Readers pontificate on practice hazard, Yankees’ defeat and Nixon’s environmentalism

What will it take to make the subway really feel secure?

Brooklyn: I took the subway just lately to see a Broadway play, my first time on it within the night because the pandemic began. On the way in which into Manhattan, I noticed a few homeless individuals sleeping on station flooring, then noticed some guys so spaced out on medicine that they might barely stand. That wasn’t too dangerous, however on the journey again to Brooklyn, issues bought a bit extra intense.

Entering the station, I noticed a younger couple leaping the turnstile. They have been below the affect and laughing. I informed them they need to pay their fare. An argument ensued, and the younger man threatened to hit me (I’m 79). On the practice, a girl dragging a suitcase repeatedly walked backwards and forwards by way of the automobile speaking to an imaginary individual. A teenager dressed to the nines in a really skimpy outfit bought on, stood immediately in entrance of my partner and me (we have been seated), and proceeded to stomp her foot the way in which a horse would, evident at everybody as if daring somebody to say one thing. Thankfully, nobody took the bait.

Finally, we bought to our residence station. We noticed three fare-beating younger girls stroll in by way of the exit gate whereas two cops watched them and laughed. We handed one other homeless man sleeping on the ground, and a pair extra individuals spaced out on the high of the steps.

All in all, an fascinating night! Mr. Mayor, I believed you have been going to make the subways secure once more. You would possibly attempt consuming in a bit extra so you’ll be able to pay extra consideration to what’s happening. George Nader

Illustrative

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: While flying residence from Indiana (a go to to my sister), I handed over NYC. It was a dreary day. The metropolis — my metropolis — crying. Bramhall, I wish to see a cartoon within the Daily News of the town crying, a darkish cloud above it with the phrase “CRIME” and under the town: “PLEASE HELP ME.” Randy Jurgensen

Foreign coverage boomerang

Bronx: Let us not overlook that the circumstances inflicting the Venezuelans to come back right here searching for asylum have been attributable to the United States authorities’s makes an attempt to overthrow the president pretty elected by the individuals of Venezuela and to put in as president somebody who didn’t even run. W. Twirley

Comedy of errors

Manhattan: Were the Yankees going wherever after their July-August swoon that pilloried and perturbed all of New York, particularly all actual Yankees followers? Plus, right here’s the factor about Aaron Judge: His post-season dying knell of strikeout after strikeout proves he’s so dumb as to by no means study from his batting errors. I heard many post-final-ALCS-loss analysts level fingers — particularly the lucid David Cone — at Aaron Boone’s idiotic Gerrit Cole ouster in recreation three for lame Lou Trivino, who doesn’t need to shine my footwear. Boone had in his bullpen Clay Holmes, Jonathan Loaisiga and Wandy Peralta. So he made the season-ending blunder of taking out our ace Cole for a minor-league arm! Judge way back misplaced his captainship and can go to the San Francisco Giants, who will blow him away with huge cash in hopes of recapturing steroidal Barry Bonds’ glory to fill the stands with home-run-loving followers. I stand by my prophetic phrases. Mitch Corber

Tough calls

Ocean View, N.J.: Roger, your refs tried their greatest to present the Jacksonville Jaguars a victory on Sunday afternoon — 4 penalties on the final drive of the sport in opposition to the Giants. They ought to be fired and investigated for whether or not any of them had any cash on the sport, particularly the one who known as the penalties. Jim Fusco

Representative group

Brooklyn: With all 4 main sports activities in motion, I wish to take a second to acknowledge the range of the Daily News sportswriters, all of whom are individuals of colour, girls or members of the LQBTQ neighborhood. Kudos to this newspaper for having a group that displays the range of the town and the groups they help. Joe Ferra

Self-incriminating

Manhattan: I believe the explanation cops at all times plead the Fifth (just like the 376 dangerous cops in Uvalde, Texas) is that none of their lies make any sense. Look at their evil speaking level that George Floyd died from a drug overdose (let’s kneel on Derek Chauvin’s neck for 9 minutes and see what occurs). If they’re proper that Floyd died of an overdose, then all 4 cops on the scene must do time in jail for not speeding a dying American to the hospital and never attempting to avoid wasting him (how does kneeling on a dying individual defend or serve them?). That can be literal homicide, not manslaughter, as a result of they knew they weren’t racing him to the hospital. Go again to complete silence, dangerous cops! Larkin Novak

Familiar ploy

Brooklyn: Lee Zeldin pledges to not mess with girls’s abortion rights if elected New York’s governor. Seems I (in addition to thousands and thousands of others) heard an identical pledge someplace else. Yes! Those 4 Supreme Court justice Republican candidates swore that Roe v. Wade was sacred — the regulation of the land, by no means to be touched. Guess what? Yep, Roe’s overturned. So, we’re anticipated to imagine a Ratpublican, anti-abortion, Trump-supported, voted-to-overturn-the-election congressman that New York girls’s abortion rights are completely secure if he’s elected? Yeah, no! Kevin Hanley

Greener GOP

Manhattan: Mark Green was definitely proper about many points in his Sunday op-ed (”Democrats’ closing pitch,” Oct. 23). But he did listing quite a few social progress points he stated have been opposed by Republicans from the presidency of FDR to President Biden. One difficulty talked about was environmental safety legal guidelines, a lot of which have been truly handed below Richard Nixon. That consists of the Environmental Protection Act, the Clean Air Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. Our earliest environmental safety legal guidelines have been truly handed below FDR’s relative, Theodore Roosevelt. He handed legal guidelines to guard our nationwide parks. Donald Trump did all the pieces he might to get rid of a lot of these legal guidelines, however not all earlier Republican leaders have been anti-environmental safety. Sue Deutsch

Taking flight

Redondo Beach, Calif.: With Donald Trump’s Boeing 757 again within the air, does this imply it’s getting ready for a visit to a different nation? John Chevedden

Present grievances

Brooklyn: Voicer Margo Kent stated Trump “created all his own problems” — you imply like a failed bail system, a dozen eggs nearing $10, a subway system that parallels the streets of Ukraine or Letitia James’s myopic preoccupation with Trump? Remember, Ms. Kent, the entire aforementioned was the byproduct of our present administration. Ron Goldman

Leading man

Forest Hills: So Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson declined (once more) to run for main public workplace to avoid wasting us from Dem-publican liars and losers on each side — so he might as an alternative make total-garbage motion pictures like “Black Adam”? The DC Extended Universe is so inept that they even took the always-lovable Rock and made him boring! Maybe Dwayne ought to run for president — of Warner Brothers! Mr. Rock, you might be president of the United States and nonetheless make motion pictures, FYI. In reality, there’s no rule saying you must put in even one hour per week to do presidential stuff. Your cupboard and employees do all of the work. The POTUS is usually a mascot. Thinking the president runs America is like pondering Ronald McDonald runs McDonald’s, goes the proverb. Dwayne 2024! And none of those huge celebs (Tom Hanks!) can use skeletons of their closets to keep away from operating — McDonald Rump modified that commonplace eternally! Jim Ranium

Out of sight

Hopewell Junction, N.Y.: When requested how dangerous the recession goes to be, I’m ready for the primary economist to say, “Just think of Art Garfunkel’s hairline.” Freddy Sacco

Sees it on a regular basis

Whitestone: The photograph of the unicyclist on Second Ave. was described as an atypical sight (”A unicycle rider takes the excessive highway in East Village,” Oct. 22). I disagree! Notice, please, that he’s biking in visitors and never utilizing the bike lane. Very typical, and dangerous to him and the drivers with whom he’s presupposed to share the highway. Phyllis Rosenthal

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