Dear Editor, The following letter was sent to Mayor de Blasio. Dear Mayor de Blasio, On behalf of the entire Rockaway community, we, the members of the Committee to Save the Rockaway Ferry, would like to express our gratitude to you for extending the Rockaway ferry service. The residents of the Rockaways look forward to the continuation of ferry service […]

Dear Editor: Once again our community was misled by the owner, Mr. Jay Deutchman of the old Rockaway Park Hotel at 158 Beach 116th Street. A face to face meeting with Deutchman was held with some Community leaders at Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder’s office and Deutchman said “I would put something there to benefit the Community as long as it pays […]

Dear Editor: Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio have a lot in common with the late Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Mayor John Lindsay from the 1960s. Both Rockefeller and Cuomo deal with mayors who want equal billing on the political marque. Lindsay and de Blasio’s urban agenda is dependent upon both increased state and federal assistance. […]

Dear Editor: Are remnants or Sandy-devastated houses the new landscape? The City and/or the property owners of beach houses awaiting building permits should for the sake of the community: *Clean up, cordon off the area, place fencing around the perimeter and affix signage forbidding trespassing/parking/loitering. Children have gotten injured. People have parked on these properties. Arguments/ altercations have ensued. We […]