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In bold defiance of the antisemitism that’s been raging since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Jewish New Yorkers are putting Hanukkah in the spotlight this year -- with bigger and bolder decorations.

To fix Rikers, invest in comprehensive reforms Bronx: As a former NYC correction officer and past president of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association for more than 20 years, it saddens me to see what Rikers Island has become. It is faced with a possible federal takeover, all due to a lack of resources that should have been directed to the Department of Correction years ago. The decay ...

Brooklyn: Re “Rudy wanted to ‘feel like Bill Clinton’: suit” (May 16): Two observations come to mind when I hear lazy people ask why Noelle Dunphy would continue to work for Looney Giuliani if he was sexually assaulting her and not paying her on time, as her lawsuit claims.

Woodside: Having landed in New York City as an immigrant in the late 1980s, I can vividly recollect my horror when I first witnessed armies of rats frolicking on the subway tracks fearlessly, in plain sight. In fact, they were not tiny, cartoon-like figures and were far, far away from the fantasized Mickey and Minnie Mouse, for their size and aggression was intimidating.

Olcott, N.Y.: The repugnant administration/union blame game in “Plan to hire civilian outsiders riles jails” (Dec. 26) is so typical of the evil affecting the lives of many jail and prison inmates across America. These leaders bicker over politics while offering not one shred of care or concern for the 19 detainees who perished under their reprehensible, absentee watch. 19! Dead. The Rikers 19!