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Brooklyn: To Mayor Adams: Rikers Island continues to rob generations of Black, Brown and poor people of their human rights and fuels a cycle of trauma and violence that constitutes a public safety crisis. More than 1,000 people in New York City jails are diagnosed with a serious mental illness and are experiencing neglect, abuse and inhumane conditions. The death toll in NYC Department of Correction custody keeps rising as people die from suicide, overdose and medical neglect.
Centerport, L.I.: The results of the free and fair election are tallied. Not all true Republicans won. Election deniers, or the Party of Trump, won some government leadership positions. As it should be in a democracy, this is what the people want. However, election deniers in government leadership positions are a threat to democracy. It could be a warning of more truth-bending conspiracies in the future.
White Rock, British Columbia: Re “Shooter had no criminal record, called troubled,” May 27: Salvador Ramos had been brutally bullied when he attended high school, in no small part due to a speech impediment.
Brooklyn: Re “Adams boosts job training for foster children” (March 30): A vocational training program for young people who exit foster care is crucial for their success. Equally important is ensuring that New York’s youth who age out of care at 21 have access to our organization, Fair Futures, a model that provides holistic one-to-one coaching, tutoring and other supports to help young people in foster care successfully move into adulthood.