The Issue: Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo denouncing the congestion-price program he signed into law.
I am not a fan of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but he’s right this time (“Time to hit the brakes,” Post Opinion, March 13).
𒆙A main goal of congestion pricing is to increase ridershꦬip on the MTA.
I lived in Man♛hattan most of my adult life and once used the subway system constantly.✱
Now?
I have not been on a subway in two years.
I used to attend plays, go to different restaurants and attend Parks Department events — all by usi💝ng the subway sꦛystem.
Now that I am a senior, I wo🐻uldn’t think of going underground and (potentially) never coming up again.
If you think I’m being dramatic, ask all the elderly women who have been tossed ཧto the ground or pushed down the stairs.
Cuomo made a mist🌳ake the first time b🌳y approving this measure.
Let’s see if he can stop it.
Maria Musolino
Staten Island
Congestion pricing is another cash-grab to pay the salaries o✅f a bloated executive division.
The plan will also sk⛎ꦐyrocket my cost of living below 59th Street.
It is long past time for the MTꦑA to be privatized.
Donathan Salkaln
Manhattan
C🃏an anyone point to a major MTA project that was completed on time and on b🍌udget?
I could not — until this congestion 💯pricing bo💫ondoggle.
For this o𒁃ne,🌃 everything is in place and ready to be implemented.
What better proof is there that when it comes to a money grab, things get done on a time🐎ly basi🌳s?
William Fisher
Suffern
John Samuelsen, head of the Transport Workers Union, has issued a threat to New York politicians who support congestion pricing (“TWU chief in MTA threat,” March 8).
That threat rings hollow. He is merely𓆏 looking to displace one set of Democrats with another, a useless exercise.
Unt🗹il New York is r🙈eturned to a two-party state, politicians will continue to screw over their constituents.
John Mancuso
Naples, Fla.
It’s time for the unions to stop pos🏅turing and filing useless lawsuits.
A general strike is needed right now by all.
Just the threat alone w🌌ill bring Gov. Hochul an💞d the legislature to their knees and defeat their punishing plan.
Carl Rosenstein
Manhattan
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The Issue: Mayor Adams’ mandate to pizzerias and bakeries using outdated ovens to curb air pollution.
I read, with much interest, the article on the city requiring the installation of filters for old pizza ovens (“Get set Pie-san,” March 11).
Edward Timber, who works for the city’s Department of Environmental Protectio🎉n, said that wood-oven smoke is bad for 🌼New Yorkers’ health.
I never realized that smoke from pizza ovens was having sꦦuch a negative effect.
I thought crime was the real problem.
After reading the article I have a quest꧟ion for New York City physicians: How many patients have come to the emergency room complaining of inhalin❀g smoke from a pizza oven?
Given the city’s sudden interest in wood-oven pizzas, I imagine doctors are overwhelmed by the sheer number of people seeking treatmen🐠t.
If this is really New Yor꧑k’s priority, then the city’s leadersh⛎ip has totally lost its mind.
Mike Klarman
Branford, Conn.
If you are going to ban pizza and bagel shops from using coal and wood then you might as well ban all the outdoor family barbecues that wཧe enjoy during the summer months.
Barbecues require the use of🧸 charcoa🃏l and wood to fire up the grills, and those emit smoke, too.
I think this policy is total nꦿonsense: This is a waste of the city’s t💫ime.
Jimmy Durda
The Bronx
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