What will it take to make the subway really feel protected?
Brooklyn: I took the subway not too long ago to see a Broadway play, my first time on it within the night for the reason that pandemic began. On the way in which into Manhattan, I noticed a few homeless individuals sleeping on station flooring, then noticed some guys so spaced out on medication that they might barely stand. That wasn’t too unhealthy, however on the journey again to Brooklyn, issues bought a bit of extra intense.
Entering the station, I noticed a younger couple leaping the turnstile. They had been beneath the affect and laughing. I informed them they need to pay their fare. An argument ensued, and the younger man threatened to hit me (I’m 79). On the practice, a lady dragging a suitcase repeatedly walked backwards and forwards by means of the automotive speaking to an imaginary individual. A teenager dressed to the nines in a really skimpy outfit bought on, stood instantly in entrance of my partner and me (we had been seated), and proceeded to stomp her foot the way in which a horse would, evident at everybody as if daring somebody to say one thing. Thankfully, nobody took the bait.
Finally, we bought to our residence station. We noticed three fare-beating younger ladies stroll in by means of the exit gate whereas two cops watched them and laughed. We handed one other homeless man sleeping on the ground, and a pair extra individuals spaced out on the prime of the steps.
All in all, an attention-grabbing night! Mr. Mayor, I believed you had been going to make the subways protected once more. You would possibly strive consuming in a bit of extra so you may pay extra consideration to what’s occurring. George Nader
Illustrative
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: While flying residence from Indiana (a go to to my sister), I handed over NYC. It was a dreary day. The metropolis — my metropolis — crying. Bramhall, I want to see a cartoon within the Daily News of the town crying, a darkish cloud above it with the phrase “CRIME” and under the town: “PLEASE HELP ME.” Randy Jurgensen
Foreign coverage boomerang
Bronx: Let us not overlook that the situations inflicting the Venezuelans to return right here in search of asylum had been brought on by the United States authorities’s makes an attempt to overthrow the president pretty elected by the individuals of Venezuela and to put in as president somebody who didn’t even run. W. Twirley
Comedy of errors
Manhattan: Were the Yankees going wherever after their July-August swoon that pilloried and perturbed all of New York, particularly all actual Yankees followers? Plus, right here’s the factor about Aaron Judge: His post-season dying knell of strikeout after strikeout proves he’s so dumb as to by no means study from his batting errors. I heard many post-final-ALCS-loss analysts level fingers — particularly the lucid David Cone — at Aaron Boone’s idiotic Gerrit Cole ouster in sport three for lame Lou Trivino, who doesn’t need to shine my sneakers. Boone had in his bullpen Clay Holmes, Jonathan Loaisiga and Wandy Peralta. So he made the season-ending blunder of taking out our ace Cole for a minor-league arm! Judge way back misplaced his captainship and can go to the San Francisco Giants, who will blow him away with huge cash in hopes of recapturing steroidal Barry Bonds’ glory to fill the stands with home-run-loving followers. I stand by my prophetic phrases. Mitch Corber
Tough calls
Ocean View, N.J.: Roger, your refs tried their finest to provide the Jacksonville Jaguars a victory on Sunday afternoon — 4 penalties on the final drive of the sport towards the Giants. They ought to be fired and investigated for whether or not any of them had any cash on the sport, particularly the one who known as the penalties. Jim Fusco
Representative staff
Brooklyn: With all 4 main sports activities in motion, I want to take a second to acknowledge the range of the Daily News sportswriters, all of whom are individuals of coloration, ladies or members of the LQBTQ group. Kudos to this newspaper for having a staff that displays the range of the town and the groups they help. Joe Ferra
Self-incriminating
Manhattan: I feel the rationale cops all the time plead the Fifth (just like the 376 unhealthy cops in Uvalde, Texas) is that none of their lies make any sense. Look at their evil speaking level that George Floyd died from a drug overdose (let’s kneel on Derek Chauvin’s neck for 9 minutes and see what occurs). If they’re proper that Floyd died of an overdose, then all 4 cops on the scene must do time in jail for not speeding a dying American to the hospital and never making an attempt to save lots of him (how does kneeling on a dying individual defend or serve them?). That could be literal homicide, not manslaughter, as a result of they knew they weren’t racing him to the hospital. Go again to whole silence, unhealthy cops! Larkin Novak
Familiar ploy
Brooklyn: Lee Zeldin pledges to not mess with ladies’s abortion rights if elected New York’s governor. Seems I (in addition to hundreds of thousands of others) heard an analogous pledge some other place. Yes! Those 4 Supreme Court justice Republican candidates swore that Roe v. Wade was sacred — the legislation of the land, by no means to be touched. Guess what? Yep, Roe’s overturned. So, we’re anticipated to consider a Ratpublican, anti-abortion, Trump-supported, voted-to-overturn-the-election congressman that New York ladies’s abortion rights are completely protected if he’s elected? Yeah, no! Kevin Hanley
Greener GOP
Manhattan: Mark Green was actually proper about many points in his Sunday op-ed (”Democrats’ closing pitch,” Oct. 23). But he did checklist quite a few social progress points he mentioned had been opposed by Republicans from the presidency of FDR to President Biden. One concern talked about was environmental safety legal guidelines, a lot of which had been truly handed beneath Richard Nixon. That contains the Environmental Protection Act, the Clean Air Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. Our earliest environmental safety legal guidelines had been truly handed beneath FDR’s relative, Theodore Roosevelt. He handed legal guidelines to guard our nationwide parks. Donald Trump did the whole lot he might to eradicate a lot of these legal guidelines, however not all earlier Republican leaders had been anti-environmental safety. Sue Deutsch
Taking flight
Redondo Beach, Calif.: With Donald Trump’s Boeing 757 again within the air, does this imply it’s getting ready for a visit to a different nation? John Chevedden
Present grievances
Brooklyn: Voicer Margo Kent mentioned Trump “created all his own problems” — you imply like a failed bail system, a dozen eggs nearing $10, a subway system that parallels the streets of Ukraine or Letitia James’s myopic preoccupation with Trump? Remember, Ms. Kent, the entire aforementioned was the byproduct of our present administration. Ron Goldman
Leading man
Forest Hills: So Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson declined (once more) to run for main public workplace to save lots of us from Dem-publican liars and losers on each side — so he might as an alternative make total-garbage films like “Black Adam”? The DC Extended Universe is so inept that they even took the always-lovable Rock and made him boring! Maybe Dwayne ought to run for president — of Warner Brothers! Mr. Rock, you may be president of the United States and nonetheless make films, FYI. In reality, there’s no rule saying it’s important to put in even one hour every week to do presidential stuff. Your cupboard and employees do all of the work. The POTUS is usually a mascot. Thinking the president runs America is like considering Ronald McDonald runs McDonald’s, goes the proverb. Dwayne 2024! And none of those huge celebs (Tom Hanks!) can use skeletons of their closets to keep away from operating — McDonald Rump modified that customary endlessly! Jim Ranium
Out of sight
Hopewell Junction, N.Y.: When requested how unhealthy the recession goes to be, I’m ready for the primary economist to say, “Just think of Art Garfunkel’s hairline.” Freddy Sacco
Sees it on a regular basis
Whitestone: The picture of the unicyclist on Second Ave. was described as an atypical sight (”A unicycle rider takes the excessive highway in East Village,” Oct. 22). I disagree! Notice, please, that he’s biking in visitors and never utilizing the bike lane. Very typical, and dangerous to him and the drivers with whom he’s speculated to share the highway. Phyllis Rosenthal
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