Letters to the Editor
Battle lines are clear
To The Editor:
Re “Wanted: Candidates who’ll fi ght big real estate”
(viewpoint, by Lynn Ellsworth, Feb. 14):
Lynn Ellsworth has put a spotlight on two top
candidates who, I agree, will stand up to the the
mayor and the billionaire real estate bullies and
racketeers who are running roughshod over New
Yorkers. I also think Ben Yee is a grassroots activist
working within the Democratic Party to help clean
it up, and there certainly is a lot of cleaning up to do.
He is an excellent candidate.
Nomiki Konst and David Eisenbach have the
experience, energy, integrity and courage a public
advocate needs to effectively challenge city administrators
who are in the pocket of REBNY (Real
Estate Board of New York) and the many property
speculators, ruthless developers and slumlords
REBNY represents.
Eisenbach, running on the Stop REBNY Party
line, has been a tireless advocate to pass intact the
Small Business Jobs Survival Act to save our momand
pop stores and other small businesses from further
extinction. REBNY has prevented passage of
the S.B.J.S.A. for 33 years, and REBNY Chairperson
Bill Rudin and President John Banks have made
it clear they have no intention to ever let it pass.
You can view eight public advocate candidates
showing the courage to publicly rebuke REBNY
by boldly posing with a “Beware of REBNY Real
Estate Bullies Plaguing New York” fl ier at http://
www.stopREBNYbullies.org
They are Theo Chino, Dan Christmann, David
Eisenbach, Nomiki Konst, Latrice Walker, Jumaane
Williams, Ben Yee and Michael Zumbluskas.
Ray Rogers
Rogers is director, Campaign to Stop REBNY Bullies
Hendrix trip must be local
To The Editor:
Re “Bad trip for ‘Hendrix Way’ sign experience”
(news article, Feb. 14):
The petition should have the reasons for why the
street should be co-named after Hendrix, including
the impact he had on that street.
So if 10,000 Brits signed the online petition, that
is meaningless. Someone has to hit the pavement
and get locals’ signatures.
I am a Jimi Hendrix fan. I own a master recording
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The shop has got sole
To The Editor:
Re “Downstairs shoe-repair hopes for an upside”
(City Business article, Feb. 15):
Nice to see the press get on this spot. My wife
and I have stayed with them for more than 20 years.
They have certainly been there for all of us. Jose
does a great job on women’s boots and shoes, too.
We all need to spread the word to newcomers to try
their services.
Arthur Kriemelman
Where is your tenant?
To The Editor:
Re “Will new cracks in facade break old P.S. 64
stalemate?” (news article, Feb. 14):
LES, the people have spoken: Build the dorm!
Where is your fi nancially viable tenant? It’s been
20 years. Time to get specifi c and stop saying you
want a community center with no tenant.
Who is the tenant? Who is paying the rent? That
is how the real world works. The city won’t give a
permit without a tenant, so who is it already?
Of course you know they will do the same thing:
Say it’s not a valid lease because they want the
building for their benefactor. However, if there is a
bona-fi de tenant, let’s get a lease and send it to the
Department of Buildings.
It’s just rhetoric from the naysayers but no solutions.
O.K., I need to go work on other properties in
communities that are thankful we are there to make
a difference.
Gregg Singer
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