Readers sound off on retiree benefits, Virginia Giuffre and a dynamite attack’s survivors
Retired city workers need care that they can afford
Troy, NY: the association of retired public employees, which represents the interests of nearly 500,000 retirees from New York State and local governments, firmly opposes any attempt to force retirees from traditional insurance.
New York’s recent decision to suspend the implementation of a Medicare Advantage plan is a welcome development, but we remain concerned that the proposal can resurface in the future. Rpea strongly believes that retirees deserve health care which offers stability and access to care they need without unnecessary obstacles. We urge the leaders to reject any plan that would limit the coverage or compromise promises made to retirees from the public service.
According to the state controller, the average pension of public service retirees is $ 28,000. Half receives a pension of less than $ 30,000 and 70% receive less than $ 40,000. These are New Yorkers living on fixed income, which is why they rely on their current coverage for predictable costs, access to trust and constant care. Medicare plans often restrict supplier networks and impose obstacles, such as previous authorizations and refusal of treatment. Force retirees in such plans undermined the promises made for decades of public service. This is why RPEA supports efforts such as the law on actions for retirees, which would protect the benefits of retirees on a state scale and would ensure that no one is forced to reduce coverage without their consent. With bipartite interest, the progress of legislation after the next session remains a critical step in protecting the advantages that retirees have won.
We look forward to continuing to work with state legislators to ensure that health care for retirees are sure for the years to come. Tom Tatun, Executive Director, Association of Public Retirement Employees
Still on the rise
Bronx: Now that the MTA receives money from the price of congestion, why would they increase the metro and the bus? Eric Cummings Jr.
Condemned for cruelty
Glen Ridge, NJ: the man of the Queens who kicked a dog to death and then set it on fire should have a seat before hell because of his inhuman and depraved animal hatred. He is a disgusting human being, and I use this term lightly. Isaiah Gurley, you should burn in hell. But first, spend the maximum time in prison that the court authorizes your odious act. Francine Ferrara
Remarkable approach
Manhattan: In each news, the points of sale use the same photograph of the puller Park Ave. Shane Tamura, who walks or walking, probably with casualness, through a large open space holding an oversized fire weapon and difficult to miss (an AR-15 rifle!) In her right hand. No one above, alongside or during surveillance, saw this suspicious man and planned to contact an authority about a manly out of place who turns out to be a mass shooter and a murderer? James A. Fragale
Help canceled
Monroe, NJ: President Trump said, “Make sure they get food” after seeing “very hungry children” in Gaza on television. He asks Israel to manage it. Strange from a president who canceled USAID and other international humanitarian efforts. The president’s sensitivity has also reduced so many services here in the United States, such as SNAP services and health care. How about practicing compassion to rightly make America great? Katherine A. Moloney
Reject reality
Sleepy Hollow, NY: EPA’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, obeys Trump’s orders on the position to be taken, and with the rapid success of Trump’s authoritarian control, the opposition will have to become very creative to prevent policy from replacing science (“Zeldin’s Greenhouse Gasbag”, editorial, July 31). The exaggerated government in surpassing science is no different from its follow -up of CBS News and the cancellation of Stephen Colbert, or the supervision of hirings and admissions from the University of Columbia. Tyrant Trump is the real successor of the French king Louis XIV, who said he said “the state is me” – it’s my country and I do the rules. Trump thinks that climate change is a hoax, wanting it, the view of wind turbines from its Scottish golf courses (visit funded by recently supplied taxpayers) and has requested massive contributions from oil giants in exchange for killing the renewable energy, clean jobs, local investments and everyone. Sally Kellock
Irrational reactions
Ormond Beach, Florida: There was recently a lot of angry lighting and nestling of blasphemies from the left, especially since Trump managed to make his campaign promises that elected her last year. It seems to me that many Democrats and supposedly progressive are not only in conflict by their Trump disturbance syndrome, but they show signs of histrionic personality disorder (HPD), a mental health problem characterized by excessive behaviors in research, emotional instability and a distorted self-image. People with HPD often have dramatic or inappropriate behavior to attract the attention and validation of others. Symptoms generally include an excessive emotional reaction and a tendency to overcome situations. Cory Booker’s recent explosion in the Senate room is a perfect example. Charles Michael Sitero
Unconvincing evidence
Bronx: Voice Ralph d’Esposito using the hoax of “beautiful people” to assert that Maga hates Jews, it’s like using the Smollett Jussie hoax to prove that Maga hates minorities and gays. Chuck Shannon
Well -documented
Midland Park, NJ: For those who want to know more about the employee that Jeffrey Epstein “stole” in Trump, watch the documentary in four games “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein”. It is on Amazon prime at the moment. The late Virginia Giuffre can be seen discussing how a 16-year-old Mar-A-Lago employee, Ghislaine Maxwell, proposed to train it as a massage therapist for Epstein. The documentary is five years old and is unfortunately fascinating. Mary Jo McDonough
Prompted
White Plains, NY: After my retirement, I worked for several companies in a high -end shopping center. It was not uncommon for store managers to recruit sales partners in other stores. These employees have not been stolen. If they have left their current job, it was because they had been offered a better description of a job or the benefits, or hoped to work for a better boss. Randi Bernstein Feigenbaum
Leaving messengers
Dartmouth, Mass. From the Washington Post to dark weekends, fear and greed has indeed closed any reliable interpretation of the news. Based on local anecdotes or by virtue of false equivalence, readers are refused the truth or cling to false information to rationalize their positions. In a faulty democracy, the media comply with the directives of the autocrats or are denied access to unfolding events, that is, silenced by prosecution totaling large sums of money. Journalists and commentators once respected resign or are dismissed, leaving their positions not fulfilled or replaced by compliant or harmless replacements. Without a reliable and precise new, a democracy dies quickly and silently. Betty Ussach
Sports pillar
Hallandale Beach, Florida: Ryne Sandberg was a legend of the Chicago Cubs franchise and a beloved figure throughout the major baseball league. He was a player of five tabots who excelled in all the facets of the game thanks to his power, his speed and his work ethics. Ryne won 10 consecutive stars selections, nine consecutive gold gloves, seven silver terminals and the MVP honors of the 1984 National League. Ryne remained active in the game as Cubs ambassador, a phillies manager and in minor leagues, and a frequent participant in the renowned temple. His many friends through the game were in his corner when he had courageously fought cancer in recent years. I bring my deepest condolences to the Ryne family, fans of cubs around the world and its admirers throughout our national hobby. Paul Bacon
Where are they now?
Augusta, Maine: “Jusine Story: Dynamite kills 2 in the small town of Maine” (August 4, 2013): I would like to comment and add additional information for this story. I live next to the younger sister of Cynthia Kelley, who survived the attack on the dynamite of 1963. We have been neighbors for 18 years. Ms. Kelley’s granddaughter also lives here and grew up like best friends with my daughter. I learned this story for the first time from Mrs. Kelley about eight years ago. It is tragic but also fascinating, even more because the granddaughter of Mrs. Kelley was born over 40 years after the tragedy on August 3. I think the baby still lives. I also believe that Paul Pierce is one of the living. I think it would be so interesting to follow these 62 years later. Tracy D. Towle
