The Issue: The NYC Department of Health\u2019s \u201cGlobal Oppression and Public Health Working Group.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought the Department of Health\u2019s mission was the health and safety of New Yorkers (\u201cHealthy dose of hate,\u201d<\/a> Feb. 5).<\/p>\n Since when did foreign policy issues, such as the war in Gaza<\/a>, become a concern?<\/p>\n Would it be proper for the department to have a study group showing how MAGA has increased the health outcomes of New Yorkers? Of course not.<\/p>\n This is a prime example of how woke politics have taken hold of our bloated government.<\/p>\n Mark Seitelman<\/p>\n Manhattan<\/p>\n The DOH\u2019s \u201cGlobal Oppression and Public Health Working Group\u201d ought to relearn medicine\u2019s prime maxim: \u201cDo no harm,\u201d because doing harm seems to be the group\u2019s entire purpose.<\/p>\n This working group takes involved employees away from their jobs, wastes taxes and diminishes public trust in a critically important municipal function.<\/p>\n This is just one more example of the antisemitism increasingly infecting the city.<\/p>\n Richard Wilkins<\/p>\n Syracuse<\/p>\n Mayor Mamdani is quickly transitioning the DOH into the New York City Department of Hate.<\/p>\n Rather than spending their time and resources fighting disease, staffers are helping spread the centuries-old plague of antisemitism.<\/p>\n The Mayor\u2019s Office to Combat Antisemitism is merely a clever ruse intended to overshadow his goal of demonizing the State of Israel.<\/p>\n S.P. Hersh<\/p>\n Lawrence<\/p>\n If DOH staffers are studying the accusation of Israeli genocide in Gaza, they should also read background material such as the 1988 Hamas charter, articles 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22 and 32.<\/p>\n If they think New York City\u2019s Health Department should spend the workday studying allegations, they must also read about Hamas\u2019 genocidal Oct. 7, 2023 attack on the state of Israel in order to avoid being accused of bias.<\/p>\n Harriet Katz<\/p>\n Cohoes<\/p>\n It is purely antisemitic of New York City\u2019s Health Department to divert valuable taxpayer resources to investigating the calumny of genocide in \u2014 as Article 80 of the UN Charter declares \u2014 the established \u201cnational home\u201d of the Jewish people: Israel.<\/p>\n This is a Jew-hating diversion embraced by Mamdani that\u2019s bleeding valuable taxpayer resources.<\/p>\n Richard Sherman<\/p>\n Margate, Fla.<\/p>\n The number one qualification needed to work for Mamdani\u2019s administration is the ability to hate. Not just any old hate, but an extreme hatred for Israel and all Jews who feel a touch of love or caring for the only Jewish country.<\/p>\n We all knew this and yet here he is, spewing hate everyday.<\/p>\n J.J. Levine<\/p>\n Miami Beach, Fla.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Issue: Sgt. Erik Duran\u2019s manslaughter conviction for killing a suspect in a buy-and-bust operation.<\/p>\n The message to NYPD officers following Sgt. Erik Duran\u2019s guilty verdict is very clear: Do not do your job (\u201cCop convicted,\u201d<\/a> Feb. 7).<\/p>\n If you do, then rest assured, politicians and the majority of New Yorkers will not support you. Your successful efforts to lower the crime rate and save lives are not appreciated by the majority, so do not put yourself at risk of legal ruin to try to help people who hate you.<\/p>\n Joseph J. Grassi<\/p>\n Port St. Lucie, Fla.<\/p>\n