De Niro taxis Tonys to trash town

Brooklyn: Robert De Niro showed himself at the Tony Awards as nothing more than his character in “Taxi Driver.” In addition, his F-bomb blast showed he is still a raging bull. Stop with the insults of the President already. These are award shows and not political shows. No wonder these award shows have worse and worse ratings. Something is terribly wrong when the best part of the show is the “In Memoriam” segment. Ed Greenspan

The usual boring television awards show has mutated into the commonplace anti-Trump rant. What’s new about that, after a year and a half of tantrums? Without question, De Niro and his Tony crowd’s reprehensible behavior deserve condemnation in this act of collective disrespect for the man, the institution of the presidency itself, but more importantly, for their demonstrated contempt for the American people. Earl Beal

Parkland shines

Brooklyn: Thank you for reporting the upstage performance by the Parkland kids at the Tony Awards Sunday evening. However, on such an evening, I regret the including in your article the reference to the unnecessary shameful vulgar remark these young folks must have heard made by Robert De Niro.

Amelia C. Petagna

Best musical? Or worst?

Bronx: Re “Real Drama,” June 11: After seeing hundreds and hundreds of plays in my lifetime, “The Band’s Visit” was one of worst plays I have ever seen.

Mary Caggiano

Heroes in the headlines

Cranbury, N.J.: Just a few words of praise to you for the lead headline in Monday’s News. Our police force is filled with unsung heroes and fine men and women. It’s a pity that the media often proclaim the misdoings of the few who give vent to their anger and fear by “losing it.” Theirs is a difficult job. Monday’s front page was a pleasure to read for those of us who appreciate the good work all our police forces do.

Ann Solomon

Not just Belmont!

Smithtown, L.I.: Regarding the Belmont Stakes: Was the Daily News aware there were 12 other races that day? Saturday — no entries. Sunday — no results.

John Huag

NYCHA embarrassment

Copiague, L.I.: I was watching the latest NYCHA board meeting online, and was struck by the plight of a resident of the Patterson Houses pleading to the NYCHA board about her broken elevators. She said she constantly registered complaints with the “deaf,” incompetent powers that be of NYCHA, including her elected representative. As of the date of that last board meeting in May, nothing had been done. I worked for NYCHA for more than 32 years. There was always a dedicated elevator division with certified elevator mechanics on staff. With the mayor’s complete reorganization of NYCHA, that specific division has disappeared. Elevator inspections and repairs are farmed out to private contractors. Obviously, this is not working. I am ashamed what my former agency has sunk to. Hopefully, the governor will take the reins once and for all and do something about this. Carl J.C. Hafner, retired, NYCHA

(disbanded) Energy Dept.

Disconnected Dubs

Erwinna, Pa.: Professional athletes are for the most part overpaid and self-indulgent individuals, whose excess demonstrates their total disconnect with the average person. How else do you explain the Golden State Warriors spending $400,000 on 300 bottles of champagne, at the average price of $1,250 per bottle, as they celebrated their championship win in the locker room? I guess when you are earning $40 million a year like Stephen Curry, it’s just a drop in the bucket. All that for being able to shoot a ball through a hoop. No wonder the rest of us jerks drink beer.

Jerome M. Becker

Scrutinize the skydiver

Brooklyn: I recall that years ago, an NYC firefighter who collected disability paychecks won the race up the Empire State Building stairs. He lost his checks and disability status after that feat. Why is Sen. Marty Golden allowed to skydive, which is a rigorous physical activity, and not face the same scrutiny?

Helen Chichester

Dispatching Access-A-Ride

Bronx: I’ve been using Access-ARide for three years. It has its ups and downs. The biggest problems are the dispatchers. I’m not blaming them, but they’re given almost impossible pickups all over the five boroughs to coordinate. But a lot has changed in the last six months for the better.

Bette Slutsky

Silent suicides

Rockaway Park: Many times, help that is available is unaffordable and not covered by insurance, assuming the person in despair has insurance (“Her anguish,” June 7). This country is so sadly backwards in the way people with mental health issues are dealt with. Have you ever visited a “psych” ward? If you have not, you might see why people are hesitant to seek help!! Until mental health illnesses are taken as seriously as medical issues that can be seen, suicides will continue. I wonder how many people who aren’t known to the world took their lives in silence last week. Elyse Rubin

Kim John-un

Cincinnati: Kim Jong Un brought his own toilet to the meeting with Donald Trump because he expects a crappy time. Isn’t that obvious? Paul Bloustein

Viva Luis!

West Milford, N.J.: Kudos to the sensational Luis Miguel for coming to New York City and gracing our Madison Square Garden with an amazing performance — “Mexico Por Siempre,” a spectacular event for me as well as 15,000 others. Rewarding to have a star who embraces his audience. Muchas gracias. Hopefully, he will return again real soon. Elaine Young Duffy

The spirit and the law

Camp Hill, Ala.: Re “Women’s group jolts Jumaane,” June 11: Now there’s a word, conscience, that’s paramount here. Thus, John Bunyan, author of “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” roared: “I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.” Williams must follow his conscience.

Marc D. Greenwood

Filing for phone service

Brooklyn: To Voicer Carol Yost: If you have an ongoing problem with your phone service, file a complaint with the state Public Service Commission. They regulate the utilities in New York State and grant them price increases. (800) 342-3377. Those little plug-in wireless phone line units are junk. Verizon is a terrible company to deal with. They were supposed to have all of New York on FiOS years ago and failed. Greg Ahl

Disrespecting Trump

Riverhead, L.I.: When Barack Obama was elected President, most Americans, myself included, wanted him to succeed. With President Trump, the media, Hollywood, and, last but not least, the entire DNC would love nothing better than to see him fail so they can retain power, and get back to business as usual. So sad.

James Johnson

Good job creation

Chicago: Democrats cannot “guarantee” (tens of?) millions of $15/hr. jobs anymore than Republicans can tax-cut their way to massive “job creating.” You can’t just go around planting all the jobs you want like seeds on a farm. Denis Drew

Fox pas

Brooklyn: “Fox & Friends” co-host Abby Huntsman’s comment about the upcoming summit between “two dictators,” Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, may have been accidental. But I prefer to think it was more of a Freudian Fox faux pas. Neil S. Friedman Flushing: Republicans, please wake up and ask Trump to resign rather than impeach him. He’s going to ruin this country and fail as he did in Atlantic City. We can’t last the way he treats our foreign friends. Trump hasn’t done anything positive helping our country, and in fact divided us. What he has done so far in his short term, I hate to see in his full and last term. Marty Polsky

Why no races?

GETTY IMAGES Bayside: I like to follow the races at Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga, and would like to know, as do other Voicers, when you stopped printing the entries and results. I won’t buy the Post but want an explanation from you.

Laura Lazarus