{"id":156330,"date":"2026-03-07T18:52:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T18:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156330\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T18:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T18:52:30","slug":"a-luigi-mangione-musical-and-more-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156330\/","title":{"rendered":"A Luigi Mangione musical and more: Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Musical muck<\/p>\n<p>I am disgusted and sickened by the new musical about the cowardly murderer, Luigi Mangione, coming to New York City this summer (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/02\/us-news\/luigi-mangione-musical-set-to-premiere-on-nyc-stage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStaging Villain \u2018Luigi,\u2019\u200a\u201d<\/a> March 4).<\/p>\n<p>The people who have created this trash are as depraved and unhinged as Mangione. He\u2019s a gutless, cowardly, back-shooter who killed a decent human being. Mangione should not be celebrated but denounced and condemned for his killing of Brian Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>I will boycott this trash and I ask all intelligent people to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Acerra<\/p>\n<p>Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Cold, cold heart<\/p>\n<p>Principal Shanesha White Bailey should be fired immediately for removing a makeshift shelter for stray cats during New York\u2019s big snowstorms. (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/28\/us-news\/coney-island-principal-failed-to-protect-2-elderly-stray-cats-buried-repeatedly-in-snow-storms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cShe\u2019s no principal of cats,\u201d<\/a> March 1).<\/p>\n<p>Apart from her cruel act of allowing elderly cats to be buried in snow, she sent a message to impressionable young minds that callousness and cruelty to others is acceptable, which is the last thing students should be taught.<\/p>\n<p>Kiley Blackman<\/p>\n<p>Tuckahoe<\/p>\n<p>Repay NY drivers<\/p>\n<p>As a New York driver, I understand the city\u2019s need to address congestion and improve transportation, but congestion pricing currently sends most of the revenue to the MTA even though drivers are paying the fee (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/03\/us-news\/trump-administrations-bids-to-end-new-yorks-congestion-pricing-was-unlawful-federal-judge-rules\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cJudge upholds conge$tion,\u201d<\/a> March 4).<\/p>\n<p>Commuters in New York use roads that taxis, delivery drivers, emergency vehicles and even city buses rely on every day. After winter storms, potholes and damaged streets remind drivers that road infrastructure is aging too.<\/p>\n<p>If drivers are contributing congestion fees, it\u2019s only fair that a portion of the revenue also be invested in the roads those drivers depend on.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Wong<\/p>\n<p>Flushing<\/p>\n<p>Anti-US education<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is right that taxpayers are tired of funding tuitions at woke schools indoctrinating the military (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/01\/us-news\/hegseth-bans-military-from-woke-princeton-columbia-mit-universities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMilitary ban on colleges,\u201d<\/a> March 2).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a US Navy veteran and I\u2019ve seen for decades the destruction these schools have caused. Hegseth is 100% right when he said \u201cfor decades, the Ivy League and similar institutions have gorged themselves on a trust fund of American taxpayer dollars only to become factories of anti-American resentment and military disdain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Patrick Folan<\/p>\n<p>Nesconset<\/p>\n<p>DAs\u2019 duties<\/p>\n<p>A father has been convicted of murder in Georgia for buying his son, who is an alleged school shooter, a rifle (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/03\/us-news\/georgia-father-who-gifted-gun-to-alleged-school-shooter-colt-gray-convicted-of-murder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c\u200a\u2018Killer gun\u2019 dad,\u201d<\/a> March 4).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Could that standard apply to judges and district attorneys in other states? In Virginia, a judge and DA allowed a criminal with 30 prior arrests to walk free. He then went on to murder a mother while that judge and DA went home and slept well in their beds.<\/p>\n<p>This has to end. Judges, district attorneys, governors and politicians who protect these criminals should all be held accountable just like that father.<\/p>\n<p>Philip Vallone<\/p>\n<p>Ossining<\/p>\n<p>Sedaka\u2019s talents<\/p>\n<p>Talents like singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka don\u2019t come around every day (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/01\/opinion\/paying-tribute-to-late-great-music-legend-neil-sedaka\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSedaka led uptempo life,\u201d<\/a> Cindy Adams, March 2).<\/p>\n<p>Not only was Sedaka gifted, he was a genuine mensch. His legacy includes his many hit songs. And no doubt, he will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n<p>JoAnn Frank<\/p>\n<p>Clearwater, Fla.<\/p>\n<p>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to letters@nypost.com. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, length, accuracy, and style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Musical muck I am disgusted and sickened by the new musical about the cowardly murderer, Luigi Mangione, coming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1457,6123,394,748,11442,399,6974,75,84,83,661,8091,9,24,63,299,1351,37853,8555,10403],"class_list":["post-156330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-animals","tag-cats","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-congestion-pricing","tag-district-attorneys","tag-letters-to-the-editor","tag-luigi-mangione","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-military","tag-musicals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-opinion","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-school-shootings","tag-snow","tag-woke-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}