Tag: Letters to the Editor

To the editor, re: Go For Broke (BroadsheetDAILY October 23) If I were in retail, this news would scare me to death. SCIFI is here now with a store owners dream: No unemployment insurance, no workers comp, no HR problems, no employee IRS reporting etc etc: In a nutshell: No workers. How many low paid…

To the editor: RE: The Felicity of the Commons ( BroadsheetDAILY, October 9 ) Some of the suggested improvements already exist a very short walk north in Hudson River Park: for example, a kayak pier and tennis courts. Obviously, there is never enough of any of nature’s gifts. The one thing everyone needs and can use…

To the editor: Is the West Thames Street Bridge a typically managed public project in New York City? Publicity and public meetings are concerning. Questions begin to arise. Why does such a project cost so much? Who benefits? It doesn’t seem to be the taxpayers. How does a $20 million contract become a $40 million…

To the Editor:   Chutzpah…It is not surprising to Seaport denizens that the Dallas-based Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) fully understands the meaning of this word. HHC finally showed its hand at last month’s Manhattan Community Board 1 Executive Committee meeting: they want to line their pockets by bending the rules and asked the community to…

To the editor, While I don’t always agree with traffic consultant Sam Schwartz (particularly on his support for the “congestion pricing” tax scam), I believe his analysis of the effect of the one-way Verrazano Bridge toll on lower Manhattan is spot on. The one-way  toll has burdened those of us living in lower Manhattan with…

To the editor: Good for Margaret Chin taking action to reduce traffic congestion downtown by introducing a resolution to change the toll pattern of the Verrazano Bridge. I hope that the next step will be for this matter to be brought to Congress where the legal change can be made. It’s an outrage that the…