{"id":181528,"date":"2021-02-18T01:16:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T22:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-feb-18-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-02-18T01:16:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T22:16:16","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-feb-18-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-feb-18-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Feb. 18, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Feb. 18, 2021<\/strong>”
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The Issue: A homeless man who allegedly stabbed at least four people on the A line over the weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When will enough be enough (\u201cMore cops could have saved her,\u201d Feb. 17)?<\/p>\n

Once again, The Post\u2019s \u201cCities in Crisis\u201d articles point out the failures of the city\u2019s mental-health system.<\/p>\n

How many subway pushings, slashings and random assaults should New Yorkers endure? A mentally ill person who commits a crime needs treatment, not a court ticket or low bail. They end up right back in the street.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve spent close to 50 years as a psychiatric nurse. I believe in civil rights and the recovery movement, but I also believe that the public has the right to safety.<\/p>\n

People who are mentally ill and violent need to be committed, treated and not released until there is a period of stability and a mandated aftercare plan.<\/p>\n

Laura Logue Rood<\/em><\/p>\n

Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n

I loved Nicole Gelinas\u2019 article \u201cSoaring Crime is Killing NY\u2019s Subways\u201d (Feb. 15), but I disagree.<\/p>\n

Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo\u2019s revolving door of justice and constant release of criminals is what is killing the subways.<\/p>\n

Who was afraid to take to the subway under Mayors Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg or Gov. George Pataki? Anyone? They held people accountable instead of blaming the system for the wrongdoings of career criminals.<\/p>\n

Kenny Knapp<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Bronx<\/em><\/p>\n

The media<\/a> and your paper all identify the alleged subway stabber and all four of his victims as homeless people.<\/p>\n

More cops will not address that problem. More beds in shelters and better mental-health services to the down-and-out will. <\/p>\n

Terry O\u2019Neill<\/em><\/p>\n

Albany<\/em><\/p>\n

I have one question: Where is First Lady Chir\u00adlane McCray and her failed ThriveNYC?<\/p>\n

An allegedly mentally ill homeless maniac was running around the subway system, pushing people in front of trains and terrorizing others.<\/p>\n

McCray\u2019s brilliant husband, de Blasio, wants to defund the police, yet he throws all this money at her failed program.<\/p>\n

Gene O\u2019Brien<\/em><\/p>\n

Whitestone<\/em><\/p>\n

Just last June, de Blasio cut $1 billion from the NYPD budget.<\/p>\n

He took away some responsibilities from the police, such as responding to the homeless, and said he would increase outreach to this population through the mental-health system.<\/p>\n

However, we have seen a surge in subway crime, including this weekend\u2019s slashings.<\/p>\n

The city is responding by adding more than 600 cops to subway patrol in an effort to reduce violence by this population.<\/p>\n

This begs the questions: Should funds be restored to the Police Department? And what happened to the money spent by ThriveNYC?<\/p>\n

Thrive, headed by the mayor\u2019s wife, was supposed to address the problem of homeless, mentally ill people.<\/p>\n

Anthony Daddiego<\/em><\/p>\n

Flushing<\/em><\/p>\n

While de Blasio naps, New Yorkers are praying their next trip<\/a> on the subways isn\u2019t their last.<\/p>\n

The stabbings and the shovings are now a daily occurrence.<\/p>\n

How about showing some fairness and equity to hard-working and fare-paying New Yorkers by putting more NYPD officers in the subway system? The time is now.<\/p>\n

John O\u2019Neill<\/em><\/p>\n

Delray Beach, Fla.<\/em><\/p>\n

We need to undo the criminal-justice reforms that have led to the killing and maiming of so many innocent victims.<\/p>\n

Rigoberto Lopez remaining free to commit the most heinous and despicable crimes is the result of New York\u2019s soft-on-crime policies and the city\u2019s lack of mental-health services.<\/p>\n

Is anyone surprised that a man who raised his hand to a parent and a law-enforcement officer could harm complete strangers? Why wasn\u2019t he serving time in prison for either of those crimes?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to vote the woke mob of legislators and our governor out of office and replace them with representatives who care about the health, safety and welfare of their constituents.<\/p>\n

Kathryn Donnelly<\/em><\/p>\n

Queens<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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