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

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To The Editor, I attended the July open house hosted by BPCA. During that meeting, BPCA stated that while in meetings with the DOT about safety aspects of South End Avenue, the BPCA decided to put safety concerns on hold while they investigated a beautification project of the street. The discussion with the DOT was...

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To The Editor, One item addressed by the first public speaker you highlighted in Monday’s lead story, was that the residents of Gateway Plaza should not have any say in what occurs with the frontage of 21 South End to which she owns her apartment. Of course, many of my friends at Gateway, all who...

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To the editor, They (BPCA) just don’t get it. The July 20th meeting was an embarrassment. I was embarrassed to see a room full of very busy and competent people having to sit through boring information that served the needs of the presenters, but not those of the people stuck in the seats. That consultant...

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To the editor, The BPCA spent approximately $200,000 dollars on a “survey” concerning Battery Park City. Among those surveyed were visitors, workers and residents, now I ask you, what input should a tourist form Arkansas who walks our neighborhood for a few days have??? What input should a worker, who spends the majority of his/her...

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To the editor: Is the purpose of improving South End Avenue for the residential community or is it to expand the tourist community? For the residents, we can buy out Gristedes and get a quality supermarket- Trader Joes. We can have stricter signage prohibiting tourist buses from standing or parking on the avenue. We just...

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Regarding Tammy Meltzer’s recent letter about Liberty Park and the Sphere: Anyone interested in expressing their opinions on moving the Sphere to Liberty Park can write to: Pat Foye, executive director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and John Degnan, Chairman of the Port Authority at: The Port Authority of New...