 This led his to conceive the idea of creating a not-for-profit that would enter into government contracts to provide services for senior citizens, which he planned would focus on Bushwick and the neighboring Italian-American community of Ridgewood, Queens.In 1973 Lopez founded Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council (RBSCC), a non-profit organization to provide services to senior citizens in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Ridgewood, Queens, and surrounding neighborhoods.The first contract it won was to manage the Stanhope Street Senior Center.