From left to right: State Senator Liz Krueger, NYS Assembly District 73 winner Alex Bores, Council Member Keith Powers, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, NYS Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright and Rep. Jerrold Nadler campaigned with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Election Day. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Letters to the Editor MANHATTAN’S BLUE TSUNAMI Thank you, especially reporter Abigail Gruskin, for the expansive news coverage of the results of... Letters to the Editor 21 Nov 2022 | 10:09
Sign in Riverside Park. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Letters to the Editor CYCLING IN RIVERSIDE PARK The following is from a letter I wrote to the Parks Department: The walkways in Riverside Park have... News 02 Nov 2022 | 01:57
Replate’s delivery service picks up surplus food from businesses, restaurants and other food vendors. Photo courtesy of Replate Letters to the Editor On Food Waste and Food Insecurity I recently stumbled upon Chelsea News NY’s article on food waste and insecurity in New York... News 14 Oct 2022 | 09:40
The newly reconfigured 42nd Street Shuttle was revealed at a press conference and ceremony at Times Square-42nd Street on September 10, 2021. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA Letters to the Editor Underground History It was one year ago in September 2021 that the NYC Transit Authority opened a new underground passageway... News 16 Sep 2022 | 11:05
Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Photo courtesy of Maloney’s office Letters to the Editor Maloney’s Support for Alzheimer’s Funding As an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Association in the 12th district and a former... News 05 Sep 2022 | 10:31
Banner at 96th Street and Broadway. Photo courtesy of Say Their Names Vigil Letters to the Editor Cartoons by Marc Bilgrey I just LOVE Marc Bilgrey’s tongue-in-cheek cartoons that always capture the essence of New York life.... News 06 Jul 2022 | 10:46
Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr Letters to the Editor Bobby Ochs and Samantha’s I’d like Bobby Ochs (“A Reformed Restaurateur Reviews Restaurant Reviewers,” Our Town Nov. 25 -... News 24 Nov 2021 | 12:20
Causes for celebration: the MTA participated in the Hometown Heroes ticker-tape parade on Broadway on Wed., July 7, 2021. An articulated electric bus was featured. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA Letters to the Editor IMPRESSED You have a fine newspaper. Call out to Michael Oreskes in particular for his variant article (“The Delta Variant... Letters to the Editor 14 Jul 2021 | 02:24
Police and a demonstrator at a July rally protesting the death of Eric Garner. ( Photo: Margaret Barnsley) Letters to the Editor The Police and the Public Visualize the video of people tossing buckets of water at officers who walk with heads down to their... Letters to the Editor 19 Sep 2019 | 02:07
A Sad farewell Letter It has been a hard two weeks since our closing. Has it really been that long? But then sometimes my lovely little restaurant... Letters to the Editor 15 Aug 2016 | 03:43
Photo by Dave Hosford via flickr in Defense of the Police letter to the editor To the Editor: Your recent piece on the protests against the police cites a number of anti-police quotes from protestors but... Letters to the Editor 18 Jul 2016 | 02:20
Photo by Jason Kuffer via flickr Letters to the Editor To the Editor: I was just crossing the street at 86th and 2nd Avenue around 8 p.m., by the restaurant on the corner. There... Letters to the Editor 23 May 2016 | 02:50
On Senior sex and dating Letters Marcia Epstein’s “Graying New York” column in the March 17 issue, about sex and dating among seniors,... Letters to the Editor 22 Mar 2016 | 10:50
against the superscrapers letter To the Editor: Your story extolling the wonders and marvels of the new generation of ugly mistakes which are polluting our... Letters to the Editor 29 Feb 2016 | 01:09
Don’t Close Our Lady of Peace Letter To the Editor: Thank you Our Town for publishing the article about Our Lady of Peace Church. One can only admire the real... Letters to the Editor 15 Feb 2016 | 03:19