Charles Ober

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  At its Oct. 1 meeting, the Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association (RPOCA) hosted a debate between the two candidates for the 30th City Council District seat, the incumbent Council Member Elizabeth Crowley (at far left) and former Council Member Thomas Ognibene (second from left). Moderated by RPOCA President Charles Ober (at far right), the duo was asked questions by a three-person panel: (from left to right) RPOCA board member Gae Lee Kappauf, Richmond Hill Historic Society president and Historic Districts Council board member Ivan Mrakovcic and Robert Pozarycki of the Times Newsweekly. (photo: Peter Comber)
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  Moderated by RPOCA President Charles Ober (at far right), the duo was asked questions by a three-person panel: (from left to right) RPOCA board member Gae Lee Kappauf, Richmond Hill Historic Society president and Historic Districts Council board member Ivan Mrakovcic and Robert Pozarycki of the Times Newsweekly. (photo: Peter Comber) The two candidates running for the 30th City Council District seat in the November general election pulled no punches during a debate hosted by the Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association (RPOCA) at its Oct. 1 meeting at I.S. 93.
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  Charles Ober, RPOCA's presi dent, served as moderator and re viewed the rules for the debate.

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  Published on: 9/20/2007    Last Visited: 9/28/2007  

  Ridgewood Property Owners Civic Association First Vice President Charles Ober (pictured standing) tells Board 9 about a recently passed graffiti removal law.
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  Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association First Vice President Charles Ober was on hand to speak about a recently passed graffiti removal law, which began being enforced in April.
  
  Under the terms of Into.299, property owners will be apprised by the city of 311 complaints made about graffiti markings scrawled on their buildings.
  
  Upon notification, these same owners will be asked to voluntarily remove the graffiti themselves or have city services do it by signing a waiver.
  
  "The Queens Civic Congress (which was partially responsible for drafting the measure)," said Ober, "didn't want to punish the owners who are being victimized by vandals.
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  Ober recommended that Board 9 start a graffiti watch program to survey graffiti-laden properties and obtain waivers for property owners.
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  "If there's no early intervention, these vandals will graduate to bigger crimes," warned Ober.

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  Published on: 8/9/2007    Last Visited: 8/17/2007  

  According to Charles Ober, the club's president, the $50,000 renovation will cover the costs of fixing both the interior and exterior of the building, with the hope of refurbishing the structure to look, if not exactly like it was when the building opened in 1917, then at least in a similar style.
  
  The first floor of the Ridgewood Democratic Club.
  
  A walk-through with Ober showed the building in dilapidated condition.There are several holes in the ceiling, and peeling paint and water damage are easily visible to any observer.
  
  Some of the work that's already been done, Ober told the Times Newsweekly during the tour, isn't immediately visible to the naked eye: an electrician has been wiring the three-story building to install smoke alarms.
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  Papers hidden in desks, cabinets and even boxes made to look like volumes of an encyclopedia will also be unearthed; Ober noted that the historical documents,featuring minutes of meetings and even old issues of local newspapers including this one,will be donated to the Queens Library.
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  Ober noted that plans for the upper floors are up in the air, but that there is a possibility that the second floor would be rented out to a firm that would fit the local zoning, which calls for "community use."
  
  A historic space The Ridgewood Democratic Club, and its headquarters, are steeped with history.
  
  The Club itself, then just nine years old, moved into the building in June 1917.Built by Paul Stier, who, Ober noted, was instrumental in building much of Ridgewood, the building was one of the first to obtain telephone service, and its four-digit suffix remains the same now as it did then.
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  In its heyday, according to Ober, the club had about 1,800 members not including a ladies' auxiliary.
  
  The second floor housed a members-only club complete with a tavern.Ridgewood Democratic Club President Charles Ober's reflection can be seen in the mirror.
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  Ober cited current lawmakers such as Representatives Nydia Velázquez and Anthony Weiner for their help in keeping the club alive.
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  Nolan and Ober have been responsible for raising funds for the project, including a dinner that was held on June 9 at Gottscheer Hall to celebrate the 99th year of the club's existence.

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  Following Como was Charles Ober, first vice president of the Ridgewood Property Owners Civic Association, who presented himself as someone who's qualified to work with budgets and payrolls.

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  Published on: 4/17/2008    Last Visited: 4/25/2008  

  Anthony Como, Elizabeth Crowley, Charles Ober, Tom Ognibene and Joseph Suraci all spoke on local issues before a capacity crowd full of residents and local political aides.
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  From left to right: Tom Ognibene, Charles Ober, Anthony Como, Elizabeth Crowley, Joseph Suraci and MVPORA President Michael Roemmelt.
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  Second up is Ober
  
  Charles Ober was next to come before the crowd.
  
  The Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association First Vice President and member of the Queens Civic Congress touted his credentials as an area problem-solver.
  
  "I look at the problem and find the solution," he told the audience, citing his participation in a bill passed last year forcing homeowners to keep their properties free of graffiti or face fines.
  
  "A responsible owner will never leave graffiti on their property," he added."We targeted the irresponsible owners."
  
  He also talked about his testimony before the City Council on the possibility of reform at the Department of Buildings.
  
  "We discussed the very things that needed to be done to reform the Buildings Department," he stated."There's definitely serious problems."
  
  "I wouldn't want to replace self-certification with another bureaucracy," he added, speaking about the oft-criticized DOB practice, "but obviously someone [isn't] watching the store."
  
  Ober also cited his credentials on education, noting his work at a local community center.He claimed that while the 2.5 percent across-the-board budget cuts recently enacted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg "sounded like a very good way of doing it," the cuts to the Department of Education meant that afterschool programs at public schools would be the first to get hurt.
  
  He stated that these programs "keep [children] off the street and out of trouble."
  
  "We need the moral fortitude to protect those programs," Ober told the crowd."We're all going to have to make choices."
  
  He also criticized similar cuts in programs for seniors, a topic that would be touched on by several other candidates.
  
  He also cited his masters' degree in business administration as proof that he is "the only candidate who has a financial background."

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  Charles OberRidgewood Property Owners & Civic Association

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  Published on: 4/12/2007    Last Visited: 7/28/2007  

  Ridgewood Property Owners And Civic Association First Vice President Charles Ober went over the city's implementation of a new graffiti abatement law at the group's Apr. 5 meeting at I.S. 93.MORE ...

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  Charles Ober 1st Vice President

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  The Democrats are: Elizabeth Crowley, who ran in 2001 and is a cousin of Congressmember and Democratic county leader Joseph Crowley; and Charles Ober, president of the Ridgewood Democratic Club and a long-time community activist.
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  Published on: 4/4/2007    Last Visited: 6/30/2009  

  This law was enacted after three years of advocacy by Charles Ober and Paul Kerzner, acting for the Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association and the Queens Civic Congress.
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  Ober, first vice president of the Ridgewood Property Owners and a member of the board of the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation, stated, "Once we showed city councilmembers a comprehensive study by the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation that owners of 20 percent of buildings defaced with graffiti in Community Board 5 refused to allow their buildings to be cleaned and removed fines from small building owners the bill moved to passage.

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