Letters from our readers
I read Mr. Gold’s column in last week’s edition (“Who Are the Men Behind the Guns That Result in All These Deaths?”) It is one thing to take literary license, but Mr. Gold was wrong on a key matter. The
Read MoreShould the Town of Cortlandt join Sustainable Westchester/Westchester Power? This is the question the Town Board recently asked Cortlandt residents via a town-wide survey. Background: Sustainable Westchester offers a program in which citizens can purchase their electricity through a cooperative
Read MoreIn 2016, the Town of Ossining underwent an important and much-needed reassessment project. All properties were assessed at 100 percent of full market value. It is the goal of the town to maintain its original investment in the 2016 project
Read More“Can we all get along?” Rodney King uttered those words in 1992 after being brutally beaten in California. I am still waiting for an answer. Our judicial system is so broken that it is going to be very hard to
Read MoreNew Castle is now contemplating a proposed local law which would expand opportunities for housing in our community. I concur with the judgment of our community’s Planning Board, which has concluded that: “The local law would expand opportunities for the development
Read MoreThis is in response to Nicholas Kuvach’s letter to the editor in last week’s edition (“Republicans’ Baby Formula Vote Shows Party Cares Only About Power”). As is the norm with the Democrats, they never miss a chance to blame a
Read MoreAs an activist, my number one issue is environmental justice. That’s why in the upcoming Assembly race, I am supporting the candidate with the strongest track record of action on this issue – Dana Levenberg. Under Dana’s leadership, Ossining has
Read MoreIt’s not just about Unicorn Contracting building megadevelopments, traffic or progress versus preservation arguments. It’s much simpler. It’s about fairness. Unicorn hired influential former Yorktown supervisor Michael Grace (a candidate for lieutenant governor) and former state senator Terrence Murphy (a
Read MoreThe Underhill Farm proposal at the former Soundview Preparatory School property continues to build excitement in Yorktown, and its advancement is important for our community. A senior center has long been a dream for Yorktown. It will be an important
Read MoreThis week 192 Republican members of the House of Representatives voted against a Democratic-introduced bill to release emergency FDA funds to facilitate an emergency importation of baby formula. This baby formula is intended to meet the demand created by the national
Read More