Letters to the Editor
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‘Food Fight’
In the age of online shopping, it’s nice to know that the friendly, caring associates at a D’Agostino store can make the difference [“Food Fight,” Sara Berman, Calendar, December 6, 2005].
Since 1932, my family and our associates have tried to provide New York City families with the kind of service that keeps customers coming back. In fact, many of us know three generations of D’Agostino shoppers.
At D’Agostino, we know that produce needs to be in top shape and at the right price. Our produce managers open and carefully check boxes of produce as they arrive at the store and again before produce goes on the shelf. Our prices are competitive – in fact our price for mangoes is $1.99, not $4.99, as mentioned in your column.
In addition, we also have online shopping available – orders placed online are fulfilled in your local D’Agostino and delivered the same day. That means when you need us, online or in the store, we’re right around the corner where our managers and our associates can be of help. That’s why we’re known as New York’s Grocer.
NICHOLAS D’AGOSTINO III
President, Chief Operating Officer
D’Agostino Supermarkets Inc.
‘Welcome to Management’
Your editorial discussing the United Federation of Teachers Elementary Charter School asserts that attendance in charter schools is not mandatory [“Welcome to Management,” December 9, 2005].
The New York Charter Schools Act subjects charter schools to Article 65 of the Education Law governing compulsory education. Charter schools also receive bi monthly district payments based on student attendance in accordance with regulations promulgated by the state commissioner of education.
The operative issue is that charter schools are public schools of choice, such that enrolled students are there because their parent or guardian exercised this additional option made available in the public school system, rather than being forced to at end by virtue of their residential address.
PETER MURPHY
Director of Development And Policy
New York Charter Schools Association
www.NYCSA.org
Albany, N.Y.
‘State Security-Fund Delay’
Given the positions of Senator Collins, a Republican of Maine, and Rep. Michael Michaud, a Democrat of Maine, on rational allocation of terror funds, and their selfish view that this is but another opportunity for pork, New Yorkers would be well advised to avoid vacationing in Maine [“Keane: State Security-Fund Delay Is ‘Obscene,’ ” Brian McGuire, Page 1, December 9, 2005].
If the people of Maine wish to risk our lives to indulge their selfish whims, why on earth would we want to visit their state?
MITCHELL LANGBERT
West Shokan, N.Y.
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