Letters to the Editor, May 24 – june 6, 2012

Tenants don’t have a chance

To The Editor:

Re “E. 3rd tenants rally to save homes” (news article, May 10):

Rosie Mendez is just looking at her own interests. She should counsel the tenants to make a deal with the landlord. She tells tenants to fight till the end just so she can get her picture in the papers. The tenants end up with bad credit, paying lawyers, etc., and they lose their apartments.

Deborah Baker

N.Y.U. caught in its own ‘Zipper’?

To The Editor:

Re “Mercer buildings are tall already” (letter, by George Jochnowitz, May 10):

Jochnowitz is misleading (as usual). N.Y.U. is very inconsiderate of its neighbors on Mercer St. — such as, for example, when it built its co-generation plant between W. Third and Fourth Sts., destroying trees and occupying public land.

And the planned “Boomerang” and “Zipper” buildings would tower over their neighbors to the east, blocking sun and air.

N.Y.U. may get caught in its own zipper as it seeks to commercialize the residential area and build a hotel — profit-hungry much?

Off with the tops of their buildings!

Sylvia Rackow 

School roof project is GELLin’

To The Editor:

Re “A green roof at P.S. 41 is just about ready to sprout” (news article, May 10):

Principal Kelly Shannon and I wanted to thank you for publishing such a wonderful article (and flattering photo) about our GELL green roof project.

Your writer Terese Loeb Kreuzer did a terrific job in covering all the various aspects of this six-year endeavor. It was also very meaningful to us that she included our supporters and partners on the project. They were all very happy to be mentioned. The feedback has been extremely positive from everyone in our community!

This project has been a real challenge for us to complete, and having it portrayed in such a positive way reminds us that we have really accomplished so much already.

Vicki Sando
Sando is environmental science program developer at P.S. 41, the Greenwich Village School

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