Readers sound off on trash cans, Lee Zeldin and NFL commentary

New trash bin regularisation leaves things to beryllium desired

Brooklyn: Last year, the mayor’s rat czar came up with the thought for residents to spot their trash extracurricular astatine 8 p.m. to stave disconnected immoderate of the rat problems, arsenic if rats lone went done trash during daylight hours. But past trash pickups did not typically hap until overmuch aboriginal the pursuing time — successful my ain neighborhood, sometimes past 10 a.m. and occasionally a time oregon 2 afterwards.

Now we are required to acquisition caller bins. As I constitute this connected time one, it is astir 8 a.m., a afloat 12 hours aft the trash was placed astatine the curb, and inactive nary pickup. Further, arsenic I look down my street, immoderate neighbors’ bins are overflowing with bags due to the fact that they opted to bargain the smaller bins. So overmuch for closed containers.

On apical of that, the argumentation connected what to bash if your bin is stolen is to record a constabulary report, arsenic if the constabulary person the clip oregon inclination to hunt the streets for idiosyncratic else’s trash bins. And until found, oregon until a caller 1 is purchased astatine further cost, I americium definite that residents and owners volition beryllium fined for not having trash successful bins erstwhile it comes clip for pickups.

It makes maine wonderment who is moving the institution that mass-produces each of these bins. I americium guessing it is simply a comparative of idiosyncratic precocious up successful metropolis management, but we’ll ne'er find out, arsenic this politician makes argumentation based connected recommendations from a “rat czar.” Robert T. Mruczek

Personality aside

Arvada, Colo.: To Voicer Celestino P. Monclova: Donald Trump won. It is over. Do your research; 25% of Black males successful Georgia (South) voted for Trump. Let that resonate. Does that 1 information unfastened your caput to Miss Giggles’ loss? His property is caustic astatine times, but truthful were my commanders successful Vietnam. We got the occupation done. Move on. Brian W. Deasy

Cast of characters

Petaluma, Calif.: Stephen Miller? Matt Gaetz? Kristi Noem? Tom Homan? Tulsi Gabbard? Mike Huckabee? To punctuation Yoda successful “The Empire Strikes Back”: “Luminous beings we are, not this crude matter.” Especially Donald Trump’s crude equivalent of Jabba the Hutt and Salacious Crumb, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. And since Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the Department of Health & Human Services post, the “Star Wars” cantina is present practically bare and volition beryllium forced to close! Makes you admit Obi-Wan Kenobi’s omniscient remark successful “A New Hope”: “Who is much foolish? The fool oregon the fool who follows him?” Bob Canning

Move fast

Brooklyn: Re “Don taps erstwhile L.I. Rep. Zeldin to pb situation agency” (Nov. 12): Ten years ago, New York banned fracking, a almighty stroke against this unsafe gas-drilling method threatening to poison our aerial and water. With Lee Zeldin, an ardent proponent of fossil fuels, poised to instrumentality the helm of the EPA nether the caller Trump administration, Gov. Hochul indispensable basal down our fracking prohibition present much than ever. Hochul indispensable beryllium the clime person she claims to beryllium and adjacent a unsafe loophole successful the ban. Food & Water Watch calls connected Hochul to motion authorities that’s been sitting connected her table for months to prohibit fracking with c dioxide. Eric Weltman

Running retired of time

Baldwin, L.I.: Trump thinks clime alteration is simply a hoax, but New Yorkers cognize better, arsenic bash astir Americans (“Losing the clime is not an option,” op-ed, Nov. 12). The radical successful occidental North Carolina thought they were surviving successful a clime haven until Hurricane Helene washed full towns away. Here successful the metro area, alleged “flash droughts” mean New Jersey and New York are burning. Our clime laws whitethorn beryllium admirable, but Hochul is trailing successful gathering their mandated goals. On the governor’s database of clime priorities indispensable beryllium signing the Climate Change Superfund Act that would necessitate lipid and state companies to lend to the outgo of clime resiliency, prohibition climate-devastating c dioxide fracking, reconstruct congestion pricing and get arsenic galore offshore upwind projects underway earlier the caller president cancels aboriginal ones. Hochul indispensable Trump-proof New York earlier helium comes into office. Steve Rolston

Handed the keys

Freehold, N.J.: The electorate has spoken and overwhelmingly elected Trump, and Kamala Harris has gracefully conceded her loss. There volition beryllium nary chaos, nary penetration of the Capitol, nary smashing of windows and doors, nary beating up police, nary defecating and urinating successful the hallowed halls of our nation’s cathedral. No — instead, determination volition beryllium a peaceful transition, arsenic determination ever was until Trump came on successful 2020. He is the archetypal twice-impeached, adjudicated rapist and convicted felon to beryllium elected president. If immoderate of america mean citizens had 1 felony number connected our record, we would person a hard clip trying to get hired. We couldn’t service successful the military, we couldn’t beryllium constabulary officers — successful astir states, we wouldn’t beryllium capable to vote. Yet, present we person a antheral with 34 felony counts against him who was elected president. John Carrig

Gaydar

Manhattan: To Voicer Barbara Barran: I americium a small confused. Are you suggesting that Democrats mislaid due to the fact that of immoderate cheery issues, similar we privation our children to go gay? Well, I would suggest it’s Donald Chump who wants our children to beryllium gay. I mean what antheral — what existent antheral — tells the satellite helium looks amended than a woman? What existent antheral talks astir the size of different man’s penis connected unrecorded television? And what helium did to that microphone — well, bash I request accidental more? Raymond McEaddy

Spectrum slide

Hopewell Junction, N.Y.: How’d this happen? How’d that happen? It’s his fault! It’s her fault! I’ll stake you if it wasn’t for Trump-hatred, the GOP would’ve perchance got different 7 cardinal votes. Democrats had a household crisis. So, arsenic is the lawsuit contiguous successful excessively galore families, the children indispensable person their mode 100% of the time, truthful the full enactment packed up and moved arsenic acold to the near arsenic possible. After they unpacked, they said hey, those radical implicit determination are “far-right.” Really? We’re surviving successful the aforesaid houses — you’re the ones that moved. People person wholly had it with them and their media. That’s what happened. Freddy Sacco

Precipitous event

Raritan, N.J.: All the pollsters were wrong. Somehow, a serial molester of women, convicted felon, morally bankrupt and utmost narcissist has been handed the astir almighty presumption successful the world, the presidency of the United States. This clip helium volition capable his furniture with loyalists and beryllium capable to get distant with immoderate helium wants to provender his narcissist needs. The brave men and women of Ukraine volition autumn to Russia, and a pullout of NATO invites an penetration of Poland. Here astatine home, we volition spot wide protests, curfews and martial law. Our system volition collapse. The firm elite volition present person what they person been looking for since Ronald Reagan was elected: implicit power of the U.S. government. This, my friends, is the undoing of America. Ben Franklin said, “A republic, if you tin support it.” Sadly, we couldn’t support it. We present person an autocrat successful the White House, and Nov. 5, 2024 volition go 1 of the darkest days successful our nation’s history. William Brites

Who’s to blame?

Brooklyn: To Voicer Patricia Clark: Although I would not ballot for Mayor Adams again, you hide that it was Trump’s power connected his authorities buddies. They blocked President Biden erstwhile helium tried to hole the occupation with the migrants getting into our country. Trump had a program and it worked. But you besides request to retrieve that Trump is corrupt and was charged with galore crimes successful court. Adams has not gone to tribunal yet. People request to halt putting down 1 and forgetting what the different did. I telephone it hypocrisy! Carol Singleton

Lifelong losers

Staten Island: I volition beryllium fertilizer earlier the New York Jets triumph different Super Bowl. Jeffrey Van Pelt

Blabbermouth

Nutley, N.J.: If I didn’t cognize better, I would deliberation Tom Brady of “Fox NFL Sunday” gets paid by the word. Is determination nary extremity to his colour commentaries? Oh, please, delight archer him to stifle it. Elaine Bucino