Co-op City's offid,d publication/ serving 15,382 member famili,es in the world's largest cooperative ,."'""'""" September i l, I '97!
TEACHING TEAM-P.S.li"í:1 teachers unpack hooks for the "grand opening" of the first school in the Northeast Bronx Park. They are standing in their blue carpeted, age group classroom which will house two
2nd grades and two :3rd grades. From left the members of the teaching team are Mrs. Estel Rylar, 3rd grade; Mrs. Sharyn Cohn, 2nd grade; and Miss Nina Siegel, 2nd grade. The fourth member of the team (not shown) is Mrs. Jean Bernstein ;Jn:! grade.
.I .I Irs i I
illlllllll
Harold Ostroff, president of Riverbay Corporation, will face the community Monday at 8 P.M. in the Community Center to answer questions on the recently announced carrying charge increase.
li
I lllll1lllll
111111
n may seem Uke a glimpse of the
hut Co op residents, if they so choose, may be able to for a current motion picture to be piped into their TV on an unused channel. The Public Information Trans-World Productions, a division of Columbia PicCommittee of the Advitures, has proposed an agreesory Council will conduct The T'rans-W odd propoment to test their "Tele/ the Town Hall meeting. Arthur Oshins, commit- , Theatre" in Co-op City, and sal calls for a three phase the Advisory Council voted program. The first phase tee. chairman released the August 20th to allow the would consist of a market following agenda: L OpenThe Operating Budget and Management Committee of company to proceed. In full survey conducted by field ing address by Lawrence Riverbay Corporation Board of Directors met September Ist interviewers to determine if implementation, "Tele/TheaSivak, chairman of the and elected Rabbi Perry I. Cohen as its chairman. tre" will be an income source the residents of Advisory Council; 2. QuesThe committee was created in July by the Board of to Riverbay Corporation as are interested in the service tions to Mr. Ostroff from Directors to investigate possibilities of generating new the entertainment company and the price they would be the audience; and 3. Clossources of income and of inis offering to gi ve 5 S{ of willing to pay. ing remarks hy Richard creasing revenue from sour- by a three to two . vote. If the results are posi their profits in return for Ferguson, vice chairman ces already in existence. The Smoke. Klanf'er and Rabthe company would install permission to run their opof the Advisory Council. committee was also estab- bi Cohen voted for the rabthe system in one eration here. lished to examine River- bi. Arthur Cohen and Julius for approximately 90 days Palmer voted to elect Arthur bay Corporation's operations as phase two. During this with an eye to ex- Cohen to the chairmanship. period the company would. Immediate reaction from penses and increasing· eftest equipment and the ecothe Advisory Council offificiency. nomic viability of the proThe committee is com- cers was negative. Council gram. Each apartment would posed of Al Smoke, legis- officials were irked last be equipped with a set conLegal problems have beset the Advisory Council prospring because Rabbi Cohen, lative liaison for United verter, which Trans- 'VI/ odd posal to implement "fines" for infraction of Co-op rules, Foundation; Sey- a member of the Board of describes as attractively demour Klanter, executive Director's Finance Commit- according to lawyers for Riverbay Corporation. signed. The apartment ownThe problem was referred to the newly established Optee, did not inform the Counvice president of the Federating Budget and Management Committee of the River- er would continue to receive cil of the proposed carrying eration of Cooperatives; and his normal television signal charge increases before the bay Corporation Board of the three resident board and, in addition, an inforDirectors when it met Septhe legal language for inmembers.:_Arthur Z. Cohen, official announcement was mational channel which tember 1st. That committee clusion of a "sales and servmade by the corporation. Rabbi Perry I. Cohen, and would present promotional ice charge" in cooperators' The Advisory Council's is instructing Riverbay CorJulius Palmer. about the two occupancy agreements to material poration lawyers to prepare (Continued on Page :n Rabbi Cohen was elected "Tele/Thea tre" movies a va ilmake the program legal. The lawyers reported to a ble on two other unused on Page :1) Co-op City management that the only method by which the fines could be imposed would The Executive Committee of the Advisory Council (AC) met Tuesday and disbe the declaration by the cussed plans for the recent.ly established Steering· Committee. The committee was creBoard of Directors of the ated to coordina te efforts between the AC and the groups against the carryrules and regulations in concharge increase. nection with the occupancy Advisory Council members to the committee are Council Chairman Lawragreement, and approval of October lûlh on the enrn Sivak, from the E:<:- ----·· ·-·-------· ·--·· ·-------------------such rules by the New York to the creation of the comGreenway. ecutive Committee (Council son to serve as his alternate group wish to set September 22nd State Division of Housing. Vice Chairman Richard Fer- because of the extended comThere is also serious participate must send a as the date for the commitguson will serve as his a1- mitment that Sivak has this according to the corto a Aaron month as a member of Com- tee's first meeting. He said la,vyers, that the meeting on it would be an organizationchairman of the Inter-Community Board No. courts would enforce the September 1 Committee; Jack fines unless they were solely 12. Sivak was appointed to al meeting, where the repre1 of the Cento compensate the housing sentatives of community from the Finance the board earlier this year ter, at 7 :30 P.1\L sharp. groups and the AC will map company for damages. Committee; and either EuThe meeting will start Bronx Borough PresiAccording to the A.C. propromptly so those wishing gene Kaufman or Robert dent Robert Abrams. The out a calendar for their at- posal, $5 fines would be imto attend the meeting Carrington from the. Council Chairman acts as a tivities and determine which posed for: where Harold Ostroff will Committee. liaison between the AC and organizations would be the A. Hanging bedding and/ speak will be free in most helpful in each area. or rugs, etc. over the Planning Board. Sivak told the Co-op City [ time to do so. on Page 9) on Page '9) Tünes that he asked FerguFerguson, whose efforts led
Committee
'
Red pe olds Up Fines; Directors Look to Lawyers
Se