Sorry, Cynthia, just nix this run
Bronx: While I support women running for office and voted for Hillary Clinton, I don’t support Cynthia Nixon’s challenge to our governor, Andrew Cuomo. At a time when we have an inexperienced, corrupt reality star in the White House who is systematically tearing down the very fabric of society, we need to have experienced state and local elected officials like Cuomo as a check against this incompetent now inhabiting the White House.
At this time, New York needs more than an activist to withstand the assault coming from this administration. Cuomo has served two terms and although I don’t agree with all his policies, Nixon is inexperienced and has never held elected office. This country has seen first-hand how well that has worked out in the White House. I loved Nixon in “Sex and the City”; I just don’t feel governor should be her next role.
Esperanza Oppenheimer Manhattan: Linda Stasi is right on the money (“Cynthia Nixon needs a reality check — she’s not qualified to run for governor,” March 21). Nixon isn’t fit to be governor for all the reasons in Linda’s column.
Dianne Collins
Nixon’s the One
Brooklyn: I’m glad that Cynthia Nixon is running for governor. She’s been a smart advocate for our public schools, and an effective activist for women’s health and LGBT equality. She knows we need to fix #CuomosMTA. She’ll fight for a more equal New York and she won’t sell us out — she’s not taking any corporate campaign contributions. Most of all, Nixon is not part of Albany’s culture of corruption. She’s a candidate who can honestly say, “I am not a crook.” Peter Hogness
No way, Cynthia
Manhattan: Cynthia Nixon is not qualified to run for governor. The election of the extremely inept Donald Trump has emboldened celebrities so much that they think anyone can run for any office. What ever happened to qualifications? Just silliness run amok. Sad times in America.
Pamela Carter
More Cy woes
Palm Springs, Calif.: Manhattan DA Cy Vance should also be investigated for abusing his prosecutorial powers regarding Louise Meanwell. She spent almost half a year in Rikers’ Island while the legal process dragged on over her affair with Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman. Vance then hit her with felonies for having a rentcontrolled apartment. Other more egregious rent cases resulted in minor fines. Because of those felonies, she was detained by ICE and almost deported. It’s clear he went after her to please his powerful buddies and campaign contributors. Her case proves he works with a vengeance to prosecute when the rich and powerful want justice. I was born and raised and lived in New York for most of my life and am a former commissioner of the state Public Service Commission. This case is an outlier and one worth investigation.
Cheryl Avioli
Simply shell-shocked
Cambria Heights: To Voicer Walker Blankinship: You are absolutely correct in questioning the sickness that has invaded America. That you can equate an animal’s natural predatory instinct with a school teacher feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle in a classroom of children speaks volumes regarding your mentality! I wish I could pity you. I could if your comments hadn’t so enraged me! Yours is a mentality of unspeakable cruelty to animals (and I suspect children, women and the elderly) that has become commonplace, and God help us, acceptable. Terri Gilbert
Smoke signals
Manhattan: Let’s see. Germany, starting in 1938: First they kicked the Jews out of their jobs and off campuses, then out of all cafes and indoor gathering places, then out of parks, then out of apartment buildings, and finally off sidewalks, forcing them to walk in the gutter. And the anti-smokers resent being called Nazis?
Linda Stewart
Still a stooge
Glendale: To Voicer Robert S. Byer: You say turning 70 has made you very aware that the difference between your generation coming of age and today’s youth going through the same process, is that your generation had the strange decency of waiting until they were in college before becoming leftist stooges. Then you go on to say there are now criminals in high positions in the FBI and CIA. I presume that’s supposed to explain the allegations of Trump’s collusion. So Hillary is a master criminal and the intelligence community is in cahoots? If you believe something that far-fetched — then while it may not be in leftist form anymore — I’d say you for one, are still very much a stooge. What colors your judgment? I couched the question in those terms as a hint for what I suspect the answer is. Peter Richards
Public service announcement
Howard Beach: Glaucoma is the third leading cause of blindness in the world. Politics and religion are first. Ernest Kienzle
Snow business
Forest Hills: The mayor closed public schools on March 21 due to the snowstorm. The city also suspended alternate side parking rules March 21, 22 and 23 to facilitate clearing the snow from the streets. As usual for nor’easters, we are asked to keep avoid driving in an effort to keep the streets open to emergency vehicles. So far, so good: all makes sense. Then comes the kicker: metered parking rules remain in effect. Is this keeping the people enforcing the metered parking rules safe? Or is collecting some coins more important? Are these agents “essential personnel,” like firemen and EMT, who need to serve the public even during snowstorms? Suppose I really need to drive somewhere and find a metered spot? What with snow possibly falling two or three inches per hour, how can the agent see the slip of paper through my snow-covered windshield? Will they carry brushes to clean my windshield? Will the City of New York pay for the repair of their legs broken while climbing through a pile of snow, trying to see a piece of paper worth 50 cents in my neighborhood for 30 minutes of parking? Please have some common sense: When the city suspends alternate-side parking, for the safety of the public and the safety of their agents suspend also metered parking rules. Believe me: Very few people go for joyrides during a snowstorm. John H. Szalkay
Pity poor Pence
Kings Park, L.I.: The Republicans must really harbor an animus for Vice President Mike Pence. What other logical reason do they have for protecting Trump and not impeaching him for all that he has been accused of — with more to be discovered from the Muller investigation? I’m not a fan of the VP, but at this stage, all I am saying, is give Pence a chance.
John Karahalis
Tortured logic
Kennett Square, Pa.: In your March 19 editorial defending CIA pick Gina Haspel, the Daily News asserts Haspel was “doing her duty” and the United States’ torture policy was “legal” because there were no international laws granting non-citizens human rights that U.S. citizens are bound to respect. Since might makes right, Haspel and her superiors must have “believed in good TODD MAISEL/DAILY NEWS faith” torture authorized by the commander-in-chief is not torture and was “necessary” to preserve Western values or destroy weapons of mass destruction? Only the “woefully misguided” could oppose their own government’s war crimes at a time of endless war on terror? If in the investigation of crimes, the Daily News ordered its journalists to torture potential suspects to get a scoop, who except the most self-righteous subscribers would object? We can no more expect the U.S. government to hold CIA Director Mike Pompeo or Haspel accountable for torture it authorized than we can expect General Motors to hold executives accountable for deaths due to defective vehicles they knowingly put on the market. We collectively learn, from examples like Haspel, that war crime trials are for losers and it is folly to expect a new respect for human rights under administrations that act with impunity, demand uncritical loyalty and preach “torture works.” Maria Connors
Treacherous congratulations
Oak Ridge, N.J.: So doesn’t the President calling a known dictator/communist to congratulate him on his victory merit impeachment? Come on, people — are you freakin’ kidding me?! Like the election Putin won was legit! Anybody’s ballot that went against him was tossed, and that person will probably disappear; and our tom fool President calls him to congratulate him. What an idiot, a real idiot! Jim Heimbuch