Handing developers city's keys
Bronx: Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plans read as if they were written by the real estate lobby.
Two key questions need to be asked: How will the city pay for all the deals the mayor is promising the City Council in return for their votes? And what are the costs for promised new infrastructure, schools, transportation, etc.? There is no free lunch. Inevitably, the needed revenue will come from raising our property and water taxes, along with every other tax that we pay.
Remarkably, de Blasio has succeeded in uniting this city against him. Borough presidents and community boards across the five boroughs have overwhelmingly voted his plans down. Clearly, they studied the proposal’s 1,000 pages and understood the deleterious impacts caused by increased density resulting from luxury high-rise development — serious consequences for a questionable net gain of “affordable” units.
De Blasio is taking a shellacking because he took a top-down approach to his laudable goal of increasing affordable housing. Why not focus on using our scarce resources to preserve and rehabilitate thousands of existing affordable units that are in dire need? The city can meet its affordable housing goals without costly giveaways to developers, unnecessary zoning changes and permanently sacrificing the character of our unique communities. Laura Spalter, co-chair, Broadway Community Alliance
Kudos for Koo
Flushing: I would like to commend Councilman Peter Koo, who, in his official response to the proposed rezoning of Flushing West — a largely industrial area that would become mixed-use under Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plan — forcefully spoke out on the negative health impacts of airplane noise and pollution on residential communities, and called on the Department of City Planning to work with the Federal Aviation Administration to return to the noise abatement flight paths that were in widespread use prior to 2012. Flushing has been hit especially hard by harmful LaGuardia Airport flight patterns, approved by the FAA without proper environmental review and over the objections of local elected officials and residents. Subjecting thousands more residents to these hazardous routes would be a grave environmental injustice. Susan Carroll
But no raise, yet
Manhattan: I support the editorial about City Council raises (“More pay today? No way,” Dec. 7). It is outrageous especially when you consider the fact that many hold second jobs on top of their lucrative government salaries. Meanwhile, Social Security recipients did not get a cost-of-living increase. Whitney Devlin
Christian soldiers
Otego, N.Y.: Excellent Dec. 3 front page! (“God isn’t fixing this”). Keep this up because, unfortunately and inevitably, there will be more shootings. Might I also suggest the use of “Christian terrorist” for the likes of Robert Dear, Tim McVeigh and Eric Rudolph. Mark Dye
Hate vs. hate
Pelham, N.Y.: Linda Stasi is being unfairly criticized for being honest and clear about everyone’s responsibility to practice tolerance and understanding toward others (“Bloodbath born of bigots,” Dec. 6). She is absolutely correct that Nicholas Thalasinos and his wife demonstrated openly how much they hated and demeaned the whole Muslim population without distinction. It is valid for the FBI to evaluate how much the disdain Thalasinos may have expressed toward the shooter over the course of their time working together may have contributed to the shooter’s radicalization; that is not blaming the victim. Fran Gautieri Brown
Protect the people, Prez
Warrenville, S.C.: Our delusional President came before the American people spewing his misguided rhetoric on how he intends to protect us from terrorists. He wants the Muslim community to report threats coming from their own — something like what the brownshirts did for the Nazis. He blamed insufficient gun control and the need for more laws to protect us. What about bombs, bows and arrows, knives and rocks, Mr. President? You can take away all the guns you want, but it won’t stop the killing. It only removes from the people a source of protection. We are in a war. It’s time for the people to take up arms under the Second Amendment and protect themselves. Gregory J. Topliff
Fan mail
Weehawken, N.J.: The Daily News had the courage to come out for gun control and against the absurd ritual of NRA supporters always offering up their prayers and condolences. Fantastic and right on point. Joanne Hoersch
Not fooled by the puppies
Brooklyn: The cover of Monday’s Daily News is incredibly offensive (“Everything is awesome!”). The truth is that violent crime is on a decadeslong decline. I don’t remember seeing any headlines about that, though. Maybe waving the bloody shirt to mislead and scare people sells more papers. And all the ways that one could respond to the deaths of innocent people, dancing in their blood to score political points is a disgusting, low-class move. Jeremiah Weiner
Common hoods
Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Congratulations to the Daily News for being the first voice brave enough to state in public what all reasonable people already know: The National Rifle Association is a criminal terrorist organization that should be treated like ISIS or the Ku Klux Klan. What’s the next step? Maybe all the families who have lost relatives to gun violence in the United States should start a class-action suit against the NRA for aiding and abetting criminals. I can’t wait to see Wayne LaPierre behind bars! Kristof Haavik
DIY terrorism
Leonard, Mich.: You just don’t get it there in New York. Taking away guns will solve nothing. Guns can now be made with computer programs out of plastics, in your own home or sent to terrorists via pieces in small packages, delivered by UPS and USPS. There are also other ways of killing masses of people, like chemical weapons. Colleen Wrobleski
Brothers in arms
Brooklyn: Fun fact that everyone loves to play dumb about: Violent crime in America is by conservatives. Liberals don’t support violence (even in self-defense!), nor guns, nor stealing from others. Muslims are conservatives; that’s not even a secret. The right-wing terrorists and anti-abortion kooks are conservatives. Police and military are conservatives who kill with impunity. The Bloods and Crips are both conservative gangs, modeled on the military and police: You solve your problems using violence and there is strength in numbers. Love violence or not, just be honest about it. Conservatives should be brave enough to stand behind their convictions. They cheer violence and death in most situations, so should just commit to it all the time by their team. Nick Enzminger
What’s in a name
Brooklyn: If Mike Lupica really wants to take a stand against gun violence, then he’ll change the name of his Sunday column, “Shooting from the Lip,” to something that evokes less startling imagery. Joe Ferra
Help our heroes, now
Brooklyn: Ain’t this just peachy-keen! The so called right-to-life, superpatriotic Republican Congress is dragging its compassionless feet in regard to providing funds to the first responders who risked their lives on and after 9 /11. Now that these brave heroes and heroines have developed life-threatening diseases, these Republicans are reluctant to approve measures that would assure these poor souls treatments for their illnesses for the remainder of their lives. Shameful. Ralph J. Cuevas
Consider the coconut
Sarasota, Fla.: The Daily News got it all wrong in vilifying coconuts (“Cuckoo for Coconuts,” March 3). They are a wonderful, healthy choice. Yes, coconuts have saturated fat, but it is not metabolized by the liver as fat. Years ago, when coconut oil was demonized and its use stopped, and vegetable and other oils were substituted in the U.S., there was a surge of heart disease, unprecedented in our country. Presumably, this was foisted on the American diet by the soy and other industries. This article does a great disservice. Madeline Fenster
A river runs through them
Secaucus, N.J.: The Dec. 7 Daily News back page says that the Jets’ victory over the Giants gives them the “Big Apple crown.” It doesn’t; it gives them the Garden State crown. Charles V. Bremer
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