Subway crime insanity: Letters

The Issue: Sixty-three repeat offenders responsible for more than 5,000 subway-related crimes.

It’s almost unbelievable to think that thugs who have been arrested over 100 times are still roaming the streets to prey on us (“Snakes on the train,’’ Sept. 8).

This is due to the no-bail nonsense Gov. Andrew Cuomo instituted. Can we imagine what will happen if this communist, Zohran Mamdani is elected? An antisemite bigot who wants to defund the police (no matter what he now says) is the last thing our great city needs.

Saul J. Mishaan

Brooklyn

How insane is it that 63 career criminals are responsible for over 5,000 crimes in our subway system? Time after time after time, these individuals are arrested and released without bail to prey on hard-working New Yorkers.

The liberal politicians who backed the bail-reform bill should be forced to ride the subways without their bodyguards and get to meet these individuals face to face. I bet after the first one of them gets robbed or assaulted, the narrative will change, and so will the bail laws.

Michael J. Greaney

Massapequa

The laws allowing repeat offenders to continually be let loose are not only insane but dangerous to our communities.

Our elected officials are guilty by not applying common-sense solutions to this problem. All we have to do is make sure perpetrators are either incarcerated or get mental-health treatment instead of being put back on the street. I don’t want to see another case of a criminal with 30 or 40 prior arrests accused of murder.

Larry Hootnick

Watermill

I find it outrageous that 5,000 crimes could have been avoided by merely locking up a mere 63 repeat criminals.

This confirms that the thug-huggers in power are poisoning not only our subway system, but also communities across our city and country. We need to vote them out of office.

Donathan Salkaln

Chelsea

New York City has become uncivilized and dangerous. If judges and prosecutors continue to put criminals back on the streets, frontier justice will arise and put an end to crime and restore peace and safety. Why is our tax money not paying for peace and safety?

Thomas Birnbaum

Manhattan

The Issue: Ken Giardin’s column on Zohran Mam­dani’s vague, self-contradictory answers in interviews.

For months, The Post has been describing how regressive and far-fetched Zohran Mamdani’s harmful policies would be if he were elected mayor (“Don’t take Zoh for an answer,” Ken Girardin, Sept. 9).

With the City Council, state Legislature and governor also all liberal, the results will be catastrophic. Voters, beware: Mamdani only tells half of it when outlining his plans. New Yorkers can’t say they weren’t warned.

We need anyone but Mamdani. Unfortunately, Curtis Sliwa would face total resistance, hence total gridlock. Andrew Cuomo, baggage and all, would bring experience and be the best choice to promote compromise and moderation.

Jerry Chiappetta

Monticello

If anyone wants to see word salads and rambling from Zohran Mamdani, just ask him about the government-run grocery stores he advocates for. Since he doesn’t believe that shoplifters should be punished, how would he deal with an army of people stealing from these stores?

How would he cover the losses? Since he wants to raise the minimum wage to $30 an hour, how long can he operate in the red? Why would food distributors extend him credit?

Ask him these questions, and you’ll never get a straight answer.

Joe Zeloof

Hamilton, NJ

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