The Safe Zone Cooperative is a non-governmental council of community leaders living within the New York City Safe Zone with a fluctuating membership averaging 26 members from across Brooklyn, Queens, and Red Hook. Cooperative members participate in community meetings lead the Citizen's Watch, a board of 11 senior Cooperative members, to help settle personal disputes and act as a representative of others living within the Safe Zone. Additionally, the Safe Zone Cooperative council acts as liaisons from the community to Yamagato Industries and UN Security Council observers.
The Safe Zone Cooperative will be based out of Textile Factory 17 (which will also be known as the Red Hook Market), the former HQ of FRONTLINE-01 which managed to survive the war unscathed. They have converted the basement of the facility into a massive marketplace and bazaar for the Safe Zone community and upper levels are designated for meetings and town-hall like events.
Citizen's Watch
The Citizen's Watch are the 11 longest-tenured representatives of the Safe Zone Cooperative, formed from the original members of the Co-op when the Safe Zone was first resettled. After the population began to grow, the cooperative expanded to a larger membership and the core founding members remained behind as an advisory council. The Citizen's Watch organizes itinerary for cooperative meetings, negotiates trade with local businesses, and communicates community concerns up to SESA and (in extreme cases of anti-evolved violence/crimes) UN Security Council observers.
Confirmed Membership
Citizen's Watch: Mira Sadowsky (NPC - Non-SLC; wife was NYPD officer killed at start of violence in 2012)
Citizen's Watch: Susan Gandry (NPC - SLC - Plant Mimicry; Former New Jersey Ferrymen Safehouse Operator)
Citizen's Watch: Joanne Dair (NPC - Non-SLC; Former Ferrymen smuggler)