èo-op City's official publication/ sel'Ving l5,382·member families in the world's largest cooperative community. VOL. 7, No. 35
JUNE 24, 1972
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SUMMER'S COMING-Jerry Garfin, director of the Co-op. City Day Camp, prepares his staff for the '72 season at an orientation meeting in the Dreiser Loop Community Center. Jerry is the subject of an In Focus interview 011 page 4.
Neighborhood Police
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Team Is Threatened
Tuesday was primary election day in New York ami more than 7 ,000 Co-op City residents cast ballots in the 41 Jj:lection Districts that lie within the community's boundaries. The turnout was heavier than Co-op City may lose its heralded Neighborhood Police Team if the the. number of ballots cast would main part by the complex ballot. which candidates ran, and the Police Department does not modify its announced Master Plan to indicate and this was attributed U was estimated that it took the winners, as indicated by the Coreassign "patrolmen from those precincts having the most reported in part to the long waiting lines at average voter nearly five op City figures, were victorious in crimes," aceerdíng to Edward Aronov, Executive Manager of Co-op the polls. The backup at the minutes to make his selections their races. City. voting booths was caused in the once inside the booth. Candidates and party leaders Long waiting lines were expressed the regret that many ilfl Ili In a letter dated June 13, 1972 common in virtually every voters were disenfranchised of addressed to Police ComElection District in the borough, their voting privilege due to the missioner Patrick Murphy, Mr. and reliable sources estimate long lines, but virtually everyone Aronov declared: "The proposed that as many as 14,000 Bronx involved agreed that the outcome course of action in the reduction voters may have gone home would not have been affected by a of the existing police in this area without voting, rather than stand larger vote. we feel is a dangerous one. We ~anagement and Maintenance were reorganized last week to fór the two-hour wait that was are writing to you in the hopes achieve gre.ater coordination in providing service to cooperators and common at most polling places. that you will reverse it, and, in ~eneral m~:mtenance to the buildings and grounds, it was announced According to reliable Demofact, we recommend anincrease uy Executive Manager Edward Aronov. cratic Party sources the vote in manpower for this precinct to In the revised organizational ----------'---in Co-op City was broken down e • insure further preventative structure Herb Schneiderman the number of work requests in as follows: services." will function as the Assistant to the central office and it makes for U.S. Congress The gradual process of with- the Executive Manager. In this prompter attention to the service Section 5, Buildings 26 through 4351 drawing police from low crime position, he will act for the requests made directly in the Bingham 35, will be the first large area of Scheuer 3160 areas has been going on for some Executive Manager in his ab- building where the work is to be Co-op City where garbage and State Assembly time with the result tpat the sence, and will have the authority done. 4595 refuse will be hidden from view in police force in the 45th Precinct and responsibility to deal with all The assistant managers and Hochberg Shaw 1961 enclosed metal containers on the has been reduced from 240 men administrative matters that the areas for which thëy are Kritzler 498 garbage pads near each building, about one year ago, to 170 men at pertain to the entire operation of responsible are:' it was announced by Herb. Surrogate Judge the present time. According to Co-op City. GWEN SPENCER-Bldgs. 1 Schneiderman for the Executive Gelfand 3592 present plans, it is pointed out, In place of the three area thru 5, Defoe Pl. Town Houses. Manager.. Bernstein 2275 the police force of the 45th managers who were responsible RALPH CARTER-Bldgs. 6, 7, A total of 22 containers have Fusco 1055 Precinct will be reduced to about fo~ 10 to 14 buildings each, there 8, 9 and 25, Debs Place Town been assigned to the area, two State Committeeman 112 men by November, 1972. This will now be seven assistant Houses. Kaufman 3524 per high rise building, plus two reduction is being made despite managers each responsible for ANGELA INGRASSIA-Bldgs. Walker 1307 for the Town House duster at the fact that Co-op City has added five buildings. Each manager 10 thru 14, Cooper Pl. Town Earhart Lane. State Committeewoman about 50,000 people to the will be working with a mainHouses. Arrangements have been made Meister 2636 precinct and that the North East tenance group supervisor MICHAEL STOLL-Bldgs. 15 with the Sanitation Department Loeb 1731 Bronx Education Park will be responsible for buildings and thru 19, Adler Pl. Town Houses, for pick-up of garbage three District Leader (male) accommodating about 10,000 deaning services for the same Asch Loop Town Houses. times a week, Mondays, WedGlanzrock 3518 children. from elementary school five buildings. Assistant STEVE SIMON-Bldgs. 20 thru Blackin 2373 nesdays and Fridays. Additional through high school when managers and the buildings for 24, Broun PL Town Houses. . . containers are being delivered by which they are responsible are JACK LEVY-Bldgs. 26, 27, 30, D1st~1ct Leader <female) completed. the manufacturer every few days listed below. 31 and 33, Earhart Lane Town Gurñeld 3401 In Co-op City itself, the Neighand it is expected that within borhood Police Team has been The operation of management Houses. Pellman . 2558 BLANCHE SANCHEZ-Bldgs. The vote m Co-op City mirrored several weeks, there will be reduced without publicity from 38 staff will be under the direction of for an Edward Marshall, Director of 28, 29, 32, 34, 35. the vote for the entire district in enclosed containers men to approximately 30 men, buildings in Co-op City. according to authorítative Management, with Peter S d , The capacity óf the containers · sources, and the team is no Shuldiner serving as Assistant econ Avenue Subway to handle the garbage and refus~i longer assigned to Co-op City Director of Management. from the high rise buildings alone but can be called out to The management-maintenance be evaluated as will the píck-j' cover situations in other parts of team will be working together for schedule . by the Sanítats the 45th Precinct.' the smooth operation of service to Department. If it prqS Th'e Security Committee of the the apartments as well as the necessary to have more freqlt Advisory Council has been maintenance and cleaning pick-ups or additional confr studying · these reports of the operåtions for the buildings and By Michael Kessler capacity, adjustments vfe reduction of the Police Force in the grounds of each area. The Second A venue Subway is a "major undertaking" and "the made accordingly. /__ Co-op City and is working on a Another innovation for a prime project of the transit expansion program" which, according to a plan to mobilize the community greater potential of improved New York City Transit Authority spokesman, should relieve the overto protest this reduction and to services to apartments and crowding that exists on the Pelham Bay and Dyre A venue lines. fight for maintaining the staneconomy of operation is the inThe major problem to be dards of police protection that troduction of a new system of overcome according to the problem of getting to the "new" were gained during the past year. requesting maintenance work in Transit Authority is this line will still exist for Co-op City B~ildings l through 5 in Co-op tremendous overcrowding which residents. New IBM card ,being City. Cooperators now file their existed before Co-op City was When asked if the Transit mailed between nole end request for work directly in their builf The additional passenger Authority planned to improve the of the month for g ce of own building in a depository box traffic that comes from the Co-op service links between Co-op City the year, July Ui ecemin the basement. A utilityman City community overloads these and the Pelham Bay and Dyre ber, 1972. ¡ The new traffic light in assigned to the building then lines even more. They will itb.a:r:rying Avenue subway stations, the operation at Dreiser Loop and . responds to do the work and if This problem of overcrowding spokesman said "not at this charges for thef.nt, Plus Debs Place is controlled there are no exceptional cir- will be alleviated by the Second time." rental for ga;/1,. g fo:r manually by pedestrians. If there cumstances, such as a major A\'enue Subway, according to the - · The practical results of the those who arø.' g~:r~ge. is continuing traffic and emergency or other unforeseen ,O:tnbmed T.A., and will provide "fast, Second A venue Subway for Co-op Starting pedestrians are waiting to cross circumstances, the work uncrowded". service over the City residents may be that when payment and the street, the button must be requested should be done within "new" line. The new subway line you ride the . "new, fast, un- parking in order for the light to 48 hours. Ths new method of will run on newly built track in crowded line" you'll be sitting Payments change to pedestrian writing requests for service has a Manhattan, but over existing pretty. Getting to it will still be without crossing. two-fold advantage: it reduces lines in the Bronx. Thus the another matter. · accepted.
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