Treat all suspects as you do Black ones<\/p>\n
Bronx: I\u2019ve been reading the Daily News since I could read \u2014 age 5 or so. I\u2019m 76 now. My father usually bought and read The News every day as we were growing up. Many, many times, The News has been racially biased with negative coverage when the story involves Blacks in an incident, especially when it concerns crime.<\/p>\n
The sad case of Koran Irvine, a Black man \u2014 married with children, living in the suburbs and employed by one of the biggest power companies, Con Edison \u2014 was misrepresented by the Daily News (\u201cFrom commute to chaos<\/a>,\u201d Oct. 25). You showed pictures of the victim, Irvine, with a sub-headline talking about a road rage shooting, and many readers looking at the headline and picture would get the impression that the suspect was the Black man. He\u2019s not. The suspect is Victor Romero. Romero retired on an NYPD disability pension for a broken wrist and had been working a job while receiving that pension because he supposedly couldn\u2019t do his job for the NYPD anymore.<\/p>\n You need to rectify this glaringly unfair coverage immediately. Don\u2019t give Romero any cover. Please run pictures of him every time you follow up, and clearly identify who is the victim and who is the accused suspect. Make it right.<\/p>\n Barbara Jones<\/p>\n Senseless aggression<\/p>\n Bronx: I have the highest respect for law enforcement and am grateful for the police and the risks they take on a daily basis to keep citizens safe. The shooting on the George Washington Bridge is heartbreaking. A retired police officer is charged with shooting someone, and road rage is the cause. There was no confrontation, no threat, just a near-accident. As a former police officer, he should have handled the situation a lot better. When shooting a gun into a moving car, there\u2019s a chance someone will be injured or worse. Sadly, this was worse.<\/p>\n Arlana Solomon Girven Walker<\/p>\n Immortalized barber<\/p>\n Brooklyn: Jack Skolnick, a son of Brighton Beach who had a barbershop for 60 years in Brighton, passed away three and a half years ago. You did a story when he retired. Now we\u2019re having a street naming on the corner where it all began.<\/p>\n Wayne M. Rosenfeld<\/p>\n Disabled & delayed<\/p>\n Forest Hills: On Sept. 6, with doctor\u2019s approval, my wife applied for a parking permit \u201cfor persons with severe disabilities.\u201d My wife requires a cane or walker due to spinal stenosis and muscular weakness. On Oct. 15, not having received either approval or denial of the application, I called the NYC Department of Transportation to see when the decision would be made. I was told \u201cin six months.\u201d This is no way to help. The permit allows for parking closer to stores and our religious institution. To have to wait is unacceptable and must be reported.<\/p>\n Lawrence Konstan<\/p>\n Foul lifts<\/p>\n Manhattan: To Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul: I\u2019m writing about the condition of a number of subway stations \u2014 in particular, the upkeep of those with elevators. The smell is terrible inside the elevators at the locations on my daily route (59th St. to WTC). I feel strongly that the MTA should put pressure on station managers to be more responsible in the maintenance of elevators that many of us depend on for access to the train platforms. I am frustrated that I have to write this letter, but on behalf of all commuters who face this daily problem, I hope I can push the MTA to be more diligent about keeping the stations clean and sanitary. I realize that our subway system is facing challenges financially. Nevertheless, it should be a model transit organization, like those in Paris, Berlin, Chicago and Boston. After all, this is the greatest city in the world.<\/p>\n Theodore Bastidas<\/p>\n Out-of-bounds bumps<\/p>\n Middle Village: Re \u201cB\u2019klyn man installs own speed bumps to keep local kids safe<\/a>\u201d (Oct. 25): People shouldn\u2019t bypass the DOT and install their own speed bumps on city streets. As a long-time Community Board member who sits on the transportation committee, we receive requests regarding street safety matters, including speed bumps, and make recommendations. There are many things to consider, including driveway locations on the block and traffic density. We also have to check if it\u2019s a city bus route. That said, once we send our report to the DOT, it does take a while to get its response, which can be frustrating. Additionally, many of our requests are rejected. One of the most disturbing reasons given was that the DOT will never install a speed reducer closer than a distance of 1,000 feet (nearly a quarter of a mile) from a speed camera.<\/p>\n Lee Rottenberg<\/p>\n Cheaper grocers<\/p>\n Manhattan: Why not just incentivize Trader Joe\u2019s, ALDI USA, Lidl US and other major discount grocery chains to open more supermarkets in underserved communities instead of throwing away taxpayer money to fund government supermarkets that are destined to fail? There\u2019s no way that government-controlled supermarkets will be able to run their operations like Trader Joe\u2019s, ALDI and Lidl.<\/p>\n Edward Drossman<\/p>\n Not gonna happen<\/p>\n