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The Lesson of the IDP Victory As president of the Frank McCourt High School PTA and a participant in the Brandeis Campus Working Group, I would like to thank each and every person who gave time and...

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‘How’m I doin’?’ in Late Life Is What Needs to Get Out There!

My back is killing me. But before you ask, “What happened?” please offer some words of empathy and understanding. That little-known “rule” has general application. Preventing aching backs and most...

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Listening to Families and Drivers

How we should be hearing reality during a needless bus strike By Helen Rosenthal As we now know, New York City spends more than twice as much busing our kids to school compared to any other city. The...

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Stop School Closures

The public advocate calls on the administration to find alternate solutions for struggling schools By Public Advocate Bill de Blasio If something is broken – fix it. Sadly, Mayor Bloomberg adheres to a...

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I love you, I hate you, call me

How one’s relationship with caregivers early in life impacts later behavior By Kristine Keller Downtown dating is like the root canal process—painful while you’re going through it but the end result...

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Letters to the Editor

Thank You for the OTTY Awards The OTTYs are a wonderful idea to encourage and recognize New Yorkers who take pride in what they do, how they work and their achievements, whether paid for or...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To the editor: I had an amazing New York experience today. A few days ago, I picked up my income tax and was getting ready to mail it, but instead decided I needed some flowers and went to the...

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Dear Editor,

Dear Editor, As a life-long resident of the East Village for the last 54 years, I applaud the efforts of the Tompkins Square Park Concervancy to renovate. I believe the historic aesthetic and...

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Challenging the Norms of Rape Culture

Denim Day NYC, in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness month, held a contest for undergrads to write an op-ed on “telling the truth about sexual violence.” This is the winning essay from...

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Letter to the Editor

This morning I read the article by reporter Joanna Fantozzi titled, “Second Avenue Ghost Town” and would like to share a few comments. First, on a personal note; having twice deployed to Afghanistan,...

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Letter to the Editor

Beware of Bikes Bicycle riders do not require a license to drive their mode of transportation, therefore, they are not obliged to follow any of the rules set down in the article ‘Oblivious Walkers...

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Letters to the Editor

Republican Candidate Has a Fighting Chance I am a former president of the Metropolitan Republican Club and I would like to take strong issue with Larry Penner’s letter (August 22) which claims that our...

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Letters to the Editor

More Rats to Come You think you’ve seen rats on the Upper East Side now – wait till the city starts trucking in 1,860 tons of garbage on a typical day, (up to 5,280 tons in an emergency) six days a...

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Charging for Plastic

Due to the frequency and abundance with which Fairway dispenses their plastic bags, the store seems not to have received the memo on the merits of environmentally responsible stewardship. Whenever I do...

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Real Uses for Plastic Bags

Re: Adam Janos’s article on plastic bags (“Charging for Plastic,” August 29, page 1) I see no mention of an obvious point: don’t people use plastic bags to throw out their wet garbage? I certainly use...

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Don’t Blame Bodegas

I am truly confused by your article on pre-cut produce. The incident that gave rise to the article occurred at the West Side Market on B’way and 97th. So why did the article target bodegas? Would it...

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Scaffolding Law Protects Workers

Re: Michael Gormley’s article (Scaffold Law, September 5, 2013) the author does not realize the risks and dangers faced by construction workers who work at heights, often extreme heights, where an...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Re: ‘Targeting Muslims on the Upper East Side’ by Daniel Fitzsimmons, September 19, 2013 With all due respect for the opinions of Mr. Sayeed Chawdhury and Sheikh Mostafa, the NYPD’s monitoring of the...

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Regarding “The Economics of the Street Fair”:

1. Street fair vendors do NOT ADD ON SALES TAX TO ANY PURCHASE 2. They cost the city $$$ in police and sanitation 3. Cops cannot tell you where the detoured buses are running….and THERE ARE NO SIGNS AT...

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To The Editor:

While your article “Congregation vs. Community” by Megan Bungeroth captured very well the complexity of the issue of landmarking and religious congregations, the cover at least on the West Side Spirit...

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