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NEW EXECUTIVE MANAGER Edward Åranov (left) discusses goals with Congressman Marlo Bíaggi in Washing· ton, D.C.
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Biaggi Meets New Co-op City Manager
Building 22's mini-market Thursday after a delay of more than a week. Building cooperators forced the delay because they feared that the market would attract vermin. The Executive Committee of the Advisory Council held a Town Hall meeting for residents of Section 4 February 19th. At this meeting, residents of the sectíon · voted not to have the market. Consequently, the Executive Committee proposed to cancel the market at Monday's AC meeting. The Council, however, de( Continued on Page 4) opened
Mr. Edward Aronov, slated to take over as Executive Director of Co-op City, met with Congressman Mario Blagg], 24th C-D., Bronx, in the Congressman's Washington office on Wednesday, February 10th. Mr. Bíaggí congratulated Mr. Aronov on his new appointment and discussed intends to maintain an open some of the goals and probline between Mr. Biaggi's oflems now facing the manfice and his own in Go-op agement and tenants of C-OCity. op City. Mr. Aronov left his job as In the hour-long meeting, Deputy Aseístant to the the Congressman emphasized the magnitude and Màyor for Housing in Washscope of Mr. Aronov's new ington, D.C. on February 23rd to take up his new duposition and said he hoped to establish a close work- ties at Co-op City on March 1st. ing relationship with Mr. Aronov to help in arriving at solutions and providing service to the occupants. Both agreed that a clearly defined and direct line of communication between the occupants and management The Advisory Council overwhelmingly approved the is essential to the creation of Inter-Community Committee's monorail proposal Moñday. an efficient and productive The proposal, presented by Committee Chaíran Alan Zachrelationship. ary, is to advise the North American Monorail Corporation Mr. Aronov stated he fully that Co-op City wants the Monorail, and the company may · recognized the role a con- seek funds with the commuat the Town. Hall meeting, gressional representative has nity's approval. the North American Monoin servicing the people of No specific plans as to rail company will start petiCo-op City. He also said he route or termination points tioning for funds in Washwere included in the proington. They are seeking posal. The only specific reFederal money available for striction stipulated by the undertaking innovative urproposal was that the mono- ban transportation prorail would be considered only grams. These funds are if it was to "take passengers available strictly for new, into the working areas of innovative projects, and are Jules W eínrach, an Ad- Manhattan without connect- in no way connected with ing with the established subvisory Council (AC) reprerenovating the New Haven sentative of Bldg. 6, and way systems now serving Railroad or any other existPaul Rodriguez, an AC rep- the Northeast Bronx." All ing forms of transportation. resentative of Bldg. 9, re- other aspects of the monoSeveral councilmen praised signed from the Council, it rail will be worked out if the monorail as providing and when appropriate funds was announced Monday. another choke in solving the Mr. Rodriguez wrote the are allocated. transportation problems for AC chairman that his preThe Council will now ar- the near and distant future. sent employment hours pre- range for a Town Hall type The Council almost unanivented him from attending meeting where an coopera- mously defeated a main moCouncil meetings, and he tors may speak and vote on tion by George Friedland, therefore found it regretably the issue. The Advisory Building 15, to amend the necessary to resign. He was Council is now on record as proposal to include further a member of the Building being :in favor of the mono- investigative efforts by the and Grounds Committee. rail. This decision is designed Council. These efforts, it was Jules Weinrach also in- to provide leadership to the stated, should be expended formed the Council that his entire cooperative on the is- by the North American other responsibilities and his sue. Monorail Corp., and New (Continued on Page 4) If the proposal is approved York City planners.
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The Mayor's Urban Action Task Force held an open meeting February 18th in the Community Center to review the status of major New York City construction projects here. Present at the meeting were: George Schechter, vice president of Riverbay Corp. ; Robert Rosenberg, chair- Conner Street. The National Development Go., former man of the Co-op City-Bay. owners of the land Co-op chester Urban Action Task City is built on, agreed to Force; WiUiam Torres, chief extend Rombouts A venue to coordinator of New York connect with Co-op City City's Management InformaBlvd. at Carver Loop. When tion System (MIS) ; John Lapoche, Co-op City's MIS co- all of this is completed, i,t ordinator; and Virginia Gal- will provide alternate outlets lager, chairman of Commu- from Co-op City Blvd. Mr. Lapoche also discussed nity Planning Board No. 12. the road link between SecJohn Lapoehø reported to tion 5 and the rest of Co-op the meeting on the statua of City. The road won't be city construction projects. ready until mid-May, and He explained the delay of will consequently cause a dethe high school is due to a lay of at least one month in loss of three months in bid- building occupancy there. ding. The high school will be When questioned about ready some time in 1973. the completion date of the He also said the city Supermarket in Shopping anticipates bottlenecking Center Two, George Sehecht· around construction of the ter said, "as early in the fall planned overpass from C-0-0p as possible." Asked about City Blvd. over the New any forseeable problems, he England Thruway. To Offset commented, "July 1st is the traffic tie ups, the city plantermination date on some ners intend to pave Peartree labor contracts in the conand Rombouts Avenues and ( Continued on Page 4)
Some Buildings Vote; ihers Will Thursday Buildings 12, 13, and 14 elected Advisory Council (AC) representatives Thursday. However, the results of the election were not available at the Co-op City Times' press time. N ames of the winners will be reported next week. Buildings 22, 25, and the Town Houses of Section One will hold AC e 1 e ct i o n s Thursday, March 4th from 4 to 8 P.M. in Auditorium A of the Community Center. Below is a tentative list of candidates. Building 22 Alfred J. Modafferi, Joseph Laznow, Rae Gurñeld,
Al Sohn, Viviane Peck, Nat Físhner, Stanley Chabinsky, Jeanette Graves, Paul Gurevich, Arthur Lucker, Ann Miller, Miriam Klusky. Building 25 Robert Goldenberg, Abe Rotheim, Alfred J. Modoffen, Sid Schneider, Bernard Steinberg, Eddie Levine, Gloria Fruhling, Faye Unschuld, Sandra Gabler, \VilIíam E. Berry, Syd Glaizer, Murry Safran, Marlene Cohen, Joel Strauss, James Nieto, Margaret Regan. Town Houses Ruby Cole, Eugene M. Kaufman, Jacob Milstein, Arthur Rubín,