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Reaction to the dysfunction in the House. Also: Being Jewish, or not; trying Vladimir Putin; eyewitness to miracles; children’s books; defining blight.

Bernard Marson, who as an architect and developer figured prominently in the transformation of a lower Manhattan industrial district into SoHo, an aff

Readers criticize the school’s decision to allow Ethan Crumbley back into class, and the nation’s gun laws. Also: Chris Cuomo; gender-neutral in French; happiness.

New York, Scrap the New Penn Station Plan Readers instead call for a regional unified transit system and offer the Grand Central Terminal of today as a blueprint. May 19, 2021, 1:07 p.m. ET  Credit...Celeste Sloman for The New York Times To the Editor: The plan for the Penn Station neighborhood that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Empire State Development Corporation is pushing is bad indeed. It demolishes several fine urban blocks, barely improves train service and leaves Penn Station in the basement o...

Donald Trump has gotten away with it, again. How many more times will this man do something nefarious and walk away as though he’s done nothing wrong? He has stiffed people on their fees, groped women, interfered with elections. Worst of all, he incited a rebellion against the United States. Every time, he walks away. It is said that Mr. Trump may face legal actions from New York and other states for various other questionable actions. Will he walk away from those, too? Marshall H. Cossman...