The Issue: Charges against 70 NYCHA employees for allegedly accepting $2 million in bribes.
I was angered to learn about this corruption (“Fly by NYCHA,” Feb. 7).
It’s especially bad considering that it happened in an agency that serves our city’s most vulnerable. NYCHA should be maximizing its funding in order to keep up with our crumbling public housing system.
We deserve better. Those who engaged in these kick-back schemes need to be held responsible.
At the same time, we’re talking about $2 million here, which is less than peanuts compared to the bigger picture. And superintendents are an easy target.
New York City has a massive bureaucracy. Across the board, the city’s systems are full of waste, conflicts of interest and (let’s be honest) side deals.
When it comes to corruption in the Big Apple, it’s time the authorities go after the big fish, not just the low-hanging fruit.
John Dudzinsky
Brooklyn
It took them 10 years to finish their investigation? Who is investigating: turtles and snails? Meanwhile, the residents of these buildings endured terrible neglect. They should have exposed the corruption sooner.
Sara Gershon
Syosset
The criminal charges filed against some 70 current and former NYCHA employees are a credit to federal monitor Burt Schwartz.
They also leave a blemish on former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, which continues to fall in our collective esteem as more instances of its ethical failures come to light.
Roger Bennet Adler
Manhattan
While I applaud the recent crackdown on the abuse of no-bid contracts at the NYCHA, the estimated fraud, which involved roughly $13 million, is just a drop in the bucket.
The true problem is overspending on large projects. I’m thinking of the exorbitantly expensive Second Avenue subway-stop construction, which apparently cost eight to 12 times that of comparable projects in European cities.
If New York wants to be considered one of the greatest cities in the world, it has to stop needlessly wasting billions in taxpayer dollars.
Brad Brooks
Manhattan
The Issue: US airstrikes in Syria and Iraq following the deadly Iran-backed drone attack in Jordan.
America needs to borrow a tactical playbook from the Israelis (“Too Little, Too Late,” Editorial, Feb. 3).
The ultimate sign of fecklessness was the timing of the predictable counter assault after the Dover Air Force Base ceremony. The only thing we forgot to do was announce the specific bombing locations in Iraq and Syria.
As long as the United States skirts around the source of the aggression and fails to directly target Iran, attacks on Americans will continue.
This timid response is emblematic of the Biden administration.
Ronald G. Frank
West Orange, NJ
The recent airstrikes in Syria and Iraq just highlight the incompetence of President Biden’s foreign policy. Giving advance notice of retaliation and refusing to attack Iran directly makes these strikes, no matter what they accomplish, meaningless.
It also raises the question: Is Biden holding back in his response because he is under the control of the progressive left, or simply because he is incompetent?
Worst of all: Do foreign governments have something on Biden as a result of his son’s activities?
We may never know, but we should definitely be worried about this.
Mindy Rader
New City
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