Elections for the Tracey Towers Tenants Organization are slated for May 17, and at least one challenger has come forward.

What is known is that Jean Hill, the incumbent president of the TTTO, is not concerned over who’s running. She’s taking it very seriously having taped up fliers that show a photo of her slate while also running through the list of her board’s accomplishments.

“I see the need to have a strong, exceptional board; people who go in and get the job done,” said Hill, a resident of Tracey Towers for more than 40 years. “It’s not an easy job.”

Hill’s civic resume includes active membership in Community Board 7, which covers Tracey Towers. General board meetings have been held at the complex. Her slate at TTTO includes vice president Leslie Harrison-Neal, corresponding secretary Dolores Edwards, recording secretary Evelyn McDonald, and treasurer Addai Kwarteng.

The TTTO handles tenant-related quality of life concerns at the largest Mitchell-Lama complex in the Bronx, which opened in 1974. Roughly 5,000 people live within the two towers with RY Management handling its day-to-day operations. Under the current board, tenants saw the removal of an unsightly scaffold, upgrades to a rooftop playground, and stronger relationships with city and state legislators.

It’s unclear who else is running for the association position, even for Hill. “Whoever is running it’s kind of being done quietly. I’ll use that word to be circumspect. They’re not putting themselves forward,” said Hill. “If you’re declaring yourself to run in a race, wouldn’t you try to be telling people?”

At the lobby of Tracey Towers, a notice of an election can be spotted taped to the side of the mailboxes, but there is no literature showing who’s running.

For now, the only challenger who made it public is Vicky Owens, whose background includes working for 1199SEIU union, which includes serving as vice president of the Retired Members Division.

In an interview with the Norwood News, Owens lambasted the current board, suggesting there to be a lack of accountability and promotion of favoritism at the board. She cited a turkey giveaway and a separate trip where some seniors, she claims, were left out.

“It’s supposed to be divided the proper way, not who you think that you want to go, or your friends. It’s not supposed to go like that,” said Owens of the board.

Owens also pointed to an escrow fund earmarked for legal representation in a lawsuit filed in 2012 demanding fixes at the 38- and 41-story towers. “Where is that money? Where did it go?” said Owens. “And a lot of them want answers.”

Hill criticized Owens’ lack of involvement in TTTO. “She never came to tenant meetings. If she comes, she comes very sporadically. She has not worked on any of the boards, and has not been a board member,” said Hill of Owens. “There’s no such thing as favoritism. We have to work for every tenant in the building, which is what we do.”

Owens’ position is supported by a letter from Sheila E. Reinhardt Ballard, a former president of TTTO. In a letter to cooperators, Ballard appeared to imply dissatisfaction with the board, given her list of wants from it. Among the needs cooperators deserve, according to Ballard, is an “honest tenant organization” (the word “honest” was bolded in the letter) that maintains accurate records, and be an advocate.

“It is dangerous to allow a building this large to flap around blowing in the wind without good leadership!” wrote Ballard. “This is your home!”

The city Housing Preservation and Development agency, which oversees Tracey Towers, has hired Honest Ballot, an outside agency, to organize and supervise the election.