Letters to the Editor

To The Editor:

The Hudson Independent published a letter about prescription drug discount cards my office is distributing. Just a short note letting you know that I have already sent out over 30 cards, as a result of requests from your readers. Received more responses from your paper than from other publications. Thought you’d like to know that your paper is obviously well read.

Paul Feiner
Greenburgh Supervisor

To The Editor:

For readers who have been following the saga of trying to protect our trees and woodlands along the high voltage transmission lines, surprise news came from the NYS Public Service Commission (PSC) last week: the Commission has opened up its 2005 transmission line vegetation management policy to public review.

An excerpt from the PSC press release:  more »

To The Editor:

I am a resident in Tarrytown NY and have lived here since 2000.

The Tarrytown fire department utilizes an old air horn mounted on top of a pole at their fire house on Main Street that sounds a series of repeated bursts of approx. 25 blasts of the horn every time a 911 call comes in to the fire dept. These air horns were designed to be heard over long distances like the old civil defense air raid horns of the 1950’s.  more »

To The Editor:
On March 20th an unsigned, unattributed diatribe in another local, monthly publication posed a series of rhetorical questions in an effort to disparage the leadership of the Board of Trustees and Mayor Wray in Sleepy Hollow. Over the past several years, as our team has won every single elective office, that publication has chosen not to acknowledge that fact or to publish any communication sent to them in response to repeated distortions of fact. I am therefore asking that The Hudson Independent publish this letter in an effort to set the record straight for our citizens by answering the questions posed by the anonymous author:  more »

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On Friday, October 2nd, my wife had parked in the west train parking lot in 
Tarrytown, next to the town hall, to come into the city and join me for
 dinner. For those that do not know, the taxi stand has been re-located to 
the west lot, taking up resident spots and the driveway to enter and exit
 the lot. We returned about 10:35PM and proceeded to our car. When we
 attempted to drive out of the lot, a taxi driver was standing in the middle 
of the road trolling for passengers and blocking our way. I asked him to
 move and he told me to “shut up white boy” and kicked my car.  more »

To the Editor:

When I was in my 20’s I spent some time traveling and working in and around Europe. Denmark and Holland in particular were incredibly bike friendly with bike lanes, racks and inexpensive rental kiosks everywhere. I loved it! Whenever I go to Vancouver B.C. I take advantage of the readily available bike rentals, it’s such a great way to get to know a place.  more »

To the Editor:

On Tuesday, November 3rd, Westchester voters will elect four judges to the New York State Supreme Court and one judge to the Westchester County Court.  more »

To the Editor:

I don’t understand the meaning of the word normal because my life is far from it. I wasn’t born as a normal, healthy child would be. I was born with atrioventricular canal defect, a hole in the center of my heart.

I was born on September 29, 1997 in Zamboanga City on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines and I was unable to breath and turned blue. My mother rushed me 435 miles north to Saint Luke’s Hospital in Manila and one week later I was diagnosed with a heart murmur. The doctor said I would need to have a surgery soon, so my mother flew me straight to the Westchester Children’s Hospital in New York.  more »

To the Editor:

The Historical Society, Inc., serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, is holding its annual wine tasting and fund-raiser, the Party on the Porch, on the evening of Friday, September 18. It has come to our attention that this corresponds with the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, and we would like to apologize for that. It was certainly never our intention to offend anyone or dishonor any religious holiday.  more »

To the Editor:
I am writing to clear up some inaccuracies in your May, 2009 article “Tax Cut Proposed in Irvington Village Budget.” The Village of Irvington’s final budget for the 2009-10, approved unanimously on April 27, resulted in a decrease in the tax rate of 0.02% not a decrease of 1.3%. The decrease in tax revenues was $126,793 not $144,000. Your figures reflected the tentative proposed budget, which was adjusted significantly after public input.  more »