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Letters to the Editor, Week of June 21, 2018
H.S. fight mostly symbolic To The Editor: Re “ ‘Keep the test!’ Asian-Americans slam mayor’s plan on elite schools” (news article, June 14): Mayor de Blasio’s position and logic on this issue are ridiculous. As someone pointed out to me, there are only 5,000 freshman seats a year that involve the Specialized High School Admission read more here »
The tentative date for the end of the current state Legislative session is Wed., June 20, after which the members of the Assembly and state Senate will break for six months before returning to Albany again in January. Among the many questions regarding which measures might get passed amid the typical last-minute flurry of activity read more here »
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BY GABE HERMAN | The Village Apothecary has been a West Village fixture since opening 35 years ago. Its ownership is proudly independent, and the store is known for its personalized care and being on the frontlines in battling H.I.V. and AIDS since the 1980s. Now the pharmacy, at Bleecker and W. 10th Sts., is read more here »
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You guys get it on L.P.C. To The Editor: Re “A landmark moment” (editorial, June 7): Thank you to The Villager for giving voice to people who really understand how the Landmarks Preservation Commission operates and how it should operate if the Landmarks Law is to have real meaning for our city and our sense read more here »
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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | In 1992, there was a push to start the Lower East Side BID (Business Improvement District). In the 1980s, Orchard St. business was booming. Sion Misrahi was doing very well with two stores and growing. Then came the 1987 economic crash, which almost wiped him out. Depressed, he laid low for read more here »
Continue reading …Community process is key To The Editor: Re “Park Trust must do much better on transparency” (talking point, by Tom Fox, May 31): As I recently noted in my article in The Villager about Hudson River Park’s 20th anniversary (“After all the hurdles, the finish line is in sight,” May 24), community process, consultation and read more here »
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After four years leading the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meenakshi Srinivasan resigned as its chairperson last Friday, and will take a position at New York Law School. Srinivasan’s decision to step down from the critical agency, which she announced in April, came less than a month after local activists and preservationists packed an L.P.C. hearing read more here »
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BY TOM FOX | I stand corrected by a recent letter to the editor in The Villager from officials representing Community Board 4 (“C.B. 4 on Pr. 57: ‘Google it!’” by Burt Lazarin and Lowell Kern, April 5). I appreciate and respect that C.B. 4 “takes its responsibility to hold public and transparent meetings seriously and read more here »
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As this newspaper first reported in early May, the City Council reportedly will be holding a hearing soon — possibly in as soon as a month from now — on the long-stalled Small Business Jobs Survival Act. Corey Johnson, the new City Council speaker, has promised to hold this hearing, and that’s very encouraging news. read more here »
Continue reading …Of time and the river To The Editor: Re “From wild waterfront and splintered piers to fancy park of today, we’ve come a long way” (Hudson River Park @ 20 special section, May 24): Thank you so much for that remembrance by Michele Herman and the photos. Having been on the waterfront since 1988, it’s read more here »
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