Readers sound off on bought politicians, whistleblower protections and New York’s climate goals

Are our elected leaders listening to america astatine all?

Bronx: The authorities successful the U.S. is not successful tune with the taxpaying public. The affluent bash not wage their just taxation share, but they person bought the ears of Congress members. The authorities supports and sends arms to Israel successful spite of the information that we are appalled implicit Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese lives mislaid since 1948.

We, particularly the elderly, request the station office, but their services person been curtailed since Donald Trump. The statesmanlike candidates with the fewest fashionable votes go president, similar Trump. We privation affordably priced drugs and medicines, but Big Pharma, with the assistance of Republicans, sets the prices and aggressively resists making them affordable. We privation nationalist lands respected and undeveloped, but fracking, polluting and the cutting down of our precise aged sequoias for commercialized nett successful protected lands are shoved down our throats. We request immigrants to bash our astir menial tasks, similar roofing and landscaping successful super-hot weather, but their relation successful our system and their aboriginal citizenship is simply a governmental football.

We privation students to beryllium prepared upon graduation for integration into the workforce, but Republicans privation acquisition wealth to beryllium diverted to policing and arms manufacture — for what, I ask? We privation immoderate weapon power measures but can’t negociate it, dissimilar astir of the developed world.

And this is conscionable a partial list, not excessively learnedly written, but it is wherefore we consciousness frustrated and angry. Our arrogant concern complex, our corrupt authorities officials and conservatives, and our vengeful Supreme Court should perceive to america acrophobic citizens portion improvements are inactive possible. Rose Mary Lancaster

Inconsistent

Newark: Those aforesaid radical who are demanding that the politician of NYC resign without a condemnation are encouraging a convicted felon to tally for the U.S. presidency. Go figure. David Figueroa

System failure

Manhattan: The situation surrounding the national corruption indictment of Mayor Adams underscores that the metropolis was not well-served by the usage of ranked-choice voting successful the 2021 mayoral superior that propelled Adams to office. RCV has its due uses, but a closed superior with a azygous victor successful a metropolis dominated by a azygous enactment is not 1 of them. Adams emerged from a crowded tract of candidates with astir of the absorption connected Andrew Yang. Although determination was already a beardown whiff of corruption astir Adams then, helium avoided substantive scrutiny since determination was nary 2nd circular of primaries, and the November wide predetermination was mostly a formality. Whatever happens to Adams now, NYC should revisit its strategy of mayoral elections. An unfastened top-four communal superior would beryllium acold preferable. RCV could past beryllium utilized successful the wide predetermination to determine betwixt the 4 finalists. Ilya Kapovich

It’s connected Dem

Bronx: Regarding Voicer Susannah Bianchi’s absorption to the conditions successful our city: Well, Mayor Adams has present been thrown nether the autobus by the large guys successful D.C. When helium was expected to conscionable with elder White House officials to talk astir the migrant concern and homelessness, helium got an urgent telephone that the feds were raiding the location of his apical run fundraiser. He had to scurry backmost to NYC to woody with that, ne'er getting to conscionable with the president’s aides. But remember, helium besides welcomed the migrants with unfastened arms arsenic they were dropped disconnected here. The drugs, homelessness, no-bail laws and sanctuary metropolis fiasco are each the fruits of Democratic policies. So, present you unrecorded with it. Deal with it. Ross de Marco

Worse off

Manhattan: Voicer Paul L. Newman’s telephone to “bring backmost Rudy” claims that Giuliani is “between jobs.” Actually, he’s betwixt indictments. Mark Portnoy

On your own

Metuchen, N.J.: I watched the property league related to Mayor Adams’ corruption probe. I watched the NYC Department of Investigation basal up determination and petition that the nationalist travel guardant with accusation related to nationalist corruption. I person reported nationalist corruption to the lawyer general’s office, and since then, I person received excessive taxation bills from the New York and national governments, I person been followed by instrumentality enforcement, surveilled, my hubby is present losing his occupation aft 10 years and our civilian rights are being violated. I privation to accent that reporting nationalist corruption has superior consequences, and determination is nary extortion for whistleblowers oregon anyone who reports wrongdoing. Assisting instrumentality enforcement oregon agencies that analyse wrongdoing should travel with a disclaimer acknowledging the superior consequences to one’s family, nonrecreational and idiosyncratic life. Our nine is not equipped to support whistleblowers. Amanda Lea Perez

Hegemonic

Ormond Beach, Fla.: Mayor Adams is the archetypal NYC politician to beryllium criminally indicted portion successful office. The Democratic Party powers-to-be are intelligibly attacking 1 of their ain to marque an illustration of him for daring to embarrass them by bringing attraction to their failed borderline policies. The Democrats person turned our authorities into a fascist/communist-style dictatorship wherever nary contentious disagreements oregon unacceptable governmental opinions are allowed to exist. It doesn’t substance if you are a Democrat oregon Republican — if you measurement retired of line, they are targeting their weaponized justness strategy connected you, putting you successful a bullseye, arsenic Joe Biden said astir Trump. If we let this benignant of crab to dispersed immoderate further by giving them 4 much years successful office, we whitethorn ne'er beryllium capable to instrumentality backmost our freedoms again. This is the astir important election. Charles Michael Sitero

Bigoted blame

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Why is nary 1 addressing the racist remark made by Donald Trump: If I lose, it’s due to the fact that of the Jews? How tin anyone successful bully conscience ballot for this antisemite? His girl converted to the Jewish faith, joined a Jewish antheral (Jared Kushner) and has 3 children who are Jewish! It’s mind-boggling. Renee Keane

You and who?

Bronx: To Voicer Anne Slamka: Please halt drinking the Kool-Aid. I presume you are 1 of 5 who are amended disconnected contiguous than 4 years ago. Mary Caggiano

Look clearly

Brooklyn: Now that I person seen what went connected with the past statesmanlike debate, I consciousness it was orchestrated to favour 1 person. I thought that a statement was expected to beryllium connected policies, not idiosyncratic feelings. When I vote, I volition bash truthful based connected what I know, not connected however idiosyncratic other feels. Former President Trump is right, we indispensable marque America large again! So, ballot successful this election. I volition not archer you who to ballot for. Look backmost astatine what was and past astatine what is. Take disconnected those shades and look reality. Here’s to a affirmative result and a instrumentality to what should truly be. Sharon Cesario

Don the con

Sidney, Maine: Donald Trump is astatine it again. Not the accustomed doom and gloom, insults, nonstop lies, threats and exaggerations, but his hawking of overpriced items similar the Bible, sneakers, different paraphernalia and now, $100,000 golden watches. Really? I’m amazed helium hasn’t tried selling the Brooklyn Bridge. As a erstwhile New Yorker, I americium reminded of Trump’s estimation for stiffing contractors and different workers, the fraudulent Trump University, aggregate bankruptcies and galore intersexual escapades portion married. If these behaviors don’t fuss you, truthful beryllium it. But to reward this antheral with the highest bureau successful the onshore would beryllium a unspeakable mistake. George Hite

Be bolder

Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.: The electrical powerfulness enactment that’s digging up the furniture of the Hudson River and releasing buried concern chemicals was ne'er portion of the program to conscionable New York’s clime goals (“An electrical powerfulness enactment to marque New York greener,” op-ed, Sept. 25). The Climate Action Council developed a circumstantial roadmap to usage offshore wind, star powerfulness and vigor ratio to scope a 70% cleanable electrical grid by 2030 and a 40% carbon-free 1 by 2040. Gov. Hochul is failing to execute these legally mandated targets. The Public Service Commission has galore tools it’s not utilizing that would velocity and amended procurement and interconnection, forestall last-minute cancellations of projects, negociate electrical request and little the outgo for ratepayers. Despite the pandemic’s supply-chain foul-ups and related inflation, present some smoothed, the state’s clime goals tin inactive beryllium reached. Hochul conscionable needs immoderate gumption. Norman J. Sissman