There\u2019s nowhere like NYC, especially not Alaska<\/p>\n
Olivebridge, N.Y.: Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy urged New Yorkers to move to his state if Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor (\u201cUpset by Mamdani? Come North to Alaska<\/a>,\u201d op-ed, July 14). He assailed the evils of socialism and Marxism (merging the two) and said Alaska is a bulwark of capitalism, saying it offers incentives to people who want to start businesses. He writes: \u201cBring your dreams, your hustle, and your vision to Alaska. We\u2019ll welcome you with open arms and the wide-open spaces of the Last Frontier.\u201d<\/p>\n The governor adds, \u201cwhere the sun shines 24 hours a day.\u201d He neglected to mention that there are times when the sun doesn\u2019t shine for days and maybe weeks. To paraphrase Peter Drucker: \u201cWhat\u2019s most important are the things that are not being said.\u201d<\/p>\n Nevertheless, Dunleavy has a point: There is enormous opportunity in Alaska for all New Yorkers. I\u2019m certain that Yankees and Mets players could play for Alaska\u2019s major league team. The Jets and Giants could play to sellout crowds. The Islanders and Rangers might fare even better, playing on frozen lakes eight months of the year. And Broadway \u2014 its world-class playwrights, directors and actors \u2014 will thrive in Alaska\u2019s theater culture. Alaska could energize New York\u2019s fashion industry. Wall Street \u2014 maybe not too many bulls in Alaska, but certainly enough bears. Barrow, Alaska, the new financial center of the world, welcoming New York\u2019s financial institutions as they flee alleged socialism.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have a choice; Alaska is ready to be your new home,\u201d Dunleavy wrote. Yeah, sure. How about this, governor? Stick your ideas where the sun doesn\u2019t shine! Warren Davis<\/p>\n Not so bad<\/p>\n Stormville, N.Y.: My friends who are Republicans talk about NYC crime and filthy conditions, but I took my family visiting from Ireland to Manhattan and we were all pleasantly surprised at how clean the streets were and how many police there were! I say don\u2019t believe what you hear. Go visit and see for yourself! Cornelius McCrory<\/p>\n Listen to locals<\/p>\n Manhattan: As a resident within earshot of the Lincoln Tunnel entry and exit, Roger Cost\u2019s congestion pricing op-ed (\u201cCongestion pricing made us stay in NYC<\/a>,\u201d July 19) resonated with me. My wife and I (despite running a brick-and-mortar business in the city, and me being a local lawyer) continuously face a similar calculation of whether to stay given the extreme pressures and various dysfunctions. Traffic and its attendant noise, delays and mortal risk are a big one. Happily, we\u2019ve seen things get better since congestion pricing \u2014 only to be threatened by the Trump administration purely as a political football. I would love to connect with Roger and compare notes (I\u2019m also a \u201cfledgling\u201d birder). Relatedly, it has occurred to me that collecting testimonials on the benefits of congestion pricing and posting them in a central repository would potentially be helpful in countering the national-level political interference in the program (as well as local reluctance). Aaron Krowne<\/p>\n Dirty work<\/p>\n Brooklyn: I don\u2019t understand why ICE agents are allowed to wear face masks. What are they afraid of? Cowards, all. Barbara Giuliano<\/p>\n Declining empire<\/p>\n Jefferson, Tenn.: We\u2019re witnessing the fall of our once-great nation. We have politicians kowtowing to a would-be dictator, afraid to disagree with him lest they face a MAGA opponent in their next primary. Universities and corporations are bending a knee to a bully because he doesn\u2019t like people who are smarter than him, or over the possibility that he blocks some merger. Supreme Court justices have forgotten that they\u2019re supposed to follow the Constitution, not Project 2025. President Trump wants to make the country dumber, so he\u2019s defunding PBS and NPR. We have Gestapo-like ICE and CBP agents waiting outside to arrest people appearing in court to plead their cases for asylum. Instead, they\u2019re placed in cramped, overcrowded holding cells for days before being whisked away to jails hundreds or thousands of miles away. Future generations will read about us in the same way we read about the ancient Romans. Sean Talty <\/p>\n Mass waste<\/p>\n Staten Island: I remember when I was a kid, my parents would shame us with \u201cThere are kids starving in Africa\u201d if we threw away any uneaten food. How does the Trump administration justify crippling USAID efforts to feed the hungry, and now having to destroy 500 tons of emergency food? Michael Rosenkrantz<\/p>\n Gone wacko<\/p>\n Lakewood, N.J.: As it is the 50th anniversary of the release of the film \u201cOne Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest,\u201d it brings to mind a classic line provided to us by R.J. McMurphy. It can easily be applied to our \u201cstable genius\u201d of a president: \u201cgone-down-the-road, wacko.\u201d Frank Mongiello<\/p>\n Executive action<\/p>\n Bronx: Re \u201cThis is a democracy not an autocracy<\/a>\u201d (op-ed, July 20) and \u201cA half year of devastation<\/a>\u201d (editorial, July 20). Where were Norman Siegel and The News when Barack Obama illegally attacked Libya in 2011? Libya posed no threat to the U.S. Obama claimed his authority came from the UN, therefore he didn\u2019t need to comply with the law. How was that not a threat to American democracy? The war devastated Libya, creating death, destruction and international disorder. On his last day in office, Obama ordered the same B-2 bombers that Trump attacked Iran with to bomb Libya one last time. He had no plan for post-war Libya and eventually admitted the war was his greatest mistake, but he codified a precedent that Trump and other presidents can argue they\u2019re simply following. Siegel did nothing to oppose that war and the Daily News published columns supporting it. It\u2019s difficult to take them seriously now. Charles T. Compton<\/p>\n Going down with the show<\/p>\n Edgewater, N.J.: Two-hundred highly skilled middle-class workers will lose their jobs as CBS terminates \u201cThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert.\u201d The president absolutely loves this and hopes even more people will lose their jobs. Jay K. Egelberg<\/p>\n Tapped out<\/p>\n Jamaica: CBS and ABC shouldn\u2019t have paid those lawsuits when they were being sued by Donald Trump. They should have went to court. The Stephen Colbert show should not be canceled considering it was CBS that put its tail between its legs. They were scared instead of fighting. Charlene Black<\/p>\n TV tyrant<\/p>\n Brooklyn: Is the new policy that Trump has to approve any TV show being put on the air? What ever happened to free speech? Charlie Pisano<\/p>\n Too disruptive<\/p>\n Far Rockaway: Voicer Sherri Rosen thinks that taking cell phones away from students is dangerous. I think not. Allowing students to bring cell phones into the classroom disrupts the learning process. Obviously, Sherri, you have never stood in front of a classroom as I have for 33 years. Public schools have phones and security. Students will have their phones returned to them at the end of the day. Ora Reed<\/p>\n Hat tip<\/p>\n Brooklyn: To Voicer Randy Jurgensen: I sat next to you some years ago at an NYPD Honor Legion dinner. I had no idea you were in Korea. Thank you for your service. By the way, your book was great. Louie Scarcella<\/p>\n On the market<\/p>\n Yorktown Heights, N.Y.: It looks like Coldplay just released two new singles. Anthony Vegliante<\/p>\n Forced starvation<\/p>\n Manhattan: Two children in Gaza have starved to death this week due to the genocidal regime of Benjamin Netanyahu not allowing food into Gaza. How come the Daily News doesn\u2019t publish any photos of starving kids? No articles on little children starving? Instead, articles devoted to Jeffrey Epstein. Sickening. Robert Maritz<\/p>\n Forged in fire<\/p>\n Rye Brook, N.Y.: To Voicer Michele P. Brown: Israel did implement UN General Assembly Resolution 181 by declaring independence on May 14, 1948, the final day of the British Palestine mandate. Quoting David Ben-Gurion: \u201cWe offer peace and amity to all neighboring states and their peoples and invite them to cooperate with the independent Jewish nation for the common good of all.\u201d The Arabs violated the resolution and international law by invading Israel on May 15, 1948 in a failed effort to drive the Jews into the sea. Egypt and Jordan took control of the area designated by the resolution for the new Arab state. Demes Poulos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s nowhere like NYC, especially not Alaska Olivebridge, N.Y.: Alaska Gov. 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