Christmastime in New York City: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Johnny Oleksinski’s column bemoaning the vacation season in in the present day’s New York City.
It seems to be like Johnny Oleksinski swallowed some Grinch tablets earlier than he wrote his bah-humbug “New York at Christmastime” article (“Escape from NY Xmas,” Nov. 30).
As an ardent participant of Christmas in New York City for a lot of, a few years, I took exception to the dour description of the vacation season as “noisy, dirty chaos” and to his criticism of the Rockettes expertise.
I consider everybody could be very conscious that the fee of the vacations has elevated, and they’re going to both be ready to spend the additional money or not expertise the festivities provided.
I, for one, am grateful for the chance to spend some Christmastime in New York City with my household this 12 months. Merry Christmas, Johnny!
Alice Daly
Mahopac
Oleksinski’s review of Midtown at Christmas couldn’t be more spot-on.
I lived in town from 1991 to 2006, and yearly, I’d entertain my dad and mom with a day of town’s Christmas spirit: the tree, St. Patrick’s, the ingenious window shows, chestnuts on the road corners and mobs of people creeping shoulder to shoulder alongside Fifth Ave.
Since transferring to Long Island, I’ve but to go to town. I’ve no purpose to. It has change into an ugly place, at Christmas or another time of 12 months. But it wasn’t all the time like this. I bear in mind when people had been civil.
Keith LePage
Huntington
Oleksinski wants a go to from the Ghost of Christmas Past. What is the aim of dragging down town that provides you a dwelling?
No, New York shouldn’t be like the films, but it surely’s additionally not the hellhole that Johnny describes.
Somebody give this Scrooge a piece of fruitcake.
Jim Pantaleno
Staten Island
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, for those who can’t discover pleasure in New York City at Christmas, it’s time so that you can take up golf and transfer to Florida.
Except for a Christmas village in Germany, you couldn’t discover a more festive, thrilling place to spend Christmas than New York City.
Of course, the “godforsaken” Rockefeller Center tree is crowded; it’s spectacular!
The 1000’s of people on the market in NYC during the vacations can’t all be unsuitable, Johnny.
Carol Puttre-Czyz
Manhattan
The Issue: The video in which six Democratic lawmakers urge troops to disobey unlawful orders.
Military coaching on unlawful orders is rigorous and doesn’t need to be supplemented by people with dangerous intentions (“Sen. Kelly’s Disgraceful ‘Defense,’ ” Editorial, Nov. 26).
Sen. Mark Kelly and Rep. Jason Crow had this coaching and clearly had a sinister goal in this video “warning” about unlawful orders.
They ought to be held accountable for his or her actions, as ought to the 4 in the video who could not have had coaching however adopted the pied pipers.
Larry Hootnick
Watermill
While navy personnel are obligated to disobey an unlawful order, figuring out whether or not an order is unlawful could be troublesome and will carry a court-martial for insubordination if the unsuitable alternative is made.
But there’s a higher option for troops going through a ethical disaster: retire or resign from the navy.
Like Navy Adm. Alvin Hosley, who will quickly retire following his considerations over lethal strikes on suspected drug boats off Venezuela’s coast, troops can train ethical judgement with out spending years in a navy jail.
Richard Reif
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Kew Gardens Hills
Sen. Kelly and the opposite 5 Dems who stated these damaging phrases show such a hate in direction of President Trump and America. They are a shame and will resign.
Mo Colarusso
Manhattan
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