The UFT’s Mamdani endorsement: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: The metropolis’s United Federation of Teachers endorses Zohran Mamdani for mayor.
In selecting Zohran Mamdani, the UFT has proven it accepts the entire bundle of what he stands for — together with Jew hatred and authorities seizure of non-public property (“Lefty UFT endorses radical Mamdani,” July 9).
If something, this motion calls for varsity selection: To give dad and mom the option of putting their youngsters in colleges that truly educate the fundamentals, moderately than political indoctrination.
Bill Isler
Floral Park
In the previous, any communist or fascist must seize energy by drive of arms. In right this moment’s New York City, it seems all a communist has to do is offer the United Federation of Teachers a raise.
Christopher O’Keefe
Manhattan
I’m ashamed of my union for doing this. This endorsement got here from a assembly of the union’s Delegate Assembly, apparently made up of leftist, antisemitic communists.
How may the UFT endorse a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions advocate who refuses to acknowledge Holocaust Remembrance and is rumored to make Jamaal Bowman, an anti-Israel poor imitation of a human being, the following chancellor of New York City colleges?
To protest this outrage, I’m asking my fellow UFT colleagues to withdraw from giving to COPE, a financial political motion group of the UFT.
Ed Greenspan
Brooklyn
Mass madness at New York City’s academics union overcomes intelligence. The UFT is blind to Mamdani’s risk to our fragile democracy.
Thomas Birnbaum
Manhattan
I used to be greatly surprised after I learn in The Post that the United Federation of Teachers voted to endorse antisemite Mamdani for New York City mayor. How assist of Mamdani helps town’s public colleges is misplaced on me, or any pondering individual for that matter.
However, on reflection, I remembered that this was the academics union that denounced the makes an attempt by dad and mom to control what was taught to their youngsters.
This rabble group of academics cares not for the betterment of college students, however just for paychecks and pensions.
Frank Olivieri
Ft. Myers, Fla.
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So, the UFT has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor. As academics, how silly can they probably be for backing a snake-oil salesman?
I’ll wager a boatload of chalk that these academics will inform their college students to inform their dad and mom to vote for Mamdani.
The election is much less than 4 months away; there’s nonetheless time to pack up and go away New York for good.
Harve Kaye
Brooklyn
The Issue: Elon Musk’s risk to launch a third national social gathering amid his disapproval of President Trump.
In idea, the new political social gathering proposed by Elon Musk as a third different could possibly be a great divider with simply a few wins within the House and Senate (“Get Real, Elon,” Glenn Harlan Reynolds, July 8).
The downside, nonetheless, is that the premise of this social gathering appears to be each spite and an attempt to gain energy over President Trump.
A rival social gathering will not be a optimistic concept, and thus it may be higher for Musk to step away and spend his time and money on fixing one of the world’s many issues.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia
It seems Elon Musk desires to create a new national political social gathering as revenge as a consequence of President Trump and the Republican Party no longer being his puppets and passing the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Musk ought to go back to the nation the place he was born — which isn’t the United States — to create his new political social gathering.
Cecelia Clark
St. Petersburg, Fla.
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