Mark Tarasiewicz News Today

Manhattan: In his article “Why I welcome asylum seekers to our country” (op-ed, Oct. 6) New York state Sen. James Sanders Jr. fails to address where the money to pay for their housing, health, food, clothing and education will come from except for vague reference to “city, state and federal governments.”

Tappan, N.Y.: “Invasion” is an ominous word. It conjures personal harm and pending calamity. It is something we all shudder at the thought of. Yet, in 2022, an invasion is taking place in Ukraine by a more forceful country, militarily strong, driven by a man who wants to control a country of hard-working, honest people. He is intent on adding Ukraine to his Russian landmass, no matter the cost.

Manhattan: Re “Delete the NYPD gang database” (op-ed, Dec. 19): The piece assembles a long list of misrepresentations to indict the database as a racist tool of oppression, including comparisons with poorly run gang databases in Chicago and California. The answer to whether the NYPD is “engaging in similar misconduct” to other jurisdictions is an unequivocal “no.”

Readers love their borough nostalgia. So here's a dish of a candy store and Chinese eats of yesteryear.