Library has been drastically improved
To the Editor:
Taking my family to the East Rockaway Public Library has become a must-do event every week. I’m impressed that they’ve rebuilt the facility and are offering stellar services after Hurricane Sandy flooded and damaged many of the books and equipment.
But what’s most impressive is that Mayor Fran Lenahan and the library board have accomplished things that people contended couldn’t be done for years. “Can’t” isn’t a word in their vocabulary — and my family is thankful that it isn’t.
Unpleasant issues in Lynbrook
To the Editor:
As a Lynbrook resident for more than 40 years, I feel that I must address several unpleasant issues that are taking place in our village.
The number of absentee landlords, especially in private homes, is really getting out of control. On one block near my home, there are four rented houses. Many were one-family dwellings at one point, but now there are two or three families living in them.
There are also several empty or abandoned homes where the grass is overgrown, the windows are broken, there is garbage lying around, and there are broken fences. When I drive around, and see all of the fences that are not up to code, I wonder if the village employees ever notice. We used to be known as “Tree City,” but now we could be called “Fence City.”
Are we going to wait until Lynbrook really starts to look like Brooklyn, or is the village board going to address these serious problems? And although I know it is not a village issue, someone should be looking into the number of children, especially teenagers, who get off the Long Island Rail Road to attend Lynbrook schools.
Eileen A. Appel
Lynbrook