Smithtown, LI: I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the recent removal of Suffolk County legislator Robert Trotta from the legislature’s public safety committee. The decision to terminate Trotta’s service on the committee amounts to censure and reflects the widespread deep corruption within the Suffolk Police Benevolent Association.
Trotta has served as an indispensable voice on the committee, offering invaluable insights and advocating for policies that put safety and justice for all Suffolk County residents first. With more than 25 years of law enforcement experience, he has gained an exceptional depth of knowledge and experience in the field. Trotta’s unmatched experience makes him uniquely qualified to serve on that committee. He has demonstrated a strong commitment to public safety, an indispensable quality. Trotta’s distinguished record and unique skill set make him a vital asset to the committee. It is deeply disconcerting that his removal came at the behest of the county’s largest municipal workers union and the most prominent police union.
Chairman Kevin McCaffrey has shown a complete lack of leadership and integrity in removing Trotta. He has succumbed to the pressure and influence of the police union, which has long sought to discredit and silence Trotta for exposing his corruption. He has betrayed his oath of office and his duty to serve the people of Suffolk County. He has violated the principles of democracy and transparency essential to good government and has shown that he is unfit to preside over the legislature or represent his district. He should resign immediately or face a vote of no confidence from his colleagues. Todd Lagliotta
Manhattan: Ostensibly to save the city money and win raises for their members, DC37 and the United Federation of Teachers, the two largest municipal unions, voted Thursday to switch 260,000 city retirees from traditional Medicare to a Medicare plan. lower advantage. Twenty-six unions voted against. However, the measure passed by a vote of 941 to 253. This is due to a weighted voting system in which each union got one vote for every 250 members. The 260,000 city retirees directly and immediately affected by the change were unable to vote. Their voices apparently don’t matter. How about something from this fair? chana schwartz
Manhattan: UFT leadership along with other public sector union bosses are forcing New York City public retirees to switch their health care from traditional Medicare to a Medicare Advantage plan. While I personally want to keep my Medicare and GHI senior plan, there is a bigger issue here that I want to address: We were public employees and union members during our working lives. My union, the UFT, has always supported government programs, not private ones. Replacing traditional Medicare with Medicare Advantage is like the problem of replacing public schools with for-profit corporate charter schools, something the UFT has fought against for years. That is the privatization of education, and Medicare Advantage is the privatization of health care. This is completely the wrong direction for the union to take. Gale Ellice Lichter
Brooklyn: Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the brutal murders of two brave NYPD detectives, James Nemorin and Rodney “Jay” Andrews, during a sting buy-and-hold operation to remove illegal guns from our streets. I hope your families know that many of us New Yorkers will always remember your heroic sacrifice with the utmost respect and gratitude. pam rafford
Staten Island: Let’s consider things moment by moment. Take a deep breath and start anew each day. I know there are moments of rejection, redemption and everything in between, but sometimes, don’t be too deep, just be positive. Things work! One step at a time. eva tortora
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Brooklyn: To Host Aydin Torun: Everyone agrees that LIRR East Side Access is a good thing and should have been available many years ago. The complaints refer to the programming of the service. It almost seems like the managers arbitrarily set the schedule without giving it enough thought. I wonder if the travelers have been surveyed. For several months before Grand Central Madison opened, there should have been a simple questionnaire for daily users asking if they would use Penn Station or Grand Central. The trains would have been scheduled with this information and most of the problems could have been avoided. L.Veneroni
Brooklyn: The very loud, high-pitched alarms used by EMS and private ambulances are harmful to all New Yorkers, as well as drivers. It is necessary to cover your ears when passing to protect your eardrums from the uncomfortable sound that can be heard 10 blocks away. Perhaps the sound of the French ambulances is music to our ears. Let’s try the French horn. Jack Dougherty
Rockaway: To broadcaster Joseph McCluskey: In the late 1960s, I asked my college history professor why there was little mention in books of African Americans that included the history of slavery. His response was that American history had always been taught from a European perspective. Thanks to my parents’ understanding of the importance of knowing the total history of our country, I was well aware of the good and the bad. His premise that young people will be traumatized if they receive information about the darkest times in American history is incorrect. If all children understand what happened during slavery and the Jim Crow South, it will help us to be a more tolerant society. Protecting children from the truth hurts us all. I am proud to say that I was part of a group of students who were able to convince my university to add black history courses. anthony johnson
Springfield, NJ: I read the Daily News every day. On Sunday, I enjoy doing the Sunday II crossword puzzle. Suddenly this big Sunday puzzle has a jumble component added to it. Go back to the usual crossword format. The jumble function inside the puzzle messes everything up. Ellen Robb
San Mateo, Calif.: The plumber ate my homework! Yes, that is what our intelligence community expects us to believe when it comes to the Nord Stream pipeline explosion. Yes, the Ukrainians must have, even though they have no coast on the Baltic Sea. Google Seymour Hersh or Jeffrey Sachs and “Nord Stream Pipeline Destruction” and you’ll find a lot of good material on the event, which was an overt act of war against Germany and Russia, as well as an act of ecocide against the planet’s chances. . to remain habitable for humans. The released gas is 30 times more dangerous than carbon dioxide and will set back efforts to maintain Earth’s climate. Refresh your memory of him when President Biden said, “We know how to end it,” etc. Definitely a job for the International Criminal Court, and a good plumber. mike caggiano
Danbury, Connecticut – Kevin McCarthy has achieved the “transparency” he desires: we see right through you, Kevin! You liar, hypocrite sold. Next up for your video club friend Tucker Carlson: Tune in tonight for footage from Paris in 1942, showing Parisians smoking Gauloises near the Eiffel Tower, sipping coffee al fresco at outdoor cafes, and walking in bicycle through the streets of the City of Lights with baskets full of baguettes and brie: “proof positive” that Hitler and his Nazis never invaded France. michael eddy
Rosedale: In response to announcer Frederick R. Bedell Jr.: I couldn’t disagree more. My first thought is the fact that many wars have been fought over religious differences, which is why our forefathers insisted on the separation of church and state in the Constitution. Here’s a perfect reason why: What sentence would that be? Christian, Muslim, Jewish? I sincerely doubt that it is all of the above. As for the notion that when prayer left the schools, guns came in: As a lifelong New Yorker who never had prayer in school and graduated from high school in 1982, it seems that the amount of violence (not just the guns) that we found has only been for the last 20 years or so, not 60. shirley jordan