Understanding EMTs’ sacrifice

Staten Island: I would like to thank Ginger Adams Otis for such a wonderful column about one of our sisters, Yadira Arroyo, who was killed in the line of duty. So many people don’t know exactly what we do or what we sacrifice in doing our jobs to help and protect New Yorkers. We sacrifice days off, holidays and being with our family because we have to make ends meet to support our families. We hope that more people can read this story to help people understand what we go through and deal with to help support our families even when sometimes not getting the recognition that we deserve. Thank you and all the people of New York and across the country for their loving support for our fallen sister.

Dane Bath, FDNY EMT Westhampton, L.I.: Thank you, Ginger Adams Otis for shedding light on the embarrassing salaries that our EMTs receive. My husband is an FDNY EMT, he’s been with the agency for two years and his two-week take-home pay is $782. This is not a living wage. He risks his life for the lives of others, yet the only way he can earn a “livable” wage is if he dies in the line of duty. The FDNY needs to step up and truly take care of their brothers and sisters. Yadira shouldn’t have had to die to earn a living wage. Rachel Burlew Iselin, N.J.: I have been in EMS as a paramedic for nearly 30 years. I wanted to take a moment and thank Ginger Adams Otis for “getting” it. She wrote one of the best articles I have read. Thank you so much. Keep up the great work. Kathleen Curran

From the heart

Brooklyn: Thank you, Daily News, for the donation of $10,000 to the family of slain EMT Yadira Arroyo. That was a very good, and kind, act.

Brian Christian 3rd

Political profiling

New Hyde Park, L.I.: I would be willing to bet that the jerk mockhumping the statue of the little girl in downtown Manhattan voted for Donald Trump. Sounds like something our President would think is cool.

Bob Wiecezak

Fearless women, not girls

Staten Island: As a woman, I find the statue of “Fearless Girl” offensive, in that it is supposed to represent women in the workforce. Women in the workforce do not want men, who may be their supervisors and executives or co-workers, to look at them as little girls. Women want to be treated equally to their male counterparts. Women are executives and CEOs, police officers and firefighters, etc. This statue should go to Ellis Island. It can represent all of the young children who survived the long trip to America. However, I do not feel that it belongs in the Wall Street area to demean women when its objective was the opposite. Besides, the “Charging Bull” on Wall Street doesn’t just represent men; it represents American strength and prosperity. This statue separates females from the American strength represented by the bull. Keep “Charging Bull” on Wall Street and send “Fearless Girl” to Ellis Island!

Dorothy Aiello

A cutting remark

Staten Island: To Voicer Erin McArdle: Sucking the blood from the newborn circumcision is only performed by some ultra-Orthodox Jews. Just to let you know, I was circumcised in 1944 and am doing well. Jesus Christ was also circumcised. Stephen L. Klein

Their appointed rounds

Beechhurst: My family has been reading the Daily News for over 80 years, and I have been a subscriber for over 40 years, but I never expected to receive the Daily News last Tuesday because of the snowstorm. However, out of habit, I opened my door and there it was sitting there. I wish to commend my Daily News carrier, Edwin Lopez, for his effort in getting the paper to me on such a stormy morning and for his dependability in always getting the paper to me on time.

Celesta C. Miceli

Aw, shoot

Goshen, N.Y.: Re “Why we call it ‘March Madness’ anyway” (March 14): March Madness began in Indiana, not Illinois. Henry V. Porter (of Illinois high school basketball) did not coin the term in 1939. The term had already been used earlier in the 1930s in Indiana high school basketball. Also, basketball is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. I told the 23rd St. Y about the April 1892 anniversary of the city game, but no one cared to write back. The NBA and two of its teams are located in New York City, and the first college game was played at Cornell University in Ithaca. Will no one tell the story of basketball?

Barry Popik

Dear Voicers

Bartonsville, Pa.: Until I moved out of NYC in 2005, I was a lifelong reader of the Daily News. However, I first remember reading the comic strips and the advice column as far back as 1967, when I was 9 years old. I have a bet with a friend as to who wrote the advice column. I say it was Ann Landers. My friend says it was Dear Abby. What was the name of the column and who wrote that column?

Gloria Mallette

Listen carefully

Manhattan: The need for Americans With Disabilities Act access for Uber isn’t limited to just wheelchair access. None of the Uber cars have induction loops for passengers with hearing loss. Uber drivers rate their passengers, but a person who is hard of hearing may not be able to have a conversation with the driver without a loop. It is time to add loops to Uber. Janice S. Lintz

Wheely dangerous

Brooklyn: There has been an alarming increase in the number of motor-assisted bicycles and other similar motorized vehicles on our neighborhood streets, causing serious injuries. These modes of transportation are mainly used to make local deliveries for restaurants. They have electric motors and are capable of dangerous speeds exceeding 25 mph. The consequences of someone being hurt if they are hit by one are quite significant. I was shocked to learn that all motor-assisted bicycles are not allowed to operate on public streets, so why do we allow them? Shouldn’t the police do what is necessary to remove these types of vehicles from our streets?

Anthony Colorafi

Everyone can excel

Manhattan: City Hall is to be commended for trying to align the Specialized High School Admissions Test more closely with the curriculum offered in middle schools as one step toward increasing diversity in the city’s top-performing high schools like Brooklyn Tech, Stuyvesant and Bronx Science. But the city in the short term could reinvigorate, and tweak if necessary, a robust Discovery Program that gives students from severely underrepresented middle schools who score close to the cutoff point a second chance to qualify. In the longer term, the city has to invest far more in identifying high-performing students at earlier ages and nurturing and preparing them for the rigors of the test and the schools’ academic offerings. That means more gifted and talented programs, more enhanced academics, free test preparation and more outreach to families in underrepresented communities. The Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation, which I head, has worked to offer that extra coursework and test prep at underrepresented Brooklyn middle schools, and far higher percentages of students who went through the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) pipeline program scored high enough on the test to be offered a seat in one of the schools. We know students from every community can succeed at the specialized high schools if we invest the resources to help them do so. Larry Cary, president

Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation

Rail fail

FDNY/AP Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: As a resident of Saratoga, and one who grew up downstate in the boroughs, I’m slowly killing myself with my weekly commute into Manhattan for work. The trains are too infrequent from Saratoga to NYC, making me have to drive an hour to the Albany Amtrak station. It adds stress to my day. Saratoga Springs is a vibrant city, even off-track season. Schenectady now has the casinos. We need a high-speed train, NYC to Montreal, with limited stops — Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga. If Gov. Cuomo were serious about boosting upstate tourism, he would make this happen for all of us. By the way, I lived in Shanghai and took their Maglev train. Amazing that this can’t happen in New York. We need infrastructure money.

Alyssa Fricke