Bronx, NY – June 3, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Public Advocate Bill de Blasio will join locked-out Co-op City workers, tenants and union officials today, Thursday June 3, to call on RiverBay Corporation to end the lockout of members of 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union. The lockout, which began on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m., affects more than 500 workers and 55,000 tenants.
De Blasio will also outline the services the city will provide for tenants affected by the lockout and the possibility that Co-op City residents are eligible for reduced rents and co-op fees.
Co-Op City apartment building workers were locked-out by their employers RiverBay Corporation on Tuesday, effectively preventing them from performing their jobs, as their contract expired with Riverbay. The contract, which expired at 12:01am Tuesday, covers the 500 porters, handymen, maintenance men, garbage attendants and groundskeepers who maintain the massive complex that is home to 55,000 New Yorkers.
WHO: Public Advocate Bill de Blasio will join locked-out Co-op City workers, union officials, tenants and supporters.
WHAT: Public Advocate Bill de Blasio urges Co-op City management to quickly end worker
lockout
WHEN: Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 11 a.m.
WHERE: Co-op City, 175 Dreiser Loop, Bronx NY.
By Train: Take 5 train uptown to the Drye Avenue – Eastchester Station; Exit near intersection of Light St and Dyre Ave; Start out going South on Dyre Ave towards Conner St; Turn left onto Conner St; Turn right onto Tillotson Ave; Turn left onto Baychester Ave; Turn left onto Co Op City Blvd; Turn right onto Dreiser Loop (about 30 minutes)
By Bus: Take the BxM7 Express Bus from Madison Av and 23 St station heading to Co-op City, Bronx; Get off at Dreiser Loop; Start out going West on Co Op City Blvd; Turn left onto Dreiser Loop
By Car: Follow signs for I-95 N/Cr Bronx Expy and merge onto George Washington Bridge/Interstate 95 Lower Level N/Trans-Manhattan Expy/U.S. 1 Lower Level N. Continue onto I-95 N; Take exit 11 toward Bartow Ave/Co-Op City Blvd; Turn left at Baychester Ave; Turn right at Co Op City Blvd; Turn right at Dreiser Loop
With more than 120,000 members, including 70,000 in New York, 32BJ is the largest private-sector union in the state.
Contact:
Matt Wing (de Blasio’s office): 917/601.1572
Kwame Patterson (32BJ): 312/ 371.2485
Matt Painter (32BJ): 917/561.2758
