#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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#Letters to the Editor — April 16, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — April 16, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — April 16, 2022” The Issue: The arrest of Frank James, the suspect in a mass shooting on a Brooklyn train, which injured 29. Congratulations to the excellent police work of the NYPD in apprehending the Brooklyn shooting suspect (“Smirking terrorist,” April 14). Sadly, their work was made more difficult because…

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#NYC Rash LGBTQ+ nightclub arson suspect John Lhota arrested

#NYC Rash LGBTQ+ nightclub arson suspect John Lhota arrested

“NYC Rash LGBTQ+ nightclub arson suspect John Lhota arrested” Authorities have arrested the firebug accused of igniting a massive blaze inside of a Brooklyn nightclub earlier this month, Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday. John Lhota was busted by US Marshals for allegedly dousing the floor of Rash nightclub in Bushwick with gasoline before setting it…

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