Knickerbocker’s nightmare To The Editor: Thousands of Knickerbocker Village residents in Chinatown are still without electricity, heat, hot water, Internet and other vital services. This complex is not public housing. Angry residents charge that the buildings’ owners and managers have been negligent in their response to Hurricane Sandy, and also callous and indifferent to suffering residents. [...]

A cooler spot for ice To The Editor: Re “Ice, ice baby: Con Ed chips in with chilly chunks”  (photos, Nov. 3): This certainly didn ’t help those of us further Downtown and west of Union Square. They easily could have put an ice center in Ruth Wittenberg Triangle at the intersection of Sixth and [...]

A hurricane of news To The Editor: Hunkering down for Hurricane Sandy, I was delighted to spend some time with the latest issue of the East Villager. One story after another piqued my interest, from the plans for the Seward Park area to the heartening green efforts of our local schools and politicians. It was [...]

Not charity, but justice  To The Editor: Re “Activists keep up the pressure for Firestone feminist apartment” (news article, Oct. 18): What the community is asking of Mr. Perl is not charity, but justice on the part of those who have benefited off the legacy of revolutionary women like Ms. Firestone. To offer up one [...]

L.E.S. Pathmark is worth the trip To The Editor: Re “L.E.S. Pathmark to close: Residents are distraught” (news article, Oct. 4): Not only is the Pike Slip Pathmark’s closing tragic because it leaves the community bereft of a large, reliable outlet that’s been in the neighborhood for decades, but their circular sales are usually the [...]

No one’s being fooled To The Editor: “High-end topless club hopes to swing it near sports pier” (news article, Oct. 4): There’s a lot going on in this article. Anyone else heard of a plan for a high-rise hotel? Regarding the strip club, let’s be serious: Is he really going to go into spin mode on a strip [...]

Down with the D.O.T. dictatorship To The Editor: Re “D.O.T. backs off Essex St. bus stop, at least for now” (news article, Sept. 27): Just let the city Department of Transportation try to revisit the Seward Park bus stop issue. The community will be even more up in arms than before! What in the world [...]

Tiles belong to all America To The Editor: Re “Activists take down 9/11 tiles to block Albany move” (news article, Sept. 20): Well-intentioned, but terribly self-important. If Berke or anyone else considers themselves the “rightful owner” of this living and ongoing work, they are sadly, possibly even criminally, mistaken. The tiles are clearly of the [...]

On front line versus pipeline To The Editor: Re “Frack opponents fight back by filing suit, blocking dig” (news article, Sept. 13): Kudos to The Villager for covering this important issue. I’m a longtime Village resident, and the idea of running a dangerous pipeline into our beautiful, historic neighborhood is, to say the least, curious. [...]

Housing is in the mix To The Editor: Re “It’s mutiny on the waterfront as Durst pitches Pier 40 plan” (news article, Sept. 6): The Durst Organization and the Hudson River Park Trust are both working to ensure that Pier 40 will remain open and generate necessary revenue not only for the pier itself, but [...]