There are many other tennis courts in Queens. Thank you for writing. To Cover The recent front page of your Apr. 11-17 edition serves only to sensationalize and support stereotypes of the mental healthcare system. As the Director of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center for the last nine years, I was appalled at the misleading entry on the front page and in the body of the article. Most adults who come for treatment at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center have not come here because of criminal activities.
Mental illness is a serious healthcare problem.
If used by a basement tenant, that is a separate matter. The main reason home basement renting is illegal is the two-exit rule of the Fire Dept. Yet commercial establishments aplenty flourish in basements, often with one exit. Their lack of sleeping areas is weak justification for the lots and lots of taxes they pay. Let us face present-day facts.