Readers sound off on investing in mental health, anti-trans attitudes and overtime abuse

Can’t skimp connected treating superior intelligence illness

Brooklyn: The cataloging of the past of Ramon Rivera successful the nonfiction “Many busts, present 3 slays” (Nov. 20) and notation to Mayor Adams’ noting the failures of the transgression justness strategy and the intelligence wellness strategy successful world unveils a larger failing that occurs agelong earlier instrumentality enforcement becomes involved.

We tin nary longer disregard that these unspeakable tragedies volition proceed if lawmakers bash not statesman a superior refocus of resources. We indispensable crook distant from expanding forced hospitalizations and incarceration and alternatively walk budgets that physique up resources to springiness radical entree to assemblage attraction and harmless places to live. Indeed, we indispensable guarantee that supportive and unchangeable lodging is disposable to each successful need. We indispensable guarantee that if radical are hospitalized, they are discharged with robust connections to assemblage attraction and to housing.

And erstwhile these resources neglect and a idiosyncratic ends up successful our courts, we indispensable grow and modernize our attraction courts, with authorities similar the Treatment Not Jail Act, a measure I americium arrogant to sponsor, to guarantee access, equity and off-ramps from a punishment strategy that is not built to code this nationalist wellness problem.

Until we statesman to instrumentality amended attraction of our neighbors successful request by committing payer dollars to the proven strategies that support america each safe, we volition proceed to usage the revolving doorway of the transgression ineligible strategy and the cudgel of incarceration arsenic our lone effect — 1 that has repeatedly failed us. Phara Souffrant Forrest, NYS Assembly member, District 57

Safer place

Ozone Park: There’s thing rotten successful Denmark, conscionable successful NYC. The unfortunate Danish tourer who got slashed successful Manhattan could archer you that. Probably the worst that would hap determination is being struck by a wayward windmill blade. Ray Hackinson

Inverted justice

Long Beach, L.I.: It is hard to comprehend that criminals are allowed to tally escaped successful NYC and Daniel Penny is being persecuted, wasting taxation wealth connected a proceedings that ne'er should person happened. Hopefully, each the bleeding bosom liberals’ daughters volition ne'er person to acquisition a calamity similar Laken Riley’s household did due to the fact that they don’t judge successful instrumentality and bid and persecute the incorrect people. Half of America wants instrumentality and order. The different fractional wants publicity for themselves. Arlene Reilly

Partial liability

Glendale: Voicer Derek K. Evans lies erstwhile helium states that I spot the full onus connected the household of Jordan Neely successful the Daniel Penny case. Derek, my nonstop words were, “Until now, I person not seen 1 missive putting a large portion of the blasted wherever it belongs.” A “big part” is not the full blame, and it was not intended to be. Before penning a letter, larn to work and comprehend what I said and don’t enactment words successful my mouth! Furthermore, I basal by each connection I wrote! Thomas Murawski

Circumstantial enemies

Bronx: To Voicer Howard Hutchins: Islam is not the Jewish people’s accepted enemy. Historically, Muslims person been friends and protectors of the Jews. It is the land-grabbing, genocidal Zionists who person declared Muslims an enemy. Richie Nagan

Anti-trans trash

Kearny, N.J.: So overmuch people abstraction wasted connected a long-winded portion of nonsense (“Why Harris lost, utilizing the numbers,” op-ed, Nov. 18). Equating transgender radical — the astir susceptible of the many, galore demographic groups cataloged by writer J.T. Barbarese — to clowns? What a pugnacious guy! What clever wordplay! What Barbarese fails to comprehend is that galore of america didn’t instrumentality the venomous bait enactment retired by Donald Trump and the Republicans and blasted each of our galore ills connected transgender people. But specified deeper reasoning would astir apt origin Barbarese’s caput to explode. This two-column portion was sheer torture to get through. I tin lone ideate however achy it would beryllium to effort and work 1 of his books. John Woodmaska

Unenforceable

Auburndale: Re “GOPer pushes trans prohibition for Hill bathrooms” (Nov. 20): If Nancy Mace doesn’t privation to perchance stock a restroom with a transgender woman, wherefore can’t Mace usage her ain backstage restroom successful her office? Any idiosyncratic supporting her prohibition is fundamentally forcing definite women to usage the men’s room. Nice mode to invited a caller workfellow and visitors. Who volition enforce this policy? Will the FBI go the Female Body Inspectors? Does anyone deliberation it would beryllium applicable to unit everyone to transportation their archetypal commencement certificate conscionable to participate a restroom? Cathi Venis

Don’t demonize

Manhattan: Pluralism is the cornerstone of my perfect imaginativeness of society. Being unfastened to and supportive of antithetic radical and lifestyles does not mean, however, that radical indispensable judge each sentiment and enactment arsenic as valid oregon desirable. To bash truthful is tantamount to allowing invalid, unjustified, adjacent nefarious beliefs to poison society. People connected the close reason that a benignant of unchecked pluralism — which they telephone “wokism” — leads to dangers similar unfastened borders oregon unfair, inappropriate enactment for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. They bash not judge decisions they consciousness negatively impact schools, places of worship, wellness care, sports, the subject and the economy. For them, the state to enactment against wokism is frankincense accordant with immoderate of the left’s unbridled views of pluralism, adjacent erstwhile the erstwhile is based connected unscientific hearsay oregon conspiratorial nonsense. When someone’s pluralism minimizes the points of view, household histories and regular activities of those from the other extremity of the governmental spectrum, atrocious things tin happen. Stamos Metzidakis

Established rules

Staten Island: Is President-elect Trump going to deport each immigrants? Could it beryllium that helium volition deport lone the transgression and amerciable immigrants? I thought that immigrants who entered legally were allowed to enactment and work, and illegals were not to beryllium hired. Has this instrumentality changed? Thomas Bell

Sinister success

Manhattan: In Sunday’s New York Times, columnist David French lists a fewer reasons wherefore helium thinks Donald Trump is “already failing.” No, Mr. French, Trump is not failing successful immoderate way. When you’ve gone from a financially problematic predetermination denier to a antheral who’s successfully taken power of a large American governmental party, the House of Representatives, the Senate, the U.S. Supreme Court, and you’re astir to go the commandant successful main of the world’s astir almighty military, you are not failing. In fact, you’re succeeding connected an astir subject fabrication level. If this was the crippled of a Hollywood movie 10 years ago, it would person bombed astatine the container bureau owed to being excessively unrealistic. Trump is succeeding spectacularly, and if the Democratic Party doesn’t admit world and rehabilitate its message, the U.S. volition not beryllium arsenic a ideology for overmuch longer. Lloyd Litwak

He acceptable the stage

Dover, Del.: To Voicer Mike Ryan: The withdrawal from Afghanistan was scheduled by the large abdominous felon who chose to person less soldiers anterior to leaving the state — against the proposal of the bulk of the subject experts who told him to support a greater fig of soldiers to support those inactive there! Stop acting similar the abdominous felon really knew what helium was doing during his past clip successful office. Chalky White

Plenty other to fix

Freehold, N.J.: I work the Voice of the People astir regular and spot each the letters of choler and outrage implicit the elections. Yet, wherever is the outrage implicit an NYPD table lieutenant, beauteous overmuch an bureau supervisor, earning much than $400,000 during the past fiscal year, of which $204,000 was for 1,626 hours of overtime? Do the mathematics and that is an mean of 31 hours per week successful overtime. This is 1 person! Never caput the different 19 apical earners who took successful much than $6.7 cardinal successful overtime past fiscal year. The politician is going up with congestion pricing due to the fact that the MTA is crying poverty. Maybe it’s clip for a caller acceptable of eyes to oversee the books and uncover what different discarded of payer funds is slipping done NYC coffers. The elections are over. There is truthful overmuch much going connected nether your noses. Catherine McQuillan