Loyalty to Trump compromises anyone’s integrity
Northport, L.I.: Recently on X, which used to be called Twitter, former Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin idiotically found a way to smear President Biden for the horrible death of Russia’s noble freedom fighter Alexei Navalny at the cold, bloody hands of Vladimir Putin’s henchmen in a Siberian prison camp. Despite having many disagreements with Zeldin’s policies in the past, I always used to cut this conservative Suffolk County Republican some slack because he served our country as an Army ROTC second lieutenant in the Military Intelligence Corps. But now Zeldin sounds like he’s come down with an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
In his recent bizarre post about Navalny’s murder, Zeldin actually wrote that “it’s worth remembering that Democrats are actively doing Biden’s bidding as they also try to imprison his chief political opponent, Donald Trump, remove him from the ballot, and ensure he dies in prison.” And to think that Zeldin came within five points of defeating Gov. Hochul two years ago! New York got lucky indeed.
But to answer Zeldin’s claim, yes, if the orange-complexioned conman from Queens who fooled enough voters to become our 45th president is finally found guilty, he must do the time for the crime. That’s the way justice is served in our republic, whether you’re rich or poor, am I right?
Poor Ronald Reagan must be rolling in his grave. The Grand Old Party that he once championed has gone off the deep end.
Spencer Rumsey
Race vision?
Brooklyn: I guess I was wrong about Trump. I never believed he had superpowers until he claimed that he could see Black people in the dark but not white people. Or maybe he was seeing dead people. Am I alone in finding this very strange? Mary Whitaker
Trump-imposed syndrome
Tarrytown, N.Y.: Yes, Voicer Armand Rose, I do indeed have Havana Syndrome, as does the rest of the country as a result of having to endure Trump’s constant spewing of hate, lies and bigotry. It has caused an intense psychological reaction of revulsion among most of us regular folks. I would suggest that my syndrome will result in me voting blue down the ticket in November. That is called democracy, something the orange, cognitively impaired con man from Queens only believes in when he wins — another example of his mental decline.
Adam Reich
Rude awakening
Point Pleasant, N.J.: My delivery person made an error and delivered the N.Y. Post instead of The News yesterday morning. What a piece of crap. I had to put it down. And it has no comics section. Not getting The News throws off my entire day.
Gene Speroni
Parental intervention
Staten Island: There was a recent incident on the news in which a mother left her 5-year-old child in her car while she went into a store. Well, the car was stolen with the child still in it. Another incident involved another 5-yearold child. They went away from the house and were found in a swamp. Both children were fine after their dangerous experiences. What can be done to a mother for putting her child in danger? This insanity has to be stopped. My suggestion would be to arrest the mother and bring her to a hospital to be evaluated by a psychiatrist. This may sound inane but maybe parents will discontinue such dangerous behavior.
Jeffrey Van Pelt
Available beds
Chester, N.J.: Nobody has commented on how 70 immigrants were living in the basement of a furniture store. So who has beds that are unoccupied at night? A furniture store. This is both funny and genius. Unoccupied beds and people who need them. I would just carefully check any “new” mattress I bought from them.
David J. Melvin
Traceable tragedies
Rockaway, N.J.: Voicer Sally DeFelice says President Biden will do his best to keep Americans safe. On Day 1, he used his pen to open the border. Now we have illegal migrants fighting our police in Times Square and killing an innocent college student. Sally must be one of the 20% who approve of Biden’s border policies. Michael Ilardi
Not Hamas
Bronx: To Voicer Francisco Matos: Hamas is in Gaza, so how are Palestinians in the West Bank Hamas killers? And there have been plenty of reports, even videos of homes being stolen and Palestinians being attacked in the West Bank by the Israeli occupiers. Richie Nagan
Free bird
Pleasantville, N.Y.: The poignant letter from Voicer Denise Kelly regarding caged birds reminds me of Angela Lansbury’s song in the 1945 film “Portrait of Dorian Gray.” The singer supposedly is a free sparrow addressing a caged canary: “Good-bye, little yellow bird / I’d rather brave the cold / On a leafless tree / Than a prisoner be / In a cage of gold.”
Gary Dieckman
Too few facilities
Middle Village: Once again, Elizabeth Forel hits it on the head (“NYC’s pound has gone to the dogs,” op-ed, Feb. 26). I’ve worked there twice, under ASPCA and NYC ACC in the 1970s and 1990s, respectively. I know how many rooms and cages used to be available for euthanasia. So now, many years later, when you have thousands fewer animals coming in, you still cry not enough room? We never closed the shelter and we killed more than once a day. Sometimes, there were so many coming in that they would allow an animal only a day of reprieve. I can only surmise that the powers that be reduced the number of cages and/or rooms to house them. There’s no transparency, no statistics. Right now, there are at least six shelters in Manhattan alone but nothing in Queens. This has been going on for decades! When is it going to end? Joan Silaco
Companion animal control
Manhattan: Elizabeth Forel’s op-ed addresses the quintessential issue in managing the wellbeing of animals in New York City: If we can not match the number of available companion animals to households able to have and hold these animals, there will be disequilibrium resulting in homeless animals, rescue-hoarding and other bad situations. The laws of supply and demand suggest that the expedient way to intervene in this deplorable cycle is to stop the excessive reproduction of potential companion animals. NYC must mandate a spay/neuter requirement for all companion animals, with only bona fide breeders being exempt, and we must establish enough low-cost, accessible spay/neuter clinics to provide these services. It makes sense and cents in the long run for NYC to do this. Eva Podietz
Unexplained fixin’s
Bronx: Why do we put cream cheese on bagels? Why do we put syrup on pancakes? Why do we put ketchup on French fries? Why do we put mustard on hot dogs? Mary Caggiano
Families need fathers
Beacon, N.Y.: The Family Court system in New York has persistently failed our children. Shared-parenting leaders, domestic violence advocates, fathers’ rights champions, single-parent defenders and the citizens of New York are beyond exhaustion. We are banding together to fight for our children’s futures. To the officials who have turned a blind eye and deepened the divide, hear this: We demand change. We are uniting, and if the family courts refuse to evolve, we will unseat those who stand in the way of justice. This isn’t about politics, this is about our children’s civil rights, their safety and their tomorrows. This is a rallying cry from Rouses Point to Staten Island. Our battle is with the courts. We must unite, redefine the narrative and rise for the seismic reform that our family courts desperately need. Change is not just coming — it is here.
Andre’ K. Rainey
Tipping the scales
Yonkers: The ongoing and ceaseless efforts by the far-left Legislature to gerrymander congressional districts was an insult to the voters and citizens of this state. Democrats’ attempts to overturn the twice-stated will of the people (as demonstrated in referenda) and to sidestep a previous Court of Appeals decision are repugnant and reek of banana republic machinations. Their mission to then pack the court to guarantee a favorable ruling where one party remains in power indefinitely is the antithesis of democracy. For Democratic leaders to say they are hoping to ensure all New Yorkers are fairly and equitably represented by elected officials is political legerdemain at its worst.
James McCaffrey