New Year’s Eve Subway Incident: Letters to the Editor

The Concern: New York City ushers in the new year with a subway-shoving incident.

How many more individuals will be shoved onto the subway tracks before politicians actually take substantial actions rather than voicing their dismay (“Miracle on the tracks,” Jan. 1)?

Why don’t they adopt a model similar to the sky-train system at John F. Kennedy Airport, which features a protective barrier, preventing access to trains or tracks until the train has come to a full stop for boarding?

In contrast, when a prisoner in an upstate facility suffers a brutal beating at the hands of correction officers and subsequently dies, Governor Hochul allocates millions for new surveillance cameras, insists on staffing reforms, and engages external consultants to assess the prison system.

Niles Welikson

Williston Park

Fortunately, this victim survived. To ensure their safety within the New York City subway system, individuals may want to follow what Hochul does when utilizing her so-called “safe subways”: Avoid standing at the edge, position yourself towards the center of the platform — and ideally, surround yourself with state troopers and city police.

That would make the subway system much safer.

Bruce Collins

Middletown, NJ

With heartfelt wishes to the person pushed onto the tracks on New Year’s Eve, who was fortunate to have landed in the trench, and in all due respect to my fellow subway riders, why do so many individuals stand right at the edge of the platform?

Regrettably, while we deserve to feel secure, we also have a responsibility to safeguard ourselves.
Position yourself against the wall or turn away from the tracks to monitor any approaching threats. And for heaven’s sake, put your phone down. Avoid becoming a victim due to carelessness.

Lou Maione

Manhattan

If you watch the entire footage of the man being pushed onto the tracks, you will also notice several people jumping the turnstiles.

Crime in the city is spiraling out of control. Mayor Adams needs to reinstate stop-and-frisk. When that policy was operational, the police effectively removed criminals from the streets.

Anthony Amore

Staten Island

The Concern: The House of Representatives will vote for its next speaker on Friday.

I wholeheartedly agree with the upcoming election for the speaker of the House (“Re-elect Speaker Johnson,” Editorial, Dec. 31).

If Republicans do not elect Speaker Mike Johnson, they risk a Democrat becoming speaker and controlling the House’s agenda.

It appears that if Johnson is not elected on the first ballot, Republicans could jeopardize their majority in 2026, ultimately impeding President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda in the final two years of his presidency.

Are the Republicans really that reckless to squander their chances of restoring America following the tumultuous years of the Biden administration?

Let’s hope that rationality prevails by Jan. 3, and they elect the one individual capable of advancing Trump’s agenda to Make America Great Again. That is what the electorate desires.

Richard A. Ketay

Newark, NJ

The last thing Republicans need is another ridiculous ousting of the speaker, followed by weeks of chaos as they search for a successor.

Additionally, that budget proposal passed by the House was a total failure. Republicans must now move forward since the budget deal was amended, unite, and focus on advancing Trump’s agenda. Enough of this petty infighting.

Robert DiNardo

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