2025 Riverbay Board of Directors Election Extended to Sept. 30. ★ ★ ★ 685 Ballots Still Needed for Quorum ★ ★ ★
Vol. 60 No. 33
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August 23, 2025
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Voting in 2025 Riverbay Board Election Continues Until Sept. 30
Ballots Remailed to Non-Voting Units By ROZAAN BOONE
On Monday, Aug. 18, the Riverbay Board voted to approve the 2025 Election Committee’s recommendation to extend the voting period in the Board election for an additional five weeks until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to give more shareholders the opportunity to return their ballot so quorum can be obtained to validate the election. As reported last week, 685 ballots are still needed for quorum. The second extended voting deadline ended at 9 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 18. According to Emergency Resolution 25-38, “the 2025 Board Election Committee is not authorized by the Official Rules for the 2025 Board Election to extend the election beyond August 18, 2025; and …
“The 2025 Election Committee recommends that the Board extend the period that shareholders may vote in the Board election for an additional five weeks; and … “Now, Therefore be it resolved that if the Election Committee determines a quorum has not been attained by 9:00 P.M. on Monday, August 18, 2025, that the 2025 Riverbay Board election shall be extended from 9:00 P.M. on Monday, August 18, 2025 through and including 9:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 30th, 2025…” With the third voting extension approved by the Board on Monday night, Resolution 25-38 also resolves that the date for the Election Committee to review and certify the final count of ballots cast (Continued on page 4)
eBikes and eScooters Are Prohibited in Co-op City Buildings and Community Centers
By DANIELLE CRUZ
On Saturday, August 16, CCPD responded to a fire on the Section 1 Greenway. Upon arrival, ESU Officers Robert Wagner and Charles Richardson observed an individual next to an eBike that was on fire. According to the individual, they were making deliveries when their eBike started to smoke and eventually caught fire. ESU Officer Richardson was able to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher while ESU Officer Robert Wagner began treating the individual. FDNY then arrived on the scene and contained and removed the eBike battery from the scene. The rider, who sustained a superficial burn to his cheek, refused medical treatment at the scene. While this fire was contained, the incident serves as a reminder of how dangerous electronic mobility devices with lithium-ion batteries, like eBikes
Addressing Shareholders’ Quality of Life Concerns Expressed in Letters President’s Report
Rod Saunders I want to take this opportunity to address a couple of Co-op City “quality of life” issues, three of which are reflective of Letters to the Editor that were published in last week’s (August 16, 2025) edition of our own Co-op City Times. Earlier this past week, the Riverbay Board voted unanimously to grant a third extension to the 2025 Riverbay Board of Directors voting process. It is unfortunate that we are not able to complete our annual Shareholders’ Meeting in one day as we had done for some 40 years of our having a resident Board following the famous
Rent Strike for the right to have a resident Board during the mid-1970’s. That is, until the first (one-day) extension occurred back in 2015. Extending the voting process for the annual Shareholders’ Meeting (Board of Directors’ election process) is, at best, counterproductive in that it is an unfortunate expenditure of our monthly shareholders’ carrying charges, money that could be better spent elsewhere in the budget. Having said that, I would like to address one of the opinion (Continued on page 2)
Message from the 2025 Election Committee
and eScooters, can be. According to the FDNY, lithium-ion batteries were responsible for 277 fires and six deaths in 2024. Many of these fires began when devices were left charging overnight, allowing batteries to overheat. These fires can be difficult to contain, spread rapidly, and in some cases reignite hours or even days later. Because of the risk, storing and charging eBikes and scooters indoors can create a potential fire hazard. To address these concerns and the growing use of eBikes throughout the city, the Riverbay Board of Directors passed Resolution# 22-58 on November 9, 2022. This resolution, later approved by the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (HCR), went into effect on July 24, 2023, and prohibits the storage or charging of eBikes, eScooters,
The following message to shareholders is from the co-chairs of the 2025 Election Committee, Board Director Monique Coleman and Board Director Leah Graham. Election co-chair Monique Coleman: “What happens when the grass is too green and the streets are too clean? When painters paint, plumbers plumb, when the community newspaper spreads the news and the police, police? What happens when the Call Center picks up, and workers are dispatched to fix your problems? “Even then, people still find things to complain about. Because it’s easier to talk than to do. It’s more thrilling to be mad at what’s wrong than to stay engaged with what’s right. A perfect community isn’t one where things never break, Monique Coleman Leah Graham it’s one where most things go well most of the time, and when things go wrong, they get fixed. In Co-op City, we’ve got that in the bag. “The real question is: will we just complain, or will we contribute? “Here’s how you can contribute: “ * Retrieve your official election ballot in the green envelope. “ * Choose up to five candidates you believe are doing the work or can do the work.
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