Westbeth Artist Housing, designed to provide affordable studios for artists to live and work is under attack. Artists have not been readmitted to their studios in the basement after the hurricane Sandy, although they had valid leases. Apartments are being warehoused and space for artists rented to outside people. Section 8 apartments have had their rents triple to market value, with the US taxpayer paying the difference.

I was pleased to hear that the federal Bureau of Land Management postponed all oil lease sales in California for the remainder of this year and is now undertaking a new Environmental Impact Statement as well as a statewide analysis of the threats associated with fracking to California. I'm writing to urge you to continue to halt new oil lease sales on California's public lands while these studies are completed. The best way to protect our treasured public lands along with our air, water, health and climate from fracking is to simply prohibit this inherently dangerous form of fossil fuel extraction. There's no better place to start than by banning fracking on our public lands. It would make no sense to go forward with new oil and gas lease sales before your studies are complete. Please prohibit new oil lease sales on California's public lands while you study fracking's threats to our Golden State. Critical decisions about opening more of California public lands to oil and gas development and fracking cannot be informed decisions until your studies are complete.

As Americans, we demand our right to travel freely to Cuba.

We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who urge the Planning Commission to reject the Grocery Outlet proposal to add yet another grocery store to our small town.

We, the undersigned people of District 19 of New York State, are deeply disappointed and troubled by the Rep Chris Gibson's cosponsorship of the federally mandated concealed carry bill, H.R.402. It would allow people like George Zimmerman to carry his concealed gun anywhere in our state, including places like Times Square and Niagara Falls, visited by millions each year. Rep. Chris Gibson was elected to keep us safe. This does the opposite.

St. Andrew's church is located near City Hall and the headquarters of the NYPD, along with several courthouses. It is currently at risk of being closed.

Bring federal charges against Eric Garner's killer and investigate the discriminatory NYPD patterns and practices, such as the "Broken Windows" policing tactic that led to this tragic police killing. Conduct a full and thorough investigation, convene a federal grand jury, arrest and prosecute Officer Daniel Pantaleo to the fullest extent of federal law.

Chuck Todd has become the news by making an inflammatory statement and saying that Alison Lundergan Grimes disqualified herself by refusing to answer a stupid question. His statement has since become part of an advertisement for her competitor. Todd should immediately be removed from Meet the Press and placed on unpaid leave as punishment if not fired. We cannot allow supposedly neutral news people to make such reckless, dangerous statements that could cause grave damage to the people of Kentucky and thereby to the whole country.

New Jersey needs to focus on creating jobs, not on giving tax breaks to people making $400,000 per year. Reject Christie’s tax plan and make millionaires & corporations pay their fair share so we can invest in a real NJ comeback.

Secret recordings reveal your Communications Director for the New Mexico Human Services Department Matt Kennicott suggesting another of your male advisors direct the Commission on the Status of Women so that, "he can study more women." Governor, this behavior by a public servant is unacceptable, and he should be forced to immediately resign from the position you have given him in your administration.