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To the Editor,
Did you know that the New
York Giants Major League
Baseball team played their
last game in the Polo Grounds
on Sept. 29, 1957, in NYC during
the ’50s. It was a three-way
rivalry between the American
League Yankees, of the Bronx,
and the National League’s
New York Giants and Brooklyn
Dodgers. All three teams
claimed to have the best center
fi elder in baseball. On
street corners all over town,
citizens would argue whether
the Giants’ Willie Mays, Yankees’
Mickey Mantle or Dodgers’
Duke Snider was champ.
Most everyone could afford a
bleacher, general admission,
reserve or box seat. Hot dogs,
beer, other refreshments and
souvenirs were reasonably
priced. Residents of the era sat
outside on the neighborhood
stoop listening to games on
the radio. Baseball fans would
also look for their favorite
sports writer in the morning,
midday and late afternoon
newspaper editions, available
at thousands of newsstands.
Television was a relatively
new technology.
Larry Penner
To the Editor,
Practically every other
week, transit “advocate and
historian” Larry Penner has
a letter published about congestion
pricing, the delay in
implementation, and its status
as a “political hot potato.” I totally
agree with the author on
this.
But what is his purpose
in stating the problem again
and again? Has it accomplished
anything, other than
providing temporary relief to
the author’s insatiable desire
to see his name in print? Has
it moved congestion pricing
any further along to completion?
Has it aided the MTA’s
budget gap?
While I happen to feel that
something needs to be done
about the horrendous New
York City traffi c, it simply escapes
me why the author —
who has taken decidedly Libertarian
stances on issues
in the past — is in favor of
another tax to help plug the
MTA budget gap.
Since the author knows
that it is unlikely that congestion
pricing will fl y at
any point in the near future,
why doesn’t he propose solutions,
as he has in other
opinion pieces? I don’t agree
with everything the author
proposes, but at least they’re
proposals; Not reiterating
the problem ad nauseum, ad
forever, which solves nothing.
Or better yet, if the author
feels so strongly, why doesn’t
he run for offi ce? Senate, Assembly
and congressional offi
ces are up for grabs in 2022.
My job does not allow me to
run for paid partisan offi ce,
but I can run for an unpaid
party position. I just became
district leader, judicial delegate
and treasurer for the
political party I’m in. I’ve
been nagging the chairperson
to begin a countywide
letter-writing blitz. I’m not
deluding myself into believing
I’m setting the political
world on fi re. I’m doing something
aside from pounding
out opinion pieces from my
keyboard and complaining,
which solves nothing. Has
the author even run for offi ce
in his political party?
Nat Weiner
To the Editor,
The following is an open letter
sent to Jeremy Warneke, district
manager of Community
Board 11.
So now, we have the 200-
bed men’s shelter at Westchester
Square (2019); the 200-bed
men’s shelter at Poplar Street
(2020); and now this one, to be
located at 2028 White Plains
Road? How is Community
Board 11 to weigh in on all of
those supposedly within our
boundaries who need these
shelters if the city Department
of Homeless Services does not
become transparent as to who
these shelters are going to service?
I can’t believe that all of
these shelters are for those who
reside within CB11. Please tell
me we are going to have our
community leaders, residents
and elected offi cials united
against saturating CB11. This
is the location of the old bingo
hall and pool hall that has
been closed down. It is right
across from Brady Park and
the rest of Bronx Park East, on
the main business corridor of
White Plains Road. A block and
half from P.S. 105 on Brady and
Cruger avenues. If any one of
these shelters gets fi nalized the
Bronx will be carrying more
than 37% of NYC homeless.
Why are the other boroughs
not carrying their fair share
and the Bronx getting dumped
on again?
Why is the city not spending
money on what our three communities
of Van Nest, Pelham
Parkway and Morris Park need
… middle schools and community
centers. These are potential
buildings already built
that can house great middle
schools or community centers.
Why is money not being allocated
for the future of Bronx
children’s education?
This is unacceptable. We
need a town hall on this.
Bernadette Ferrara
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