Readers Talk About Alex Jones, Rent Stabilization Reform & Top Secret Files – New York Daily News

Manhattan: I have read few more satisfying editorials than your August 5 “Jonestown” article. I’m a big fan of your post, largely because of your editorial policy and fearless style. No jaded or cutesy opinions in New York’s Hometown Newspaper. You said it shamelessly in clear and uncertain terms. It is gratifying to read opinions with which so many people agree, but few publications have the resolve to publish them.

As for Alex Jones in particular, your editorial was absolutely spot on. This man is so repulsive. In a few short paragraphs, you managed to sum up his character’s malignity with skill and aplomb.

Now that Jones has been slapped with an additional $45 million in punitive damages, one can only hope that this massive combined award of nearly $50 million will serve to muzzle him like any other rabid dog. Meanwhile, fingers crossed that the trial testimony gets noticed by local law enforcement and he is successfully charged and prosecuted for perjury. Other Sandy Hook parents have pending cases still waiting to be heard and it will be poetic karma if the pending civil litigation combines with future criminal charges to keep this disgusting miscreant broke and in jail for the rest of his days.

As you say, “make him pay”. If this man is held entirely responsible for his despicable behavior, others with similar inclinations might think twice before entering the world of shameless slander, senseless lies and human destruction. Pierre Janoff

Manhattan: We applaud the Daily News for its stance on “Unlocking Inventory” (editorial, August 15). As the largest industry organization representing 25,000 diverse providers of affordable housing for 2.5 million New Yorkers in all five boroughs, we spoke out against the state’s 2019 housing reform laws from the start. because they removed the financial capacity of the owners to renovate and modernize their pre-apartments and buildings built during the war. Landlords aren’t intentionally stocking apartments, but the only way to get these desperately needed affordable units back on the market is to restore programs that worked, giving them the financial means to reinvest in aging infrastructure. We can only hope that Albany lawmakers and Governor Hochul see sense in your editorial recommendations. Joseph Strasbourg, President, Rent Stabilization Association

Brooklyn: Re “Veteran News photog injured in carjacking” (August 12): How did this guy turn 73? First, he leaves the keys in the ignition while the car is driving. Then when someone leaves with it, it jumps into a moving car. He is probably standing under a tree during a thunderstorm. Of course, you won’t print it. Denis Burge

Flushing: Congestion pricing will be the death knell for New York City. We never recovered from the heights of the pandemic. Less than 50% of people have returned to full-time or even part-time work. Commercial real estate vacancy has never been higher. Restaurants are closing like wildfire, caught between rising costs and the inability to raise their prices as much, the inability to have staff and fewer people to serve. Crime is skyrocketing and we have a Manhattan prosecutor who doesn’t believe in prosecuting criminals. Migrants and homeless people lay in our streets. And now the powers that be want us to pay up to $23 to come to town for work or play. Do these people have a brain? I suggest not. Stuart Baum

Rural Retreat, Va. : Stop using “in disgrace” (“Andy worries about ‘politics’ in Don raid”, August 10), he is the former governor. He’s accomplished a lot during his tenure, and New York Attorney General Letitia James has made it political, but not everything she’s published stands up to the charges, and what she hasn’t not published in the year since must have more exculpatory evidence or she would have published it. In fact, you wrote an op-ed about it only the week before (“Shine a light,” August 3). The Attorney General is a disgrace to the law. Kathleen Cobb

Highland Falls, NY: So now we know how top secret information is handled by an ex-president already under suspicion for his ties to Russia: come get him! It’s important to remember – despite the regular drumbeat of the right-wing echo chamber – that the only reason Donald Trump hasn’t been indicted in the wake of the Russian investigation is because he was president. at the time. Well, he isn’t now. I wonder how many Russian visitors have been to Mar-a-Lago recently? Joe Cyr

Fishkill, NY: Is there any precedent or reason for an ex-president to take such documents to the White House? I wonder how many of them he shared/sold to his buddy Vladimir Putin. Bill Barish

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Beacon, NY: If the FBI can raid Donald Trump’s property, then Hillary Clinton’s house should have been searched as well. Hunter Biden is also expected to be investigated. What is right is right. Barbara Chaya

Dayton, Ohio: In the Daily News’ Aug. 14 editorial, “Fanking the Flames,” you write, “A 42-year-old man from Ohio who was a Trump supporter and apparently participated in the riot in January 6. was killed on Thursday after attempting to break into an FBI field office. When the bad guy Trump was president, he was a big deal. Now that he’s out, he’s not the problem anymore. It’s the idiots who are still devoted to Trump who are the problem. One of them got off the board trying to break into an FBI office, but there are many more politicians and voters out there trying to destroy our republic because Trump wants it. Vic Presutti

Yonkers: Someone still has to explain to me how Trump called Georgian Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and tried to coerce him into changing the numbers and saying he miscounted, then asked him to ‘find 11 780 votes somewhere – come on, give me a break” is not outright voter fraud. And there’s no doubt the phone call happened – we’ve got a nice clear strip of every word thanks to Raffensperger, who was placed in a shocking position but did the right thing by alerting the authorities.Why that didn’t lead to Trump’s immediate arrest is a mystery to me. Suzanne Hayes Kelly

Bronx: Liz Cheney is an example of what a politician should be. She’s a Republican and a conservative, but she doesn’t let that dictate her actions. She follows his standards and morals. Every politician, Democrat or Republican, progressive or conservative, could learn a lesson from this. Instead of condemning her, they should praise her for not being dictated to. Dorothee Krasiker

Manhattan: It is not certain, in my opinion, that people are not allowed to get paper bags from the store. I do the right thing by taking one. I have rights in this country and you have no right to reject existing opinions against environmentalism. Tina Celano

Bloomington, Ind. : To Voicer Sam Katz: I’m corrected! You did not mention Goldwater’s rule in your letter. However, the title of your letter was “The Goldwater Rule”. Someone at the log must have added this. Thank you, Sam, for being a good sportsman. I appreciate the Daily News for allowing the jokes. Scott Thompson

Flushing: I look at everything that’s going on in the world with politics, global warming, wars, hate, backsliding on women’s rights and human rights, etc., and I’m like, ‘How have we reached the top of the food chain?” Dizziness my mind! Joseph Big