Ritchie Torres scolds Mayor Adams after crime spree: Letters to the Editor Nov. 29, 2024
The Issue: Rep.Ritchie Torres criticizing city and state leadership after a flurry of stabbings.Finally, a Democrat with common sense has called out the governor and mayor (“Blood on your hands,” Nov.
25).Bronx Rep.Ritchie Torres speaks from the heart, while Mayor Adams and Gov.
Hochul speak from both sides of the mouth.Adams uses the City Council as an excuse for his hands being tied.He needs to take a page out of Torres’ book and challenge Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, who continues to resist changes to the city’s sanctuary status.
Instead, he dares to call Adams his “sister.” A run for governor is in the works, apparently.Torres has my vote.Nicholas MaffeiYonkersWhat kind of civilized society allows for a mentally deranged individual to roam freely in New York City and randomly commit heinous acts of violence?While this is an extreme version, this incident is by no means an isolated one.Once again, we see how society has neglected mental health.
This is a national problem, and it’s not going away anytime soon.This clearly is not a welcomed topic for many of our elected officials to entertain nor correct.For some patients, no outpatient treatment, even if they did consent, is the answer.There is a segment of the population that simply requires admission to inpatient facilities.
The only problem is that the bulk of these facilities have closed.Ronald G.
FrankWest Orange, NJWe are told repeatedly that these attackers are mentally deranged.Yet Ramon Rivera confessed that he picked his victims based on the fact that they were alone and distracted.That doesn’t sound crazy — evil, yes, but not crazy.
Describing these criminals as mentally disturbed encourages a sympathy that is not warranted.We have a right to be furious and to want these people incarcerated, if not executed.Let’s knock it off with this BS.
Put citizens first and get these miscreants off the streets and in prison.Sharon WylieWestport, Conn.I have learned, with a broken hear...