This edition: Co-op City, The Bronx
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Episode Details
Original tape date: June 12, 2019. First aired: June 14, 2019.This month we visit Co-op City, as the city within the City celebrates its 50th anniversary. On this episode we learn why the Mitchell Lama development has been a success at a time when New York City is struggling to create and maintain affordable housing. We’ll meet the former head of the City’s Mitchell Lama program who’s been charged with managing the development after a scandal under the previous management company. We’ll tell you why the area’s aging population is changing the conversation about getting older. Then we go back in time for a bit of history on a rent strike that changed the course of Co-op City. Finally, we’ll hear about an oral history project that’s celebrating the first people to move into the development.
Guest List
Rosemary Bailey Co-op City Resident
Linda Collins Building 9 Tenants Association President, Co-op City
Bernie Cylich Former Co-op City Rent Striker
Iman Drammeh Documentarian and Co-op City Resident
Bob Klehammer Executive General Manager, Co-op City
Aisha Parillon Sr. Director of Senior Centers at JASA, http://www.jasa.org
Alena Powell Co-op City Resident
Deborah Speller Senior, Co-op City
Gwendolyn Taylor Senior, Co-op City
Thomas Waters Housing Policy Advocate, Community Service Society
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