{"id":287540,"date":"2021-06-30T01:52:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T22:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-june-30-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T01:52:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T22:52:18","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-june-30-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-june-30-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 June 30, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Letters to the Editor \u2014 June 30, 2021<\/strong>”
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The Issue: Mayor de Blasio\u2019s vow to send more police officers into Times Square after a recent shooting there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the use of Mayor de Blasio \u201cflooding\u201d Times Square with cops if he ties their hands like last summer, when they were being pelted with water bottles and skateboards, water was dumped on them and fire-bombs were thrown in their squad cars (\u201cCrosshairs of the world,\u201d June 29)?<\/p>\n

The cops weren\u2019t allowed to do anything, not even to defend themselves. De Blasio created this crime spree. <\/p>\n

Susan Kerr<\/em>
Queens<\/em><\/p>\n

The brazen daylight gunplay at Times Square, hitting a Marine tourist, continues to bode ill for New York City\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n

When incidents like this continue, how will tourism recover? Why would workers feel safe returning to their offices?<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t New York City\u2019s progressive politicians tell us that defunding the NYPD and replacing the police with violence interruptors or peace ambassadors would solve the shooting and killing surge? How\u2019s that coming along?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m totally frustrated with our politicians, who enact laws that result in more mayhem and murder, embolden criminal behavior and protect the criminals more than law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n

Those same politicians should be liable for legal consequences and civil liabilities. <\/p>\n

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

Flooding Times Square with an overabundance of police officers, many of them more than likely rookies, is not the answer. The mayor is putting his finger in the wrong dike.<\/p>\n

To get to the root of the gun problem, the city needs to resurrect the NYPD anti-crime unit. These seasoned \u201cstreet cops\u201d seemed to have a knack for spotting criminals carrying unlicensed handguns and making arrests.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll never understand why this lame-duck mayor continues to balk at this obvious solution. It\u2019s certainly not for votes. <\/p>\n

Dick Mills<\/em>
Bardonia<\/em><\/p>\n

Why don\u2019t Broadway theaters and Restaurant Row eateries hire a few dozen private security personnel to patrol the few blocks in their areas to help provide an increased measure of safety to visitors?<\/p>\n

My wife and I would certainly feel more comfortable going to shows or restaurants in the city knowing this type of security is in place.<\/p>\n

Shel Townsend<\/em>
Glen Cove<\/em><\/p>\n

De Blasio\u2019s solution to curb the shootings in Times Square is to put more police there.<\/p>\n

This nitwit, along with the numbskull in Albany, created the mess we\u2019re seeing all over the city by transforming the police into uniformed pi\u00f1atas and turning the court system into a carousel for criminal \u2014 but still they think the police can solve the problem.<\/p>\n

What happ<\/a>ened to the \u201cviolence interrupters\u201d and the social<\/a> workers who were replacing the police? The ineptitude, corruption and outright stupidity that permeates every level of New York governance is truly astounding. No wonder there are traffic jams heading south to Florida.<\/p>\n

Thomas Urban<\/em>
Wantagh<\/em><\/p>\n

First, I have to say that I am not a tourist. I have lived in New York for almost my whole life, except for a couple of years travel<\/a>ing around our country.<\/p>\n

I remember when Times Square was known as \u201cSmut Alley.\u201d Now it is known as a shooting gallery.<\/p>\n

De Blasio has said that he will flood Times Square again with extra police. The only problem is they can do nothing about the individuals who have turned it into the gallery of gun violence it is today because their hands are tied.<\/p>\n

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

I am relieved to hear that de Blasio has called the Times Square shooting totally unacceptable.<\/p>\n

It took a Herculean effort years back for Mayor Rudy Giuliani to restore civility to the area, only to watch it slide backward under this moron of a mayor. I count the days and hours until he is gone. <\/p>\n

Phil Serpico<\/em>
Queens<\/em><\/p>\n

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