Letters

To the editor:

As of this moment, the only person who can save the Rector Street Bridge is New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.

If you want to act to save the bridge, you and your friends, children and associates are all encouraged to write our Governor Cuomo.

Please email his Manhattan representative at:
Dan.Dornbaum@exec.ny.gov

Yesterday, our District 1 Councilmember, Margaret Chin, sent the following letter to the governor. We applaud the Councilmember’s efforts on our behalf! .

Since the Rector Bridge is a New York State rather than a City issue, you are also encouraged to email our downtown State representatives, Senator Brian Kavanagh, kavanagh@nysenate.gov, and Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou, niouy@nyassembly.gov.

To date we have 3,620 petition signatures to save-the-bridge. If you haven’t signed a petition yet, here’s the link: http://chng.it/5Vyjt4dk.

The Bridge still has a chance.

It’s time for US to make a great noise to make a great difference!!!

To the editor:

RE: Compensation Dispensation (BroadsheetDAILY January 8)

I find this settlement untimely and quite depressing. My lease is up in April and I haven’t received a lease. I am becoming incredibly pessimistic at a continuation of stabilization much to my chagrin and disbelief.

I suspect that politicians will accept the 2 year 5% increase as a compromise.

Feet of clay. Those who have lived in Gateway for 15+ years and rebuilt the area after 9/11 know that it is not a good compromise.

I consider Gateway and Battery Park City my home.

I can barely afford the rent now. After 2 years of 5% increases and then skyrocketing rents, I will be forced to leave BPC and most likely NY  (as many of my neighbors).

It is a kick in the teeth to those who supported the idea of a middle class in the city.

Peter Cooper Village, Stuyvesant, the Tribeca high rise, and Fulton Street apartments all now market rate.

The politicians have deserted us. There aren’t many stabilized people left. Sadly, we are an aging dying breed.