To the editor:
I am writing to express concerns with the city’s transportation department taking over public parking spaces for car share use.
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7/9/23
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To the editor:
New York has a chance to pass two bills that could significantly reduce the state’s plastic waste and improve its current recycling system: The Packaging Reduction and …
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7/9/23
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In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.
When in the Course of human events it become necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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7/6/23
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To the editor:
(re: “Ben Franklin Club gets all judicial delegates,” June 22)
This paper buried the lede with its write-up of the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club’s successful campaign to kick its competition off the ballot over a typo.
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7/6/23
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To the editor:
As older adults and as members of RSS-Riverdale Senior Services, the social action committee is appalled at Mayor Eric Adams’ proposed budget cuts of $7 million in funding for older adult centers — $5 million in funding home-delivered meals, and elimination of the additional one-time reimbursement rate for home-delivered meals.
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7/6/23
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To the editor:
(re: “Stagg Group grabs Manhattan dorm for $18 million,” June 15)
We the shareholders of Waldo Gardens are shocked and dismayed that our long-time community neighbors, Manhattan College, sold Overlook dorm to the Stagg Group.
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7/6/23
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June is known for a lot of things. In this country, without a doubt, the most popular are the first day of summer, Juneteenth and Pride month. While summer is a natural occurrence, the latter two are indicative of civil rights for Blacks and those in the LGBTQ+ community.
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6/23/23
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To the editor:
(re: “Liberalism and antisemitism,” May 25)
The old children’s line “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never harm me” can be applied to Barry Ziman’s outlook.
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6/23/23
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To the editor:
Why did Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sens. Robert Jackson and Gustavo Rivera vote to fundamentally alter New York state’s Public Campaign Finance Program on the last day of the state legislative session without any public input?
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6/23/23
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To the editor:
Just returned from the “We are the change/We are the Future” rally organized by the interest group with the longest name: Parents United in Support of International Leadership Charter School. A scene straight out of Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” International Leadership emptied its high school to fluff the numbers and provide a sheep chorus.
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6/23/23
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