A Tale of Two Beaches: Blas’ Safety Hypocrisy

THE ISSUE: Mayor de Blasio’s call for Long Island to let New York City residents use its beaches.

In another brilliant move, our intellectually challenged mayor has decided that it’s all right for city residents to go to beaches in Nassau and Suffolk but not in New York City (“Head in the sand,” May 20).

Why would outside beaches be willing to accept city residents? Basically, de Blasio is saying that we want to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the city but it’s OK to spread it outside the city.

To enforce this, police will be placed on the city beaches with orders to pull swimmers from the water.

Many years ago, as a city Parks Department seasonal helper, armed with a whistle, I was tasked with keeping swimmers out of the fishing area on Rockaway Beach. That didn’t work very well. Bill Isler

Queens

How dare these Nassau politicians ban New Yorkers from coming to what they call “our beaches”?

Since when do they own the beaches? Maybe New York City should ban Nassau County citizens from coming into Manhattan to work or to attend a show or to dine.

These politicians never cease to amaze with their quest for power. They’re a bunch of clowns and buffoons. Saul Mishaan

Brooklyn

So de Blasio’s latest stroke of genius is to have city residents flock to the beaches of Long Island while his city’s beaches remain closed.

Set aside for now the obvious hypocrisy regarding safety. Using the same unsupportable logic the liberals engage in trying to prevent voter-ID requirements, aren’t New York City’s people of color less able to use the Long Island beaches because of a lack of available transit and/or the higher cost of transportation?

And so here we have another liberal feigning concern for the welfare of the people while demonstrating a distinct bias. Frank DeLustro Long Branch, NJ

De Blasio should keep city residents swimming at Coney Island. They should not be coming out to Long Island.

I am a lifeguard in Nassau and friendly with lifeguards in Suffolk and Eastern Long Island. Everybody agrees that we will use all of our power to keep these city people away from our beaches.

Most of the COVID cases are in the city. It isn’t right for city people to swarm out to Nassau and Suffolk and overrun our spaces. Frank Rizzo

Seaford

With social-distancing restrictions, there isn’t enough room on the beaches for residents as is. As a Nassau County resident, I want to know who the hell de Blasio thinks he is to demand anything.

It’s my opinion that Gov. Cuomo, Mayor de

Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza are at fault for the epidemic. The chancellor and the mayor kept the city school system open for an extended period of time, over a week longer than other states, and helped to spread the virus to surrounding areas.

New York state, Connecticut and New Jersey have suffered because of these three stooges.

After all the damage de Blasio has done to New York City, he’s demanding a privilege to which he is not entitled — to use Nassau County beaches.

Richard Graves

Valley Stream

Let me get this straight. The mayor doesn’t trust people in the city to enter city beach areas, so he closes beaches. But it’s OK to demand out-oftown leaders allow the same people on beaches on their home turf ?

This is simply another act of buffoonery from an elected official who just doesn’t trust his own decision-making.

Maybe he should put his wife in charge of beach security.

Vincent Conti

Staten Island

New Jersey is opening its beaches to residents only, and some Long Island areas are doing the same because they do not want people overcrowding beaches.

Why don’t we refuse to allow New Jersey or Long Island residents into the five boroughs? After all, we don’t need more people crowding us, either. Tony Fasano

Staten Island