Febuary 2016 EastRiver NewsMEET YOUR Approvals for the Sol Lain and Is there a light out in your hallway, NEIGHBOR NIGHT Henry M Jackson playground flood in the laundry room or trash IS BACK! designs are now complete, includ- in the stairwells? Perhaps the Kick off 2016 with the House ing those from the Public Design Wi-Fi is not working in the gym or Committee’s series of East River Commission. Parks staff can now community room. These are all Socials. Meet, reconnect, and go into the procurement phase types of things that you can report chat with your neighbors and for the playgrounds, typically 7-10 to maintenance to help us get friends over wine, cheese, snacks, months. During procurement, fixed quicker. Requests can easily cake, soda and cookies. the Parks team works to prepare be filed 24 hours a day online at; contracts, legal approvals, bidding, www.coopvillage.coop/maintenance When: Monday, February 29, 2016 and permits needed for contrac- or by calling 212-677-5744. 7:00 - 8:30 pm. tors to begin work. Construction Where: Building 2 573-575-577 for Sol Lain and Henry M Jackson LGBT NETWORKING Grand Street is expected to begin in the fall of OPPORTUNITIES 2016. Projects are being given The Co-Op Village People brings Kosher and Non Kosher refresh- a 12 - 18 months timeframe for together the LGBT residents of ments will be available and every- completion, with the hope that the East River, Hillman, Seward Park, one is invited. playgrounds will be fully renovated and Amalgamated co-ops for by the fall of 2017. social gatherings and networking. There have been 3 gatherings so LOCAL PARKS UPDATE BUILDING A BETTER far, with the most recent one held We wanted to share the latest up- COMMUNITY in Amalgamated in January. date with you about the renovation Maintenance Requests; they aren’t If you are interested in learning process for Sol Lain and Henry just for your apartment! You can more or joining their email list you M Jackson Playgrounds, both help make East River a better and can contact them at: of which are part of the Mayor’s safer place to live by helping re- [email protected]. Community Parks Initiative (CPI). port issues you see in the common The Community Parks Initiative areas that need tending to. is an investment in neighborhood parks with the greatest needs. Through the CPI, the Parks Department is working directly with New Yorkers to transform neighborhood parks by redesign- ing and reconstructing dozens of smaller, local parks through capital projects. Lower Eastside Parks selected for the CPI include Luther Gulick (aka Sheriff Street Park), Sol Lain and Henry M Jackson Playgrounds. EastRiver THE HOUSE EMAIL AND WEB COMMITTEE FROM COMMUNICATIONS AT EAST RIVER is a group of EAST RIVER News East River neighbors elected by shareholders to advise the Board and Management on quali- ty-of-life issues of importance. The committee meets monthly and focuses on several areas including, buildings and grounds, security, transportation and sus- tainability. Activities of the House Committee include hosting social nights for cooperators, such as Meet the Neighbors events and ice cream socials, conducting CHECK OUT THE LOW- monthly walk-throughs to note Get the info you need wher- LINE THIS SPRING! maintenance issues, and provid- ever you are by signing up for ing suggestions for our communi- East River’s Email Notification The Lowline Lab is a long-term open ty’s improvement, and producing System. By providing Manage- laboratory and technical exhibit the quarterly Newsletter. ment with your email address, designed to test and showcase how you receive email alerts during the Lowline will grow and sustain Are you interested in becom- an emergency, information plants underground. Built inside an ing a house committee mem- and updates regarding import- abandoned market on the Lower ber or learning more, please ant maintenance issues, and East Side, just two blocks from the contact us at; weather-related alerts. Your site of the proposed future Lowline, [email protected] email address will be kept the Lowline Lab includes a series of private, and personal informa- controlled experiments in an environ- The House Committee meets tion will be safeguarded in a ment mimicking the actual Lowline monthly and we welcome your in- conscientious manner. site. put, suggestions and questions. If you would like to contact us, or are Please visit our web site at Where: Essex Street Market 140 interested in becoming a House www.EastRiverHousing.com Essex Street (between Rivington and Committee Member (Elections are and sign-up on the; Stanton Streets) held at the Annual Meeting sched- “Contact Us”page. When: Saturdays and Sundays uled each November), you may Through March 2016 contact us at our email address: [email protected] or through the Management Office at 530 Grand Street. All written suggestions or concerns will be Newsletter designed by David Flaherty / [email protected] discussed at our meetings. Jeff Super - Chair John Field - Vice-Chair Carmen Alvelo - Secretary Ellen Renstrom - Secretary Leo Hoenig Mark Lynch Anouche Mardirossian Michael Marino Ted Pender Sarah Sheahan.