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Judge what she stands for by where she stands Brooklyn: Re “Councilmember Shahana Hanif ignores Jew-hatred” (op-ed, April 18): What now? I am a constituent of Councilmember Hanif’s and have worked with her on many issues. I know that she practices solidarity every day. Solidarity is not a demand we make; it is built in relationships. Shahana does that work. I know because when I organized a ...
NY Post readers discuss the role progressive politicians played in causing the killing of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller.
Reader letters to Newsday.
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Whiting, N.J.: I’m a Yankees fan since 1978, but I was deeply offended at the deceitful way they marketed their “Satchel Paige Bobblehead Night” event on Thursday, May 11, at the stadium. Paige was pictured wearing a Yankees uniform as if he were a member of our team at one time. He was a member of the New York Black Yankees, a Negro Leagues team, for only one year in 1941. Jackie Robinson didn’t break Major League Baseball’s color barrier until 1947 and the Yanks could have elevated Paige to the big leagues then, but we didn’t and the Cleveland Indians grabbed him in 1948.
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Valhalla, N.Y.: Voicer Robert Kralick is correct: The nicknames “Chump” and “Drumpf” that have been ascribed to Donald J. Trump are sophomoric, churlish and banal. They are obvious and show little creativity.