Readers sound off on Mayor Adams, making a living in NYC and inept politicians

His main discourtesy was not solving NYC’s problems

Manhattan: Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., Ole and Steen Bakery and Coffee Shop astatine 87th St. and Lexington Ave.: A stateless pistillate has entered the store. She is close retired of cardinal casting — not a bully description, but apt. She’s bushed up and filthy, dragging each her worldly possessions.

The workers rightfully telephone the police. By the clip the 2 officers come, she’s near the store and is present extracurricular connected the sidewalk. As they leave, she comes backmost in. People are laughing, arsenic if it’s hilarious that an aged stateless woman, perchance mentally ill, is creating specified a disturbance connected the Upper East Side.

This brings maine to our mayor, who has been criminally charged. What I consciousness Mayor Adams should beryllium charged for is the inability to bash thing astir the stateless concern that has gone viral. I’ll adhd the cause addicts blatantly shooting up successful the 86th St. subway entranceway arsenic New Yorkers spell by arsenic if it was a perfectly mean happening to spot connected one’s mode to work. Frankly, arsenic a longtime New York City resident, I don’t privation to get accustomed to seeing this, nor proceeding that the ace of my gathering has to cod soiled needles from our bushes each mates of days, securing them successful a jar.

People are laughing astatine a sad, hopeless pistillate due to the fact that seeing the likes of her has go the norm. I don’t cognize what other Adams whitethorn person allegedly done, and I don’t truly care. But here, allowing homelessness and nationalist addiction to get truthful retired of hand, is what he’s blameworthy of. Susannah Bianchi

From Turkey with love

Woodside: So, the dependable drip of allegations from City Hall has yet reached the mayor. He predictably claims he’s being targeted for “standing his crushed for New Yorkers.” Inquiring minds specified arsenic excavation privation to cognize wherever Turkey fits successful this. Do we person a concealed sixth borough? Of course, helium besides states that he’ll combat this with “every ounce of his halfway and being.” You tin bash that from anywhere, your Brooklyn (N.J.?) brownstone, for instance. Resign. New Yorkers merit better. Sheila Richardson

He’s done

Manhattan: Mayor Adams conscionable became a subordinate successful the FFA — Future Felons of America. Time for caller leadership, New York City. Patricia Clark

Law inactive rules

Woodside: To each those who instrumentality up the mantle of enactment successful nationalist service: Preaching the value of compliance with the regularisation of instrumentality doesn’t mean thing unless it’s enactment into practice. While “innocent until proven guilty” remains the cardinal tenet of our judiciary, the sweeping prima facie charges leveled against Mayor Adams by the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s bureau are precise serious. In fact, they decidedly formed a unreality implicit Adams’ actions and dealings. He becomes the archetypal sitting New York City politician to look transgression charges. As justness takes its ain people successful the tribunal of law, it is gratifying to spot the pillar of our democracy, “No 1 is supra the law,” lasting upright and tall! Atul M. Karnik

Pathetic presser

Jacksonville, Fla.: Wow, the criminally indicted Mayor Adams hobbled retired of Gracie Mansion Thursday morning to support against his indictment with his posse down him! His laughing disconnected of these charges was disgusting! His playing the unfortunate is simply a bittersweet aged song! Hey, Eric, the penning is connected the partition — resign! Carl Hafner

Cloaking corruption

Rockaway Point: Are determination immoderate honorable politicians? I don’t deliberation so, and it’s disturbing. Adams bringing spiritual leaders to his property league was disgusting. Does helium deliberation the nationalist volition say, “Oh, what a bully guy”? Regina Mangan

Reeks of retaliation

Brooklyn: Mayor Adams’ occupation started this outpouring erstwhile helium complained that the migrant influx was overwhelming NYC. He flew to Washington 1 greeting to inquire for help, and arsenic helium got disconnected the level to spell testify, the feds raided his run radical and helium had to alert backmost instantly without testifying. It’s been downhill ever since. Even Black Democratic mayors can’t transverse the Biden-Harris crew. Maybe Donald Trump should warrant Adams that helium volition analyse this substance erstwhile helium is president. If it is similar what is being done to him, possibly helium volition halt it. Irene Fox

Next up…

Long Beach, L.I.: For each you radical celebrating the indictment of Mayor Adams, beryllium cautious what you privation for. Do you truly privation Brad Lander oregon Jumaane Williams arsenic your adjacent mayor? Think astir it. Rob Ryan

He’s available

Merion Station, Pa.: Over the past fewer months, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, Corporation Counsel Sylvia Hinds-Radix, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh and City Hall Chief Counsel Lisa Zornberg resigned. The FBI has seized the smartphones of erstwhile Police Commissioner Eddie Caban, departing Schools Chancellor David Banks and Mayor Adams. In times similar these, New York City needs proven leadership. Bring backmost Rudy! Decades ago, Giuliani burnished New York’s image, and luckily for Gothamites, helium is successful betwixt jobs and escaped to pb the metropolis again. Paul L. Newman

Too adjacent to home

Manhattan: Re “Protesters spell to cop’s home” (Sept. 26): The nonfiction articulates the crushed constabulary officers should ne'er unrecorded adjacent wherever they work. Bruce Robertson

Made your money

Bronx: To Voicer Robert Lobenstein, who complained astir the summation successful his pension cheque compared to however the remainder of the system is fairing: You besides said that you fled (Brooklyn) for greener pastures wherever 1 tin spend to live. If you didn’t marque your wealth successful New York oregon person a pension cheque upon retirement, you wouldn’t person been capable to “flee.” Thank a national and convey the Democrats who person ever stood up for unions and pensions. Also, I warrant your 401(k) is doing fantastic these past 4 years. And state prices are down from $5-6 to $3-4, and ostentation is down to 3%. Again, convey a Democrat for that pension that enabled you to determination to Wisconsin. Lydia Milnar

Made successful America

Somerset, N.J.: To Voicer Wes Warchol: The wealth that Congress appropriates for Ukraine does not spell to Volodymyr Zelenskyy oregon Ukraine. It stays successful the United States for outgo to companies and their workers for the manufacture of weaponry and ammunition for Ukraine’s defense. Arthur Bressler

Wasted space

Bronx: Highest ostentation ever, migrants eating pets and Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed negotiations with Vladimir Putin and Zelenskyy were conscionable a fewer of the lies I tin deliberation of disconnected the apical of my head. What’s hard to retrieve is Donald Trump telling the information astatine the debate, since it astir ne'er happened. You’ve printed 2 pb letters from Trump supporters claiming Harris did thing but lie, yet nary of their 8 paragraphs springiness immoderate examples. You’ve printed a large galore of my letters implicit a small much than 4 decades, and if my representation is correct, I’ve had lone 1 pb letter. Is it asking excessively overmuch of you to reserve that abstraction for letters of substance arsenic opposed to unsupported rhetoric? Richard Warren

Can’t beryllium close

Nyack, N.Y.: I privation to convey the quality media for the changeless drumbeat of however adjacent the statesmanlike predetermination has become. If the information were known, I’m acrophobic Republicans would commencement shooting. Americans are arsenic shallow arsenic a rainfall puddle. If you deliberation radical volition ballot for the crippled amusement big who looks similar a constipated bulldog alternatively of the yummy pit bull mommy with Julia Roberts’ smile, you are arsenic brainsick arsenic the Republican statesmanlike nominee. Stephen Boyle

Vote for accountability

Bronx: When the caliber of candidates moving for the 2 highest positions successful our state approaches a bittersweet and unsafe level of incompetence, we citizens indispensable amusement religion by not allowing these radical to succeed. They usage lying and acknowledging the inaccuracies of accusation arsenic their platform. We the radical indispensable basal up and bash what past has taught america is the close way to victory: vote. When you perceive to debates and rallies, usage an unfastened caput and process the junk into the recycler. Who truly cares astir america (the masses)? Certainly not the fewer who lone attraction for themselves. Mark Benveniste