Opinion

DA Bragg lets protesters off the hook: Letters to the Editor — June 26, 2024

The Issue: District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s decision to drop charges against 31 anti-Israel protesters.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s refusal to prosecute antisemitic, anti-Israel protesters sends a clear message: Do as you wish, I have your back (“Free to hate under DA Bragg,” June 25).

Were it any other ethnic or religious group, Bragg would have taken immediate action. He is simply a blip in a never-ending saga in which Jews are threatened and the perpetrators are never taken to task.

Sheldon Hersh

Lawrence

I think Bragg would win in a landslide if he runs for re-election.

He is representative of the Democrats of today, ignoring leftist crimes while simultaneously throwing the book at anyone who might be ideologically opposed to them.

David Bryant

Easton, Conn.

Antisemitism has become a game. Harass and accost Jewish students or storm a major university and the justice system does nothing.

The reason why? Bragg argues there was not enough evidence. Really? There are literally hundreds of videos of the perpetrators.

No consequences equals no change. One can only assume that both the Columbia administration and Bragg actually agree with these antisemites.

J.J. Levine

Miami Beach, Fla.

I’m not quite sure if it’s hypocrisy, arrogance or stupidity that drives DA Bragg. It may be all three.

He said there was not enough evidence to convict the mask-wearing degenerates who used violence and looting to protest against Israel — yet he managed to put a bodega worker and Marine in jail for defending themselves.

Lorraine Fittipaldi

Apollo Beach, Fla.

Bragg let protesters off the hook because, whether he wants to admit it or not, he implicitly understands the importance of both free speech and protesting — yes, even if it means doing it on a college campus.

We aren’t antisemites but rather anti-Israel. Many of our leaders are Jewish, so make it make sense.

Jon Sherman

Manhattan

Why weren’t these people charged with hate crimes? These cases should have been prosecuted accordingly.

Ron Heimer

Yuma, Ariz.

The Issue: The MTA’s decision to stop an ADA accessibility project due to the congestion tax pause.

I think the MTA needs to come up with a better and more realistic crock of bull in its decision to stop work on making LIRR Forest Hills more accessible for handicapped riders (“MTA slams station brakes,” June 24).

What the agency fails to tell you is that the project is 100% funded through grants by the Federal Transit Administration. That means revenue from congestion pricing would not even fund this project.

Adolfo Nappi

Massapequa

The folks at the MTA should be ashamed for saying that they need congestion pricing in order for a section of the LIRR to become ADA-compliant.

The Americans with Disabilities Act has been in effect since 1990. Unless my math is wrong, that’s 34 years ago. Compliance should have been completed a long time ago.

To use that as one of the reasons for congestion taxing is just baloney, and it’s sickening.

At this point, the ADA project should not even be a topic of debate.

Joseph Susol

Ridgewood

The MTA decided to throw a tantrum by issuing stop-work orders at a project site because it won’t get its congestion tax graft. The MTA and its outrageous union contracts are out of control.

Joseph DeRubeis

Westfield, NJ

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