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15,382 member families in the world's largest cooperative community. June 19, 1971
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THERE SHE IS-Miss Hot Pants 1971, Rhonda radiates with joy as she receives her trophy and prize money from Co-op City Executive Manager Edward Aronov. The hot pants contest was of the Co-op City CommuFair held Sunday.
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As the parade of hopeful beauties marched by the reviewing stand Sunday at the Co-op City Community Fair "Miss Hot Pants'; Contest, the discriminating diletante of the female anatomy may have noticed a pair of hairy fogs in the line. They belonged ! to Barry Civil Rights Law. This facShier, women's lib advocate tor was brought to the atwho claimed he was "Miss tention of the Community Cattle Show" of 1971. Barry Life Forum by none other believes that all beauty con- than Harry Hertzberg, the tests are cattle shows which flamboyant chairman of the are degrading to all women. Co-op City Environmental His application was relue- Action Committee. Needless to say, Barry approved because of a technicality the 1967 (Continued on Page 6)
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A mass demonstration will take place today at 12 :30 P.M. at the corner of Dreiser Loop East and Debs Place for the installation of a traffic light at that intersection. The Security Committee of the- Advisory Council organized the demonstration. Members of the committee will .be wearing arm bands and using bull horns in an attempt to conduct an orderly demonstration. Area newspaper and television media were invited to cover the event. All elected officials were also invited. Leaflets were distributed and signs displayed during last week to advertise the demonstration. The 45th Precinct was informed that the demonstration would take place. "The demonstration follows two years of efforts to get the City Traffic Department to install a traffic light," said Herb Schneider( Continued on Page 14)
Co-op City's Advisory Council elected a new slate of executive officers Monday at the first session of its new year. Lawrence Sivak was re-elected as Chairman his fellow councilmen. He defeated Nathan Eisner by a 48 to 26 vote. the next Michael Sicilian won re- be meeting weeks to elect commitelection to his post as corresponding Secretary, de- tee chairmen. The Times will publish a Milton Foreman, 59 list of committees as soon to 14. as the chairmen are elected. Town House representative Ruby Coles will succeed Anita Singleton as Recording Secretary. Mrs. Singleton withdrew her nomination in favor of Mrs. Coles in the four-way race. Frederick Beck of Bldg. 18 and In the event of a fire or Gerald Zelenetsky, Bldg. 17, other emergency, automowere also rans. biles parked in the back of Re-election of Richard garages, between buildings Ferguson was unanimously or in construction areas creadopted. Ferguson ran un- ate a safety hazard. opposed. Therefore, effective immeAdv i sor y Councilmen diately, all automobiles parkwere giv=n the list of com- ed on any Riverbay (Co-op mittee assignments, formu- City) property without writlated by an Ad Hoc commit- ten permission or authority tee, which was elected at will be towed away at the owner's risk and expense, last week's AC meeting. The new committees will 1111m111mmmm111111111111111111111111111m1m1mmm111
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A last minute bill passed by the New York State Legislature on the last of this year's session paved the way for construction of a hospital for Co-op City. Governor Rockefeller is expected to sign the bill shortly. State Senator John D. Calandra, Assemblyman Anthony J. Stella, and City Councilman Mario Merola teamed up in support of the measure which did away with technicalities preventing H.I.P. (Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York) from getting a mortgage from the State Housing Finance Agency, to construct a hospital. Last November H.I.P. signed a 75 year lease with the New York City Real Estats Departfor five acres of land immediately north of Co-op City Boulevard and Rombouts Ave. H.I.P. submitted the lowest bid, and censewon the lease. It was later discovered that R.I.P. could not take advantage of necessary state funds made available by legislation passed at las;t Albany session. These state funds are available in the form of mortgages from the State Finance Agency, but the mortgages can only be granted to "non-
hospital corporations," which own land for hospital construction. R.I.P. is a non-profit health service organization, which has only leased land. Before it could negotiate for the purchase of the land from the City, it had to transfer the land to R.I.P. Hospital Ine., a R.I.P. affiliate. In order to transfer the lease without having to re-bid on the property, R.I.P. needed the approval of the State Legislature. Consequently, R.I.P. turned to area legislators for help. A bill granting the transfer was introduced by Senator Calandra. Councilman Merola, chairman of the City Finance Committee, sent a necessary "Home Rule Message" to the State Legislature which expressed the City's support of the bill. · Speaking for the measure, Assemblyman Stella said, "Right now the serious medical needs of this community are being attended to a volunteer ambulance corps in conjunction with the hospitals in the Northeast but the problem is that the hospitals in my area are
eality some distance away from Co-op City, making it virtually impossible to transport an emergency case to the hospital without unnecessary delay." Spokesmen for R.I.P. said that negotiations are now underway for the purchase of the land from the City Department of Real Estate. R.I.P. officials expressed hope that construction of a 200 bed general community hospital would begin within a year after the purchase of the land is completed and the granting of a mortgage is final. James Brindle, president of reported that the hospital will have complete ambulatory care facilities and emergency care services. "An important feature of H.I.P.'s hospital at Co-op City," he said, "will be the integration of H.I.P.'s prepaid group practice health service with in-patient hospital care, although the hospital will serve the general community as well as HJ.P. patients. This is. happening now with H.I.P.'s La Guardia Hospital in Queens which is rapidly becoming one of the most progressive and exciting hospitals in New York."