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Senate no place for Walker

To the editor:   As I wrote a few weeks back, “every time I think that MAGA Republicans have reached rock bottom, they remind me that there is no …

Take out Putin

To the editor:  In response to Vladimir Putin’s threats to use tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine, President Joe Biden said that could lead to Armageddon. The definition of …

The bad old days

To the editor: Predictably, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Lee Zeldin is running one of the ugliest campaigns in recent memory. For one ad, he seems to have scoured the internet for every closed circuit …

Spend wisely

To the editor: Our national debt has now reached $31.130 trillion and is on a path to grow by trillions more for years to come. Today's tab averages $93,423 per citizen or $247,325 per …

Quagmire continues

To the Editor:  As the world faces a new Cold War, Americans need to critically examine President Biden’s foreign policy. One place to start is the Middle East.In 2015, the U.S., U.K., France, …

An alarming blue streak

To the editor: There are few people more destructive to society than corrupt cops, and fortunately for the American people, they are a small minority in the federal, state and city police …

Tutti Frutti Loopi on Medicare

To the editor:  Municipal Labor Committee leader Harry Nespoli would have city retirees believe that the only way to save the city's Health Insurance Premium Stabilization Fund from bankruptcy is …

Kill the horses?

To the editor: I grew up in the city when there were still many working horses. The “old clothes” wagons and the “fresh vegetable” wagons were still around and came up along University Avenue …

Ideology, sinkin' like a stone

To the editor: There is an old adage that there are no atheists in a foxhole.  I suggest a corollary to that — there are no small government politicians following a disaster. Florida Governor …

A couple of disagreements

To the editor:I rarely disagree with Howard Elterman. But I have two problems with his "Adams reflex responses unhelpful" letter (The Chief, Sept. 16).First, I agree with him that bad cops should not …

'Easy' doesn't do it

To the editor:The popular crime-fiction novelist Walter Mosley writes about his black private detective, Easy Rawlins, who survives a variety of dangerous adventures in Los Angeles in the late 1940s. …

Criminal behavior

To the editor:Every time I think that MAGA Republicans have reached rock bottom, they remind me that there is no bottom, no low to which they will not sink.  The latest example is Ron …

He could pitch too

To the editor: Aaron Judge has had an amazing, Hall-of-Fame kind of year. But comparing him to Babe Ruth is unfair to the Babe. First, Babe’s pitching record over five seasons was 94-46 with a 2.28 …

Deferring justice

To the editor: The fact that Senior District Court Judge Raymond J. Dearie, a respected and highly qualified judge, would be acceptable to the Trump attorneys as the special master in the dispute over …

Preserve traditional Medicare

To the editor: The Adams administration is requesting that the City Council make changes to the municipal code that, if enacted, would clear a path for implementation of a Medicare Advantage Program …

Skewed perspective at Horizon

To the editor: You know everyone always talks about the conditions on Rikers Island, but what about the issues at Horizon Correctional Facility in the Bronx? Please do not assume that those …

Civil service’s concord

To the editor: Regarding Richard Warren’s "Executive Stinginess" letter (The Chief, Sept. 23): I am a level III supervisor with the city’s Human Resources Administration. I started out as a …

Where are you sitting, mayor?

To the editor: It was reported in last week’s Chief that Mayor Adams has asked the City Council to overturn decades of precedent by nullifying a law that prohibits charging civil servants for …

Horse sense

To the editor: “TWU opposed bill that would ban Central Park horse carriages” (The Chief, Sept. 9) and a later proposal from the union center around what they consider a compromise — stables in Central Park and other gratuities at taxpayer’s expense.

Executive stinginess

To the editor: Like his predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams campaigned as a friend of workers but has shown stinginess toward them since entering office. His former colleagues in the NYPD have seen that. …

Defeating the MAGA threat

To the editor: I share Joseph Cannisi's concern with the Republican party's embrace of violence as a legitimate form of expression (The Chief, Aug. 9). However, I disagree with Cannisi's solution to …

Adams’ reflex responses unhelpful

To the editor: Mayor Adams’ response to violent encounters between “my police” and civilians, and between civilians, has been grossly inappropriate and fear mongering. He uses these often-tragic …

Strengthen the crime fighters

To the editor: I guess the congestion pricing is supposed to make up for the $500 million transit loss to fare beaters. Does anyone think that there will be any prevention or significant reduction in …

For democracy, danger ahead

To the editor: In my lifetime America has faced a number of threats and challenges. The Cold War, the space race, the assassinations of JFK, MLK and RFK, wars from Vietnam to Afghanistan, Watergate, …

Calling all Republicans

To the editor: In speaking with Fox News, Sen. Lindsey Graham said “there will riots in the streets” if Donald Trump is indicted for his theft of classified documents. Once a moderate voice …

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