#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2022” Mask hypocrisyThe Tonys should have been renamed “The Maskquerade” (“No sleep for Broadway stars,” June 14). The self-indulgent theater awards show featured the Broadway crowd having a rollicking great time honoring themselves without the burden of wearing masks. Try going to a show on the Great White…

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#End all New York mask mandate madness, forever

#End all New York mask mandate madness, forever

“End all New York mask mandate madness, forever” Is New York’s COVID mandate madness finally cooling down? Tuesday, New York state and the MTA axed their requirements for agency employees to get tested weekly if they’re unvaxxed.  More crucially, Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday announced the end — finally — of the insane, cruel and…

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#Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2022” The Issue: Mayor Adams’ statement that the mask mandate for children under 5 will continue. The only reason Mayor Adams wants masks on 5-year-olds and under is because everything else he is in charge of is a disaster (“Eric: keep them on, kiddies!”, June 3). He is…

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#Progressive policy experiments hurt the people they claim to help

#Progressive policy experiments hurt the people they claim to help

“Progressive policy experiments hurt the people they claim to help” It’s astonishing how regularly progressive “innovations,” especially in the name of equity, end up doing serious damage to already vulnerable groups.  Take crime. In New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and elsewhere progressive DA’s and other electeds made sweeping “reforms” these past few years:…

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#CDC recommends travelers get tested for COVID before ‘departure’

#CDC recommends travelers get tested for COVID before ‘departure’

“CDC recommends travelers get tested for COVID before ‘departure’” While face masks aren’t mandatory on public transportation or in related transportation hubs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends COVID-19 testing before travel. The national health agency suggests people “consider” getting a viral test – laboratory, rapid point-of-care or self-tests – done “as…

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