On September 27, 2025, River View Towers celebrated its birthday with a 60th Anniversary Gala. Young and old, long-time and new, current and past cooperators, all beautiful, came together in our Community Room for food, fun, reminiscing, and even a bit of rowdiness to celebrate each other and River View Towers' long and storied legacy... Continue Reading →

Thanks to the RVT 'Diamonds In The Sky' Committee, on September 14, 2025 River View Towers cooperators were treated to the premiere of a delightful and moving video tribute to members of our cooperative who are gone but never forgotten. Their creative vision, inspirational imaginations, and dedication gifted us a vivid reminder that River View... Continue Reading →

The 60th Anniversary Committee kicked off RVT's 60th year celebrations on June 26, 2025 at 6:00PM with a champagne toast and cake! A great time was had by all! Photos credit: Pat Watler-Johnson

by Mitch B. Thanks to the hard work of the RVT Community Relations Committee (CRC), our elected representatives and those aspiring to represent us have, once again, begun to make the trek to 626 to tell us about themselves and their plans to serve our community. They also are getting to hear from us, and... Continue Reading →

By Mitch B. I found out about a week ahead of the brief note from management that Ms. Tonya Jenkins was dismissed/removed/fired as our onsite building manager. I don’t know the exact word to use as this bit of information that is of critical importance to all members of the River View Towers community was... Continue Reading →

by Jasmin T. On Sunday February 23, 2025 neighbors, families and friends of all ages came together in person for a celebration of Black History and Culture. After a six year hiatus, River View Towers’ community room got “breathed back to life” and thanks to the late afternoon timing of the event, folks were still able... Continue Reading →

In our River View Towers community, we can look out for each other by being prepared. Recently, two of our members brought us information about disaster preparedness from New York State's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and about fire safety from the renowned FDNY - New York City Fire Department. In case you... Continue Reading →

Unity / Self-Determination / Collective Work and Responsibility / Cooperative Economics / Purpose / Creativity / Faith What's familiar about these concepts? What do they have to do with us? Can you imagine what it would look like and what it would mean for us to not only keep these concepts in mind as we... Continue Reading →

At its first opportunity after Veterans Day, at its regular meeting time on Wednesday mornings, the Committee of Concern's Coffee & Conversation took time to honor all our veterans at River View Towers, and in particular Carlos Martinez Sr., a long-time RVT cooperator and proud veteran recently deceased, and founder of the Committee of Concern's... Continue Reading →