Canyon name nix Besides the fact that there are many more pressing issues for Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine to focus on, removing the names of certain historical figures that are seen by virtually no one from sidewalks on downtown Broadway is wrong (“ ‘Erase’ Canyon Nazi pals,” Jan. 27). Including the names of Pierre Laval and Henri Philippe Pétain among the list of those who have enjoyed a ticker-tape parade (with the date of the parade) is not honoring Nazi collaborators; it’s a statement of historical fact. It’s not like there are statues of them on horseback. Indeed, today...