Wildfire hearing
While I am no big fan of Mayor Adams, I don’t understand what the City Council is looking for by investigating his response to last month’s wildfires (“Hazy eye on mayor,” July 5).
I don’t remember when the warnings from the city agencies went out, but there was plenty of warning.
If the councilmembers would watch some news instead of Facebook, TikTok and the like, they would have known.
I would like to know what the council expected from the mayor. Forest fires have been part of nature since the first trees were upon this Earth.
My daughter lives in Vancouver, Washington (with a view of Mt. St. Helens from her back porch). Smoke from forest fires is part of normal life in the Northwest.
I guess the council will allocate money to put up giant fans? They would have to be placed around the whole perimeter of New York City, as only God knows where the next smoke front will come from (unless they think they can get all New Yorkers to go outside and blow).
Joseph Susol, Ridgewood
Young gun vics
It is scary and sad to read about young shooting victims, even though they survived (“Save the Children, Mr. Speaker,” Editorial, July 6).
In Fort Worth, Texas, one of the victims was a juvenile, and in New York City, a victim was 13 years old.
What were these young people doing out late at night? In the Fort Worth case, I do not know if the victim was with older adults, but in New York, the teen is described as “hanging out with a group of friends” and it was “just before 1 a.m.” Who thinks this is OK?
What kind of parent allows kids to be out at this hour, accompanied or not? Is there no one with good sense to set boundaries?
A local New York TV station used to ask just before the 10 p.m. news: “Do you know where your children are?” Evidently, many parents do not. These are the dire results.
Sallyanne Ferrero, Naples, Fla.
DoorDash axing
I do not think the DoorDash driver should’ve been fired for cursing over a $5 tip (“A ‘tip’ for him: Try being nice,” July 6).
The customer in this huge house is acting like she is the victim because she claims she can’t drive to get food because of a previous accident. But she ordered pizza — take-out food. That’s a luxury.
This poor DoorDash driver is now fired because a wealthy client threw a fit. This is classic America in 2023. How dare this mere worker speak up about compensation?
This delivery probably took at least half an hour from the time he received the notification, drove to Pizza Hut, picked it up and drove to her house. That is $5 dollars for half an hour, which would come out to $10 an hour. A 25% percent tip on a $20 order is not acceptable for someone who drives his own car and covers the maintenance and fuel costs of the vehicle used to deliver the food to this client.
He is not walking the food over in a restaurant, with other customers’ orders coinciding with this order, like a waiter. DoorDash is wrong to fire him.
Steve Preziosa Sr., Deptford, NJ
Sad De Niro death
My heartfelt condolences go out to the family of Leandro De Niro Rodriguez (“De Niro Mom Drug Rage,” July 6).
They now join the thousands of other families whose children were murdered by the influx of fentanyl that comes into our country over the southern border everyday.
Perhaps De Niro, Leandro’s grandfather and a high-profile liberal, can use some of his influence to try to stop this massacre of our youth by the cartels. Perhaps then Leandro’s death will not have been in vain.
J.J. Levine, Miami Beach, Fla.
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