Letters to the Editor

To The Editor:

Re “C.B. 1 lashes out at state bill to move 9/11 material from Fresh Kills” (news article, Feb. 24 – March 3):

“C.B. 1 members expressed doubt that the dust contained any human remains at all and worried about how the move could be financed. Cost estimates for some of the group’s suggestions run as high as $200 million and the Albany legislation does not address cost. ‘How do they expect to finance this?’ C.B. 1 W.TC. Redevelopment Committee Chairperson Catherine McVay Hughes told Downtown Express.”

Perhaps the $125 million dollars Mayor Bloomberg has so graciously allotted toward an aerial gondola project that would connect Lower Manhattan and Governors Island could be redirected toward this cause since C.B. 1 doesn’t appreciate that view marring project either (news article, Feb. 17 – 23, “That’s 125 million dollars, not lira for this island gondola”).  Using these available funds for this most pressing social, moral and spiritual issue would be a coup in a sea of Republican and Democratic rhetorical baloney.  Burying all the 9/11 dead properly from bones to dust has always been and should continue to remain the intention of the honorable people of the republic of New York.  Would we ever want to be viewed by the world any other way? 

Lynn S. McGuinn

To The Editor:

Re “C.B. 1 lashes out at state bill to move 9/11 material from Fresh Kills” (news article, Feb. 24 – March 3):

The most revealing part of Community Board 1’s resolution is the phrase “or anywhere else.”  

The most amazing (forensic expert) statement: “C.B. 1 members expressed doubt that the dust contained any human remains at all” 

And finally, the most comical line in your story: “Families has also been in negations [sic] with the city to reach a settlement about moving the remains”. Do you realize how hilarious this typo is?