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Bronx representatives in the national Congress, the State Legislature, the City Council and the Borough President's Office participated in the 2nd Annual Bronx Legislative Conference on Middle Income Housing sponsored by the Coordinating Council of the United Housing Foundation at Co-op City Sunday morning, January 31st. were: Congressmen Herman Badillo, Mario Biaggi, Israel Rubin man Scheuer, who was out structíon at 10% the State of the country attending an . international conference, ident. of New York is assuring a State Senator Joseph GaliRepresentatives of differ- built-in additional charge of ber, a representative for erent housing cooperatives approximately $36.00 per State Senator John Calan- presented various proposed room per month for interdra, Assemblyman Seymour measures required now to est alone. Posner Arthur Z. Cohen, member . ' Councilmen Bertram help protect existing limited ~Gelfand, Mario Merola, Ai- dividend and Mitchell-Lama of the Advisory Council of Co-op City and a Bronx cole-en Ryan and Muriel Strom- Housing and their residents berg and Louis C. Benza, as well as to assure con- ordinator of the Legislative tinued construction of hous- Conference presented the ing for middle income fami- program to assist senior BRR:r:rrn::r - Ronald Rossníek, 5-yea:r-old son of M:r. and citizens. The proposed legislies in the future. M:rs. I. Rossnick of Build. 15, covers his ears (with misThe "Co-op City Times" latíon provides for 100 Co-op City Vice President matched mittens) as he returns home from kindergarten will go to press on Wednestax abatement for senior George Schechter reported dass. Temperatures reached record lows on Ground Hog Day day this week instead of citizens with incomes up to that there had been 17,000 Tuesday, and it's rumored that the ground hog saw his Thursday. Deadline for housing starts in 1970 in $1,500.00 per year. shadow! According to some, that means six weeks of winter copy will be 3 P.M. on on New York and that weather! Tuesday. plans have been completed for 150,000 additional units. However lack of financing is delaying construction in the face of a continuing loss The Advisory Council Or- nesday, February 17 at 8 "Meet Your Candidates" Gates will be constructed of 35,000 to apartientation and Nomination P.M. in Room 9. and additional nominations at the entrances lo ments each year due to abanmeeting for Buildings 22, 25, Election for the these for them will be held Wedlots in the Educational Park donment in New York City. and the Town Houses of Sec- buildings will be Thursday, nesday, February 10th in At the present time, new and traffic controls will be tion One will be Tuesday, March 4th in Auditorium A. Auditorium A and Room 9. employed at all points where February 9th at 8 P.M. in Ballots will be cast from 4 The meeting for residents of Mitchell-Lama housing can- children may take "short not be produced at a cost of Auditorium A of the Com- to 8 P.M. Building 13 is scheduled for less han $75.00 to $90.00 cuts." These are the prommunity Center. Residents of Buildings Thursday, February 11, in per room per month even ises issued by the Board of 12 and 14 are reminded that Auditorium A. This is of the accelwith maximum tax abate- Education Bureau of Conerated schedule announced men. This is due to inflation struction, The Bureau also promised recently by the Public Inforand the very high cost of that no paths for mation Committee of the mortgage financing at the o would be constructed near Advisory Co u n ci 1. The present time. He declared Building 16. schedule is designed to imi ~ that the State of New York George Schechter, vice plement the new, shorter adopted measures to release Two temporary "mini" markets will open February waiting period for newly funds for new housing by president of Riverbay Corp., 16th in Section Three and Four, according to the Riveroccupied buildings recently buying up existing mort- and Maye Shaw, Construcapproved by the Advisory bay Consumers Society. The markets will be located on the gages from the bankst pay- tion Committee chairman of the District 11 School Council. Orientation and ground floor in Buildings 19 and 22. Hours of operation ing 31/â~, to 4% interest. Saturday. Nomination meetings are will be 11 A.M. to 7 P.M., Monday met with the Board of EduThese released funds are Seymour Klanfer, executive vice president of the Feddesigned to explain the Adnow being offered the cation January 29th and exeration of Cooperatives, as inadequate Mr. Klanfers plained Co-op City's position visory Council nominating banks for new mortgages reached agreement on the original offer for a free bus and electing procedure to on the Educational Park. costing 10~~'j) interest. "mini" markets January 30 service in response to the new Co-op City residents. This suggests that the State The Bureau of Construction with members of the Com- AC's demands. This proposal Meet your Candidates munity Relations Committee served as the impetus for of New York is taking care assured them that all meetings and additional of the Advisory Council further meetings with Mr. of the bankers very nicely parking lots would be used but at the exepnse of every- only during school Nominations for Building 25 (AC). Klanfer and final agreement body else. At today's cost of and that the school superinwill be Tuesday, February Michael Sicilian and Ar- on the two "mini" markets. construction each 1 ?,:, of in- tendent would make sure the 16 in. Auditorium A at 8 terest on a mortgage costs lots were properly guarded thur Cohen, AC members A limited variety of food P.M.; for Building 22, it will $6.00 per room per month. during non-school hours . be Wednesday, February 17 from Buildings 15 and 16, staples will be available at the existing These issues have been the in Auditorium A at 8 P.1\'.L; authored the proposal, pass- the "mini" stores. Perishmortgages of 3 % ¡o to 4 ~,; subject of controversy co-, and for the Town Houses of ed unanimously at the last ables will be stored in houseand then the operators in Building 16 reOne it will be Wed- AC meeting, which rejected hold refrigerators. banks to cently.
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