Stay updated with breaking news from Mark Jessee. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
:quality(70):focal(2720x981:2730x991)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/KN2JH4CFRNA5RED5HU4JLXK3AE.jpg)
Manhattan: I strongly urge every responsible New Yorker to do his or her own research before entering the voting booth on Tuesday. GOP darling and Donald Trump acolyte Lee Zeldin is out on the campaign trail desperately trying to paint himself as a moderate Republican when that couldn’t be further from the truth.
:quality(70):focal(2373x678:2383x688)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/4XQ4SMBA5NG2LL6J2CAKB6GBTI.jpg)
White Rock, British Columbia: Re “Shooter had no criminal record, called troubled,” May 27: Salvador Ramos had been brutally bullied when he attended high school, in no small part due to a speech impediment.
Forest Hills: To Vidal Guzman re “Being imprisoned shouldn’t mean being enslaved” (op-ed, Jan. 17): For you to have been charged as an adult at the age of 16 tells me that you committed a very serious crime. For you to have been moved to another facility upstate and held in solitary confinement for 905 days there tells me that you were far from a model prisoner.
Santa Clara, Calif.: As a master of social work student, I have had the opportunity to work with vulnerable populations. Children are just one of these populations that I have become passionate about.
East Northport, L.I.: I read the article on NYC mayors (“Ed, Dave, Rudy, Mike, Bill and me,” op-ed, Feb. 28) and found myself in overall agreement, much to my surprise. I’d add a few notes: