Tag: Letters to the Editor

To the editor:
In regard to Mr. Goodkind’s letter in the April 28 BroadsheetDAILY that suggests BPC should become part of New York City:With corruption appearing to ooze out in many directions from the Mayor’s office, why would anyone want to place Battery Park City under the city’s control?

A far better solution would be to increase local representation on the BPCA board; given all the neighborhood concern, it seems probable that this will eventually happen.

Ironically, Mr. Goodkind’s letter appears directly below the Broadsheet article which discusses downtown construction and includes this quote, “Seven weeks ago, four elected officials  representing Lower Manhattan wrote to City Hall for…oversight of construction in Lower Manhattan. They have yet to receive the courtesy of a reply”.

Why in the world would we want to subject our community to the unresponsiveness or worseof City Hall?

Gunnar Peterson

The Sounds of Music and Art

To the editor, In response to Sy Schleimer’s letter Saving the Sound of Music and Art, I want you to know there is hope, energy and love for preserving all that we treasure in our culture. As director of New American Youth Ballet here in BPC for the last 15 years, we agree with your...

Trump Protests outside of Goldman Sachs

Dear editor: Your story about occupying Goldman Sachs in Tribeca motivated me to share my brief, previous observation about the future. Recitative: Trump’s appointments of partisan,corrupt billionaires as heads of key government agencies, together with GOP total control of the divisions of government, is a deadly, dramatic omen that does not require a Nostradamus to...

The Sounds of Music (and Art)

Dear editor , Your article about Saving the Joys of Music and Art at the Church Street School really touches on the crisis in the deliberate de-funding, discouraging, music and art courses, (instrument, dance classes and school bands, workshops in all the created visual arts) that I know from personal experience have disappeared from the...

The Cost of Living in Manhattan

Dear Editor , This letter is a response to your comprehensive, powerful story about the escalating cost of living in an apartment that is making it economically possible for only the wealthy or low income (public housing) residents to live in Manhattan. Another possible niche for affordable, owned housing could be built (or converted?) in...

Demography In Action: Crime in Lower Manhattan

To the editor: You wrote  (BroadsheetDAILY November 14)  “….793 incidents per 1,000 residents every year. This means that a typical denizen of Lower Manhattan has nearly an 80 percent chance of being unlawfully deprived of at least one piece of valuable property in an average year.” You do realize that lower Manhattan has 4-5 employees...

In Our Defense

To The Editor: Re the article last week “In Our Defense” about Lt. Colonel Marci Miller- she is certainly an impressive and accomplished individual. She had to be tough and determined to succeed the way she did in the military. However, I was taken aback by one comment she made. She refers to the fact...