To The Editor: Re “We don’t want ‘B.S. BID’” (letter, by Pete Davies, Nov. 24): In response to Pete Davies’s claim that he can’t find a record that I live at 40 Mercer St.: Let’s not make this personal, Pete. That’s why so many of my neighbors don’t want to get involved. If you really [...]

To The Editor: Re “Police acted superbly, but not all protesters did” (talking point, by Ed Koch, Nov. 24): Ed Koch’s sensitivity to pain does not seem to extend to ordinary people living in this city who are suffering economic pain. People who are bending under the yoke of a city sales tax of almost [...]

To The Editor: Re “Yippie! Out of jail!” (Scoopy’s Notebook, Nov. 24): I continue to be disappointed by your newspaper’s coverage of this criminal drug dealer Dana Beal. You glorify him as though he is a hero — a folk hero! Sir — he is a common criminal! What has he done all his life? [...]

To The Editor: Regarding the Scoopy’s Notebook item in last week’s issue on whether there is a garage at the Economakis building at 47 E. Third St.: It is a garage. You can look through the plywood and see it. I heard it went through as a community garage, so I guess this means I [...]

To The Editor: Re “Activists want back community center at old P.S. 64” (news article, Nov. 24): What would be done with the building? There’s really not much art out there. You guys don’t have the resources or the balls to really do the job. Truth is Chino and the gang lost the building, which [...]

To The Editor: Re “Occupy is still preoccupied with Trinity lot for its ‘home’” (news article, Nov. 24): The occupiers should camp in the graveyards of Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel where the American Revolution’s heroes are buried. And Trinity Church should welcome them. Cy Adler

To The Editor: Re “Occupy’s try to pitch its tent in Hudson Square is blocked” (news article, Nov. 17): There is nothing written in the First Amendment about permits, curfews, place, manner, safety and health issues, megaphones, drugs, tents, sleeping bags, generators, books, teach-ins, being naked or saying mean things about the gilded fascist elite. [...]

To The Editor: Mayor Bloomberg claims that tents are not allowed in New York City parks. Ask him to explain the giant tents being set up right now in Union Square Park and in Central Park at Columbus Circle for the corporate-run holiday vending markets. These tents are set up for more than a month [...]

To The Editor: The coverage of Occupy Wall Street in The Villager and Downtown Express is fantastic. Insightful in ways the mainstream media can never be. Great photos too. Do I smell another series of press association awards or is that pepper spray? Hmmm. Lawrence White

To The Editor: Re “Board can vote for owners” (letter, by Alan Ballinger, Nov. 17): Mr. Alan Ballinger: Your name is not found in the Department of Finance records as an owner of any condo unit at 40 Mercer St. Yet you claim to be a “Residential Representative” on the Broadway Soho Business Improvement District [...]