#Letters to the Editor — Oct. 17, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Oct. 17, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Oct. 17, 2021” ‘Othello’ outrageHave we all become so thin-skinned that we cannot hear or see a world that is less than ideal (“Prof loses class over ‘Othello’ blackface,” Oct. 10)? A renowned professor at the University of Michigan was replaced from a class he was teaching for showing the…

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#Curtis Sliwa says Dems will continue homeless hotel shelters

#Curtis Sliwa says Dems will continue homeless hotel shelters

“#Curtis Sliwa says Dems will continue homeless hotel shelters” Mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa held a campaign rally to allege the de Blasio administration’s “reign of non-transparency” on the homeless crisis would continue under rival Eric Adams and the state’s incoming governor. The Republican hopeful held a Tuesday night rally to mark the five year anniversary…

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#De Blasio, NYC council give pay hike to homeless guards

#De Blasio, NYC council give pay hike to homeless guards

“#De Blasio, NYC council give pay hike to homeless guards” Four thousand security guards in the city’s privately managed homeless shelters are getting raises, courtesy of Mayor de Bill Blasio and the City Council. The just-approved $98.7 billion city budget steers an additional $40.5 million to contracted shelter providers to give security workers a pay…

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#We know how to handle NYC’s homeless

#We know how to handle NYC’s homeless

“#We know how to handle NYC’s homeless” Subway shovings, sucker punches and slashings by raving homeless madmen have rightly grabbed headlines and put New Yorkers on edge. What’s most infuriating is that it’s all largely preventable: City government used to know how to protect the public; we should be doing better now — including for…

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