Summary of the April 21, 2021 Tenants Meeting

With some 20 people on the call, it was more of a conversation than a formal meeting. 

Barbara Geller is the new representative for Bloomingdale Aging in Place (BAiP), an all-volunteer group on the Upper West Side for anyone 18 and over.  BAiP has seminars and workshops - and also walking tours, trips to museums and restaurants (for after the pandemic), physical fitness classes of all types (now all on zoom) and many, many more activities.  Membership is free, and you should join!  If you have questions, email Barbara (her first and last names followed by "NYC" at aol dot com).  Speaking of free physical fitness, ShapeUpNYC is holding various free activities in the parks. 

We remembered Abe Pitsirilos, who died suddenly on March 27, 2021.  

Then we heard from Assembly Member Daniel O'Donnell.  Danny has recently sponsored two bills that are coming to fruition:  one to restore voting rights to people released from prison, and one to ban the use of fracking products to de-ice our roads.  

Danny spoke about the NYS budget, the largest ever.  He thanked U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer for ensuring that NY got (will get) a lot of federal money.  

The budget includes, among other things

• $4 billion for NYC schools
• $2.3 billion for rent relief, with money for public housing and more
• a fund for excluded workers - who frequently pay taxes and pay into the state's unemployment insurance plan but can't make claims because of their status. 
• $40 million for the arts
• $100 million in revolving credit so that businesses that only operate seasonally can keep afloat.

Join our tenants meeting 4/21 at 8 PM with Danny O'Donnell

Our Assembly Member, Danny O'Donnell, 

will talk about the new NY State budget 

and how it will affect us - not just as tenants, 

but as parents of school-age children, 

people with internet (or who need internet), 

people who have small businesses, and more.  

NYS Assembly Member Danny O'Donnell 

will be talking about the budget 

at our 

CENTRAL PARK GARDENS 

TENANTS' ASSOCIATION MEETING 

at 8 PM on 

Zoom

TONIGHT, WED., APRIL 21, 2021.

You'll be able to ask your questions -

 and we'll talk about building issues as well