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

Letters

Dear Editor, Ron Dowd is correct in his observation of the complete disregard that the Safety Ambassadors show to the regulations of Battery Park City and the safety of children and small animals. As every resident here is aware, as were the PEP officers, the upper deck of the esplanade is NOT for bicycles. I...

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Dear editor: Yesterday’s BroadsheetDaily (Tues., 6/7/2016) has a great photo of an Allied Barton BPC Ambassador riding his bike on the sidewalk. I’ve seen these guys ride the wrong direction in the bike lanes, as well as on the BPC Ballfields field level walkway while kids, parents, and nannies are there for practices and general play time....

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It is long past time when the community needs to start considering a class action suit against the BPCA, the State of New York, Governor Cuomo, Brookfield and IGY to enforce the community’s right to access to the public parkland resources that Brookfield supposedly promised to ensure as part of its winning bid for the...

Testimony in opposition to the Water Street Upgrades Text Amendment – N 160166 ZRM

To: Council Member Chin cc’d: The Broadsheet  Re: Testimony in opposition to the Water Street Upgrades Text Amendment – N 160166 ZRM Dear Council Member Chin, As a Peck Slip School parent, and resident of Downtown Manhattan, I am deeply troubled by the possibility of the 17 open-air plazas and atriums on Water Street being reconfigured in...

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To: Council Member Chin, cc’d The Broadsheet I am a 30 year plus resident of Lower Manhattan (3 Hanover Square) and I understand that your vote on the Water Street arcades and plazas will be the most important, and I strongly support the Downtown Alliance’s Water Street zoning text amendment. I am also in the...

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To the editor: Thank you for the well written and factual article regarding the BPCA and Robin Forst. Robin Forst First let me say, I am not a resident of BPC, however I have lived in Lower Manhattan for over 36 years.  During that time I served for 12 years on Community Board 1 where...