#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2022” Uber’s price surgeYou report that critics of Uber call that company’s rising fares “downright unethical” (“We are being taken for a ride,” April 15). Prices reflect underlying realities of demand and supply. In New York City, rising crime (thanks, Bill de Blasio!) simultaneously raises the demand for…

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#20-year-old man shot dead at Brooklyn playground

#20-year-old man shot dead at Brooklyn playground

“20-year-old man shot dead at Brooklyn playground” A 20-year-old man was fatally shot at a Brooklyn playground Friday night, the NYPD said. The victim was found with several gunshot wounds to his torso at St. Andrew’s Playground on Atlantic Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 6:30 p.m., cops said. The victim was transported to Interfaith Medical Center…

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#Media’s laughable Musk panic and other commentary

#Media’s laughable Musk panic and other commentary

“Media’s laughable Musk panic and other commentary” From the left: Media’s Laughable Musk Panic While he has “no idea whether [Elon Musk’s] influence on the company would be positive,” TK News’ Matt Taibbi is loving the spectacle of Musk’s Twitter-takeover bid, as “other media figures” insist “Musk’s influence . . . will be bad —…

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