Cuomo’s record should prevent voters’ support
Staten Island: Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor to redeem himself from the ruins created by his gubernatorial actions. He signed the SAFE Act, banning law-abiding gun owners from having popular firearms. This was the start of his leftist agenda, and part of the act was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The question remains whether that law deterred violent criminals, being that more than 90% gun crimes are committed with illegal firearms. Based on that reasoning, the act did not work. It’s not guns that are the problem. It’s the lack of proper background checks and the “gun show loophole.”
In 2019, Democrats took 100% control over the Legislature, which enabled Cuomo to destroy the state without a check and balance. He signed the 2019 budget, which contained congestion pricing and repeal of cash bail. In 2020, COVID-19 happened. Cuomo failed that test and he knows it! He engaged in a nursing home massacre through his failure to cooperate with the federal government pertinent to the usage of temporary hospitals, such as the USNS Comfort and the College of Staten Island, resulting in 15,000-plus deaths. In 2020, he kept the state under perpetual lockdown. Nearly every small business suffered revenue and job losses, leading to a third of them closing. Additionally, he raised taxes on small businesses in the 2021 budget and raised his salary to $225,000 while entrepreneurs were struggling to survive financially.
It’s puzzling that he wants to fix the carnage he caused. His actions led to the destruction of New York City. He doesn’t deserve to serve in any public office, let alone the second-toughest one in America. Joseph S. Pidoriano
Bad ideas
Bayside: Electricity prices to rise to astronomical heights! Once again, another reason not to vote for the visionary Cuomo, who closed Indian Point, maker of 25% of the electricity of New York City. Yes, the protector Cuomo. This guy has nothing but bad ideas. No cash bail, no jail for criminals, ICE is a bunch of thugs. Now he thinks he can be mayor of the Big Apple. Will someone give this guy a good shake and kick him out the door? He has done enough damage. Timothy Collins
Past his expiration
Scarborough, N.Y.: With regard to the New York City mayor’s race, recycling our trash is a noble effort to make things better. However, recycling trashy politicians, e.g. Cuomo, is a bad practice that will only make things worse. How low can we go? Thomas F. Comiskey
Actions, not words
Bronx: The First Amendment protects speech, not conduct. Mahmoud Khalil (“Khalil behind Hamas flyers: White House,” March 12) negotiated for demonstrators who illegally set up tents and slept in buildings on a college campus. This climate fed harassment against Jewish students. Khalil continued to provide such aid and comfort long after events turned criminal against people, and Columbia University allowed it. The Trump administration’s medicine is virulent, enough so to heal the damage. This is the balance that restores civility to a free society. Jorge Sierra
Beyond the bounds
Brooklyn: I support the right of Students for Justice in Palestine to conduct anti-Israel protests. But SJP does not support the right of free speech for Jews. It has a history of disrupting presentations by pro-Israel speakers. Colleges that fail to reign in this antisemitic organization will lose federal funding. A security guard was sent to the hospital after being assaulted by Barnard College students who took over the Milstein Center. Those students should be suspended or expelled. Wendy Jackson
Relieved of rules
Lackawaxen, Pa.: Voicer Tal Barzilai mistakes what it means to be a terrorist: never having to say you’re sorry. Hamas fighters don’t apologize because they believe they’re doing the right thing. The IDF knows it’s doing wrong, despite achieving Zionist objectives. My curio cabinet contains four Pot Belly figurines to remind me of the makers of modernity: Charles Darwin and three (sort of) Jews — Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein (I would have included Franz Kafka if he’d been sculpted). Historically, Jesus — and likely Maimonides and Spinoza — might have made my “Jews Who.” Accountability depends upon who is keeping score: playing playground basketball, I’d surrender the ball if I stepped on the line, even if no one saw; playing on a school team, I’d let the referee make the call. Nobody seems to be reffing the Palestine game! John A. MacKinnon
No progress
Manhattan: President Trump is destroying the economy, the hostages still aren’t home, there are Americans being held unlawfully in China and Russia, there are still protests going on on college campuses, Mexico isn’t building or paying for a wall, kids’ breakfast and lunch at school are being taken away and there will be cuts to Medicaid and Medicare to fund tax cuts for Elon Musk and the other billionaires, so what exactly is Trump accomplishing besides ruining a great economy he inherited? Edward Drossman
Commodified
Brooklyn: He sells Bibles, gold sneakers and virtual cards with him dressed as superheroes, to name a few. Now he’s selling cars for Musk. He has them displayed in front of the White House, talking them up on camera. This makes a mockery of the office of the president of the United States. It is undignified and crass. Andrea Allen
Favor for a friend
Manhattan: Watching a sitting president shill for Tesla car sales is beyond believable. My retirement account of solid stocks is dwindling every day while this man is in office, threatening and then canceling tariffs and refusing to acknowledge a possible recession. And how does he address this state of affairs? By coming to the rescue of Tesla and the richest man in the world, who is losing money on its dropping stock price but invested enough in Trump to get him elected! How about supporting Home Depot, Netflix or McDonald’s? Chris Santoro
Tanking us
Carmel, N.Y.: Trump is out of control! His tariffs are already hitting the American public. The stock market is in the toilet. Our president has allowed his authority to go to his head, or shall we say his golf game, since the Washington Post has reported Trump spent 10 days on the golf course last month between signing writs of American destruction. Enough is enough. Must we enter a recession before our fearless leader wakes up? Eric Gross
Open letter
Bristol, Conn.: Dear Canada, we’re sorry. It’s not you, it’s us. Peter Kaszczak
Bad manners
Stockholm, N.J.: To Voicer Joseph Napoleone, who took exception to my letter about JD Vance and blue jeans and went on a rant about Vance’s book and life: You would think that a man who went through such hardships would know how to talk to people in a more dignified way. Nat Saraceni
Stand with patients
Herkimer, N.Y.: Battling cancer while facing the crushing cost of my medication is a reality that many patients are forced to endure. After a career as a nurse dedicated to helping cancer patients, I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and later lung cancer. For more than 10 years, I’ve relied on Imbruvica to stay alive, but its price has more than doubled, and without assistance I wouldn’t be able to afford my medicine. The EPIC Act recently introduced in the Senate would extend Big Pharma’s monopoly control by delaying Medicare’s ability to negotiate prices for small-molecule drugs like Imbruvica, extending the exemption period from nine to 13 years. This would leave patients trapped under Big Pharma’s rising costs for even longer. Sen. Chuck Schumer must discourage Senate Democrats from supporting the act. We must protect Medicare’s ability to lower drug prices and deliver long-overdue relief to those facing crushing prescription costs. Lynn Scarfuto
Nothing funny
Manhattan: Since I could read, I’ve read the Daily News (I’m a senior citizen) and especially enjoy the Sunday comics. All of a sudden, they are not in the Sunday paper for many weeks. The store that sells it doesn’t know anything about it. We pay extra for the comics on Sunday and we’re not getting it. I hope it has not been discontinued, as people really need something light to read in these trying times. Kay Frost