Roberta Seidner News Today

To the editor: (re: “We do deserve better storefronts,” July 27) I am totally in agreement with Marcia Yerman’s recent letter. I have lived in this area since the early ‘70s, and back then, we had so many wonderful stores. It’s just such a shame now to see so many empty storefronts on Johnson Avenue and West 235th Street.

Stamford, Conn.: Congressman-elect George Santos must satisfactorily explain the discrepancies in his résumé or withdraw before taking a seat as representative of his Queens/Long Island district. The latest revelation (”GOPer lied about Jewish kin fleeing Nazis: report,” Dec. 22) is bad enough. But pile that on top of his other whoppers and he has disqualified himself as a congressman.

Forked River, N.J.: When most of us with common sense heard about the plans the mayor of New York City came up with to deal with rats, New Yorkers all did a collective facepalm. While the mayor is solving NYC’s problems from his seat at the World Cup or in the sunshine of Greece, anyone who lives or works in New York already knows that garbage is the problem. Unless you deal with the garbage problem, there will always be rats and roaches no matter how many suitcases of cash you give the new �...