Letters from our readers
I want to urge the Peekskill Common Council and other agencies involved to approve the proposed Martin Ginsburg mixed-use project. The area needs a serious facelift. Is the expression, “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” appropriate? When a developer like
Read MoreThe Carmel School Board recently announced that for the 2021-22 fiscal year, the district is facing a $4.7 million budget hole. As usual, the school board’s first reaction is to raise taxes instead of first trying to cut spending. Trustee Eric Mittelstadt, in an obvious attempt to appease and mollify
Read MoreWhile I fully support Pleasantville Music Festival Executive Director Bruce Figler and Mayor Peter Scherer’s decision not to hold the 2021 Pleasantville Music Festival due to New York State’s COVID-19 restrictions making such events financially unviable, I do not support
Read MoreI am writing in support of the proposed New Castle ChapLine. Residents already use the trail and it is in desperate need of an upgrade. Safe, visible, walkable pathways are underdeveloped, which leaves residents to literally chart their own path. My son
Read MoreIt has been two years since Carmel approved a bond for our water supply. And I welcome cleaner water coming out of our taps. What I, as a Carmel resident, want to know is how sure is the Town Board
Read MoreI can relate to Michael Gold’s guest column last week, “Thanks to the U.S. Postal Service, the Check is in the Twilight Zone.” While I cannot answer his question as to where his letter is, I can perhaps provide a few
Read MoreThe Kirby Commons development consisting of two high-rise apartment buildings and a multilevel parking structure to replace the two commuter parking lots for Metro-North in Mount Kisco, is scheduled for a vote by the Village Board at its next public
Read MoreAs the owner of Chris Caulfield-CruiseOne based in Croton-on-Hudson, and directly affected by the CDC order to suspend cruises, I feel it is time to restart cruises in U.S. waters. The long-awaited instructions issued on Apr. 2 by the CDC continues
Read MoreThroughout my time in the Assembly, I have consistently embraced opportunities to lift burdensome restrictions on medicinal marijuana, but have also contended it should remain a controlled substance. We know there can be medicinal benefits from cannabis, but its use
Read MoreWhen Joe Biden and Kamala Harris became the leaders of our country, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. But Democratic activists like me said, “No time to waste. We have to start making a case that the divisive and
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