Readers sound off on Prop 1’s content, candidates’ McDonald’s credentials and bad traffic

A hidden docket disguised arsenic enactment connected abortion

Rye, N.Y.: Why is Gov. Hochul lying to New Yorkers? Proposal 1/Equal Rights Amendment does not codify abortion. It doesn’t notation abortion. She could person projected a elemental termination amendment. Instead, this vaguely worded amendment, which isn’t adjacent explained connected the ballot, is an battle connected women’s and parents’ rights.

Here’s what she doesn’t archer you. One: There is nary information of termination rights being taken away. New York legalized termination successful 1970, 3 years earlier Roe v. Wade. Republicans controlled the authorities Senate for astir of 60 years, with the governorship for 12 years. No 1 went aft abortion. Rights were strengthened with the 2019 Reproductive Health Act. Two: “Sex” and “age” are included arsenic caller rights that unfastened the way to men being allowed successful women’s spaces and easing the mode for existing Albany bills: K-12 broad enactment education, vaccines and medications fixed to minors astatine schoolhouse and aesculapian decisions made, each without parental consent. Three: “Country of origin” is simply a caller close that could pb to voting and benefits for non-citizens. Four: Part B, not mentioned successful ballot language, codifies reverse discrimination.

Our fates shouldn’t beryllium near to judicial mentation by courts — the ones excessively overwhelmed to adjudicate home unit cases oregon expanding crime.

If Hochul truly wants to springiness “millions of women the dignity, autonomy and state they deserve,” she would attraction astir home unit victims and thousands of women being trafficked crossed our state. Don’t bargain the faux outrage. Vote nary connected Prop 1 to genuinely support New Yorkers! Julie Powers Killian, 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor 

Chaperones

Brooklyn: May I suggest a mode to make jobs and attraction for our unfortunate mediocre people? Can the Administration for Children’s Services, and besides our jailhouse system, prosecute radical with immoderate acquisition astatine minimum wage to beryllium one-on-one with families and with each prisoners to support everybody safe? Genevieve Stuber

Divine diagnosis

Staten Island: Now that Harvey Weinstein was diagnosed with bony marrow cancer, it seems that G-d took justness successful his/her ain peculiar way. Why are we spending payer wealth connected Weinstein’s situation aesculapian attraction erstwhile helium should conscionable dice a slow, achy decease successful his situation cell? Maybe present helium understands karma! Myra Goodman

Safer and kinder

Manhattan: There is simply a occupation with our nutrient systems. The caller E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has led to illness, hospitalizations and adjacent death. The CDC, FDA and different wellness agencies are investigating fresh, slivered onions and quarter-pound beef patties arsenic the suspected sources of contamination. This isn’t the archetypal clip we’ve seen outbreaks linked to meat-based products, and it underscores a larger contented with nutrient information successful carnal agriculture. There is simply a amended way. By embracing a plant-based diet, we tin debar these risks and bask delicious foods that are not lone harmless but besides optimal for quality health, the satellite and animals. Now is the clip to research plant-based alternatives and marque compassionate choices for a amended future. Nelson Yancy

Imagine that

Lakewood, N.J.: What would the GOP (Gaggle Of Putzes) and their Kool-Aid-drinking supporters accidental if Kamala Harris held a nationalist rally and talked astir the size of a antheral oregon woman’s backstage parts, arsenic the dumbass did successful Pennsylvania? What would they accidental if Harris was a proven enactment offender? What would they bash if she endorsed a convulsive insurrection astatine our nation’s Capitol and called it a “day of love”? I wonderment what these hypocrites would telephone her if she had 5 children by 3 antithetic husbands portion inactive married. Or if she was a convicted felon. What would they accidental if she called COVID-19 a hoax and was liable for millions of deaths? How would they respond going to a municipality hallway gathering and watching her creation for 40 minutes without fielding questions? It’s clip for MAGA supporters to recognize what (not who) they are voting for: a hypocrite and liar. Frank Mongiello

Unserious accusation

Manhattan: So, Ken Frydman (“Trump’s McDonald’s sojourn puts Harris successful blistery oil,” op-ed, Oct. 23) disses Kamala Harris for not being capable to nutrient a wage stub from a one-off summertime gig astatine Mickey D’s successful 1983, erstwhile she was 18. More than 40 years ago. I’m definite tons of radical volition support certificates of completion for assemblage courses from that acold back. Keeping wage stubs from specified short-term employment? Not truthful much. For Frydman to presume Harris is lying due to the fact that she can’t supply specified impervious shows colossal gall and a implicit deficiency of functioning encephalon cells. H.D. Kayne

Tall order

Scarsdale, N.Y.: Kind of shocked that the Daily News printed an sentiment by Ken Frydman, a expected PR CEO. In it, helium claims that Donald Trump sealed the predetermination by moving his stunt belly astatine a McDonald’s and was amazed that gallic fries retired of a heavy fryer were not served by hand. Seriously, Ken? Kamala Harris has said she really worked astatine McDonald’s 41 years ago. This truly “pissed” disconnected delicate Ken. The expected CEO demands that she amusement a wage stub oregon a slope connection from 41 years ago, and until she produces “irrefutable evidence, I’ll presume she lied.” Well, Ken the CEO, possibly you tin nutrient a slope connection oregon wage stub from 41 years ago, but astir mean folks can’t. I worked successful a barroom 41 years agone and I don’t person anything. In fact, the barroom isn’t adjacent determination anymore. Paul Christie

Withholdings

Bronx: Ken Frydman is truthful acrophobic that Kamala Harris hasn’t shown impervious that she worked astatine McDonald’s. Really? Where’s the outrage for Trump not providing his taxation returns? How agelong is excessively long? Julie Reitano

Further proof

Boynton Beach, Fla.: Ken Frydman’s proposition that Kamala Harris backup her assertion that she worked astatine McDonald’s arsenic a teen is absurd. How galore of us, including Frydman, person wage stubs oregon taxation returns for jobs we held 40 oregon 50 years ago? Where does helium basal connected the erstwhile president failing to proviso his taxation returns for the past 10 years? How astir Trump documenting elaborate reports of his carnal and intelligence condition? Andrew LeWinter

Father not son

Bronx: Ken Frydman’s op-ed discussing Donald Trump’s McDonald’s photo-op and Kamala Harris’ assertion to person worked astatine McDonald’s mixes up his George Bush references. Michael Dukakis mislaid not to George Walker Bush but to George Herbert Walker Bush. John Kerry mislaid not to George Herbert Walker Bush but to George Walker Bush. Bruce D. Campbell

Colorism

Riverhead, L.I.: To each the Voicers who deliberation it’s truthful witty to notation to Trump arsenic “Orange Man,” here’s an idea: Let’s notation to Harris arsenic “Woman of Color.” After all, wasn’t that the lone qualification she met to beryllium veep? Martin Smith

Moving on

Hamilton Square, N.J.: Thanks to the Guardians for a well-fought pennant series. Now let’s spell Yanks. Eileen T. Johnson

Smell’s source

Garwood, N.J.: The New Jersey EPA conscionable announced it has discovered the root of the toxic odor surrounding the Meadowlands area. It’s the Jets and Giants. John E. Deichmeister

Cleaning up

Jackson Heights: I americium arrogant to unrecorded successful Jackson Heights, the astir ethnically divers assemblage successful the country. I can’t recognize wherefore immoderate radical are protesting against the removal of amerciable brothels and amerciable thoroughfare vendors. Legitimate concern owners enactment agelong and hard hours to marque a surviving and look unfair contention from those who person nary overhead, wage nary licence fees oregon taxes and are lowering the prime of beingness connected our streets. Thanks to each who are progressive successful restoring Jackson Heights to the large vicinity it erstwhile was. We admit your service. Glenn B. Jacobi

Slow going

Richmond Hill: Last Wednesday astatine noon, I had to hail a cab to get from Penn Station to W. 46th St. for lunch. This was the archetypal clip successful a agelong time. I don’t privation to accidental the streets were jam-packed, but I had to shave again aft I got there. Whatever sanction is placed connected the corrective measures, thing indispensable beryllium done for each our sakes. Robert Clolery