Putting Down a Watchdog: Blas Boots His Prober
THE ISSUE: Claims that Mayor de Blasio dismissed his investigations chief because of unflattering reports.
Liberals in New York like Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have a meltdown if President Trump even mentions the Mueller investigation (“Mark Peter’s Bombshell,” Editorial, Nov. 20).
But Mayor de Blasio fired the head of the Department of Investigation reportedly because his probes revealed the incompetency of his administration, including the Administration for Children’s Services, the New York City Housing Authority, the Department of Corrections and the NYPD.
Where is the outrage for this? If anyone deserves to be impeached, it’s de Blasio. Joseph Paino Manhattan
Here we go again: De Blasio is denying that he or his staff tried to keep the Department of Investigation probes hidden.
Several children have died due to the negligence of ACS. Children have high levels of lead poisoning because of the city’s failure to inspect public housing. The list goes on.
It’s quite obvious that de Blasio is more concerned about his socalled national image than about the people of our city. Kim Cody Whitestone
De Blasio is crushing all opposition like a tin-pot dictator by firing the DOI commissioner to silence him.
Don’t expect City Council members to do the right thing and investigate the substance of the critical reports, since they are lethargic rubber stamps of the mayor’s radical left policies.
Our city is no longer a democracy. Voters are to blame when they blindly vote their party’s line or don’t even care enough to get out to vote, as in the last citywide elections, which had the near lowest voter turnout in the city’s history.
Elections have consequences, and if voters fail to fulfill their basic civic duties, they have no right to complain as things get worse in the Big Apple. Phil Orenstein Queens Village
Imagine the unmitigated chutzpah of former Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters in thinking his duty lay in protecting the citizens of New York City, and not the political interests of the mayor.
Peters thought de Blasio wanted a city watchdog, when he really wanted a mayoral lapdog. Robert Mangi Westbury
De Blasio is trying to cover something up. Why should we be surprised? That’s what he does.
He tried to cover up violence in the schools; he tried to cover up the lead-paint scandal in public housing.
This mayor does not accept responsibility for anything bad that happens in his administration.
He has a track record of showing up late and blaming others for his failures.
He has ignored the subway and bus systems, and he now says it’s not his fault. He’s destroying the city with his ultra-progressive agenda. Gene Lindsay Mastic
How should we describe our illustrious mayor? He is a liar, inept, incompetent, crooked, unable to accept any responsibility and always looking to pass the blame.
It is truly inconceivable that the people of this city were hoodwinked not once, but twice by this complete fraud.
He is such a poor excuse for a mayor that I don’t believe he’s even qualified for dog catcher. It is a shame that we can’t send him packing.
Next time, let’s elect someone who really cares about the city as well as all of its citizens. Alan Brooks Brooklyn
I hold no particular brief for Peters. Maybe he should have been fired, even if the mayor’s motivation is to distract from his massive malfeasance (“Rancid Firing,” Nov. 17).
But Public Advocate Letitia James did not get it right with her crack that the mayor’s decision was “Trump-like.”
Though his critics have been screeching for two years that Trump is always about to fire Robert Mueller, the fact is that aside from the usual tweets, he has done nothing toward firing the special counsel and shows no sign of doing so. Charles Kellam Manhattan