with ornamental flowering trees, and introduced new landscaping techniques and standards across the property.

Extermination

The Extermination department significantly reduced the spotted lanternfly population through consistent monitoring, seasonal treatments, and targeted controls. Additionally, the department took a proactive approach to community health by identifying severe infestations linked to poor housekeeping. To combat rodent activity, the team installed 130 strategically placed bait stations across multiple buildings—specifically targeting basements, compactor rooms, and exterior areas—resulting in a measurable drop-in activity.

Information Technology (IT)

The IT department assisted with bringing our computer systems back online after the data security incident. The department worked around the clock fixing and identifying network gaps. The department also re-negotiated IT contracts and maximized savings for the Corporation.

Risk Management Department

The Risk Management department processed 173 Workers’ Compensation cases, 40 injuries and general liability cases, and 78 Property damage cases. The department also successfully renewed the corporation’s 14 non-health care insurance policies with an overall 7.4% or $1.2 Millon reduction in premiums. These insurance policies serve as a safety net and protect the corporation for unexpected lawsuits filed against the corporation.

Public Safety

The Public Safety dispatchers received 10,348 calls for service, resulting in an average monthly call volume of 862 calls. (Continued on page 13)

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Long Island Sound Day at Co-op City

Today, Saturday, May 23, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., join the Hutchinson River Restoration Project & Riverbay Corporation at the Section 5 Waterfront Park (120 Erskine Place, behind the basketball courts) for a morning of celebration and education. Celebrate the Long Island Sound by learning about the birds that call it home. Binoculars will be provided. For more information, visit www. hutchinsonriver.org.

Commemorate Memorial Day

On Sunday, May 24, at 3 p.m. sharp, American Legion Post 1871, in collobration with Riverbay Corporation and the Riverbay Fund, will be hosting a Memorial Day event in honor of those who lost their lives fighting for our country. The event will take place at Co-op City’s Harley J. Mosley, Sr. Veteran’s Memorial Park (4A Asch Loop) at the corner of Asch Loop & Bartow Ave. Community fellowship and light refreshments will follow after the program. For more information, call 718-3208165 or email americanlegion@ post1871.org.

Summer PSAL Registration Open

Registration for the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) High School Summer Sports, Fitness and Recreation Program officially opened on May 11. Parents can visit tinyurl.com/ynwzrfue to register their child. There are two sessions, one offered July 13 to July 28 and a second one from July 29 to August 13. Sessions run Mondays to Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and are open to all NYC students entering grades nine through 12 this upcoming fall. Students can sign up for one sport at one site per session.

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be done.”

First Vice President Bishop Rosario also acknowledged the challenges that come with managing a large community like Co-op City but stressed the importance of residents working together.

“We will always have hiccups and everything that goes on because this is a big community,” he said. “But I know that by coming together we can make a difference to make sure that this campus is kept strong and secure.”

He also encouraged shareholders to continue sharing their ideas and participating in community discussions.

“If you have an idea, please write it out, send it to us, and maybe that will help us, and maybe there’s something that we cannot see and you may have that idea,” said First Vice President Bishop Rosario.

He concluded his opening remarks by urging residents to stay engaged and vote in the upcoming elections.

“We want change and we want to do better in our community,” said First Vice President Bishop Rosario “We need 10,000 people to come out. We need people to vote because if we come out, we will be able to make a difference. And if we come together with them and with each other, we will be able to make a difference and keep this place affordable.”

First Vice President Bishop Rosario then turned the meeting over to Riverbay General Manager Marvin L. Walton, who moderated the question-and-answer portion of the session. Shareholders had submitted written questions before the meeting, which GM Walton then read aloud and addressed alongside the Board and other members of the management team.

The first question, submitted by shareholder Gale, asked for an update on when the holes created to access underground pipe leaks throughout the community would be repaired.

GM Walton explained that Riverbay uses a system to detect underground leaks during the winter months, though permanent repairs are typically delayed until warmer weather.

“We do have a system to help us to detect when we have underground leaks and we detect those underground leaks during the winter months, but it’s not the optimum time to do a repair,” said GM Walton. “You will see over the summer, improvements throughout the community for any areas that you see open because those areas are open due to a leak that has been detected.”

partment is currently facing staffing challenges because both the director and assistant director are currently out on workers’ compensation. As a result, Deputy General Manager for Property Operations Dwayne Scott has taken on oversight responsibilities for the department.

“Dwayne Scott, deputy general manager for property operations, joined us in December and he has made great strides since he’s arrived,” said GM Walton. “He’s now going to pick up the task also at running the day-to-day of Janitorial until we can figure out a strategy.”

GM Walton said Management has already begun implementing a new operational plan.

“We got a plan in place and we’re going to begin to operationalize it and he’s going to be making sure that the supervisors are supervising the teams that are working in our buildings,” said GM Walton.

Shareholder Barbara Rose submitted the next question, asking for an update on the commercial space available in the Dreiser Center. GM Walton said Riverbay is working toward bringing a diner to the community at the request of shareholders.

Shareholder Rose also asked for an update on the convector initiative. GM Walton explained that for the last year and a half, Management has been

testing a fifth-generation thermostat convector system in Building 14. According to GM Walton, the units have successfully completed both a heating and cooling season without leaks.

He explained that the new convectors contain dual shutoff valves that stop water flow once a room reaches a certain temperature, which helps reduce the risk of leaks.

“Now we have an actual convector that has worked in our environment for a heating and cooling season,” GM Walton said. “Management will be presenting to the Board a recommendation based on the outcome of the pilot program that we did in Building 14 to install this state-of-the-art convector in all living rooms.”

GM Walton said most convector leaks occur in living rooms, which is why Management is initially focusing replacement efforts there and that beginning sometime next year, Management will have a plan in place to install convectors in every single living room.

The next question came from shareholder Anthony Dingle, who asked for an update on electric vehicle chargers. GM Walton responded by outlining the community’s sustainability initiatives, which will begin with solar panel installation on the Power Plant roof, followed by solar panels placed in select garages.

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He added that emergency repairs can be done during colder months, if necessary, but they are able to do permanent work in the spring and summer. GM Walton also noted that Riverbay is working with the Department of Transportation (DOT) regarding a major leak under Co-op City Boulevard because Riverbay does not have the authority to excavate beneath DOT property.

The next question, submitted by shareholder Renee Allen, asked when Management would begin more closely following up on the work being completed by Janitorial staff.

GM Walton said the Janitorial de-

submitted by shareholders.

The following are some of the questions asked during the forum and the candidates’ responses:

Question: There is a clear separation between the Board’s role and Management’s role. What is your understanding of that governing structure and where the authority lies? Meaning, which decisions are Management’s and which decisions are the Board’s?

Monique Coleman: So, the separation between church and state in my head, between Management and the Board, is that the Board makes policy. We make the overarching decisions about how our community should run. But Management makes the day-to-day decisions on all matters involved with dayto-day business. So Human Resources matters would be Management. Restoration, shareholder issues, that’s all Management. We make the rules; they run the development.

Andrea Leslie: I’ll use the same analogy of separation of church and state. The Board makes the policy rules. The Board is who will decides if we will set fees for particular activities in the community, and then the Management is who makes sure that if there’s a fee to be charged to a shareholder, then that’s their responsibility. Management also, in terms of day-to-day, Management is responsible for making sure that the Power Plant is operating, making sure that the grounds are clean, and they’re supervising the different departments that help the community operate. And we make a policy in reference to how they should operate, and then they follow through with those activities. We have audits that we do, and our audits will make recommendations. Then the Board decides that that is a recommendation that we should follow then Management has to carry that action out.

Idalia Reyes: The Board basically makes the policies, and then what I’ve learned is that Management is what takes care of the day-to-day process and things that they manage in the departments with the Board overlooking and making sure that everything is in place to protect us. We also deal with the Management office, but also they report to us, and that’s why the best thing that we do is in protecting the shareholders.

Yanira D. Jaime: I’d like to use the analogy of a cruise ship. Think of it like a large apartment building on a cruise ship. The Board of Directors is like the family that owns the ship. Their job is to decide the vision, priorities, rules, and budget. Management, on the other hand, is like the captain and the crew running the ship every day or every cruise. Their job is operations. Fixing elevators, maintaining buildings, handling staff, and day-to-day operations. So that is the distinction between Management and Board.

Aaron Carnegie: Everyone already talked about it, but the difference between the Board and the Management is the Board makes policy. Management does day-to-day. So, let’s give an example. We have a policy right now, everyone is not loving it, but we have a dog policy. Everyone knows about it. The Board can change it so that Management could enforce it. So, for instance, if we change our policy right now to allow dogs, then we can now set the policy to say, “Okay, we can’t have any dogs over 20 pounds.” Possibly the breed and such. Then Management, through, for example, CCPD, would be able to enforce if someone has a dog that’s not registered, they can now go out and enforce the rules. That’s not happening now.

Lynette Wright: Yes, technically on paper the Board does do policy, and Management does implement it, but there are several areas where Management will implement policy. If that is related to, let’s say, human resources-related things, we do not implement policy related around that. If there are legal things, we cannot implement policy around that because it might be outside of the stretch of what we do. There’s other areas, at least that I know that I’ve noticed, and I’ve spoken about this with Rod Saunders, where shareholders will get told it’s the policy of the Board, and then we go and we try to look up the policy, and the policy is not there because the Board never implemented it; Management did. So, there are times that there are things that allegedly it’s like the Board can change those things that they’re saying that allegedly there’s a resolution, but if there’s no resolution to follow, that means that that was not a policy of the Board. So I know that that’s something that we have spoken about, of trying to go back and seeing what are the policies… that impact shareholders directly. Where did they come from, and being able to connect them to a resolution and deciding does that policy still hold and if there is, being able to have a resolution that supports it and if it doesn’t we need to now change the policy to be more applicable to today.

Nero Graham: The Board of Directors’ policies. You put things together and you pass them down to the managers, and the managers enforce the policies. Yes, sometimes… HR and the law department will have to put something together, but whatever they put together needs to and must come by the Board for a review and approval. Because when it comes down to being accountable with any of the rules and regulations and procedures, it is going to come directly and reflect the Board of Directors.

Darnell Lopez: We understand that the Board makes policy and Management does the day-to-day. What I would like to say is the Board is pretty much the liaison for the shareholders. We are the ones to make sure that your quality of life is upheld. You’re feeling heard and seen. Everyone can’t go to Management and voice their opinion, but we are the people who can take your concerns, put them together, and bring them to Management so they are heard.

Keith Logan: The understanding is pretty clear that the Board makes policy with the exception of labor laws and OSHA and things like that. That’s Legal. The Board makes the policy, and the Management enforces that policy, but it’s not the Board’s job to get involved with the day-to-day operations. So, if something is going on, I agree with my colleague Darnell that if there’s something that’s threatening the company or something that’s serious that can be an in-

cident, then we can bring it to the Management. But Management is supposed to run the day-to-day. The Board members are not supposed to get involved in the day-to-day operations.

Michelle Marbury: There’s a fine line between the Board and Management when it comes to the day-to-day operations, and we have to be mindful of that. If a Board member comes to you and says, “I’m going to take care of this for you,” that is speaking out of turn, and that could make our corporation liable. So, we have to be careful of the rules and that we’re following them. The other thing that I’d like to bring to the forefront is how do you get involved? How does the corporation, which is all of us, share in this responsibility, and that is in the committees. It’s in your building associations. It’s where you come up with your ideas. Take them to committee. The committee works them out, brings them to the Board, and then we make resolutions and policies, and that goes to Management. So, I think that’s really important for us to recognize we’re in this together. We’re just representing you. All 15,000 of us can’t be in the boardroom…

Question: What are the greatest concerns and threats to Co-op City’s future, and what prevention can be taken?

Andrea Leslie: We have a number of those things, unfortunately. I’ve mentioned, and we’ve all mentioned, that the greatest threat, I think, is unfunded mandates because whenever something occurs and the city or the state decides that we have to correct that issue based on something occurring, not necessarily in Co-op City, but somewhere else, it’s mandated for us to take that action, but it doesn’t come along with money. And therefore, we usually have to try to find out how, in our budget, we’re going to finance that, and that becomes a rocky situation because at least 80% of our income comes from shareholders’ carrying charges. We are facing now repairs for the garage because a garage collapsed in Manhattan, it falls back on us. So each time something happens like that, in terms of a mandate, we have to make sure it’s corrected, and they’re usually giving us a deadline also for it to be done. So, it’s not like we can take a long time to take the action. We usually have to take it within their deadline and come up with the money in order to do it. And that’s usually a really difficult thing for us to do.

Idalia Reyes: As I speak to people, including myself, I think a lot of people feel carrying charges might go up because, as Andrea was saying, things get expensive. We have a lot of repairs to get done. If it’s not the convectors, it’s the floors, the flooding that happens. We really need to be in the budget. And sometimes as the years and everything that goes by, things go up. We see gas going up. We see a lot of things going up, and some people can’t afford to do that. Do we have fear? Yeah, we do have fear. But as a community together, those carrying charges don’t need to go up if we stay within the budget and do the right thing for cooperators. Because that’s a big fear that I find in my seniors that I talk to, is that they won’t be able to afford to live here in a couple of years. So, we need to really be proactive when it comes to budgeting.

Yanira D. Jaime: I think, honestly, one of our biggest challenges is the aging infrastructure, whether it be the elevators, garage, pipes, or heating systems, or AC. Some of these are very decade-old systems. We can’t keep waiting for things to break down before fixing them. And if we do, the costs are going to go up. Our biggest concern is affordability. So then what’s our solution? We need to implement smart, long-term planning. Not panic decisions. And what that means is that we need stronger financial oversight. Preventative maintenance. Let’s stop doing these patchwork band-aid jobs that I see done, and let’s really focus our attention and funds on the root cause of these issues. At the end of the day, Co-op City is more than just buildings; it’s a community. And the goal is, at least my goal is, to make sure that our seniors can age comfortably and our children and grandchildren can still afford to call this place a home in the future.

Aaron Carnegie: I think one of the biggest issues that we have is preventative maintenance. When we talk about preventative maintenance, we’re talking about planning for the future. Right now, you see all the issues. You can look outside of Building 22 right here, right next to Building 20, where you have a big old hole in the yard. Well, that’s a leak from a pipe. If we were doing preventative maintenance on the regular instead of procrastinating, you wouldn’t have to deal with leaks and then not having hot water sometimes or not having water at all. We cannot keep doing that because, guess what, if we continue to wait, the cost is going to rise. We are supposed to be a NORC community, and guess what? People won’t be able to stay here because you’re not going to stay here long enough because the cost is going to be too high. It’s not going to be affordable. We have to get on top of our preventative maintenance.

Lynette Wright: I think I’m going to go in a little bit of a different direction, and I think it’s just the way that we deal with things overall. We are very reactive to the fact that something has already happened and then we’re mad about the fact that it’s already happened. But by the time we are ready address it, those deals have been signed. Things are already done. It’s a done deal. And part of that, to a degree, I’m not saying everybody, but overwhelmingly, does come from apathy that has occurred within the community, unfortunately. That it winds up being, “well, it’s someone else’s issue,” or we’ve announced it, but nobody has paid attention. And then it winds up taking a little bit too long, and it’s like now we feel the impact of what happened. Well, what happened? We weren’t there. When we’re talking about unfunded mandates, that’s a constituent issue. That’s every single person in this room who has voting power to be able to address it. When we’re talking about preventive maintenance that is those Open Board meetings that we started opening up, and I hope we’re gonna be opening up again. That’s people coming and saying, “What’s going on?” “What’s happening?” “Follow up on this,” which we’ve tried to implement. I’ve been trying to implement… where if we said we’re gonna do something by a certain deadline, we’re gonna report back and say what happened. All of those things combined, unfortunately, are involved (Continued on page 12)

2026 Board Election Committee Report

The Ballots are HERE!

By now, everyone should have gotten a ballot in the mail. Your ballot is inside an unusually large GREEN envelope labeled, "Riverbay Board of Directors Election Official Ballot," and addressed to your apartment’s Shareholder of Record.

I'm gonna say it again: The ballots were mailed to us more than a week ago inside their impossible-to-miss, humongous GREEN envelopes. If one of them isn’t stuffing your mailbox by now, it’s time to contact YesElections.

YesElections is the third-party, independent election company hired to handle every part of mailing the ballots and counting the votes. If you have not gotten your ballot, call them at (855) 485-1988 or email them at help+riverbay@yeselections.com for a replacement ballot.

Who gets to vote? If that’s your name on the envelope, you have been verified as your apartment’s official Shareholder of Record of as of April 1, 2026.You’re eligible to vote.One vote per unit. Regardless of your U.S. citizenship status. In fact, it’s your obligation to vote. And here’s how.

Inside that huge, mint green envelope, find:

• A ballot sheet addressed to the shareholder (folded in thirds)

• A Secret Ballot Envelope

• A Business Reply Mail postage-paid return envelope

The Ballot. The actual ballot is the strip at the bottom of the ballot sheet. On it, you see 11 candidates’ names. You can choose zero to five candidates by either leaving the “bubbles” (the circles) next to their names blank or filling in no more than five of them.

The next section of the ballot is the “Yes” or “No” Referendum Question.Fill in your choice or don’t. The question has nothing to do with validating or invalidating your ballot. (See the referendum question details below.)

The last part of the ballot sheet gives you the option of casting a ballot for purposes of quorum only. Fill in that optional Quorum Only bubble if you aren’t voting for any of the candidates. But even if you make an error, don’t fret. Your ballot will count as one of the 5,041 votes needed to certify Election 2026 even if your ballot is not perfectly filled out.

But if you want your candidate selections to count, follow the instructions carefully by voting for no more than FIVE (5) candidates.

Secret Ballot Envelope. Once you’ve made your selections, you’re done. Write nothing else on the ballot: not your apartment details, not your name. Separate the instruction part from the ballot sheet and seal just the ballot inside the Secret Ballot Envelope. Then follow that envelope's instructions because this is the really important part: You MUST place this inside the Business Reply Envelope.

Returning your ballot: The Business Reply Envelope (BRE) – also called a

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“We’ve decided that we’re going to test solar first,” said GM Walton. “Our first solar project is going to be putting solar panels on the roof of our Power Plant. And shortly after that, we’re going to pick one of our garages in which we’re going to put the solar panels.”

GM Walton said the initiative is also intended to help prepare Co-op City for possible future requirements under New York City’s Local Law 97. He explained that although EV chargers have been discussed for several years, they are not a top priority at the moment.

“And EV chargers we’ve been talking about for the last two to three years and it hasn’t surfaced as a major priority yet,” said GM Walton. “But it should fall in line once we identify the sustainability projects that we’re going to do in the community.”

Shareholder KaRaa asked for an update on the proposed youth center and whether Riverbay planned to collaborate with organizations already operating within the community.

GM Walton said discussions are ongoing and that the Yellow School House on Baychester Avenue has been considered as a possible location, though no final decisions have been made.

“I cannot tell you or give you any indication as to whether and when there will be a youth center coming to the community,” said GM Walton. “But we as a group, working with the Board, we’re talking about it very diligently and the community have spoken and we’re going to do our due diligence to do the best and keep you informed along the way.”

GM Walton added that partnerships with outside organizations would likely play a role in the project because Riverbay is a property management company.

The next question read was from shareholder Vilma, who asked what steps were being taken to improve Janitorial services throughout the community.

GM Walton reiterated that Management is actively restructuring operations within the department and

self-addressed, postage-paid, return envelope – must be used for your ballot to count. You may post it in a mailbox, mail it at the post office, or drop it in an Official Ballot Drop Box located in each of the three community centers – Dreiser, Bartow, and Einstein. (Using the Drop Boxes saves us $0.81 of return postage!)

But First. Turn the envelope over. You’ll see a barcode and numbers and you’ll see a signature line. Your vote will be counted even if a signature is not included on the back of the envelope. Each Ballot Return Envelope (BRE) has a uniqueapartment-identifying codefor the individual unit, indicating that the Shareholder of Record has received the envelope, making the signature a fail-safe redundancy.Until the conclusion of the election, only YesElections, the third-party election company, knows which apartment is identified by that barcode.

You’re not done yet. Don’t think you're finished with those green pompoms and those gigantic green envelopes just yet. The Linger in your Lobby or Stroll the Grounds or Ride the Elevator campaign is just getting started because now you’ve got two Election Awareness/Get-Out-The-Vote props to use: one for each hand. You’re all set to offer ballot assembly information like a pro, you know all about the mail it or drop it choices, we’re even catching a break with the weather cooling off, so it’s GO TIME!

Well, let’s review one last thing, and then GO!

Back to The Referendum Question. The referendum question has to do with Board vacancies. Right now, when someone leaves the Board, the first runner-up of the last election moves into that person’s spot. Our bylaws say the sixth-place candidate of the previous election year fills the seat, but just until the next election. If that replacement person chooses to continue serving on the Board, they’d need to run all over again, possibly just a few months after being seated on the Board.

If this referendum passes, the change to the by-laws would allow the replacement person to fill the entire remainder of the former Board director's three-year term, which could be months or could be years.

When will we know the results? In two weeks, we'll know if we've reached quorum, missed it by a little bit, or missed it by a mile. The first Drop Box retrieval happens on June 3rd. We'll know the results by June 6. That’s when we’ll hear the news by robocall or read it in the paper.

And that’s it.

Whatever will we do while we wait?

Grab a green pom-pom (and your empty, plus-size, mint-green envelope) and tell a neighbor: The Ballots are HERE!

Any questions? Riverbay2026Election@RiverbayCorp.com

–Mary Pearson Chair, 2026 Election Committee

that teams are currently conducting building “blitzes” to address these concerns.

“We are currently doing blitzes in our buildings where we’re taking a team of individuals and they’re cleaning Building 1 and then they’re moving over to Building 2 and so forth,” said GM Walton. “We’re currently conducting blitzes until we catch up.”

GM Walton also acknowledged that some buildings have been maintained better than others and said Management is aware improvements are needed.

“We recognize that and we’re not issuing a single excuse, but you will see improvements,” said GM Walton.

Shareholder E. McCaster asked for clarification on why he was being told that Riverbay does not fix closet doors and where he could find that policy.

GM Walton explained that closet doors do not fall under the scope of repairs that are Management’s responsibility and said the policy has existed for decades.

“There are certain things in your apartment that Management will be responsible for and fix. The closet doors are not one of those,” GM Walton said. “And it’s been that way since 1979 to my understanding.”

He also added that Riverbay’s Restoration department has identified outside vendors capable of repairing closet doors because Riverbay does not stock the necessary replacement parts.

Shareholder McCaster also asked what could be done about packages being left in building lobbies by delivery companies. GM Walton said Riverbay has repeatedly contacted delivery vendors to discourage the practice but has not had much success with getting the companies to enforce that policy with their delivery personnel.

GM Walton also acknowledged concerns from shareholders who have experienced difficulty selecting the Amazon Locker delivery option on the Amazon app. GM Walton said Riverbay is currently working with Amazon to resolve the issue so shareholders

can more consistently use the lockers.

GM Walton also explained that while some residents have suggested bringing back lobby attendants or having staff collect packages, doing so would create liability concerns for the corporation.

“We have instructed porters that if it’s impacting egress, we ask them to push it out of the way,” GM Walton said. “I cannot take those packages, scoop them all up, and take them. We can’t do that.”

He added that Riverbay also cannot store packages in designated rooms because doing so would create additional liability.

Shareholder Jacqueline Chambers’ question raised concerns regarding laundry room etiquette and malfunctioning laundry machines and asked about the status of the lobby upgrades.

GM Walton said that reminders about proper laundry room etiquette are regularly shared through the Co-op City Times and the Crawler.

He also reminded shareholders that QR codes attached to the washing machines can be scanned to report problems directly to CSC ServiceWorks.

“We’re asking you to partner with us and if you see it, just take your phone, do the QR code and report it,” GM Walton said. “The machines do not stay down all the time.”

GM Walton said Riverbay tracks repair data and that many issues stem from improper machine use.

“There is data to support that they do fix the machines, and we even have data to show the time period,” said GM Walton. “Oftentimes they’re down because we’re using them incorrectly. Some of you still use powder when the machine requires liquid. So, let’s be mindful about making sure that we’re using the machines correctly. And you’re not supposed to put rugs in the dryer. We’ve had a couple of fires since I’ve been here because of that.”

Addressing the question about lobby upgrades, GM Walton said Management and Riverbay Director

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Board of Directors’ Meeting - May 20, 2026

SUBMITTED BY: Kevin Lambright SECONDED BY: Michelle Marbury

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, DATED: May 20, 2026

WHEREAS, the Procurement department conducted a bid solicitation under bid No. 4274 for vendors to perform work associated with NYC Energy Conservation Code (Local Law 88) – Phase 2; and.

WHEREAS, the Procurement department received three (3) competitive bid proposals to solicitation through BidNet; and

WHEREAS, the Compliance department reviewed the bids in detail and recommends approval of awarding Contract No. 4274 for Local Law 88 Work–Phase II to Pearl Street Systems & Engineering LLC DBA Pearl Street Systems, as the lowest and qualified bidder at a not-toexceed value of $808,573.58 plus applicable taxes; and WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution, no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of

SUBMITTED BY:

SECONDED

BY:

Monique Coleman

Andrea Leslie

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, DATED: May 20, 2026

WHEREAS, Procurement issued a Request for Proposals through BidNet to qualified vendors to provide Architectural and Engineering Services as Needed; and WHEREAS, Procurement received nine (9) proposals which were reviewed in detail by the Project Manager; and WHEREAS, the Project Manager recommends Lothrop Associates Architects D.P.C. as the lowest responsible bidder for a contract amount not to exceed $900,000 plus tax for a three (3) year term; and WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution, no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by Section 713 of the New York Business

SUBMITTED BY: Leslie Peterson

SECONDED BY: Michelle Marbury

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, DATED: May 20, 2026

WHEREAS, the Procurement department via BidNet solicited vendors to submit bids for the Apartment Turnkey Renovation work; and WHEREAS, the Procurement department received fourteen (14) bid proposals which were reviewed in detail by the Restoration department; and WHEREAS, the lowest bidder, TF Andrew, was unable to proceed with the work under the agreed-upon pricing and scope of work. As a result, Riverbay terminated contract No. 4276 for cause; and WHEREAS, the Restoration department recommends awarding contract No. 4248C for the Turnkey Apartment

interest, as required under NY Business Corporation Law Section 713.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED: that Contract No. 4274 for Local Law 88 Work–Phase II be awarded to Pearl Street Systems & Engineering LLC DBA Pearl Street Systems as the lowest and qualified bidder at a not-to-exceed value of $808,573.58 plus applicable taxes be approved by the Board as recommended by Management in accordance with Board of Directors Resolution #85-16 and amended by Board of Directors Resolution #95-44 and #20-19.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to take all steps necessary to make this action effective.

YES: Coleman, Cylich, Lambright, Leslie, Marbury, Pearson, Peterson, Richardson, Rosario, Smith, White, Wright NO: Johnson

ABSENT: Graham, Saunders PASSED

Corporation Law. NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED: that the proposed contract #4236, with Lothrop Associates Architects D.P.C. for an amount not to exceed $900,000 plus tax for a term of three (3) years is hereby approved as submitted by Management in accordance with Resolution No. 85-16, as amended by Resolution Nos. 95-44 and 20-19;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to take all steps necessary to make this action effective.

YES: Coleman, Cylich, Lambright, Leslie, Marbury, Pearson, Peterson, Richardson, Rosario, Smith, White, Wright NO: Johnson

ABSENT: Graham, Saunders PASSED

Renovations work to Cove Improvements LLC for a one (1) year contract term, in the amount not-to-exceed a value of $1,724,000 plus applicable taxes, as the next lowest responsible bidder; and WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution, no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by New York Business Corporation Law Section 713.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED: that the proposed Contract No. 4248C be awarded for the Turnkey Apartment Renovation work to Cove Improvements LLC in the amount not to exceed value of $1,724,000.00 plus applicable taxes for a one-year contract term be approved by the Board as recommended by Management in accordance with the Board of Directors Resolution #85-16 and amended by Board of Directors Resolutions #95-44 and #20-19; (Continued on page 7)

Important Notice to Shareholders of Building 12

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.

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Writers will be limited to one letter per topic. Anonymous or unsigned letters will not be accepted for publication. Letters cannot exceed 350 words. Ideally, they should be typed. All letters must be submitted to the Co-op City Times by 3 p.m. Monday to be considered for publication in that week’s edition. Email cctimes@riverbaycorp.com or mail to 2049 Bartow Ave., Room 21, Bronx, NY 10475.

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Resolutions –––––

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to take all steps necessary to make this action effective.

YES: Coleman, Lambright, Marbury, Pearson, Peterson, Richardson, Rosario, Smith, White, Wright

NO: Cylich, Johnson, Leslie ABSENT: Graham, Saunders PASSED

Second Reading - Resolution: #26-40

SUBMITTED BY: Jacqueline

Smith

SECONDED BY:

Michelle Marbury

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, DATED: May 20, 2026

WHEREAS, Riverbay Corporation has utilized Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP Inc) for payroll processing, human capital management, employee onboarding, and time and attendance services for more than ten years, supporting payroll and HR administration for over 900 employees; and

WHEREAS, ADP Inc. provides an integrated, fullservice payroll and human resources platform that includes automated federal, state, and local payroll tax calculation, filing, and remittance, as well as compliance support with applicable labor and tax laws; and

WHEREAS, the ADP Inc. system is mission-critical to Riverbay Corporation’s financial and human resources operations, and replacement at this time would present substantial operational, compliance, and transition risks; and

WHEREAS, the Finance department recommends awarding this contract No. 4297, as a single source to ADP Inc. in the amount not-to-exceed $313,200.44 in Year 1, $316,332.44 (1% increase) in Year 2 and $319,495.76 (1% increase) in Year 3, plus applicable taxes for an overall three-year contract term; and

WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution, no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by NY Business Corporation Law Section 713.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE, RESOLVED: that the proposed contract No. 4297 be awarded to ADP Inc. in amount not-to-exceed $994,028.64, plus applicable taxes for an overall three-year contract term be approved by the Board as recommended by Management in accordance with the Board of Directors Resolution #85-16 and amended by Board of Directors Resolution #95-44 and #20-19; an

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED; that the President is hereby authorized to execute the contract and Management is authorized to take all necessary steps to make this action.

YES: Coleman, Cylich, Johnson, Lambright, Leslie, Marbury, Pearson, Peterson, Richardson, Rosario, Smith, White, Wright ABSENT: Graham, Saunders PASSED

Second Reading - Resolution: #26-42

WHEREAS, the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Riverbay Corporation and the Co-op City Police Benevolent Association (“PBA”) expired on March 14, 2026; and

WHEREAS, representatives of Riverbay Corporation and the PBA engaged in collective bargaining negotiations; and

WHEREAS, because of these negotiations, the parties agreed to a new fiveyear Collective Bargaining Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Riverbay Management submitted to the Board the attached Memorandum of Agreement summarizing the key provisions of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement and recommending that the Board of Directors ratify it; and

WHEREAS, prior to voting on this Resolution, no Director has disclosed to the full Board any conflict of interest as required by NY Business Corporation Law Section 713.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED, that the Riverbay Board of Directors ratifies the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Riverbay and the Co-op City Police Benevolent Association for a five-year term beginning March 15, 2026, and ending March 14, 2031, and authorizes Riverbay’s President to execute the agreement on behalf of the Corporation.

YES: Coleman, Cylich, Johnson, Lambright, Leslie, Marbury, Pearson, Peterson, Richardson, Rosario, Smith, White, Wright ABSENT: Graham, Saunders PASSED

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Public Safety Blotter

May 10, 2026 – May 16, 2026

May 10, 2026

140 Debs Place – A shareholder reported to CCPD that they were hit on the head with a stick by their son causing injuries. NYPD was able to arrest the son who was charged with assault and issued a Community Complaint for Anti-Social behavior.

May 11, 2026

Rear of 99 Asch Loop – CCPD responded to a call of a fight in progress. A non-resident juvenile reported being assaulted by another juvenile. The non-resident juvenile suspect was located by CCPD and placed under arrest for assault and processed as a juvenile.

May 12, 2026

120 Asch Loop – CCPD responded to a call of a shareholder’s son knocking on the apartment door. The shareholder produced an Order of Protection against the son who was placed under arrest by CCPD for violating the Order of Protection.

May 14, 2026

140 Alcott Place – A cooperator reported returning to their parked vehicle and observed the driver’s side key cylinder missing. The cooperator will also contact NYPD for report purposes.

100 Darrow Place – CCPD responded to a call of a male knocking on an apartment door. Upon arrival and investigation, the male had an Order of Protection against him and in the process of being placed under arrest, he fought with and injured four CCPD officers who sustained minor injuries. The male was arrested and charged with violating the Order of Protection, Assault on the Officers and was also issued a Community Complaint for anti-Social Behavior.

May 15, 2026

Rear of 100 Elgar Place –CCPD observed a cooperator with an open container of alcohol in public view. The cooperator was issued a Criminal Court summons and a Community Complaint for Anti-Social behavior.

Domestic Violence

The Department of Public Safety reminds shareholders that if they are threatened or are being subjected to Domestic Violence, help is available. To get help, call 1-800-621-HOPE for the NYC Domestic Violence Hotline, or 311 and ask for the Domestic Violence Hotline.

For information on CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES ONLY, please contact: Lenya Garcia at Lgarcia@riverbaycorp.com; and Anatoliy Budnitskiy at abudnitskiy@riverbaycorp.com. Please note: emails should be sent to both parties. Please DO NOT email resumes for EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES to the aforementioned emails. For EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, please see below for specific directions. There are no contract opportunities to list this week. Please check back.

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Director’s Viewpoint Daryl Johnson

Board Directors Must Work Positively For Our Community

Co-op City Board Directors must work for the best interests of our community. So, is it possible that they might have to reject proposed resolutions and other matters from their management team and their workers?

Work Positively

Board directors should always treat their management team and their workers in a good manner. However, at times, board directors must understand that they might be presented with issues that are not right for our community.

For instance, our management team will have a “briefing session” about two weeks before the end of every month. Then, we’ll review some resolutions and other matters. However, in my opinion, a resolution might be questionable or just bad. Thereafter, our board will have a discussion about that resolution.

Meanwhile, I’ll listen to their discussion. Then, in some cases, I’ll point out several issues about that resolution. And, that’s when our entire “discussion” will go south. But, why did that discussion go south? Was it because severe problems were brought out about that resolution? Was it because some board directors participated in the creation of that resolution? Or, was it because some board directors simply did not want to hear about the bad issues within that resolution?

Look, some board directors might favor a resolution. But, the main issue should be about how a resolution will affect our community. So, if a resolution negatively affects our community, then should all board directors be expected to approve that resolution? No!

For instance, do you honestly think that most landlords, with similar monthly apartment prices, will replace the floors and the kitchen cabinets when someone moves out? No! Look, most landlords will make sure that the vacant apartment is in a reasonable condition. Thereafter, they will rent that apartment out in a rapid manner.

New floors? You will pay for your own new

SUBMITTED BY: Lynette Wright SECONDED BY: Leslie Peterson

floors. New kitchen cabinets? The landlord might reject your efforts to replace their good and strong kitchen cabinets. Or, you might get written permission from the landlord to purchase specific types of new kitchen cabinets. Thereafter, legal documents might be drafted so that those kitchen cabinets can stay in that apartment if you move out. So, do you see how some landlords can save a lot of money?

On the other hand, we have 15,372 apartments in our community. So, how did you feel when we received those carrying charges that were on the heavy side? Good or bad, you’re now paying a lot of extra money to live here.

Therefore, please look at your own kitchen cabinets. Now, ask yourself if we should be spending thousands of dollars on materials and labor to replace those very strong cabinets? If your answer is yes, I need for you to understand that we have 15,372 apartments here. And, I need for you to understand that about 30-40 apartments become vacant every month.

So, with this knowledge and our limited funds, do you honestly think that our vacant apartments should receive expensive new kitchen cabinets? Or, is it possible that we should consider having new shareholders purchase approved materials to upgrade the appearance of our very strong kitchen cabinets?

All of the floors in our vacant apartments are not bad. Therefore, do you really think that we should simply rip up good floors, conduct asbestos testing, then replace all of the flooring materials in our vacant apartments? Can you understand the costs that are associated with this type of work? Can you understand how long it takes to restore an apartment when all of this work needs to be done?

Also, can you believe that Riverbay will deduct three months of carrying charges when shareholders move out of here? Therefore, you would think that we should not be losing a lot of money from our vacant apartments. But, can you believe that we’re losing millions of dollars from our vacant apartments?

So, how is this possible if we have 7,000 names

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING DATED: May 20th, 2026

WHEREAS, Dreiser Mall Pharmacy LLC has requested the Riverbay Corporation’s consent to an Assignment of a lease dated September 1, 2018, and modified on July 29, 2022, by and between the Riverbay Corporation, as Owner, and Dreiser Mall Pharmacy LLC, as Tenant, for the premises known as 133 Dreiser Loop, Bronx, New York, to the Green Pharmacy Rx LLC, for continued use of the premises as a retail pharmacy in accordance with the terms of the existing lease; and WHEREAS, Dreiser Mall Pharmacy LLC is current on its lease obligations to Riverbay; and

WHEREAS, Dreiser Mall Pharmacy LLC has agreed to pay Riverbay the assignment fee provided for in the Lease as a condition of the proposed Assignment; and

WHEREAS, Nihang Pareshkumar Shah, the principal owner of Green Pharmacy Rx LLC has agreed to provide Riverbay with a good guy guarantee of the Lease; and

WHEREAS, no request is made for a change or modification of any of the existing lease terms; and

WHEREAS, the terms of the existing lease and the rental rates of the existing lease are within the provisions of Resolution #85-16 as amended by Resolution #95-44;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that the existing lease agreement dated September 1, 2018, as modified on July 29, 2022, for the premises known as 133 Dreiser Loop, Bronx, New York, by and between Riverbay Corporation, as Owner, and Dreiser Mall Pharmacy LLC, as Tenant, be and hereby is assigned to Green Pharmacy Rx LLC,

on our waiting list? Regardless, can you believe that some applicants might not have their money or financing ready when their name is called for an apartment here? How is this possible when their name has been on our waiting list for several years?

Bottom line: What is your opinion about the way that business is conducted here? Do you think that you should know how your money is being spent here? From my perspective, the answer should be yes.

Good Work

Our Public Safety employees and lots of other employees have been doing good work here. However, all of their good work might not be printed in this newspaper. But, I want them to know that their good work has been noticed and appreciated. So, please keep up the good work. Thank you.

Close

A good goal would be to have board directors work together in a positive manner to make great improvements to our community. Thank you.

Contact Information

Please send a letter to: Board Director Daryl Johnson, Riverbay Corporation, 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475. Currently, here is my email address: djohnson@riverbayboard.com

I will never ask for or accept money from anyone. Therefore, please do not respond to any message with my name on it that requests money, money transfers, gift cards, personal information, or anything from you. And, please do not ever send money or anything to anyone because you saw my name on any type of message.

Also, please call me ONLY at 718-671-4544 if you would like to have a brief discussion with me. And, please hang up your phone immediately if someone calls you and says that they’re Daryl Johnson or is associated with me and asks you for money or anything else. Please stay strong and do not fall for any type of scam.

Okay, that’s it for now. So, please have a wonderful week. And, may God bless you and your family. Thank you.

as Tenant, and said assignment is hereby approved as submitted by management in accordance with Resolution #85-16 as amended by Resolution #95-44; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President of the Corporation is authorized to sign the Consent to Assignment and related documents on behalf of Riverbay Corporation.

YES: Coleman, Cylich, Johnson, Lambright, Leslie, Marbury, Pearson, Peterson, Richardson, Rosario, Smith, White, Wright

ABSENT: Graham, Saunders

PASSED

Riverbay Holiday closing and CCTimes deadline notice

The Riverbay administrative offices will be closed on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. Because of the holiday-shortened work week, all material, including directors’ viewpoints, submitted for publication in the upcoming Saturday, May 30th issue of the Co-op City Times, must be submitted before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26. Material received after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, will be accommodated as space allows in the Saturday, May 30th issue of the Co-op City Times. Submissions should be emailed to cctimes@riverbaycorp.com. We wish our readers a safe and reflective Memorial Day.

JASA Bartow OAC “Mothers and Friends” Tea Party

On Saturday, May 16, JASA Bartow OAC hosted a “Mothers and Friends” Tea Party. Held in honor of the “Mother’s Day” holiday, it was a morning filled withcommunity, entertainment, food, tea, and prizes.

Director’s Viewpoint

Leslie Peterson

Reinforcing Shareholder Engagement

Congratulations to our scholars as you graduate and take meaningful steps toward your future with each commencement ceremony. Your journey reflects hard work, growth and promise, and this milestone is just the beginning of all that lies ahead.

I am proud I live in a community with such “greatness” and want to extend best wishes and celebrate your achievements. I look forward to all you will accomplish.

The recent Open Gallery session marked a meaningful step forward in strengthening communication between shareholders and the Board of Directors. By inviting participants to submit their questions in writing, the process created an opportunity for more thoughtful, organized, and comprehensive dialogue. It allowed a greater number of questions to be asked and ensured that concerns were clearly articulated rather than lost in the interest of time at our traditional open forums.

This approach also enhanced transparency and accountability. Shareholders were able to receive accurate, well-considered responses, while the Board of Directors had the opportunity to fully understand the issues being raised. It is important to note that while the Board provides governance and oversight, Management is responsible for the day-to-day operations. In that regard, the General Manager did an exceptional job responding to questions, demonstrating professionalism, clarity, and a strong command of the issues affecting the community.

Most importantly, because there was a greater emphasis on listening, more was truly heard and more was learned. Each question was acknowledged and answered, reinforcing that this session was centered on the shareholders and their concerns. Unlike past sessions where participants often left early, this format encouraged engagement through to the end.

The session concluded on a particularly positive note, as both Management and Directors remained available to connect with cooperators. This provided an opportunity for meaningful conversation, relationship-building, and informal networking further strengthening the sense of community. Overall, the session reflected a shared commit-

ment to improving communication, fostering mutual respect, and working collaboratively toward solutions that benefit everyone.

Once the hearing was called to order, the chair welcomed the public to the session and acknowledged the presence of the Board of Directors. During the opening, mention was made stating the purpose we gain from hearing from the public.

All were informedthat personal attacks, shouting, and disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. Upon entering, shareholders submitted their names, contact information for follow-up purposes and their question before the meeting began. This process prevented attendees from duplicating the same question.

WHEN YOU GET YOUR BALLOT VOTE YES TO THE REFERENDUM.

I have co-sponsored a change to the By-laws that will make our voting procedures easier to understand and cost effective for those who wish to participate in the election process.

Changes to Riverbay Corporation By-Laws refer to instances when someone resigns, transitions or is removed from the Board. Shareholders should never have to choose more than five (5) candidates. Each year, five (5) Board member seats are up for election. The way they are now, it could be 6 or more. The replacement is someone who was a candidate immediately prior and obtained votes already from the community. I hope you vote yes and pass the referendum.

It is very important for our community to re-establish ourselves as a strong voting bloc. We need to vote in this election and local races; they truly affect our everyday life. Our elected officials, along with our management company, have secured money for us that enhanced our ability to handle many infrastructure items we were mandated to address (along with many other Mitchell-Lama’s)! We must continue to do our part to ensure continued attention. VOTE!

We are waiting to see if this Save Act will become the law we vote by.

Here’s how the SAVE Act, if adopted, would affect everyday voters in places like Co-op City. Registering to vote would become much harder. Right now in New York, you can register by: Mail,

Congratulations, Debra and Diane!

We would like to acknowledge the Distinguish Toastmasters Award (DTM) which is the highest Toastmasters International bestowment award to the fabulous twins, Debra and Diane Jones. They have both achieved these high-level awards in both communication and leadership skills as Toastmasters members of Co-op City.

In addition, Debra and Diane’s second Toastmaster’s award was acknowledged by The United We Stand Toastmaster’s Club & Youth Leadership Program located at the White Plains Youth Bureau, White Plains NY.

Their endeavors are recognized by the Council of the City of New York as the “City Council Citation” for Debra Jones, and the “Dedication of Service” Certificate from the Public Advocate, Jumaane Williams for both Debra and Diane Jones.

We are TRULY PROUD of you both!

With Love and Respect, – The “Drama with Dazee and Friends Ensemble” (JASA OAC Bartow Center)

Online, DMV automatic registration and voter drives in housing complexes like Co-op City.

Under the SAVE Act, you would likely need to show proof of U.S. citizenship in-person when registering.

That means:

• Birth certificate, passport, or naturalization papers

• Not just a driver’s license (unless it explicitly proves citizenship)

• Potentially going in-person to a Board of Elections office

For Co-op City – Voter registration tables in lobbies, community rooms, and events would no longer be enough on their own. Residents would likely have to make a separate trip to a government office to complete registration. Remember we have a Primary approaching in June and an election in November. Make sure you have secured documents that may be requested.

Conversing with our elected officials regarding many of the mandates coming soon and additional needs (and wants) of this community continues to be productive. Nothing speaks louder than your presence on election day.

SAVE THE DATE:

• Section 2 Summer Fun Day will be held on June 27, 2026 from 12-5 P.M. near Carver Loop and Casals Place (rain date: 6/28/2026). Free franks, cotton candy, great music, fun activities, salsa contest, name that tune and other fun activities. Please see the notice in the bulletin board to secure your table. The QR code is now restarted, so get your table.

• Mark your calendar for Co-op City’s Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 from 4-8 p.m. featuring DJ HOLLYWOOD and fun activities.

Quote: "A lie told once is questioned. A lie repeated often enough becomes accepted. And once it becomes 'common sense,' people stop investigating it" is widely attributed to Malcolm X. It describes how repetition transforms falsehoods into accepted truths or propaganda.

I am pleased to be of service to the community. I can be reached by e-mail at lpeterson@riverbayboard.com.

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munity that we have and that is with Management, and it becomes clear because we set the policies, and they pushed them through to make sure that our community stays healthy. It’s not easy when we have buildings that are 60 years old and with so many different problems, and … until they get the hammer or the sword and try to fix it themselves, and then we find out that it’s not as easy as we think. But we have a good team, and … a lot of knowledge in different areas that I don’t have. Whatever I’m good at, that’s what I do, but

ballot envelope.

“Neither of those have a mark on it except for what you’re supposed to mark,” said Director Pearson.

The Secret Ballot envelope is then placed into the return envelope.

“It will not be counted if it’s not in this return envelope, which has a special code for each of our apartments, that registers with each apartment, but nobody knows it except our third-party company, the election company, Yes

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders held in Bartow Center on Wednesday, May 20, was attended by a full house of shareholders who came to observe the Board in open session, listen to the Management Report and the Election Committee chairperson, Director Mary Pearson, explain the ballot and ballot return options in the 2026 Board election.

everyone else that’s here has different ideas and professions that are so important for what we do. So we want to be able to recognize that, and that’s why we’re here – to be able to make sure that our seniors, our children, our people who live here, that there’s only one people, that we are able to say, wow, this is the best place for us to live… But if we look around and we listen to each other with a lot of respect, we will be able to make a better campus for each and every one of us.”

Moving on, the Board approved the agenda and minutes from the April 29, 2026 Board Business Meeting.

First Vice President Rosario went on to state that from looking over the campus and the business of the corporation, “it seems like we’re heading in the right place,” he noted.

Riverbay General Manager Marvin L. Walton presented the Management Report to the Board and shareholders who came out to the Annual Meeting and to observe the Board in open session. The report encompassed a comprehensive fiscal year review (April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026) showing strong financial performance and operational achievements across all departments. Key departmental achievements were: Residential Sales – completed 332 closings against 360 goal (92% achievement rate); Restoration – restored 258 apartments (below 420 target due to data security incident and material shortages); Call Center – handled 154,482 calls with 7-minute average wait time; Procurement – processed 70 contracts totaling $17.7M plus $5.4M in purchase orders; Human Resources – hired 109 employees, conducted 482 interviews from 7,756 resumes, and Public Safety – achieved 10.7% reduction in major crime rates and graduated 14 new recruits.

Addressing Infrastructure and Technology updates, GM Walton reported on Local Law 152 compliance, pointing out that gas inspection and service restoration were completed to 500 apartments. On Grounds management, he said that 300 + diseased trees were removed and new landscaping standards were implemented; IT successfully restored systems following last year’s data security incident, and that the former Montefiore space in Dreiser Center is being built out for an on-site 32BJ training center. (See complete Management Report starting on page 1 of this issue.)

Board Director Mary Pearson, chair of the 2026 Election Committee, addressed the audience. She informed shareholders that their Board election ballots have been arriving and reminded everyone to carefully read the instructions. The election chair explained that there are two envelopes.

Director Pearson said: “You do not mark anything except what you’re supposed to mark – up to five candidates, Yes or No on the referendum question, or are you voting just for quorum.”

Then, she said, the ballot portion is separated and placed into the secret

Elections,” Election Chair Pearson said. “You put it in that [envelope]. You can drop it in the mail; you can drop it in a mailbox, or, you can put it in this box [Riverbay official ballot box], which is in each of our community centers…If you put it in these drop boxes, you save us 81 cents a pop. So do please aim for that box instead of the mail. And that is it… I want everyone to continue shaking the pom-poms. Instead of saying, did you get your ballot? We’re now changing the mantra to what? ‘Did you vote?’ Thank you very much.”

The Board then addressed six resolutions. Resolution 26-42, a collective bargaining agreement with the Co-op City PBA which was approved by the Board by a vote of 13-0, with two absences. Resolution 26-43, an assignment of the lease for the Dreiser Mall Pharmacy to a new company which the Board approved, 13-0, with two absences. Resolution 26-44, a contract with Pearl Street Systems for Local Law 88 compliance for motion sensor lighting installation, approved by the Board by a vote of 12-1, with two absences. Resolution 26-35, for a three-year architectural engineering service contract with Lothrop Associates Architects, approved by a vote of 12-1, with two absences. Resolution 26-39 for an apartment turnkey renovation contract, approved by a vote of 10-3, with two absences. Resolution 26-40, a three-year ADP payroll and HR software renewal contract which the Board approved by a vote of 13-0, with two absences. (See resolutions starting on page 6).

Concluding the meeting, First Vice President Rosario thanked fellow Board directors for listening.

“We had deep discussions last week on the items that were presented to each and every one of us. We came to an understanding. We had done research before we were briefed, and at the same time, we had another week to be able to research it to make the best decisions that we could so that we could go forward to do the work that needs to be done,” First Vice President Rosario said. “There are a lot of contracts here that you’ve seen and a lot of things that need to be done, and we want to make sure that the work that is done is good so that we could have a better campus. And together, we discussed it and some of us had other ideas, other forms of presentation, but as you can see, the majority has come to an understanding in the vote. And that’s what this is all about.”

First Vice President Rosario thanked General Manager Walton, Board directors and shareholders for listening and helping as neåcessary.

“When you see us on the road, please speak to us…and let us know your heart for this campus,” said First Vice President Rosario. “And I guarantee you that we will try to make the best decisions that we could. I don’t think we’ll make perfect decisions, but we will make the best decisions that we could because we love this campus. And love is a wonderful thing…You’re here because I know that you love this campus. But again, vote and don’t forget to vote. Tell your neighbors to vote.”

Candidates’ Forum –––––– (Continued from page 4) in just a lot of disengagement that’s been going on in the community. And when we get to be disengaged that ultimately, as a community, makes us substantially weaker. You do have 15 people on the Board, but the Board also needs people that, when we look behind, we have the support of the community to move forward.

Nero Graham: Prevention is the best thing and the best way to move, especially when you have over 15,000 shareholders and you have the property, and the property was built in the late 60s. So the structures are really old, and there’s lots of things that need to be done. And just like my colleague said, if we get on top of it before it happens… but I can understand too, there’s probably never a budget for that. And when it happens, what they’re doing is scrambling and trying to find the money to get it. And it’s delayed and delayed, and it get worse and worse. Now the next one is that yes there’s a lot of seniors concerned about if you fix this in my apartment the right way, my carrying charges is gonna go up; that’s what’s being said. So I just hope that the Management, they get on board and they just do the right thing and come to the Board of Directors and say, “Hey, listen we need the funding before it happens.”

Darnell Lopez: When I think of concerns and threats for Co-op City, I have two aspects in my mind… The first would be the financial stability of Co-op City. Large co-ops depend heavily on strong reserve funds and careful management. Historically, Co-op City has experienced cost overruns, corruption allegations, and refinancing problems. So, what that means is that we need to carefully get our cash in order to make sure that we do not have these things happen again. Another concern and threat, and I can tell by all those shareholders who are here today, is our community is not what it used to be. Now, I speak all the time about a youth center, but that’s not just for the children, it’s for the elders as well. Because the children won’t know where to go if the elders don’t show them the way.

Keith Logan: The balance between senior and youth activities is very unbalanced. There’s a lot to do for the seniors. There’s a lot of programs, as it should be, but we have to put just as much time and effort into the youth. Because if we don’t do that, we’re going to have a community that doesn’t know their history, that doesn’t know their past, and that’s not engaged. An idle mind is a very bad thing. I was a product of that. So whether it be a dedicated youth center or we have a lot of rooms here that we can use for youth activities. We can get people in that do activities and get funding in for youth. There’s not as much focus on the youth, and I think that that should be a greater focus. And if that’s not focused on, then Co-op City’s future is not going to be as great as we think it’s going to be. So, focus on the youth as well as the seniors.

Michelle Marbury: I’m going to go in another direction, and it’s a direction

that I’ve been talking about since way before I was a Board director, and that is the threat of gentrification. We have to engage. We have to get involved in our own community and use our numbers to combat people when they come at us. We don’t do that. The last time we did that and we were successful was the MTA debacle when they tried to take away two of our bus routes, and we were like, “What?” That was upsetting, and it hit us in the pockets, and so everybody got excited. But what I’m saying is, we have to be, and to piggyback on what Darnell and Keith said, proactive instead of reactive. We’ve got to look at this community and say, “Hey, there’s 43,000 of us, plus, in this community.” Fifteen thousand are shareholders, but 43,000 of us are residents. And when you put those numbers together and you say, “This is the way our community is going to run; this is what we want,” things start to happen. But remember, do you think Metro-North is really coming up here for you and me? I didn’t think so. I’ve asked this question many, many times in this community, and I get the same answer. What I’m saying to you is we’ve got to fight together. Monique Coleman: I agree with so many of the answers spoken by my other candidates. But the three that I wrote down initially were apathy, meaning the disengagement of our community. As a board, there are 15 of us, but as my colleagues have said, there are 15,000 shareholders. Every year, we struggle to get a quorum. The most basic thing that you can do to be involved is to vote. When you look at the general population and the wider world, you can see what happens when people don’t vote. We get what we get. I worry about apathy in our community. That’s number one. Number two, I do worry about inflation. We’ve talked about rising costs from insurance and water and sewage, etc., and unfunded mandates. The unfunded mandate that scares me to death is the requirement that we cut carbon emissions by 40% by 2030 or eliminate them by 100% by 2040. We don’t have a solution for that, because our Power Plant runs on fossil fuels. This is not a problem just for Co-op City; it’s a problem for all of New York...

Question: What can the board do to bring together Riverbay Management, CCPD, NYPD, and our elected officials to help us feel safer?

Idalia Reyes: Well, I was in an incident about a year ago, and because of the cameras that we have in our lobby, I was able to make a report, and it was from a subletter. So, with that being said, I do have to say that our CCPD, they do the best that they can. But, you know, crime is very high, and to be completely honest, we didn’t have at one time the manpower. Now we do. Cameras are very important because they capture everything. So I think that in the next year, things will get safer just because I believe the cameras are making a difference…We have people that are on the committees that also do the safety part. So that also has to come together with CCPD. I think as shareholders, if we see something, we have to say something. I encourage that in my building meetings because people are afraid, and we cannot be afraid to have people and thugs take over where we live. We can’t be afraid to walk in our building. I’m someone that if I see something, I will say something.

Yanira D. Jaime: I think the solution starts with visibility, responsiveness, and community partnership. Residents feel safer when they actually see security presence, more patrols in high-traffic areas, maybe better coordination with NYPD. To Idalia’s point, cameras have gone up. Maybe we expand that. Encouraging shareholders also to participate in those participatory budgets where they say, “Hey, how do you want to spend this money in our community?” This is where the stakeholder engagement comes in. This is when your voices are also heard, not just at the Board level, but also at the community level as well. Lastly, we also have to invest in our youth, in prevention for our youth… We have to invest in our youth. How many of us walk or are around for after-school dismissal or school dismissal? We need to get these teens into a tech program or a STEM program, because I’m a nerd, a techy as well. But we do need to have some offers, some solutions for the youth. We can’t just throw them to the side. We have to invest in the youth as well.

Aaron Carnegie: Let me just give you a brief history. Back in 2019, I was part of a group that fought hard to allow us as shareholders to have doorbell cameras here in Co-op. Before that, they were not allowed. Last year, I was able to do my job. I was able to get NYPD cameras added to our community through the participatory budgeting process that Yanira just discussed. You know, a lot of people don’t know this, but right now, CCPD is going to be doing two things. One, it has an Intel unit. Through that Intel unit, those officers have built relationships with the youth who are terrorizing our community. Now, unfortunately, the incidents that we’ve had over the past year or so are gang-related. We have to also inform the parents who live here. Unfortunately, what’s happening is people move here, and they don’t realize that they are a shareholder. They are owners in this community, and they have to now be informed, “Hey, listen, you can’t have your kids do willy-nilly. This is not other places.” We are one community, and we do care about this community.

Lynette Wright: I think that I just want to change the question, which is that I don’t want to feel safer. I want to know that I am safe. Point blank period. I don’t like when we say, “Well, we’re going to increase cameras.” It’s like, well, cameras can show where I got hurt and can solve the crime after it, but it doesn’t prevent it necessarily, which is where there’s a problem. A couple things I’m just thinking about. I definitely agree that, yes, we do need something for the youth to do because a bored mind is a dangerous mind. And that’s something that can be easily corrupted, and we need to be able to do things that they want to do and they look forward to… The other thing, though, is that, point blank period, even with CCPD, we need to recruit more officers and need to make this more desirable. Part of the issue that we’ve been having, and that I’ve been asking for the past three years, is what are you doing to increase the amount of officers that you have? If you don’t have enough officers, they can’t be your everything, everywhere, every second. It’s (Continued on page 19)

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Actual crime rate of the 7 Major Crimes decreased by 10.7% and 1,526 community complaints were issued by the department. In addition, the department recorded over 57,730 sweeps/arrests/contacts made with the unit. The in-house academy graduated 15 new recruits.

Other Information

Management would like to remind shareholders of the Demand Response programs that we participate in with ConEdison. There are two (2) revenue generating programs that produce approximately $4.0 Million annually for

Local Law 126 – Garage A/E Assessments

Description: NYC Local Law 126 is a mandatory periodic (6 years) safety inspection by a Qualified Parking Structure Inspector (QPSI). This requires owners of parking facilities to have detailed reports filed with the Department of Buildings classifying conditions as Safe, Safe with Repair/Monitoring (SREM) or Unsafe, and fix issues promptly, if any are observed. The purpose of this work is to ensure the safety of pedestrians and the public from potential building collapses and/or to avoid any loose building materials that could potentially cause hazardous conditions.

Status: Garage numbers 5 through 8, Contractor contracts are being processed currently.

Garage numbers 1 through 4 have construction

the corporation. During an event, the requirement of Riverbay is to shed energy during a designated period. When called for an event, there is no impact on cooling in the community.

Management appreciates the continued partnership with the Shareholders of Riverbay Corporation and the Board Directors. Working together to improve property conditions in the community and quality-of-life for our shareholders and their families is our top priority. The State of Riverbay Corporation is GOOD!

(See Capital Projects Report and Management KPI’s below.)

documents being developed by Tectonic Engineering to prepare for contractor bidding.

Funding Source: Capital Projects

Contract(s) Amount: $885,560 + Tax

Money Spent: $140,000.00

Projected Completion: December 2027

Townhouse Pilot Repair

Description: The purpose of the Townhouse Façade and waterproofing pilot project is to address water penetration issues at the main entrance concrete slabs. The entrance concrete slab is continuous from the exterior to the interior vestibule areas. We completed onsite inspections throughout the clusters and have located one vacant unit to perform a water test and observe the pattern in which the water

Capital Projects Report Management KPIs

was penetrating the buildings. We have developed a scope of work based on the results found on-site and are now in the process of completing the repairs on one entrance using the same vacant unit. This exercise will ensure the repairs proposed will be the right solution to this infiltration issue. Once we confirm the results of the repairs, we will implement the method throughout all townhouse clusters in a larger project.

Status: This project has resumed. Demolition of the façade bricks and the “A” Unit entrance slab is complete. Due to the severe winter weather, this project completion has been delayed.

Funding Source: Capital Projects

Contract amount: $108,777.02

Money Spent: $23,108.72

Management KPIs

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of Construction Rikardo Jakaj are currently developing a community-driven approach for renovations.

“Our approach is going to be true community engagement,” GM Walton said. “You’re going to get an opportunity to vote on what your lobbies will look like.”

He also shared that Riverbay is in the process of selecting an architect to prepare drawings and renderings that shareholders will eventually vote on.

The next question was from shareholder Andrea Coombs, who asked how many dogs are allowed in each apartment.

GM Walton said Riverbay does not currently have written regulations limiting the number of dogs residents may own, though Management plans to research whether city guidelines on that issue exist.

“We do not have any regulations around the number of dogs in an apartment,” GM Walton said. “But these things we would take under advisement to see what the standards are.”

Shareholder Coombs also asked whether animal breeding is permitted inside Co-op City apartments.

“Absolutely not,” said GM Walton. “And if you see something, you need to say something.”

GM Walton encouraged shareholders to anonymously report suspected violations to Management and CSO.

Another question from Shareholder Coombs asked how many people are permitted to reside in each apartment. GM Walton explained that the New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) has occupancy guidelines tied to apartment size and number of bedrooms. He again encouraged residents to contact CSO if they believe violations are occurring in an apartment.

GM Walton also referenced a recent incident where a report was made about a shareholder installing an AC unit in their apartment.

CSO Director Vanessa Aldea explained that the issue was quickly resolved after an inspection was conducted.

“Based on the report that we received from Mr. Walton, we did an inspection, and the shareholder was advised that they had 24 hours to remove the air conditioner, or we would start legal action,” Ms. Aldea said. “The air conditioner was removed within four hours.”

The final question of the evening came from shareholder Daniel Azizo, who asked whether Riverbay has a rapid response team dedicated to preparing vacant apartments for new occupants.

GM Walton responded by outlining the scale of the operation and the challenges associated with apartment turnover. He said that as of April 30, there

were 205 vacant apartments in Co-op City out of 15,327 units, resulting in an occupancy rate of 98.7%.

GM Walton explained that Riverbay’s Restoration department and Sales department each make annual projections for the number of apartments expected to be restored and sold. However, he said turnover rates can fluctuate unexpectedly.

“The challenge you have with Co-op City is that you can do good and then you can have that month where you have 40 move-outs, but you only sold 25 apartments,” GM Walton said.

He explained that each apartment must go through a detailed process before it can be turned over to a new resident, including vacating the unit, restoration work and vendor assignments.

“You can have an expedited team to come in and knock out 25 apartments but if you get back-to-back 80 move-outs, that’s a process,” said GM Walton. “Those 80 apartments have to be processed. You have to actually vacate the unit. Then we award the unit to one of our turnkey vendors to turn it, but it doesn’t happen overnight. You have to process each and every one of those apartments before the keys are turned over.”

GM Walton said Management believes the vacancy rate remains comparatively low given the size of the development.

“I think we do a phenomenal job keeping our vacancy rate below 2%, below 1.5%,” he said.

After listening to GM Walton’s response, shareholder Azizo clarified that his question was more so about how long the process is to get a new resident to move in and begin paying rent.

GM Walton acknowledged that the turnaround process is still not where Management would like it to be.

“It’s not optimum, it’s not where we want to be, it’s not where we need to be,” said GM Walton. “But I can tell you this much, of those 420 apartments that we plan to turn on an annual basis, we come very, very, very close to it.”

He also explained that Riverbay must wait for approval from HCR before apartments can officially be turned over to incoming residents, creating an additional bottleneck in the process. However, GM Walton noted that HCR recently implemented an automated waiting list system on May 5 that is expected to improve turnaround times for housing companies such as Co-op City.

First Vice President Bishop Rosario concluded the Gallery Session by thanking shareholders, Management and the Board for their participation and continued work within the community. He also encouraged shareholders to vote in the 2026 Riverbay Board of Directors Election.

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RIVERBAY CORPORATION

FISCAL YEAR 25/26 YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET COMPARISON COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET (Operating & Capital) APRIL 1, 2025 THRU MARCH 31, 2026 AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS

Building 32 Association

Hello, fellow shareholders,

On May 4, a pipe burst in the association room, causing it to flood. Several boxes of holiday decorations were damaged and had to be discarded. Maintenance came to fix the pipe and clean up the water. Later, they mopped. We appreciate their quick action and are very grateful. There is still more work to be done in the room, like buffing and improving air quality. But as of now, the Building 32 Association is still on track for our scheduled events.

May 21/22: Get out and Vote.

Bake Sale

Yum, Yum in the Tum, Tum!

June 19: Juneteenth NBA Finals Watch Party (Friday, 8:30 p.m., potential Game 7)

We want to encourage our neighbors to vote in Riverbay elections.

May 29: Game Night (5 to 10 p.m.)

May 30, 12-4 p.m.: Lunch with the Bunch

Come eat. Sit down with someone new.

June 5: NBA Finals Watch Party (8:30 p.m., Game 2)

Bring your own snacks and drinks, or purchase from us and watch some championship basketball.

June 6: Smart Talk AI Class Session 1 (1-3 p.m.)

AI is the future! Come find out what it takes to be a part of that future.

June 9: General Meeting (7 p.m.)

Guest speaker TBD

June 12: Game Night (5 to 10 p.m.)

Pokeno, Spades, etc. Name your game!

June 13, 12–4 p.m.: Building 32 Annual

Celebrate true freedom with some championship basketball. Bring your own snacks and drinks, or purchase from us.

June 20 (Day): Smart Talk AI Class Session 2 (1-3 p.m.)

The future Part 2.

June 20 (Evening) Game Night (Evening)

More games! More fun!

October 17: Market 32 (12–4 p.m.)

Your neighbors are the vendors.

In other news, back on April 11, we had our Kitchen Themed Treasure Swap. Folks brought good pots, pans and small kitchen appliances they no longer used. They traded them or gave them away. Many left with something they could actually use. Look for this event again next year.

Also, back on April 25th, we had our Spades and Game Night. Cards were flying, folks were laughing, and along with a little competition, there was some smack talk, too. A great time was had by the many shareholders who took part. Keep an eye out for this event throughout the coming Association year.

Please step beyond your door and attend one or all of these events. That’s how communities are built!

Peace, —Ezekiel Springer

Building 25 Association

Greetings, Building 25 cooperators! We wish everyone a happy, safe, and fun-filled Memorial Day. Congratulations to all graduates. We wish you success in your continued educational pursuits and your future endeavors. Happy birthday to those who are celebrating your birthday this week. And best wishes to those cooperators who will be celebrating other extraordinary events this week.

Reminders:

2025 Income Affidavits were due April 30: We encourage shareholders who missed the due date to complete and submit your income affidavit to avoid a possible 50% surcharge added to your monthly carrying charges. If you have questions, contact the Finance department at 718-320-3300, option 5. For questions regarding insurance documentation, contact the Risk Management department at 718-320-3300, ext. 3388.

OptimumCustomers: 866-218-2975 is the dedicated customer service number for Co-op City clients who need help with their current Optimum service.

2026 Riverbay Board of Directors Election: The ballots have been mailed and will arrive in a green envelope. Please take a few minutes to review the ballot and cast your vote. For your convenience, you may return your ballot by mail or place your completed ballot in the designated drop box located in each of the community centers.

Sick and Shut-ins: We are thinking of you, and we wish you positive thoughts for healing.

Condolences: We extend our sympathy to families who are experiencing the recent passing of a loved one.

Building Association Meeting: Our next building association meeting is June 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room under the Portico. We encourage Building 25 residents to try to attend the monthly meeting. When you are unable to attend the meeting, you can still share your suggestions and concerns with the association via email at building25association@gmail.com. We will respond to your mail as soon as possible. Welcome home, new shareholders of Building 25! Please join the building association. The annual dues are $5 per family. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Light refreshments will be available.

Have a great week!

—Evelyn Herbert

African-American Association of Co-op City

Spelling Bee Competition

On Saturday, May 16, the African-American Association of Co-op City and the Riverbay Fund co-sponsored the 13th Annual Co-op City Spelling Bee in the Dreiser Community Center. This event attracted 27 students in the 4th-8th grades in and around Co-op City. This was the largest gathering of students (participants) the program had ever witnessed. The students who arrived early enjoyed popcorn and the movie, “The Karate Kid,” starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.

Congratulations to Jaeden Myers, a 5th grader, who emerged as the winner of the $200 Spelling Bee prize. This was not the first time Jaeden participated in the Spelling Bee program. He was so happy to win this year because in the last edition of the competition, he had to settle for second place. The runner-up was Mridula Haque, a 4th grader and the recipient of the $100 prize. Finishing in third place was Madina Dab, a 5th grader who walked away with the $50 prize.All these top prize winners attend P.S. 153, the Helen Keller School at Co-op City’s Educational Park.We are very pleased about the huge turnout this year.

All the children who participated this year received certificates of participation and a gift bag. So, they were all winners. As the coordinator of this event, I thank the Spelling Bee Committee of Elea-

nor Donnley, Ellen Boone, Xonia Wilson and Shana Montgomery for diligent work. It couldn’t have been successful without them. They were amazing.

With the participation this year, we encourage parents to always afford their children the opportunity to participate in events that will always provoke learning, as they could be confident to compete with their contemporaries in the outside world. One of the challenges we realized this year was the late registration of some students. Some parents brought their children on the day of the event. Situations like that had adverse effect on proper preparation by the committee. We hope to see improvement in this area by the community.

The Conversation

“The Conversation” discussions will continue Saturday, May 23, from 12-2 p.m. in the Dreiser Center, Rm. 15.The topic is “BLACK IS BLACK.” We invite you to join us with your family and friends as we discuss and reveal truths, myths, etc.We are looking forward to a stimulating and informative discussion.

The next general membership meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 28, at 3 p.m. in the Dreiser Center, Rm. 15. We have invited an “elder lawyer” to help us prepare medically and financially for our senior years.Your entire family should come and take advantage of this valuable information to learn more about wills, trusts, and estates.

—Francine Jones

Candidates' Forum––––– (Continued from page12 ) too hard. There’s not enough of them. That plus the different reasons that we have people off, FMLA, PFL, other reasons that they might have disability, and so on and so forth. And I think, lastly, the other thing that is a little bit to the side, but it does make a difference, once again comes to that engagement piece. Because a lot of times I have seen the elected officials, not necessarily ours, but the city has ideas of things they want to do here to increase everything we have here, and it doesn’t benefit us, i.e., that mall that came a couple of years ago when we said we did not want that mall, and they redesigned all of the buses to come here. And guess what? Crime increased, and we were behind the ball on that. So we need to be able to make sure that our voice is heard so that we are actually in a situation to be safe.

Nero Graham: Well, one thing for sure, the Co-op City [Public Safety Department], when the staff go to training, and I think I mentioned this earlier, is that it’s a process. They go to their lovely academy put together by them. They complete the course. They come out to be the best stars. But they still don’t have peace office status from the City of New York. They have to wait on line. If my grandson, not me, because I will get it earlier, would get in line and he applied for a gun permit, he would get it quicker than Co-op City [Public Safety], because they seem to be standing in line as they happen to be a regular civilian. So that thing needs to be worked out… because they’re waiting on their license to become [public safety] officers. So we have to do that. Once we do that, we’ll have the manpower. The eyes and ears will be here in Co-op City, other than the cameras after the fact.

Darnell Lopez: What I would like to say is if you look around New York City, crime is up everywhere. But at the same time, we are still in one of the most safest places. So, we can always nitpick at what we would like. Nothing will be perfect. But I do have some ideas of what we can do to make it better. We could increase visible foot patrols; that may give some relief on that as well. We could crack down on the trespassing. We could have a little better coordination between CCPD and NYPD. I always think communication at a better rate will kind of ease things, no matter how difficult it can be. Let’s target the high-risk areas. Now, I understand we want more cameras, but cameras are more of a deterrent. They don’t really stop crime. But if we target the high-risk areas, at least that way that will alleviate some things. Like I said, nothing will be perfect, but at least let us try. Stronger resident communication. We need everyone, if you see something, say something, please. And last but not least, as always, another youth center, because if we’re giving our children more things to do at night, there’s less trouble for them to get in.

Keith Logan: I cannot agree more with my colleague Darnell. First, aside from the points that he made… when we recruit officers, I feel as though they use the Co-op City system as a stepping stone to go to bigger and better places, as in other places than Riverbay. So, the pay, I mean, it’s a catch-22 because more pay, more out of our pockets, but it’s not as desirable as other places. They get paid more, they get their gun license, and they go to other places. So though we have the new class of officers coming in, it’s pretty tough to recruit them because of that issue. We need the cooperator engagement. We need people to not mind their business when it’s time to not mind their business. They want to mind their business when it’s convenient, but they don’t mind their business when they probably should mind their business, so we need them involved. That would eliminate a lot of things. If you see something, say something that’s actually something. So we need better relations between our young people and our older people as well. They need to see each other in themselves; that would improve a lot of things as well.

Michelle Marbury: First of all, from a shareholder who’s been here since 11 years old, I can tell you that Co-op City is still one of the best communities in New York City. This is a blessed community. When I leave here from a Board meeting at 1 o’clock in the morning after working on the budget and whatever contracts we have to go over with fine-tooth combs, you don’t go out and think, “Oh my God, I’ve got to look over my shoulder,” you don’t feel that way in Co-op City. Now, I’m not saying that we can’t do better. I’m not saying that, because we can. But you have to remember, we have to pay for it… I think we should have more officers, and that’s fine. But 80% of our operating budget comes from our pockets. So, whatever you want, we can put it down on paper and go to Marvin and Management and say this is what we want, but we may have to pay for it. Then the other thing. When I served on the Security Committee back when Chief [Frank] Apollo was still here, we talked about auxiliary police. And so that can be an answer, because it doesn’t cost us anything and will mean more presence in our community. And that’s what you need. Just that presence makes you feel safer.

Monique Coleman: The first thing that I wrote down was shareholder apathy, which was part of my last question. I think our community would be safer if we all pulled together, if we were all paying attention, if we all said something when we saw something… We have to just be involved. But to the extent that we’re involved, I think that it’s more of a community. We also, as Michelle said, we can have anything that we’re willing to pay for. Recruitment and retention has been an issue in Co-op City. We’re a desirable community because our crime rates are low. People want to work here, and they would love to stay, but it costs money. And we’re not able to pay as much as other police forces around the area. So, if we wanted to add to the Board, CCPD, Management, NYPD, one more element, you, the shareholder, if you wanted to get involved and be engaged and pay a little bit more, I think we could probably all feel a little bit safer.

Andrea Leslie: I’ve had conversations with shareholders who want to know when we’re gonna get lobby attendants back. And the issue is you don’t want to feel safe; you want to know that something is safe. The lobby attendant program was over $2 million… and it did not cover 24 hours, seven days a week.

So, there was some vulnerability in that issue. So, someone standing in your lobby doesn’t make you safe if you get on the elevator and something happens, they’re restricted as to where they are. We have Public Safety. We are short manpower in that area, but the issue still is money. Everybody understands that they can get the training they need, once they get the training they need, they don’t leave. One of the things that I think we should be doing is restricting how long… they can stay before they actually leave. They have to obligate themselves to a certain amount of time if we put in the money to train them. That’s something we can do, and probably some more would stay if that’s the situation.

Question: What effect will the coming Metro-North Railroad have on our community?

Aaron Carnegie: Well, as many of you know, there’s only one way in, one way out in Section Five. So, you’re going to automatically have increased traffic. You’re going to also have increased parking issues in Section 5. For those who don’t live in Section 5, almost everyone there has two or three cars, and some of them are in the garage, but most of them are on the street. So now you’re talking about having all these cars from outside of Section 5 come over there… and now the shareholders won’t be able to park their cars if they wanted to step out. Especially seniors who might go out, get food, come back, and now they don’t have a place to park their car.

Lynette Wright: I don’t think that this is necessarily a positive thing because the city has not really planned for all this increased traffic that is coming this way. Additionally, they’re also closing off that exit that’s in the back to I-95, which is a horrific thing because, especially if we’re talking about access to getting to places like Jacobi, other medical places, Einstein Hospital. If you think that they’re going to come all the way over here on Bartow through all this traffic, it’s going to delay the amount of response time that you have from this, which is very frustrating because they said that’s a low-flow area. It’s a low-flow area, but it’s also the only additional exit that we have. So, I’m not necessarily very happy about the fact that it’s coming and the fact that it’s been just poorly thought out. It is going to increase the amount of traffic. It’s going to increase the amount of pollution, the amount of cars that we have, and it’s going to destroy our parking, which is already bad over there. Garage 7 and 8 are already past capacity. And we just don’t have the space for it.

Nero Graham: I think it’s a good idea in one way and it’s bad in another. Because there was no plan and there was no thoughts put together with Co-op City, Section 5, concerning these outsiders, and (Continued on page 20)

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they are going to come, you build, they will come. And they’re going to take up parking spaces, they’re going to block you in, they’re going to be double-parked, triple-parked until they get off from work and come back from downtown to Section 5 to get their vehicles. Because other places, not just only in New York City, they have the same problems where the train comes by and people just come block the cars, park the cars, and leave in front of their homes.

Darnell Lopez: So a positive for it would be a faster commute. There may be some economical growth. But, just like everyone else says, there will be some congestion with traffic. We may have a trickle-down effect with some crime because we’re going to have outsiders in our neighborhood. So, I mean, on one aspect it may help economically, but it may be a nuisance as far as traffic, and a small piece of crime could be added. So it comes on both sides, but like I said in my previous answer, if we have more community engagement, possibly more foot patrol, we may not have any issues at all outside of the congestion. But one thing I did think of that could become a problem…with all that congestion, we could have some issues with our politicians on a push for redevelopment which would cost us more money and create another issue. So that’s another aspect for another day, but I do want everyone to think about that as well.

Keith Logan: The way I think it would affect Section 5 as a whole is that the parking is already bad in Section 5. The garages are already filled in Section 5. People are on waiting lists and they have to park in Garage 6, ... so now adding that and it only being accessed on one side would make parking impossible, it’s already bad in Section 5. And I think in the long run it would kind of change the demographic of Section 5 because it’ll be a more desirable place to live because of the convenience of being able to access the railroad on that side.

Michelle Marbury: Ditto what everybody said. Ditto, ditto, ditto. The parking, the pollution, poor planning. But here’s another thing. Metro-North is not sharing their profits with us. How dare they come in here and put upon us and put our corporation and our property in trauma and not offer us a penny? So therein lies the need for engagement. We’ve got to take it to them and tell them what we want. Because when you do that, when you show up, numbers spark action, and that’s what we need. I’m on team NOW. We’re ready to go to work for you. We need your vote.

Monique Coleman: So yes, I absolutely echo every single comment that has been made so far. The only thing I would want to also add is that we have been referred to as a utopia. Our community has everything. And the thing that worries me, one of the things that keeps me awake at night, is thinking that others are going to find out about it. So the folks that live a little bit further north who are going to pass through on their commute into New York City every day and the people coming from New York City to go to parks north, they’re all going to see our beautiful community. We’ve sort of been like a secret. We’ve been off the beaten path. There’s no easy way to get here. You have to walk a mile to the subway or you have to take a bus. We’re a two-fare zone. Now, a different demographic is going to take a look at community and we’ll have more outsiders. So, gentrification.

Andrea Leslie: Monique just pointed something out, which is a plan that I think has been in place for a long time. It’s just taking its time to come to fruition, and we need to pay attention. They did not plan that train station there for us. They’re planning to have a train station here that persons other than us can jump on a train and run back and forth to Manhattan and pretend that they’re not in the Bronx. And that is what I think we do need to be paying attention to. That’s why we need to be more active at making our politicians be accountable for the actions that they take and force us into situations that have no impact surveys that make any determination as to how their decisions affect us. We need to be more active, and that will make a difference.

Idalia Reyes: Well, I live in Section 5, and the train station will help me a lot because my commute will go down… by half an hour, but guess what, so are the other people that are going to come and discover that the train is there. So where would I have to go? I would have to walk to it; there won’t be any parking. I don’t think it’s a bad idea; I just don’t think it was planned out well. Traffic from different people coming in from different places, there’s not going to be enough parking for us, and this is our community. But if we don’t stand up for it and say what we want, we’re not going to get it, we’re not, and that’s why they say in numbers we got to show up. Because then they are going to think that we don’t care, and we do care about our community. So we have to show up, please.

Yanira D. Jaime: I don’t think I need to repeat that the impact of having the Metro-North Station, the traffic, increased pollution, potential foot traffic as well, the lack of parking. That’s all known and stated. But what we do have to do is take a realistic approach to this. I think it is going to move forward. So how do we benefit as Co-op City from it. And that, I believe, is what Michelle alluded to in her comment. We have to be at the table with Metro-North and say: “Hey, if this is going to move forward, then how do we benefit as a community?” “When do you come to the table with your proposals on where your profits will be shared with us to kind of offset some of those increased nuisances, especially when it comes to parking.” Maybe we can come to a solution or a consensus of, hey, let’s split this profit.

Question: How do you tell the shareholders what’s our property and what is not our property? What is Management responsible for keeping clean and what is the city’s responsibility.

Nero Graham: If it’s on the grounds of Co-op City in one of the buildings and it needs to be cleaned and it’s not cleaned, I will have to say, contact the managers, or the Board, whomever, and find out who… is responsible to have someone to clean it up. But, it’s hard to do, because like you said, we don’t know the left from the right.

Darnell Lopez: As a prospective board director, I think the easiest thing we can do as a community is kind of come together. As the Board directors, we can get with each building president to devise a small plan where we can create some type of flyer where we can go out in each building and have some type of order of what needs to be cleaned and what’s our responsibility. It will be very difficult for us to do it individually, but I think if we can reach at the basis of the building presidents, I think that will be an amazing starting point.

Keith Logan: I think a big part of the problem is pride in our community. A lot of the trash and stuff that’s on the ground is there because we put it there. Not us personally, not me per se, but if we’re all owners, then we should walk in that. We should walk in our ownership. And yes, the people that are here employed by us are here to clean up, but it starts with us. It starts with us. We can’t dirty up our community and expect somebody else to clean it up. So if it’s something that we’re doing, that we’re causing, we need to be the ones to fix it.

Michelle Marbury: I don’t think this question is that hard because when Eric Adams came here and asked us what we wanted, my question to him was, “Could you clean up and treat us like we’re owners and not renters?” I asked him and his staff would they look at the outskirts of Co-op City when you come in here. Bartow and all along that drive there, it’s filthy. And that is not our property. That’s the city. And so I asked him and he said, “Oh, yes, Ms. Marbury, we’re going to do that” and promises, promises, promises. So, we need to stay on our elected officials to govern what is their property to keep it clean, so when you come into the Co-op City, you’re introduced to a beautiful, a beautiful place, which this is. Then… with regard to the dogs, please take your dogs to the corner and let them go to the bathroom.

Monique Coleman: So first of all, between who cleans Co-op City and who’s responsible, we do our own sanitation. We do not rely on the City of New York to take our garbage away from our buildings. But as our colleagues have mentioned, we are responsible as shareholders for leaving litter around, and we should take accountability for that. But the Department of Sanitation is responsible for cleaning our streets and shoveling our snow and cleaning the streets that surround our community. The trucks, the little houses on these back streets, those all really are part of New York City’s domain. So we need to get our elected officials involved and have them take a more active role in cleaning our community.

Andrea Leslie: Well, we basically know where Co-op City is because… there are signs that say “Welcome to Co-op City,” and I think that was part of the privatization process to make us a gated community. Though those areas will tell us where. But we’re generally responsible for the sidewalks and a portion into the street. We’re not responsible for moving snow, that’s the DOT’s responsibility. But what really needs to happen is our politicians need to make the Sanitation Department, the state, and the city understand that it is their responsibility to clean our streets.

Idalia Reyes: First and foremost, we have to respect our own property. I see over the weekend loads and loads of garbage cans overloading with McDonald’s and stuff like that. I talked to the porters. We have to respect what’s ours. I did a clean up… I think it was last year, and the amount of fresh poop that we picked up… If we are dog owners or pet owners, whatever it is, I was one of them, we should pick up after them because that’s our responsibility. We took that, and if we don’t respect our community, what makes you think somebody else is not just going to throw an empty water bottle about in the corner and not pick it up. Because if we don’t show them they’re not going to do it. But we really need to come together to clean up our community.

Yanira D. Jaime: So again, this is a two-fold approach. As far as what the elected officials versus Co-op City are obligated to maintain and clean, I think the response or at least the approach would be very simple. There are maps drawn; let’s use the actual artifacts that are available to us and hold our officials accountable to that. As far as the shareholder responsibility, to the point of Idalia and some other candidates, we live here. If we don’t show the pride and respect and hold ourselves and others accountable, whether it be a dog owner, a youth, a small child, and I have two, I make them pick up that garbage. And the message is clear. You live here. Show pride, show respect. This is where you lay your head. And if you do this at home, then what are you doing at school? So, it’s a two-fold approach. We have to hold ourselves accountable, and we also have to hold our elected officials accountable.

Aaron Carnegie: I’ve touched on it before. We are shareholders. We have people that moved in here over the past 10, 15 years, and they don’t know what a shareholder is. They think these are just apartments, that you just rent them, pay your... I hate to say the word rent, but you pay your carrying charges and that’s it. You have no other responsibility. Well, that’s wrong. You do. Now, as a shareholder, your responsibility is when you walk around and if you see something that’s dirty time after time after time, you have to say something. Guess what? That’s why you have building associations. That’s why you’re building association presidents. Guess what? We have a meeting every month. It’s called Building and Ground. We meet with building association presidents, and we discuss with department heads from Riverbay. If there’s an issue, it’s talked about. And guess what? There’s a follow-up the next month. The question is, why are we not at full capacity for that meeting? There’s not 42 people in that meeting.

Lynette Wright: Yes, it’s a two-fold issue between our property and basically if it’s state property or not or city property. As far as the maps go, that’s a Management activity. They should be able to develop something that is educational for us. So that we do have an understanding of if you need to call somebody, who to call. But, to that point, I think it also does start with us on both ends. Which is, one, reporting that it’s actually happening and not just complaining amongst ourselves. But two, not only (Continued on page 21)

respecting ourselves as shareholders but also understanding we are responsible for our guests that come here and make it the way it looks. The property should look the way that it looks because of us and not in spite of us, and a lot of times I find that people will treat the Janitorial staff, and they’ll say, “Oh, Janitorial will clean it up.” It is not Janitorial’s responsibility to be our private maids. Janitorial is here to be able to clean the property as needed, but not because we’re disregarding it. So it does have to come back to us and put the responsibility back on us as people.

Lightning Round Question: What would you like your legacy to be at the end of your service as a Riverbay Board member?

Darnell Lopez: To be someone who said that they were going to create a youth center and actually do it.

Keith Logan: Ditto.

Michelle Marbury: That I cared enough to give my very best in hopes that my fellow shareholders and neighbors would do the same.

Monique Coleman: I want to be known as someone who did the work. Someone who put in the effort and their all to keep our community stable and financially healthy.

Andrea Leslie: I want my legacy to be to make sure that Co-op City remains the best deal in town.

Idalia Reyes: I want my legacy to be that people can say I made a difference while I was on the Board.

Yanira D. Jaime: I’m a mother, first and foremost, so my legacy will involve my children. I want them to look at me with pride and admiration and know that their mom is a fighter, an advocate not only for them but for others as well. I want to be known as a community change agent. Not only just for myself but for everyone else.

Aaron Carnegie: I want to be known that I left the Board and Co-op City better than when I got on the Board.

Lynette Wright: That I fought for every person to be able to stay here and to live here and that it’s affordable, not just for them, but for their generations.

Nero Graham: That I helped organize and brought people together in my building along with the building president. Organize it. Because when you start and you go to meetings and you only see one or two and five, let’s get some more. I want to be there, and I want to have someone say, “Nero Graham brought them together and now we have 40 and more.”

Lighting Round Question: What are your short-term goals?

Keith Logan: Getting funding for the youth center or getting more youth programs here because that’s a very important aspect of Board business that we have to rise to the occasion and make sure that we take care of that because that’s our future.

Michelle Marbury: A short-term goal would have to be, for me, CCPD. Work on more visibility and more cohesiveness with the 45th Precinct.

Monique Coleman: I’m already chairing the Insurance Committee, and I’d like to continue to do that work. Again, it saves us real dollars so that we can keep the money in our own pocket. I’d also like to continue my work on the Audit Committee to help keep Co-op City the most efficient and effective and the best community in town.

Andrea Leslie: To get the elevator for Bartow.

Idalia Reyes: I would like to see if HCR can change one of the qualifications of getting out subletters.

Yanira D. Jaime: One of my short-term goals would be, let’s see if we can secure some funding for youth activities, probably STEM, because I can offer my expertise in that one as well for free. So that would help. But, yeah, let’s get some funding for youth programs and get them off the street and let’s get them engaged and hopefully doing some cybersecurity work.

Aaron Carnegie: My short-term goal would be, hopefully, keeping Co-op safe and also improve quality of life and finally put a real policy to deal with the dog issue.

Lynette Wright: Short-term goal is probably to continue to work on getting the solar panels up because that is a money-making opportunity, and so everything we’re talking about here all involves money, and that’s something that we need. So, working on a long-term goal, but I’m hoping that the solar panels will be at least up and running by September. So that’s something that’s already in the process, something I have a meeting about this week, so that’s my immediate goal.

Nero Graham: Customer service immediately. What’s broke, we’re going to fix it, what’s not broke, we won’t fix it. Customer service.

Darnell Lopez: Once I’m on the Board, as a support role, I will be assisting all the Board directors with our financial stability. As my leadership counterpart, I will be looking to spearhead our youth center initiatives.

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Building 14 Association

Greetings, Building 14 Shareholders!

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! This is how our April Association meeting must be described given the awesomeness of guests representing the Co-op City Public Safety Department’s Community Affairs Unit. Captain Torres, Officer Ruiz, and Officer Rivera not only shared important and insightful information, but they truly exemplified the intent of the Community Affairs Unit. Their openness and frankness engendered a genuine connection with those present. Kudos also to the full house of cooperators for their interest and great questions. This meeting was Part I of our Quality-of-Life focus.

On Thursday, May 28th, we encourage cooperators to attend our Quality-of-Life Part II meeting. Ms. Vanessa Aldea and Ms. Lois English from the Cooperator Services Offices will be our guests. Cooperators are invited to bring their questions and share concerns about policies, procedures, and practices aimed at keeping our building and community safe, clean, and being respectful as neighbors.

Mark your calendar. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, May 28th, at 7:30 p.m. Email comments or concerns to assocbldg14@gmail.com. Be well.

—Josie Ferguson

Building 13 Association

In May and June, we usually start to see our young students going to proms and begin witnessing the smiling faces of our younger community in their caps and gowns along with proud families going to graduations.

The Building 13 family of friends and neighbors want to take this opportunity to send congratulations to all of the graduates in our community! Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance is an accomplishment in life to be proud of and celebrate. Often forgotten are the parents and others in your life who deserve kudos as well. I am sure their support, encouragement, and sacrifices helped make this achievement possible. We honor not just the graduates but also the village that stood behind them. Wishing you all continued success as you step into your next chapter! As the song, “Unwritten,” states, “Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.” Congratulations!

GREEN is the color you should look for when you open your mailbox and then make sure you follow the instructions and vote. This is the first step in the election season, so it is not the government vote; it is your immediate community vote. By the time this is printed, you should have received your GREEN BALLOT envelope. If not, please contact the Election Committee. Information on how to contact should be in the Co-op City Times

Summer Fun Day

Section 2 Summer Fun Day will be held on June 27 from 12-5 p.m. near Carver Loop and Casals Place (rain date: 6/28/2026). Free franks, cotton candy, great music, fun activities, salsa contest, name that tune, and other fun activities. Please see the notice in the bulletin board to secure your table. The QR code is now restarted, so get your table. Thus far, we have received additional sponsorship from our Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, McCalls Bronxwood Funeral Home, Bob’s Discount Furniture, the Goodyear Tire Store and Attorney (former representative) Stephen Kaufman. Save The Date

Tickets are on sale for the Building 13/NAACP Summer Sunset Cruise scheduled for Friday, September 11, 2026. Please see the flyer in your bulletin board. For additional information, contact the number below in the article or call NAACP: 718-320-3210, Monday or Wednesday, from 10-1 p.m. First deposit is due by June 20.

FYI: Our building is a non-profit 501c3 and we are thankful for the consideration of our Councilman Kevin Riley and the NYC Council’s support empowering local groups to meet crucial needsand offercultural programs.

The success of our Association depends on active participation from residents.

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” —Coretta Scott King Visit our Facebook page at: “Building 13 Association Inc. Co-op City” or visit our website at: https://www.bldg13assoc.com or e-mail us at building13assoc@yahoo.com. Contacts: Leslie Peterson, president, at 718-320-1370 or Wendell Mattison, VP, at 917-330-1380. Thank you for supporting our team.

—Leslie Peterson

Co-op City Times

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Church of God’s Church

Come and experience the presence, power, and love of God at Church of God’s Children. You are warmly invited to join us every Sunday in a Spirit-filled, bilingual, Word-teaching house of worship where all are welcome. Our foundation is clear and unwavering: “Jesus Built This Church on Love.”

In a time when hearts are searching and the world is uncertain, this is your invitation to draw near to God. We encourage you not only to worship with us, but to seek Him throughout the many houses of worship in Co-op City—seek the Lord while He may still be found.

Sunday Services

• 10:00 a.m. – English

• 12:00 p.m. – Spanish 10:30 a.m. – Bible Studies, Spanish Youth & Young Adult Service

Sundays at 1:00 p.m., with Pastor Rebecca Vega House of Healing – 159 Dreiser Loop, Fellowship Hall

We offer virtual classes during the week to strengthen your faith, along with pastoral counseling by appointment with Bishop Rosario. Our ministry is here to walk with you through life’s sacred moments—weddings, baptisms, and child dedications—celebrating and guiding families in their spiritual journey.

Visit our COGC Goodwill Boutique – Khen Lifestyle God-Well with Pastor Ana, 163 Dreiser Loop, Co-op City. Open Mon.–Tues. & Thurs.–Sat., 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Donations accepted to aid missions and community outreach efforts. Join us on Father’s Day for worship and songs.

Church Location – 127 Dreiser Loop, Section 2 (garden level)

Pastors: Bishops Angelo & Nancy Rosario

Contact: 718-790-9120

Come expecting. Leave transformed.

Bishop Nancy Rosario

Broun Place Townhouse Association

Neighbors, this is your weekly article. Please send me your Co-op City photos for review; if appropriate, I will forward them for publication. Photos should be relevant to Co-op City.

Please stay informed about proposals and board resolutions. Read about what took place at the forums. It is important to know the questions others are asking. Be sure to pick up the Co-op City Times

We learned, our dear neighbor’s mom, that would be, Judy Bernstein’s mom, Theodore (Teddy) Bernstein, passed unexpectedly. The Bernstein family have been residents for over 57 years. Together, they garden and care for the gardens. More information will be forthcoming. We will really miss seeing her.

Have you begun reading up on the candidates? Get to know what is important to the candidates. The candidates state the issues that are important to them, now align your issues with theirs. The result is who you vote for. Also discuss your vote with your co-shareholders. One vote per unit. Look, rules for washers and dryers are stipulated in this week’s issue.

For a Board election to be valid, the number of votes must meet quorum numbers. Though you may be living in the apartment with someone, it’s one vote per unit. You complain about resolutions, noise, garbage, varieties of businesses but you haven’t done anything. This is your chance. VOTE! Make the choices that will affect the changes.

What’s next? We are honoring nurses right now and the Bronx. Mark it on your calendar so next year you will know that there is a week dedicated to nurses and one celebrating the Bronx. Now is the time to set it up.

We need the downpours of rain we have had over the past two weeks. It really poured over the Broun Place lake. We have reported this deluge and its problems. I shouldn’t have gone out in it but I did and got a good soak. For your information, a report on Lake Broun Place has been submitted to the authorities and a case number issued. We want this repaired.

The trees around the lower dumpster pad have been trimmed and the space brightened. It is so much easier now to get rid of garbage. Thank you, Grounds department.

May birthday tributes to all celebrating. This includes our grandson, Ben, who’s birthday was on May 17. We also pay tribute to our Miki. Her birthday is May 21st

Remember to eat healthy. Lots of greens, reds, browns and other colors on your plate mean a variety in vegies and fruits. Enjoy these guiltfree.

Thank you to everyone working to keep Broun Place beautiful. Neighbors, don’t forget, prepare to vote.

—Eva Kindaichi-Lazaar

Hammering after 6 p.m., vacuuming after 9 p.m., music or TVs played very loudly at any hour, doors slamming at all hours... these are just a few examples of what can disturb the peace of fellow cooperators. Noise complaints may lead to a fine. Please, let’s work together to make Co-op City a peaceful community. —CSO Department

Building 27 Association

Spring is in the air, we are appreciative of the nice weather and the trees and flowers are blooming and lovely to look at. Thank the Grounds department for the display of plants, trees, and flowers.

Memorial Day: May 25th – We all have someone who has or is serving our country; pray and continue to pray for peace and safety for our nation and soldiers around the world.

Riverbay Board of Directors Election 2026 – Consist of 11 certified candidates and we are to vote and select five candidates to serve on the Riverbay Board for three years. We will be receiving the ballots in the mail and voting began on May 20.

The Purpose of the Annual Vote. We have a Board of 15 directors who are Co-op City shareholders/volunteers who work with Management, accountants, and legal counsel, to protect the shareholders property and maintain the financial health and upkeep of the quality of life of the community. To new shareholders, the explanation of the annual voting process should also be in the cooperator’s bylaws. So, take your time and please cast your vote. You may pick and choose five candidates of your choice. Also, there will be a referendum question on the ballot, please cast your vote by choosing yes or no.

Deliveries – This is still happening. Bikes are being brought into the buildings and on our elevators. Riverbay/CSO should send notices to each store owner advising them that bikes are not allowed in the buildings Resolutions – We would like to suggest that a resolution be submitted by the Riverbay Board that will request that letters be sent to our local stores notifying business owners that e-Bikes are not allowed within our buildings, period. Bikes are still being brought into the building and onto the elevator.

Happy birthday to all celebrating this month. To those in bereavement, you have our sincere sympathy. We continue to wish all the best of health and safety. Please contact Lydia Rondon at 718-583-3040 if a neighbor has passed away, is sick, or transferred to a nursing home.

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” —Coretta Scott King —H. Overman

American Legion Post 1871

Honoring the True Cost of Freedom: Join Post 1871 on May 24th

The American Legion Co-op City Post 1871, Riverbay Corporation, Riverbay Fund, the Office of Kevin Riley, Catholic Charities Fund, and other supporters, invite the community to gather for a milestone commemoration. This year marks a deeply significant 150th memorial anniversary, serving as a vital prelude to our nation’s upcoming 250th celebration of freedom on July 4th. It is a moment to reflect on the centuries of sacrifice that sustain our democracy.

This solemn occasion is far more than just a long weekend, a trip to the park to play music, or a time to eat hot dogs. It is a sacred day of remembrance. We gather to articulate the profound significance of those who gave their all so that we can continue to enjoy our freedom. That sacrifice is not just history; it lives on today. Our brave soldiers are still dying in places like Iran, putting their lives on the line under the banner of service so that we can maintain our sacred American motto of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

We urgently call upon the entire Co-op City community to show your presence. We especially urge our local non-profit organizations dedicated to helping veterans and families, our elected officials, community leaders, and our cooperators-at-large to join us. Let us fill the park to demonstrate our collective gratitude.

Ceremony Details:

Date: Sunday, May 24

Time: 3 p.m. (The Co-op City Public Safety Department requests arrival by 2:40 p.m. for coordination)

Location: Harley J. Mosley Sr. Veterans Memorial Park

Address: 4A Asch Loop, Bronx, NY 10475 (Corner of Asch Loop & Bartow Ave).

Your rousing attendance at this milestone commemoration will deeply honor our fallen heroes. It will also re-energize our Post to continue serving this wonderful community.

Join Us Tomorrow!

Memorial Day Commemoration: Date: Sunday, May 24; Time:3 p.m. (The Co-op City Public Safety Department requests arrival by 2:40 p.m. for coordination); Location:Harley J. Mosley Sr. Veterans Memorial Park; Address:4A Asch Loop, Bronx, NY 10475 (Corner of Asch Loop & Bartow Ave).

Save the Date

County Convention, Samuel H. Young American Legion Post 620,1530 Hutchinson River Pkwy, Bronx, NY 10461; June 5 at 6 p.m.

Dept. Convention, 108th Department Convention, Syracuse, NY, July 14 –18.

National Convention, Department Convention 107th, Louisville, Kentucky, August 28–Sept. 3.

Contact Us

American Legion Post 1871, 135 Einstein Loop, Rm. 41, Bronx, NY 10475; (718) 320-8165; email: americanlegion@post1871.org; website: https: www. legion.org/post1871

—Antonio Codrington

Building 10 Association

Greetings, fellow cooperators.

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

Kids Game Day – Today, Saturday, May 23, from 3 p.m.-5 p.m., the Building 10 Association will present “Kids Game Day” (in the association room). We will have games such as Chess, Go Fish, Old Maid, UNO, Jenga, Giant Connect 4 and many more activities. A parent must be present. Snacks will be served.

General Membership Meeting – Our next general membership meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 28, at 7 p.m. in the association room located in the rear of Building 10B. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Felix Omozusi. We are looking forward to seeing everyone. Light refreshments will be served.

Building 10 Association Dues – The collection of building association dues for 2026 has begun. Building association dues are $10 per apartment. You can bring your dues to the building association meeting or give them to any executive board member. Please note, the money collected is used for association-related expenses, i.e., flyers, meeting and party supplies, and refreshments etc.

Reminder of the Week: Garbage Cans – Please use the various garbage cans in and around our community to dispose of your garbage. Let’s keep our community clean.

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: 718-879-6311.

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 in the laundry room. Please note all submitted questions and comments will be answered at the monthly association meeting. We are also on Facebook, “Building 10 ABC Association.” Like our page and get notified of all the happenings in and around Building 10.

We would like to wish all who are 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. “The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” —Walt Disney Have a great week.

—Jewel Crawford-Duncan

National Pet Day

On Saturday, May 2, in honor of National Pet Day, pet owners from around the community brought out their pets in their best costumes to the Section 2 Greenway for a pet fashion show. The event featured games, information, fashion, and a best dress competition, with first place going to Nona, who dressed up as a member of CCPD. “I felt compelled to dress her up honoring our office due to their hard work and dedication to the community,” said Nona’s owner, Mashea Rodriguez.

Greetings, shareholders. Happy Saturday!

Building 2 Association

The Building 2 Association proudly hosted a wonderful Mother’s Day celebration on Saturday, May 9, which was truly a tremendous success. This exciting and event-filled gathering featured a variety of enjoyable activities, including women’s trivia, poetry, music, dancing, delicious food, raffles, and live entertainment.

Building 6 Association

The program began with an outstanding performance by our featured singer, Ms. Helen, who set the tone for an evening of fun before stand-up comedian Darius Dinkins brought laughter and joy to the audience. Both entertainers delivered excellent performances with professionalism and class.

One of the evening’s special highlights was a surprise presentation honoring our vice president, Patricia Johnson, with an award of recognition for her outstanding dedication and contributions to Building 2. Her hard work and commitment continue to make a positive impact throughout the community.

The celebration concluded with the cutting of a beautiful and delicious cake, bringing everyone together in appreciation and fellowship. The event was organized to honor all mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, and aunties for the love, care, and support they provide to our families every day.

Most importantly, the event brought smiles, laughter, and enjoyment to all who attended.

Please enjoy these photo highlights from our very special Mother’s Day Gala!

Adelina Martinez

National Council of Negro Women

Happy Saturday, neighbors. I hope when you read this, it finds you in good standing. Happy Memorial Day weekend.Honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.The Mother’s Month Soiree was nothing short of amazing. The cuisine, the energy, the music, everything was fabulous. A huge thank you to NYS Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, CCPD Community Affairs Officers Ruiz and Martinez, President Reva Jones, and Riverbay Board Directors Mary Pearson and Jacqueline Smith for coming through and engaging in fellowship with neighbors from the Co-op City campus. President Lassiter, Mrs. Digna Layne, and Youth Volunteer Cayden Boehene beautifully set up the room with spring and floral décor. The menu consisted of ground sirloin, lasagna, pineapple pepper fried whiting, spinach mescalin radicchio, tossed salad, a fruit and cheese charcuterie board, honey pretzels with fig jam, and an assortment of beverages. Councilman Kevin C. Riley donated platters of cannoli chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

At Building 6, we aim to foster community pride while sprinkling several acts of kindness at a time. Stay tuned for our “Let’s Get Lei’d” themed party in late June.

Neighbors, please continue to keep up the good housekeeping in the compactor room and laundry room. Let’s keep our home clean.

All disabilities aren’t visible. If anyone in your household is experiencing a mental health crisis, please dial 988. The hotline is armed with mental health professionals 24/7 to assist your family’s needs.

As the saying goes, if you see something, say something. Call CCPD at 718-671-3050 or dial NYPD at 911. Here at Building 6, we are super grateful to Chief Andre Waring and Captain Frankie Torres for always dispatching officers to engage with the neighbors. Remember, there is no Community without “UNITY” so we thank you. Neighbors, those ballots should be in the mail. Don’t forget to VOTE at this year’s Board of Directors election. The ballot box is in the Dreiser Community Center. Make your voice count. As always, we pray for safety over all.

“Unity is strength…when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” —Mattie Stepanek

—Lauren K. Lassiter

Bethune-Height Recognition Program (BHRP) – Our 52nd annual BHRP Program was a resounding success on Saturday, May 16 at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck, NY. The Co-op City Section was especially pleased because our third vice president, Tina Thompson, was the BHRP chairperson for this year’s 52nd annual program. The program, which included the 19 NCNW sections in New York State as well as the many affiliate women’s organizations in New York State inspires us to continue uplifting our communities through advocacy, unity and meaningful action. Our keynote speaker was Dawna Michelle Fields, who is ending her 28 years in marketing with Colgate-Palmolive. Awards were given to NCNW National Affiliates, Cheryl Pemberton-Graves of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, the New York Chapter of Chums, Inc., Jack and Jill of America, Inc. New York State and Mocha Moms, Inc. New York State. The most exciting part of the program was the recognition of Bethune-Height members who became Life Members and Achievers due to the amount of money they had raised. A delicious luncheon was served; great music accompanied the remainder of the afternoon and even the beautiful weather co-operated for a magnificent day!

Social Justice Committee – “Bronx Week 2026” was celebrated on Sunday, May 17, with a parade across Mosholu Parkway starting at 10 a.m. and NCNW Co-op City Section was there in all our purple glory! We always help celebrate the heart and spirit of our borough. The weather was perfect for a parade!

Health Committee – Our Saturday morning GirlTrek group has begun its spring walking season on Saturday mornings at 9 a.m.! The weather is perfect for a delightful half-hour walk with a fun group of women on the greenway. If you missed it today, do not miss it again next Saturday! For more information, contact co-chairs Keisha Keelen at 917-697-4854 or Farah Martin at 917-8062534. Our health committee sponsors these walks together as a shared mission of health, unity and Black girl power.

Memorial Day – Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday dedicated to honoring and mourning the military personnel who died while serving in the Armed Forces. It falls on Monday, May 25, and is observed annually on the last Monday of May to create a three-day weekend. Unlike Veterans Day, which celebrates all military veterans (living and dead). Memorial Day is specifically reserved for remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country. It is customary to visit military cemeteries, place flags or flowers on graves and attend civic parades or ceremonies.

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

Building 29 Association

On Wednesday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m., the Building 29 Association held its monthly meeting.

A report of past activities was made (movie night, potluck event, and boxing exercise class), and an announcement of future events (movies, exercise class, and possibly another ‘community walk’) was made. On June 13, there will be a Section 5 community event (breakfast and entertainment).

Today, as I write this, we had a very good exercise class (and possibly one more next month before we stop for the summer).

The issue of the stolen package problem was discussed, and our president reported that more cameras are being put up in the lobbies. There also are stores that will accept packages (Michael will investigate). Finally, a cooperator suggested looking at the name on the package, and if you know them, bring it upstairs to them.

Movie schedule line up:

May 22: The Help

June 26: School of Rock

July 17: Star Wars

August 31: Michael Jackson, the Movie

This schedule may be altered – look for posters in the lobby.

Next month is our last monthly meeting until the fall. (We will also be having elections in the fall). Be sure not to miss it!

—Katharine Wood

Coalition of African-American Churches and Community Organizations

Washington, D.C Trip

We are in the last days of payment for the overnight road trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., scheduled for June 20and 21,in celebration of this year’s Juneteenth. The deadline for installment payment as advertised was Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The initial payment of $50 was nonrefundable but transferable. All payments should be submitted accordingly. However, we are receiving a grace period of May 25 as the final day. So, anyone who has yet to complete their payment could still do that by Monday.

After this date, it would be difficult for any negotiation. Moreover, full payment after the deadline is also transferable. All these efforts were put in place to ensure proper planning and the comfort of the travelers during this trip. Once hotel arrangements and feeding plans are concluded, no amount will be refundable. By June 1, the final swapping of roommates will be perfected as well. So, if anyone is still interested in being part of the trip and you have no partner, you can reach out to Dr. Toba, the Coalition president, before this date.

Vice President Position

The position of the vice president of the Coalition has been vacant for the past months. This vacancy must be filled by the general meeting in June before we break out for summer. Any member of the organization, through their association delegate, could vie for this position. Any interested organization should send a letter of interest to the recording secretary, Elder Reva Jones. Nomination of a candidate could also be taken on the floor during the meeting. It was also emphasized in the last meeting that any member who is currently serving in any capacity could vie for the position, if so interested. To do that, the member must resign their current position and then present a letter of interest to the recording secretary.

Coalition Expansion

One of the resolutions taken at the last meeting was the need for the Coalition to recruit more organizations that do business in Co-op City to associate with the group. The president posited that as much as numbers matter in terms of canvassing, most churches and standard organizations in the community need to be approached during the summer to join with the Coalition. It was also resolved that building associations should be given passage to join the Coalition.

Riverbay Board Election

The president appealed to delegates at the meeting to do their due diligence by encouraging members of their respective organizations to play an active role in the ongoing election process. He frowned at the idea of not meeting quorum in local elections, which has happened in past elections where deadlines were extended times without number. He encouraged that directors elected to serve should put the interests of the cooperators above everything.

—Toba Adeyemi LaCrown

Goose Island Seniors

Senior Citizens Social Club of Goose Island will be closed Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day. Take time to remember the special people in your life who have passed on.

Flea Market Fundraiser – Sat., May 30, 1 p.m. at 135 Einstein Loop, in our club, Rm. 39. Eboni Gayde, the granddaughter of our member Pat WattsMayo, has been chosen from her school to go to Japan. Her grandmother is organizing a Flea Market to help raise money for her trip. Please come and support her.

Goose Island Seniors Indoor Picnic Party – Fri., June 5, at 1 p.m. in our club, Rm. 39. Members only. Covered dish. Bring something or $20 at door. Members with birthdays in June enter for free.

Tropicana Atlantic City – Sat., June 6. Price: $70; bonus: $10 slot play. Bus leaving Einstein Loop pizza shop at 9 a.m., Asch Loop library at 9:15 a.m. and Dreiser Loop hardware store at 9:30 a.m. Call: 646-579-1701.

Tropicana Atlantic City – Thurs., June 11. Adults only. Price: $70; bonus, $10 slot play. Bus arriving at Einstein Loop at 8:15 a.m., Asch Loop at 8:40 a.m., and Dreiser Loop at 8:50 a.m. Balance Due.

Niagara Falls and Toronto Trip – July 6-10. Sold out

Sesame Place – Langhorne, PA; Sun., July 12. Price: $90 per person. Bus arriving at 135 Einstein Loop at 7:45 a.m., 2049 Asch Loop by library at 8 a.m., and 129 Dreiser Loop by the hardware store at 8:10 a.m. Call: 646-579-1701.

Resorts Atlantic City – Tues., July 14. Adults only. Price: $70; bonus, $10 slot play. Bus arriving at Einstein Loop at 8:15 a.m., Asch Loop at 8:40 a.m., and Dreiser Loop at 8:50 a.m. Balance due: June 15.

Nordic Lodge & Foxwood Casino – Sat., Aug. 1. Price: $230. Call: 646579-1701.

Tropicana Atlantic City – Tues., Aug. 11. Adults only. Price: $70; bonus, $10 slot play. Bus arriving at Einstein Loop at 8:15 a.m., Asch Loop at 8:40 a.m., and Dreiser Loop at 8:50 a.m. Balance due: July 13.

Holiday Hills Senior Day Picnic – Prospect, CT; Aug. 25. Price: $144.

Notary – with Yvonne Menefee, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Bingo – Mon., Wed., and Fri., 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Members only. Admission: $5 for 3 cards; $0.25 each additional card. Twelve games and jackpot. Refreshments.

Game Day – Tues. and Thurs., between 1 p.m.-5 p. m. Dominoes, movies, socializing and more. Members only. Refreshments.

To all Members: Happy Birthday to our members who celebrate their birthday in the month of May: Marjorie Walters, Jacqueline Roy-Twiggs, Dorothy Drayton, Emma Rumph, Mary Pilla (deceased), Becky Reyes, Anita Peele, Doris Bailey, Juliana Wattley-Epps, Gerald “Jerry” Ortiz, Vivian Melendez-Vazquez, Geneva Lindsey, Gloria Doran, Carmen Crespo, Hattie Overman and Denise Shields.

Sick and Shut-in – Myrna Witherspoon, Sandra Cortez-Johnson, and Araida (Greta) Feliciano.

Our club is located at 135 Einstein Loop, Rm. 39, Bronx, NY 10475, Section 5 Community Center. Phone: 718-379-9613. Stephe’s cell: 347-847-1941 (Zelle available). Our email address is goose.island@optonline.net. Cash App: $StephenCarlSr. Membership dues are $30 annually.

Good health to all.

—Stephen Roberts, Sr.

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 – 11:00 a.m.; Sunday School – 9:15 a.m.

Every Wednesday – “Hour of Power Noon Day Prayer,” 12:00 p.m. on the Conference Call Line: (712) 432-3900; Access code: 343284#.

Every Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Online via Zoom. Log in - Zoom. com or dial One Tap Mobile (646) 931-3860 or (929) 205-6099. Meeting ID: 886 1355 3980S.

Upcoming

Sunday, June 7, 11:00 a.m. – 57th Church Anniversary

Attire: All black with yellow accessories.

Saturday, June 13, 12:00 p.m., “Chat & Chew with the Pastor” in Bartow Center, Room 31

The Year of Jubilee

“A 50th Jubilee Celebration of Pastoral Leadership”. The CPC family is proud to announce Rev. Dr. Calvin E. Owens is celebrating his 60th year in ministry and his 50th year as our pastor. We are so excited that we are hailing this milestone as “The Year of Jubilee.” Your presence at one or all the events planned will help us create lasting memories of this auspicious occasion.

Pre-Anniversary Services

Sunday, May 31, 3:30 p.m. – Rev. Dr. Thomas Johnson, Canaan BC

Sunday, June 28, 3:30 p.m. – Rev. Alrick Joseph, Mt. Lebanon BC

Opening 50th Anniversary Services

Sunday, November 1, 11:00 a.m. – Rev. Audrey Jones, Friendly BC

3:30 p.m. – Rev. Carl L. Washington III, Pilgrim BC Anniversary Banquet

Friday, November 6, from 7:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m., Villa Barone Manor, 737 Throgs Neck Expressway, Bronx. Banquet price: $200. Please contact Deaconess Tidball for tickets.

Closing 50th Anniversary Services

Sunday, November 8, 11:00 a.m. – Rev. Dr. Edgar Howard, Manhattan BC 3:30 p.m. – Rev. Dr. Theresa Lloyd, White Rock BC

“I Am Thine O Lord.” The Praise Team inspired and Sister Ramona Morales shared her birthday testimony during praise and worship. Deacon Khyro Dawkins invoked the Holy Spirit and read (James 5:13-20). The CPC Choir rendered two selections and Rev. Tyrone Richardson preached “The Duties of A Good Christian.” He said to be good Christians we must be disciplined, determined and dedicated to His purpose. Keep your hand in His! Rev. Vernell Cooper drew us nearer to God at Altar Prayer. Worship with us. Hear the good news of Jesus and experience all the new possibilities at Community Protestant, a church of love and understanding.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to Sister Deborah Cain on the passing of her aunt, Katherine Barnes at 103 year old, and all those in mourning. Our get-well prayers to Deacon James Tidball, and all sick and homebound members. Happy birthday to everyone celebrating.

“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” (Galatians 5:13)

—Lexa M. Mingo

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 the fourth Sunday of the month at 3 p.m. The office hours are Monday & Wednesday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

NAACP May Meeting: In support of Co-op City American Post 1871 and the soldiers who fought for our liberty and freedom and right to VOTE, our normal meeting date on May 24 will be held at their event in honor of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. This year’s observance marks the historic 150th anniversary of Memorial Day.

The NAACP Co-op City Branch members will meet at the event on Sunday, May 24, at 3 p.m. sharp in the Harley J. Mosley Sr. Veterans Memorial Park located near the corner of Asch Loop and Bartow Avenue. Please wear your NAACP shirt. Bring guests, family, and friends. Community fellowship with light refreshments will follow immediately in the courtyard of the Bartow Center outside of Rm. 31.

Summer Sunset Cruise: Our Second Sunset Cruise will set sail on Friday, September 11. It will leave from the World’s Fair Marina at 7 p.m. and return at 11:30 p.m. Includes buffet dinner (braised beef short ribs, lemon sole stuffed with crabmeat and Chicken du Jour and a vegetarian entrée (cash bar); $160 per person. First payment of $80 due by June 20 (non-refundable). The charter bus is separate, round trip is $30 per person (three pick-up stops).

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

“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit…” —Acts 2:4a

On May 24, Christians celebrate Pentecost, the day the Holy Spirit descended like tongues of fire and ignited the early Church. For Methodists, this date also marks Aldersgate Day, when John Wesley felt his heart “strangely warmed” and received the deep assurance of salvation through Christ’s grace. Together, these moments offer a powerful blueprint for the renewal our hearts and Christ’s church urgently need today.

Before their encounters with the Spirit, both the disciples and John Wesley struggled with a faith that lacked power. The disciples knew Jesus’ teachings, yet after His resurrection they hid behind locked doors, overwhelmed by fear. But at Pentecost, the Holy Spirit filled them and transformed their fear into bold witness.

John Wesley, though devout and active in ministry, confessed that he lacked inner peace. He went to the Aldersgate meeting “very unwillingly,” burdened by doubt. There, through the quiet work of the Holy Spirit, his faith moved from his head to his heart. He realized he did not need to earn God’s love; Christ had already taken away his sins.

Pentecost came with wind and fire; Aldersgate came with warmth and assurance. Both reveal the same truth: the Holy Spirit moves us from routine religion to a living experience of God. Though these encounters seemed sudden, they were preceded by preparation. Jesus shaping the disciples’ hearts for forty days, and Wesley praying, studying, and seeking guidance. We too must prepare our hearts to receive the Spirit’s renewing work.

When the Holy Spirit fills us with the assurance of salvation, our doubts fade and our faith is strengthened. This is the spark of true revival. A Spiritfilled church looks outward, sharing Christ with the world, rather than inward in selfpreservation. If the Church is not moving forward in mission, it is resisting the very Spirit who gave it life.

This May 24, let us pray for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. May our hearts be warmed, our faith renewed, and our voices empowered to share the lifechanging light of the gospel with the world.

Come and Receive a Blessing: All are Welcome!

Wednesdays: 7 p.m., Bible Study via Zoom: 904-468-5745. Book: Ezra

Thursdays: Pantry and in-person prayer meeting at 11a.m.

Baptism and Membership Classes: Thursdays from 1-3 p.m. See Rev. Sara

Upcoming Events – Save the Dates

Sunday, May 24: Bilingual Service at 11:15 a.m. Memorial Day picnic after service. All invited.

Escuela Dominical at 10 a.m.

Thursday, May28: LCOA Workshop: “Healthy Living for the Brain and Body” by Alzheimer’s Association at 12 p.m.

G. Abadia

Free parking available. For additional information, call NAACP at 718-320-3210 or visit the website for flyer at Building 13 Association. Contact Jacquie at 917-217-6363 or visit the Facebook page.

Recent Executive Order by POTUS: In March, the NAACP filed documents in court arguing the President’s executive order illegally overrides state and congressional authority to set election law and also threatens to prevent millions of eligible voters from casting mail-in ballots.

“Whether by mailbox or ballot box, every American deserves the right to cast their vote,” said Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO. “Mail-in ballots have long helped provide access to the democratic process for Black voters and Americans in rural communities among others.”

Last week, the NAACP filed a preliminary injunction motion to block the executive order from taking effect while the lawsuit proceeds. This move aims to prevent interference and ensure the integrity of our nation’s elections remains in place. We will continue to fight for fair practices in America’s democratic process

so every eligible voter may effectively exercise their right to vote.

Today we march. Tomorrow, we organize. In November, WE VOTE!

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: $1000. Make ck/mo. payable to: NAACP Co-op City. Mailing address: NAACP Co-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 officephone at: 718-3203210 or email: naacpccity2210@gmail.com.

—Brenda Brown

Pentecostal Tabernacle

Pentecostal Tabernacle Weekly Services & Coming of the Holy Spirit Pentecostal Tabernacle is located at 100 Co-op City Blvd., Building 22A. This is the meeting location for our weekly services. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 204, Bronx, New York 10475. Weekly Service Schedule

• Sunday morning service is held in the sanctuary at 11:00 a.m.

• Bible Study and prayer meeting take place online every Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.

• Worship service is also held every Friday evening at 7:30 p.m.

You are welcome to join us online for all evening services by calling 727731-4156.

Focus: The Coming of the Holy Spirit Scripture Reading: (Acts 2:1-15)

On the Day of Pentecost, all the believers were gathered in one place. Suddenly, a sound from heaven like a rushing wind filled the room, and everyone present was filled with the Holy Ghost. They began speaking in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. Jews from every nation under heaven were staying in Jerusalem, and when they heard the noise, a crowd came together. Each person was astonished because they heard the believers speaking in their own native languages.

The people were amazed and wondered, “Are not all those who are speaking Galileans? How is it that each of us hears them in our own tongue, where we were born?” Those present included Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Meso-

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, New York 10475. Church phone: 718-6718746 and Pastor’s phone: 914-522-5039.

Our Scripture of Meditation for 2026 is: Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”

Come Fellowship With Us: Sunday School for adults and youths begin at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday morning worship service is 11 a.m. All are welcome. Fasting, prayer and meditation is the last Wednesday of each month.

Daily Noon Day Prayer Line: 12-12:30 p.m., Monday–Friday. Wednesday Night Bible Study and Prayer: 7-8 p.m. The conference call line number is 646-769-9900; Access Code: 3099088#. Please mute your phone.

Worship Message: “Do You Know Your Worth ”

“Scripture Lesson: Titus 3:3-7KJV “For we

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

Paz de Dios sea con ustedes.

potamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Egypt, Libya near Cyrene, visitors from Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretans, and Arabians. All heard the believers speaking about the wonderful works of God in their own languages.

The crowd was amazed and confused, asking each other what this meant. Some mocked and said, “These men are full of new wine.” But Peter stood with the eleven and addressed the crowd, declaring, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and listen to my words: these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.”

The Outpouring and Promise of the Holy Spirit

The outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost fell on all those who were together in unity, and this gift can come upon anyone who believes in God during these last days.

Salvation and the Gift of the Holy Ghost

In verses 37-38, when the people heard Peter’s words, they were moved and asked the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do to be saved?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

(Isaiah 9:6) declares who Jesus is: the Father, the Son, the Mighty God, who robed Himself in flesh to shed His blood to save us.

(1 Timothy 3:16) “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh , justified in the spirit, seen of angels preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in to glory.”

—Rev. R. Sibblies

Church of the New Vision

ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life”

Save the Dates

Saturday, May 23 – Evangelism and Outreach Ministry sponsoring Community Outreach and prayer. Come by and pick up a few things while supplies last, 12 p.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday, June 13 – Youth Graduation Celebration, 12 p.m.-3pm.

Sunday, June 28 – Senior, Family and Friends Day.

Saturday, July 11 – Annual Picnic at Glenn Island Park in New Rochelle for fellowship, fun and food, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday, July 18 – Men’s Service, sponsored by Amen Ministries, 1-4 p.m., light dinner will be

Iglesia Cristiana Marcos 16:15

Iglesia Cristiana Marcos 16:15 les hace una cordial invitación a la comunidad a congregarse con nosotros.

Si buscan una iglesia para adorar a nuestro Señor y Salvador, si te sientes solo, herido, deprimido, si necesitas liberación, nuestras puertas están abiertas para recibirte. Jesús está dispuesto y es capaz de liberarte y sanarte.

Si quieres formar parte de un grupo que disfruta alabar a Dios en el Jubileo, no busques más. ¡Únete a nosotros! Nuestra iglesia se encuentra en el centro comunitario de 135 Einstein Loop, Segundo piso, Salón 33. También tenemos servicio de adoración en vivo los domingos a las 11:30 a.m. en nuestra página de Facebook

Somos la única iglesia hispana en la comunidad de la Sección 5 y nuestras puertas están abiertas para aquellos que buscan una iglesia basada en la Biblia. Cristo nos ama tanto que dejo Su Trono de Gloria para salvarnos.

Juan 8:12 “Jesús les habló de nuevo, diciendo: "Yo soy la luz del mundo. El que me sigue no andará en tinieblas, sino que tendrá la luz de la vida."

Servicios Ofrecidos:

Lunes: Estudios Bíblicos telefónico, 8 p.m. (564-888-5521; Código: 696248)

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

Jueves: Estudios Bíblicos telefónico Ingles, 8 p.m. (564-888-5521; Código: 696248)

Domingos: Culto de Adoración: 11:30 a.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

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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

If you are looking for a church to worship our Lord and Savior, if you feel

served. All are welcome. Wednesday, August 12 – Sight & Sound Theatre “Joshua.” Adults: $230/Youth: $185. Shady Maple Farm Market. Deposit: $50. Due now! Final payment due July 12.

Women’s Fellowship–Women’s Retreat –Spruce Lake Retreat & Conference Center, PA. Thursday, Sept. 24-26, 2026. Standard Rooms: PP Double: $500/Triple: $440/Single: $680; includes two nights/ three days (double occupancy), six meals, R/T motor-coach transportation, retreat materials. Secure your reservation with a non-refundable deposit of $50 for double or $100 for single. Second deposit of $150 is due now! Final payment due August 16. For information, contact: Sis. L. Scott at 718-671-2623, Sis. S. James at 917-6674229 or Sis. H. Smith at 718-708-5035.

Continue to pray for 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 the New Vision, P.O. Box 75-3037, Bronx, New York 10475.

—Brenda Brown

alone, wounded, depressed, if you need liberation, our doors are open to receive you. Jesus is willing and able to free you and heal you.

If you want to be part of a group who loves to praise God in Jubilee, then look no further. Come and join us! Our church is located at 135 Einstein Loop Community Center, second floor, Rm. 33. We also have live worship service on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. on our Facebook page.

We are the only Hispanic church in the Section 5 community. Our doors are open to those looking for a Bible-based church. Jesus loves us so much that He left His Throne of Glory to save us.

John 8:12: “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life’.” Services Offered:

Monday: Spanish Telephone Bible Studies at 8 p.m. (564-888-5521; Code: 696248)

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

Thursday: Telephone Bible Studies at 8 p.m. (564-888-5521; Code: 696248)

Sundays: Worship Service 11:30 a.m.

Holy Communion is the 1st Sunday of the month

God bless you and remember, Jesus loves you Blanca Santana

Co-op City is Your Home!

Get involved with your building association, join a Board Committee and/or community group, or write a Letter to the Editor about quality of life concerns!

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

Bartow OAC May 2026 Food Shopping Trips

Stew Leonard, 5/20, $6.00; Wegmans, 5/21, $12.00; BJ’s, 5/22, $6.00; Walmart, North Bergen, NJ, 5/26, $12.00; Trader Joe’s, 5/27, $6.00; COSTCO, 5/29, $6.00 Och’s Apple Orchard

Warwick, NY, August 27th. Cost, $45, includes lunch. Payments to be made at the Bartow Center ONLY Caesar Resort and Casino Atlantic City Date: June 6th. Cost: $65.00 ($10 slot play back). Deposit: $30.00 to sign up.

Dreiser OAC, in partnership with Beacon of Joy, proudly presents Fit for Life! Classes begin Tuesday, June 2nd, at 11:00 a.m. in Auditorium C and will be taught by Gail.

SU CASA Program is back at Dreiser OAC. Join us starting April 9th at 1:15 p.m. in Room #2 for a songwriting workshop. Learn to express yourself creatively through rhythm and conversation and write your own song.

CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY

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 a.m.-12 p.m.

Smart/phone & Tablet Class w/Liz, 1:45-2:45 p.m.

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

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

Arthritis exercise w/Damion, 10-11:15 a.m.

Virtual Arts w/Laura via Zoom, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Knitting/Crocheting w/Lynne & Betty, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Computer Learning Class w/Liz, 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Card Games w/Frankie, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

JASA Einstein OAC Essex Steam Train Riverboat, Thurs., July 9th, 1 day; $165 (3 Payment Plan: $55 due 4/20, 5/18, 6/8). Payments can be made on Mondays only!

Senior Day, Holiday Hill, CT, Tuesday, August 25th; 1 day; $145 (3 Payment Plan: $48 due 5/14, 6/15, 7/13). Payments can be made on Monday’ only!

Painting Classes at the NORC ofc. at 10:30 a.m. on Mondays.

Steel Drum Class funded by the Solomon family at NORC ofc., Weds. @ 1 p.m.

Walk Group at NORC office on every Tue. @ 10 a.m. Computer Class in-person on Thursdays, 3-4 p.m. at the Bartow NORC ofc.

Spanish Classes, Thurs., 2-3 p.m. at the NORC ofc.

JASA provides comprehensive emotional wellness support for older adults ages 60+ residing in Co-op City. Our services include individual, family, and group therapy, as well as medication management, delivered both in per-

Mindful Mornings Tai-Chi, 9-10 a.m.

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

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

Dr. Castro Presentation, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

son and via telehealth. We offer on-site care at the NORC offc. & Einstein offc. & within the OACs. Dreiser OAC. Please join us every Wed. Caringkind: The Heart of Alzheimer’s Caregiving Rep. will be in the Bartow main ofc. every 3rd Mon. of the month, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. for Alzheimer & Dementia Consultation/Health Care Proxy & Power of Attorney Consultation & other services. Please call 646-744-2921 for an appt.

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

Line Dance with Bartow Swingers, Wed. & Fri., 121:00 p.m., 177 Dreiser Loop, Aud. A.

Notary – JASA NORC Office; Weds. & Thurs., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Call 718-320-2066 for an appt. Notary – Dreiser OAC, Tues., 1-3 p.m. in Rm 7. Call 718-320-1345 for an appt.

LUNCH & DINNER MENUS

Alternate Kosher Meals are available

Trip: BX Game Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Weekend Recap Discussion, 9-10 a.m. Stay Well Exercise w/Denise, 10-11 a.m., Aud. A

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Movies w/Dennis: “Shelter,” 1-3 p.m.

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

Bridge to Care Arthritis Exercise w/Damien, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Healing Through Harmony w/ Marley 1-2pm

Stretch & Tone w/Ola, 10-11

a.m.

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

Aqua Aerobics, 12-3 p.m. (off site)

Board Games, 1-2 p.m. Technology w/Jimmy, 1-2 p.m.

Visual Arts, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Salsa Dance w/George, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

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

Piano Sing Along Class, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 2 (twice a month) Leisure Games w/Clara, 1-3:30 p.m., Rm. 2 Leisure TV, 2:15-4 p.m.

Current Events, 10-11 a.m.

Art w/Gerry, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Zumba w/Ola, 1-2 p.m., Aud. A New Technology Trial Class w/ Irina 1-2pm

Leisure Games w/Clara, 1-3:30 p.m., Rm. 2

Tai Chi w/Jimmy, 2-3 p.m., Aud. A Computer & Tablet Class w/Ralph, 6:307:30 p.m. (virtual)

Arthritis Exercise w/Damion, 11 a.m.12 p.m., Aud. A

Bead & Jewelry w/Brenda, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 4

Technology Class w/Steve, 1:15-2:15 p.m.

Drama Club w/Amelia, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Rm. 2

TRIP: Walmart (Monroe), 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Current Events, 10-11 a.m. Cardio Exercise w/Gail, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Aud. A Body In Motion w/Ola, 1-2 p.m., Aud. A

Hip-Hop Memory & Story Circle w/Su Casa Artist Ricardo, 1:15-2:15 p.m., Rm. 2

LUNCH : KOSHER: Scallion Ginger Tofu Stir Fry, Pearled Barley, Capri Blend Vegetables; NON-KOSHER: Beef Hamburger, Baked Red Potato Wedges, Cooked Cabbage w/shredded Carrots

CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY

DINNER: BARTOW ONLY

KOSHER: No Dinner Served

NON-KOSHER: No Dinner Served

LUNCH : KOSHER Moroccan Salmon, Roasted Potatoes & Vegetables

NON-KOSHER: Baked Fish w/Sweet & Sour Sauce, Pasta, Normandy Blend

DINNER: BARTOW ONLY

KOSHER: Baked Breaded Fish w/ Baked Potato & Steamed Sliced Carrots, Orange NON-KOSHER: Spanish Style Beef Stew w/Homemade Mashed Potatoes, Steamed Broccoli, Apple

LUNCH: KOSHER: Beef Meatloaf, Baked Brown Rice Pilaf, Sautéed String Beans

NON-KOSHER: Chicken Breasts & Rice, Boiled Southern Greens

DINNER: BARTOW ONLY

KOSHER: Beef Meatloaf w/Brown Rice, Sautéed String Beans, Apple NON-KOSHER: Baked Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce, Penne Pasta, Normandy Blend Vegetables, Orange

LUNCH: KOSHER (Plant Based):: Cuban Black Beans, Yellow Rice, Mixed Vegetables

NON-KOSHER (Plant Based): Aromatic Pumpkin & Chickpea Curry, White Rice, Italian Cut Greens

DINNER: BARTOW ONLY

KOSHER: Breaded Vegetable Cutlet, Yellow Rice, Steamed Mixed Vegetables, Orange; NON-KOSHER: Arroz con Pollo, (Chicken Breast w/Rice), Collard Greens

Massage Therapy, 10 a.m.-12

Massage Therapy, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

p.m.

Manicure, 10:30 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.

Line Dance w/Cythia, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Theater Arts w/Dazee Windley, 2-4 p.m., in Bartow OAC, Rm. 31

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 ce

Coloring for Calmness, 9:3010:30 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Su Casa Tapestry w/TJ, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

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

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

Let’s Get It on Zumba, 1-2 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.

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

Trip: Little Island & Pier 57, 9am-4pm Sewing Class w/Joy, 9-11 a.m., Rm. 2 Alert and Alive w/Cathy and Essie, 10-11 a.m., Rm. 4

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

LUNCH : KOSHER: Roasted Chicken Legs, Spinach Noodle Kugel, Spiced Mixed Vegetables NON-KOSHER: Jerk Chicken, Black Beans & Rice, Italian Blend Vegetables

DINNER: BARTOW ONLY

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

Knitting & Crocheting, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

KOSHER: Roasted Chicken w/Kugel OR Rice, Spiced Mixed Vegetables, Peach

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

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.

NON-KOSHER: Curry Pumpkin & Chick Pea Stew w/White Rice, Italian Cut Green Beans, Banana

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

KOSHER: Moroccan Salmon w/Roasted Potatoes & Vegetables, Kiwi

NON-KOSHER: Jerk Chicken w/Black Beans & Rice, Italian Blend Vegetables, Orange

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-Synagogue-of-Co-op-City to donate, or mail to the Traditional Synagogue 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 a hot/cold kiddush meal. Entrance to our synagogue for Saturday services is on the side door of Building 27B.

General Information: The Traditional Synagogue is located in Section 5, 120 Erdman Place, in the rear lobby of 27B. It is on the ground floor of Building 27B and it 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 by10a.m. so we can take out the Torah.

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

Sabbath ends on Saturday, May 23, at 9:05 p.m.

Candle Lighting for Friday,May 29, at 7:58 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 Karla Kalus and all our members, who will be celebrating their birthday in May. Please send me your names and I will add them 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

Newsong Church

Follow the Light

“When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said,‘I amthe light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life’.” John 8:12

Darkness represents confusion, sin, fear, and separation from God, but Jesus came to illuminate the way to truth and eternal life.

The religious leaders in Jesus’s time challenged His authority, refusing to recognize who He truly was. Yet Jesus remained focused on the Father’s mission, speaking only what God had given Him to say. While many rejected Him, others believed as they listened to His words.

Following the light requires more than admiration; it demands surrender and obedience. Jesus calls us to walk daily in His truth, allowing His Word to guide our decisions, attitudes, and relationships. When we follow Christ, the darkness loses its grip, and we experience clarity, peace, and purpose. The world offers many false lights, but only Jesus leads to life everlasting.

Today, I choose to step out of the shadows and follow Jesus wholeheartedly. Will you join me? Let His light guide your path, strengthen your faith, and shine through your life so others may find hope in Him too.

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. 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., 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

Greater Love Refuge Ministries

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills--from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:1-2)

Spiritual Food for Thought: When you find yourself in a dilemma and do not know what to do, you must first settle down and remember that God is your very present help in times of trouble. Then, exercise your faith to know that you are not alone. God is with you always. Wait patiently for the answer to your prayers.

Greater Love Refuge Ministries, Inc., is a non-denominational, multi-generational, teaching, preaching, faith & Bible-way ministry with a ‘Bapticostal’ flavor, under the leadership of Bishop Boyce Landrum. We are conveniently located at 900 Co-op City Blvd. (Bldg. 2A, ground floor), Bronx, NY 10475. Our telephone number is 347-920-5607. Morning worship begins at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. For more information or to view our church calendar, visit our website at greaterloverefugeministries.org

Tomorrow is Pentecost Sunday! Come out and worship with us at 11:30 a.m. as we celebrate the “Birthday of the Church,” commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus, which empowered them to spread the Gospel and birthed the global Christian community. Minister Alecia Benjamin and Elder William Yancey will teach and preach the Word of God in a special platform service.

Our weekly Prayer Line is every Wednesday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. and Thursday evening from 8 p.m.-9 p.m. You are welcome to listen quietly, bring a testimony of praise, a scripture reading, a song or a specific prayer request. Also, Presiding Elder Carol Landrum hosts a weekly “Command Your Week” devotional and prayer on the second, third, fourth and fifth Monday mornings of each month from 6 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Please call the prayer line to listen to the teachings and prayer.Replays are available on our website. The dial-in number for the prayer line is: 1-351-999-3024. As a general courtesy, kindly mute your phone upon entry and when not speaking.

Thank you for your continued love and support for the Greater Love Ministry. Grace and Peace,

—Carol Landrum

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