{"id":447275,"date":"2022-05-15T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-may-15-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-05-15T07:00:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T04:00:34","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-may-15-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-may-15-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 May 15, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27394cc68b1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27394cc68b1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-may-15-2022\/#%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_May_15_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 May 15, 2022&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_May_15_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 May 15, 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/USA-Bill-de-Blasio-Debt.1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>What Blas owes<br \/><\/strong>Council Members Joann Ariola and Robert Holden are 100% correct (\u201cDeBt collection plan,\u201d May 8).<br \/>Former Mayor Bill de Blasio should have his pension docked until all the money is paid back for his misuse of city services.<br \/>If he needed that security while running for president and for his family\u2019s personal business, he should have paid for that out of his pocket or his campaign fund.<br \/>If he feels it would be prudent to challenge in civil court, that would be his right \u2014 if he could find attorneys to represent him. I seem to remember that he still owes money for his legal representation from his corruption defense.<br \/><em>Joseph Susol, Ridgewood<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Debt debacle<br \/><\/strong>Kudos to Carrie Sheffield on her article on student-loan relief (\u201cJoe goes from grad to worse,\u201d May 7).<br \/>My daughter graduated a local college in 2011 with student loan debt of $16,000. Why was the debt so low? By staying home she saved over $80,000 in room and board. She received a $7,500 scholarship each semester and entered college with 30 credits by taking advanced courses in high school. The debt was paid off in four years.<br \/>So where do my daughter and the other students who fulfilled their obligation and paid off their loans go to be reimbursed?<br \/>Second, why should my tax dollars go to pay off the student loans of someone else\u2019s child or children?<br \/>This is just another example of Democrats trying to buy votes. Maybe the colleges and universities should pay off the loans using their endowment funds.<br \/>Lately politicians have been accusing the gas and oil companies of price gouging. Perhaps these same politicians should turn their misguided anger into action by investigating colleges and universities because, as Sheffield stated in her article, \u201ccollege tuition vastly outpaced inflation in the past two decades alone.\u201d<br \/><em>L. Schaefer, Levittown<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Smear of AIPAC<br \/><\/strong>Karine Jean-Pierre says attending an AIPAC conference doesn\u2019t comport with progressive behavior (\u201cPress sec. ripped AIPAC,\u201d May 8).<br \/>The term \u201cprogressive\u201d once described independent thinkers willing and able to defend their beliefs. It now indicates people who follow the dictates of certain leaders. And one of those dictates is that Israel and her supporters are always wrong.<br \/>To these progressives, it doesn\u2019t matter if Palestinian leaders flatly rejected Israeli and American proposals that could have led to the establishment of the first-ever-to-exist Arab State of Palestine long ago, and it doesn\u2019t matter if Israel\u2019s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza saw an increase in the number and types of attacks launched at Israeli population centers from Gaza.<br \/>How can Palestinians claim the right to use violence against the \u201coccupation\u201d while living under the administration of leaders of their own choosing who refuse to negotiate to end the conflict? Will this question ever be asked and answered at the White House?<br \/><em>Toby Block, Atlanta, Ga.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crime-fight loss<br \/><\/strong>The NYPD lost another valuable crime-fighting tool (\u201cGOP\u00aders pushing for kin DNA OK,\u201d May 12).<br \/>A court ruled that familial-DNA-searching regulations were invalid, because a state committee implemented them without consent from the Legislature.<br \/>DNA searching used by other states has brought cold-case criminals to justice. The DNA program in New York began in 2017, and New York only <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>roved 30 applications resulting in two arrests. That\u2019s not abuse.<br \/><em>Joseph Valente, Staten Island<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to letters@nypost.com. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, length, accuracy and style.<\/strong><\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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