The Lefferts Place Civic Association was founded in 1985 as an organization for block residents to exchange ideas about block-related interests, projects and problems, to work together at implementing solutions, and to build the "strength in numbers" that commands the attention and respect of political leaders and other public officials. Membership is open to all residents of Lefferts Place and the surrounding blocks. Meetings are held the first Wednesday (except holidays, when they will be held a week later) of each month at locations to be announced the week before the meeting. These meetings begin promptly at 7:00 pm and run until 8:30 pm. Voting is restricted to members who have attended at least 3 meetings in the preceding 12 months and are paid up in their dues, but anyone interested is welcome to attend.

The Association focuses much of its effort on planning block and community-wide events and attempting to achieve certain political goals centering around improving life on the block and in the surrounding community. Recent events have included a Black History Month celebration, the annual Block Party, summer stoop sales, and various fundraisers. Political victories include successfully lobbying the MTA to reroute buses so that they no longer travel along Lefferts Place.

Representatives from local community and government agencies, such as the Police Department and Census 2000 often attend and speak at meetings, as do experts on various topics of interest and import, local elected officials and candidates for political office.

 

Officers are nominated and elected by the membership, and hold two-year terms. The following people were elected to office at the June 4th, 2003 meeting of the LPCA:

Current Office Holders

• Richard Roach, President
• Rev. Jerome Payne, Vice-president
• Catherine Taylor, Treasurer
• Tara Payne, Financial Secretary
• David Conrad, Secretary and Communications Officer
• Cynthia Muldrow, Assistant Secretary

Committee Chairpersons

• Aminisha Black and Richard Roach, Block party
• Tizz Burke, Fundraising
• Catherine Taylor, Good & Welfare
• David Conrad, Communications
• Makini Campbell and Terrence King, Youth