Baby beluga
There is a special place in hell for the person who killed this sweet beluga, Hvaldimir (“Vlad ‘spy’ is done,” September 5).
Any fool would know that this beautiful beluga was not a spy, but just an innocent creature used by more cowards to ‘spy’ in the past.
It’s a shame that his collar wasn’t taken off, which would probably have put Hval in less danger.
Hval posed no threat.
Shame on whoever committed this atrocity.
Donna Skjeveland,
Holbrook
Crime statistics
The Post’s recent article detailing the number of arrests of criminal illegal immigrants is staggering (“NYC’s ‘Asylum Seeker’ Crime Wave,” Editorial, September 5).
According to police reports, three out of four people arrested in Midtown are immigrants, and in some Queens neighborhoods the number is as high as 60%.
Incentivizing these arrivals with freebies and “sanctuary city” laws acts as a magnet to attract these bad actors to Gotham.
If you think Vice President Kamala Harris will lift a finger to get the border under control, just ask Laken Riley, Rachel Morin and Jocelyn Nungaray.
Actually, that’s not possible: each of them was allegedly murdered by an illegal migrant, who was effectively welcomed into this country by Biden and Harris.
Kenneth Fitzgerald,
Hicksville
Waving tests
I agree with The Post’s “The Regents’ War on Tests,” which calls out the state education department for the delayed release of school test results (Editorial, September 1).
It is clear that SED is trying to camouflage the further decline of education in this state’s public schools.
This is so disturbing for both the students’ parents and the taxpayers.
Although buoyed by recent federal stimulus money, New York City taxpayers in particular are paying nearly $38,000 per student for poor outcomes.
Citizens of New York, both state and city, must ask themselves out loud: What are we paying these heavy taxes for?
Let me tell you.
We pay for teachers accused of misconduct to spend years in “rubber rooms” awaiting their disciplinary hearings.
And we pay for severely disruptive children to remain in classrooms to interrupt teaching and learning.
We live in a state where pedagogy is governed by ideology and not common sense.
Stanley M. Rubin,
Queens
Pizza Tetris
I’m a big fan of the city’s new trash cans, designed specifically for pizza boxes (“Trash Can, a Pizza that Flops,” September 2).
It opens up a world of tailor-made waste wonder.
I now refuse to put my trash in anything other than a unique container.
I want several containers for burrito wrap, bagel wrappers, street meat Styrofoam, plastic sandwich swords, cupcake liners, beer can bags, and of course toothpicks with cellophane on the end.
Because our waste is as unique as we are.
It just wants a place where it fits.
Oliver Mosier,
Brooklyn
Scaffold free
Reading about the removal of a 15-year-old scaffolding in Manhattan reminded me of an 18-year-old scaffolding in my Lower Manhattan neighborhood at 129 Fulton St. Even though I have filed numerous complaints through the city’s 311 system , it is still there (“Nary a tear,” August 29).
The worst part is that there is absolutely no work taking place on site, while the Buildings Department periodically issues work permits to the contractor.
There is definitely something fishy about this site and the reissuing of permits without site inspection.
John Ost
Manhattan
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