Senate Resolution No. 2465

BY: Senator RIVERA

PAYING tribute to the life and community service
of Francis "Al" Chapman, Chair of the Board of
Directors at the Kingsbridge Heights Neighborhood
Improvement Association, who passed away on
Saturday, February 18, 2017

WHEREAS, Citizens across our State and Nation continue to be
inspired by the efforts of individuals who exhibit a strong commitment
in advocating for the communities they care for; and

WHEREAS, Francis "Al" Chapman was a dedicated community leader who
spent more than 30 years devoted to helping the Kingsbridge Heights
neighborhood in the Bronx; and

WHEREAS, Francis "Al" Chapman emerged as a community leader in the
mid-1980s and became an advocate in his community; and

WHEREAS, Francis "Al" Chapman went beyond this kind of public work
and became the chair of the board of directors of the Kingsbridge
Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association, a non-for profit
organization dedicated to organizing neighborhood residents to improve
the community; and

WHEREAS, Francis "Al" Chapman, as the chair of the board of the
Kingsbridge Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association, spent many
years being a good steward by ensuring that the organization and the
community it aimed to serve had the necessary tools to thrive; and

WHEREAS, Francis "Al" Chapman is survived by his loving family and
his larger Kingsbridge Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association
family, as well as by community members from the Kingsbridge Heights
neighborhood who will long cherish his memory; and

WHEREAS, Throughout his meritorious life, Francis "Al" Chapman,
touched the lives of many through his kindness and commitment to
service; and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to convey its
grateful appreciation and heartfelt regret in recognition of a community
leader who dedicated his purposeful life and career in faithful service
to his Bronx community; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
pay tribute to the life and selfless community service of Francis "Al"
Chapman who sadly passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017; and be it
further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the colleagues of Francis "Al" Chapman from the
Kingsbridge Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association.