Opinion

Dear Editor:

Many of you may have noticed recent changes implemented by the Department of Transportation (DOT) along Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills. Unfortunately, these changes were made without local input, without consultation with elected officials, and without meaningful conversations with the small businesses that are now facing significant impacts.

Dear Editor:

Back in August, I wrote a letter urging our community to contact local elected officials about the dangerous e-scooter rentals littering our neighborhood and putting safety at risk. I also led a group encouraging people to report every safety issue they encountered with these devices. Two weeks after that letter, our Councilmember, James Gennaro, came out publicly opposing the e-scooters, a reversal from an earlier position on the issue. Shortly afterward, Assemblyman Sam Berger also came out against them. This shows that community pressure is starting to yield results, but we still have a lot further to go.

Puzzled By The City’s Recycling Logic

Dear Editor:

On Yom Kippur, my three-year-old son, a very curious child, wanted to watch the recycling truck up close while we were on our way to the synagogue. As we observed the truck collecting recycled materials, I was surprised to see that the items we diligently separate – paper and cardboard in one bin, and plastic, glass, and metal in another – were all being dumped into the same compartment and crushed together.

We Must Dance Again

Dear Editor:

I agree with Rabbi Schonfeld that we should at least commemorate October 7 in some way. However, I feel that there’s a way to honor our k’doshim of that day that would be not only appropriate but poetically just.

Stop the Manhattanization
of Our Neighborhood

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:

With the days of S’lichos rapidly approaching, the Yamim Nora’im a short time away, our shuls throughout the world are filled with more people than usual. Certain t’filos require our voices to be recited together at one time.