{"id":354057,"date":"2021-10-17T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-oct-17-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-10-17T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T09:01:00","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-oct-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-oct-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Oct. 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Oct. 17, 2021<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/othello-009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p><strong>\u2018Othello\u2019 outrage<br \/><\/strong>Have we all become so thin-skinned that we cannot hear or see a world that is less than ideal (\u201cProf loses class over \u2018Othello\u2019 blackface,\u201d Oct. 10)?<\/p>\n<p>A renowned professor at the University of Michigan was replaced from a class he was teaching for showing the 1965 film \u201cOthello,\u201d starring Laurence Olivier in blackface. What a perfect opportunity to discuss that Hollywood culture took quite some time to open up to inclusion and parallel that to strides that continue today.<\/p>\n<p>Universities were made for discourse. Hopefully the university will reconsider in the spirit of showing how much we have progressed since the 1960s \u2014 with more room to grow.<\/p>\n<p><em>Deirdre Harvey<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Valley Stream<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shelter fix<br \/><\/strong>After reports of an unscrupulous homeless-ser\u00advices provider, Mayor de Blasio\u2019s response was to say there is simply a shortage of qualified homeless-services providers and the city has to take what it can get (\u201c$4.6B shelter shame,\u201d Oct. 12). This is wrong and hides a deeper problem.<\/p>\n<p>Qualified providers can\u2019t afford to take on these programs because they are underfunded and poorly designed. The city only covers 80 percent of the cost of providing services, and reimbursement often comes late, requiring nonprofits to pay poverty-level wages and carry interest-bearing loans.<\/p>\n<p>As someone representing hundreds of these organizations, I can tell you the work our providers do is difficult and complicated. But they are qualified, diligent, creative and dedicated to changing lives and making all of our communities better.<\/p>\n<p>If the mayor really wanted to solve homelessness, he would partner directly with these providers and stop making excuses.<\/p>\n<p><em>Michelle Jackson, Executive Director, Human Services Council of New York<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spacey Kamala<br \/><\/strong>Not only did Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 words fail to inspire enthusiasm for space exploration, she sounded like a giggling adolescent as she exclaimed, \u201cTo think about so much that\u2019s out there that we still have to learn, like, I love that\u201d (\u201cCaptain video Kamala,\u201d Oct. 12). How vacuous.<\/p>\n<p>Now we learn that a Canadian company aptly named Sinking Ship Productions hired child actors to stage this event. I bet the youngsters quickly saw through Kamala\u2019s insincerity, even if the mainstream <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lauded her outreach to young people.<\/p>\n<p>Does America deserve this idiocy?<\/p>\n<p><em>Stanley Rubin<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fresh Meadows<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Save outdoor eats<br \/><\/strong>The Post Editorial Board is spot on in its pitch to keep outdoor dining \u2014 with heaters \u2014 during the winter months ahead (\u201cBlas\u2019 Rx To Kill Outdoor Dining,\u201d Editorial, Oct. 13).<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 18 months, restaurants have relied on outdoor dining to stay afloat. The program has kept over 11,000 eateries alive, saved at least 100,000 restaurant jobs and allowed businesses to generate income. Despite our city reopening, the program is still providing immense support while restaurants continue to pay back rent and climb out of debt.<\/p>\n<p>As we approach colder months, these heaters are necessary for restaurants to continue serving diners outside. And let\u2019s not forget, the COVID-19 pandemic is not over.<\/p>\n<p>Eliminating New Yorkers\u2019 ability to comfortably eat outside is just bad policy.<\/p>\n<p>While there are aspects of the outdoor dining program that can certainly be improved, these propane heaters are not the problem. Restaurants and diners have dealt with enough. There\u2019s no reason to prohibit these outdoor heaters.<\/p>\n<p><em>City Councilman Keith Powers<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? 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