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Manhattan: Tens of thousands of yeshiva parents and students could not disagree more with the recent editorial “Private schools, public problems” (March 29). Yeshiva parents dig deep into their pockets precisely to provide something different than the free offerings of public school, saving the state billions annually.
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Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: Re “Let jihadi killer live: lawyer” (Feb. 14): Much has been made about “his ISIS-inspired worldview,” which led bike path killer Sayfullo Saipov to hit New York with its worst day of terror since 9/11. Yet it needs to be emphasized that neither ISIS nor Al Qaeda was the originator of that ideology of death.
Council rescinded a resolution which would have sought voter input on proposal to bring school budget before voters by moving elections to April.