School has not shrunk
To The Editor:
Re “School doings” (Scoopy’s Notebook, April 14):
As one important part of its rezoning plan for Hudson Square, Trinity has proposed to build, at its cost, a K-to-5 public school containing 420 seats in a new development at Duarte Square. In response to a question from a reporter for The Villager, I erroneously estimated that the physical size of the school would be approximately 100,000 square feet. The fact is, I had not concentrated on the exact physical size of the space because we were always focused on how many students we could serve — which has consistently been 420 kids, enough to accommodate all the grade-school age children generated by the proposed rezoning and then some.
The capacity of the Duarte Square school has not shrunk. The physical size of the school has not shrunk. The only thing that has shrunk was my own original faulty estimate of the physical size.
Carl Weisbrod
N.Y.U. must be stopped
To The Editor:
Re “And what happens in 20 years, after ‘N.Y.U. 2031’?” (talking point, by Andrew Berman, April 7):
I find Andrew Berman’s argument against New York University’s imperial 2031 plan to “eat away at the Village and take over more and more of it, each year” utterly persuasive. N.Y.U. has other plausible options — namely, to expand in areas that welcome it, and where its growth would be less destructive of the fabric of neighborhood life. And no matter how much vast new ugliness it adds now (if it gets its way), this university’s ravenous appetite for more of the Village will never be satisfied. N.Y.U. must be stopped, or it will devour us all.
Stephen Gross
Being choked by violet
To The Editor:
Re “And what happens in 20 years, after ‘N.Y.U. 2031’?” (talking point, by Andrew Berman, April 7):
The area south of Washington Square Park is being choked by N.Y.U. We all wish the university well, but its building program overwhelms the neighborhood. It isn’t only the proposed buildings, which are very large, but the taking of open, public space, as well as the increased density and traffic. This will further burden those who live in the area.
N.Y.U. needs to grow sensibly and in areas that can absorb it.
Janice Pargh
Lucy would have loved it
To The Editor:
Re “Lucy Cecere, 87, senior advocate, heart of the Village” (obituary, March 24):
I want to thank you very much for the March 24 article that you wrote about my mother, Lucy Cecere. It was a very touching depiction of her life and her contributions to the community that she served. I knew she would have liked the article very much. Thanks for this keepsake, along with the many other articles you wrote about her over the years.
My mother was a big fan of The Villager, and I am, too.
Francine Cecere
More police are needed
To The Editor:
Re “Housing Authority is promising to improve security; But residents say cameras and more needed A.S.A.P.” (news article, April 14):
I think cameras are good but the question is who will be watching them? Also will there be any response if an act of crime is to occur? Rather than go to the tape, we need more police in the area, since crime has been going up in the Lower East Side, to protect our children and parents.
Eric Nagy
Nagy is a member, Fathers 4 Justice
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