Readers sound off on Trump’s lawlessness, Mayor Adams’ indictments and stop-and-frisk

In immoderate people’s eyes, Donald tin bash nary wrong

Mechanicville, N.Y.: Donald Trump gets distant with evading consequences for everything helium illegally violates. Why is this contempt for the regularisation of instrumentality what his supporters respect astir him? It has been documented and proven passim his beingness that helium has cheated and gotten distant with everything helium has done successful bid to fulfill his insatiable appetite for wealthiness and power.

Trump uses radical to transportation retired his demands truthful that they instrumentality the blasted for his amerciable activities. He forces everyone who works for him to marque written pledges of allegiance — nondisclosure and prenuptial agreements. Look astatine however galore allies of his person been recovered blameworthy and received Trump’s last-minute pardons and commuted sentences.

Those who neglect him look the harshest grade of retribution. On Day One, helium admits helium volition punish those who person exposed his illegalities. He has been impeached doubly for precise superior reasons, and excessively galore of our elected representatives are blameworthy of illegally aiding and abetting his unlawful behavior. His statements are recorded everyplace and these threats tin beryllium witnessed connected YouTube.

Trump knows that helium is blameworthy of each the charges helium inactive faces. That’s wherefore helium is perpetually threatening everyone. There is nary “deep state” that is retired to get him conscionable due to the fact that they don’t similar him. Ask devoted MAGA followers to intelligently explicate precisely wherefore fractional of America dislikes and distrusts him. He has failed to “Make America Great Again,” on with truthful galore different run promises. William C. Smith

Mess-maker

Manhattan: Oh, poor, mediocre Voicer Phyllis Tropea! She claims that Trump volition cleanable up each our messes. Trump was president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 and helium cleaned up nothing. But helium created galore caller messes: the largest nationalist indebtedness successful history, an escalation of hatred crimes and a state unprepared for an planetary pandemic that yet killed a cardinal Americans. He ne'er closed immoderate borders, nor did helium marque Mexico wage for it. Why would anyone invitation him backmost to Washington to neglect a 2nd time? Hey, Phyllis, I person immoderate bridges to merchantability you. Sam Katz

Lawful only

Richmond Hill: To Voicer Gina Ottrando: You accidental “which immigrants are deemed acceptable.” Yes, the immigrants deemed acceptable are ineligible immigrants! Why is it truthful hard to recognize the quality betwixt ineligible and illegal? Myself, my brothers and our wives are each first-generation children of (here comes that connection again) ineligible immigrants. I’m definite Trump’s 2 wives you mentioned were some ineligible immigrants. Our state and our cities tin not grip the unthinkable numbers of migrants — millions upon millions — and supply for them portion deserving citizens similar veterans and others are denied due services. So, Gina, look up the words “legal” and “illegal” and spot if you tin recognize the difference. Joseph Napoleone

Clearly stated

Fairfield, Conn.: Voicer Sal Iteonadis stated that the Dems present person a campaigner who has not accomplished thing successful 3 years nor specifically states her policies. Am I to presume that you did not ticker the debate? I judge she stated her imaginativeness rather intelligibly — and does truthful continually, dissimilar her opponent, who offers “concepts.” As for not getting thing done successful the past 3 years, tin you database each that Mike Pence accomplished during Trump’s presidency? Stephen Johnson

Freak show

Scarborough, N.Y.: I urge that the existent “Adams Family” drama accumulation — Mayor Adams, his girlfriend, his sister-in-law, the Banks brothers, Sheena Wright, the Caban brothers, Tim Pearson, Kaz Daughtry, Winnie Greco, Rana Abbasova, et al — get their resumés successful bid due to the fact that that clown amusement is not being renewed. Thomas F. Comiskey

Play ’em out

Union, N.J.: C’mon, sing on with me, you cognize the tune! They’re crooked and corrupted / No 1 tin beryllium trusted / As 1 by 1 they’re busted / The Adams family! / The metropolis was a imagination / Now it’s a mausoleum / You truly privation to shriek / Thanks Adams family. Lou Alt

Fair successful war

Flushing: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted her disapproval of Israel for detonating pagers utilized exclusively by members of Hezbollah due to the fact that adjacent Lebanese civilians were injured. But Hezbollah distributed the pagers lone to its ain members. None were distributed to civilians. Thus, Israel’s determination to detonate them was intended to people lone the members of Hezbollah, and to debar harming civilians not associated with Hezbollah. This determination should thatch Hezbollah members to region themselves from Lebanese civilians. These detonations saved Israeli lives successful the adjacent word by disrupting the quality of Hezbollah members to pass their plans to proceed firing rockets into Israeli towns. Theodore Sheskin

Tricky trucks

Hong Kong: I’m a autochthonal New Yorker surviving overseas. On a caller household visit, I was shocked to spot nutrient trucks lined up extracurricular the Museum of Natural History and the Met without prices marked for their wares and — astonishment — charging outlandish prices. If this signifier doesn’t interruption user extortion laws, it surely should. Moreover, it implicates the full metropolis successful price-gouging and gives New York a achromatic oculus arsenic a tourer destination. Our metropolis indispensable bash better. Muhammad Cohen

Local burden

Manhattan: Reading the Sept. 23 editorial “Congestion pricing countdown,” which besides discussed the UN postulation issues, reminded maine of a caller connection by London Prof. Tony Travers that postulation determination did not alteration aft the tolls. So, I don’t expect immoderate amended effect successful my Lower Manhattan neighborhood, wherever the NYPD inactive keeps Park Row, a large north/south roadway, closed to usage arsenic a parking batch for Police Plaza staff. Those surviving successful the congestion toll portion volition surely look accrued costs. The aged adage “businesses don’t wage taxes, consumers due” volition nary uncertainty govern. As acold arsenic the UN goes, has anyone ever reviewed the magnitude of taxation breaks for consulates, the outgo of constabulary protection, mislaid concern gross during the assembly due to the fact that radical debar the city, oregon the taxes mislaid connected the UN gathering itself? Isn’t it astir clip for immoderate different state to bask the dubious payment of having the UN headquartered there? John Ost

On a roll

Garwood, N.J.: After the Buffalo Bills’ 47-10 implicit beatdown of the Jaguars connected Monday night, possibly present the Daily News sports section volition springiness them much than 1 paragraph each week. After all, they are the lone existent New York shot team. I can’t hold to spot successful 2 weeks erstwhile the Bills play your precious Jets and we sound Aaron Rodgers connected his butt again! Go Bills Mafia! John E. Deichmeister

Parental responsibility

Stratford, Conn.: Enough! When they drawback these juveniles making online wide shooting threats, the parents should beryllium liable for immoderate overtime oregon disbursal is borne by the town’s schoolhouse district. Make them refinance their house, get a 2nd mortgage, dip into their kid’s assemblage savings oregon their ain status savings — marque it hurt. Let’s spot however this affects these knuckleheads erstwhile they and their parents are moving successful with grandma astatine her one-bedroom condo, oregon surviving nether the I-95 underpass. It starts with the parents. Having children is simply a privilege, not a right. Stop counting connected everybody but yourself to instrumentality work for teaching your children the close way. And commencement printing their names. If they are aged capable to interruption the law, they are aged capable to person their and their families’ names printed! Peter Sulzicki

Guns amok

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: I work successful the insubstantial that stop-and-frisk is backmost and it is being utilized illegally. Let maine suggest to the judges the pursuing scenario: You unrecorded successful the metropolis with your household and you odor fume coming from the floors beneath you. You telephone the Fire Department and they spell to the incorrect code — worse yet, they don’t amusement up astatine all. The skipper of the precinct has seen a emergence successful victims changeable by guns. Where should helium deploy the astir cops? Your honors, I anticipation the burning gathering you are successful is not besides successful this command. Like Chicago, NYC has immoderate of the toughest weapon laws connected the books. Why are they not enforced? Randy Jurgensen