LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION celebrating the life and legacy of Meg Felice
Charlop, distinguished citizen and devoted member of the community

WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to pay tribute to the
citizens of the State of New York whose lifework and civic endeavor
served to enhance the quality of life in their communities and the great
State of New York; and
WHEREAS, Meg Felice Charlop died tragically in a bicycle accident on
Wednesday, March 17, 2010; she was 57-years-old; and
WHEREAS, Meg Felice Charlop moved to the Bronx in 1976 during the
darkest days of the Borough's history and worked as a community and
housing organizer in the Morrisania section of the Bronx; and
WHEREAS, Meg Felice Charlop worked as a housing organizer and adminis-
trator for the Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation; and
WHEREAS, For the last 26 years, Meg Felice Charlop worked for The
Montefiore Medical Center, where she was a borough wide, citywide and
national leader in the fight against childhood lead poisoning; and
WHEREAS, Meg Felice Charlop conceived of the idea and founded the
Montefiore Hospital Lead Safe House, the first in the City of New York
and a citywide model, funded by the former Bronx Borough President
Fernando Ferrer; and
WHEREAS, Since 1992, Meg Felice Charlop was employed as the Director
of Community Health for The Montefiore Hospital School Based Health
Program, where she worked tirelessly to develop and promote health
education programs for the public school children of the Bronx and advo-
cated for policy initiatives to help make the Bronx and the City a heal-
thier place to live; and
WHEREAS, Meg Felice Charlop actively promoted bicycle riding as an
alternative mode of transportation and a means to promote a healthy
lifestyle; she was regularly seen riding her bike throughout the Bronx
and to meetings in Manhattan; and
WHEREAS, Meg Felice Charlop was honored as a Paul Harris Fellow by The
Bronx Rotary Club Gift for Life Program and as the Bronx Mother of the
Year by former Mayor David Dinkins; and
WHEREAS, Meg Felice Charlop lived and was employed her entire adult
life in the Bronx, always working tirelessly and passionately to make it
a better, healthier place to live and work; and
WHEREAS, Meg Felice Charlop and her husband, Richard Powers, raised
their four children, Sarah, Zachary, Rachel and Aaron, in the Bronx, and
educated them in New York City public schools; they all survive her as
well as three foster children, Chanda, Alicia and Chris; and
WHEREAS, Meg Felice Charlop leaves behind a legacy of love, commitment
and community involvement which inspires us to continue to support and
fight for the causes which she so passionately believed in and worked so
tirelessly for; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
celebrate the life and accomplishments of Meg Felice Charlop, distin-
guished citizen and devoted and beloved member of her community; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the family of Meg Felice Charlop.