Register e-bikes
I was pleased to read Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s piece about the police cracking down on e-bike riders who disobey traffic laws (“Cracking Down,” PostOpinion, May 15).
We don’t have enough police to efficiently do this. However, we do have cameras; there is a proposed law, being considered by the City Council, that would make our st🐻reets safer.
It’s Priscilla’s Law — named after a woman who was hit and killed by an e-bike. This law would require licensing and registrati🍸on for all e-bikes, so their owners would be held accountable when caught on camera disobeying traffic laws.
Melanie Coronetz, Manhattan
Don’t profile pitties
Banning pit bulls and other breeds is not the way to protect the community (“Crack Down on Deadly Dog Owners,” Editorial, May 12).
Just because some places enact breed ban🎶s does not 🤪mean that they are a data-based, effective solution.
According to a recent study, breed accounts for only 9% of behavior. Plus, breed identification can be incredibly difficult. A 2015 study by Kimberly Olson measuꦗred the ability of shelter staff to correctly id♛entify pit bulls, and then compared those assessments with the dogs’ actual DNA results, which revealed that only 36% of the dogs deemed pit bulls were actually pit bulls.
Enforcing a breed ban would be costly. Financial resources should be directed to things t𒁏hat actually work — mandatory dog licensing, enforced leash laws, more oversight on dog fighting, laws that encour🌄age spaying and neutering and laws that hold people responsible for the actions of their dog.
The Post ends its editorial with a sentence that makes more sense than an arbitrary pit-bull ban: “When pe🌠ts become a menace, it’s the people who need to be held 🦄accountable.”
The owner of these dogs on the Upper West Side🌞 knows they are dangerous. Hopefully someone will step up to prevent such attacks in the future.
Carly Goteiner, Brooklyn
Pushing Powell
Bravo to President Trump for continuing to fight for the American people by leaning on Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell to lower interest rates (“Cut to the chase,” May 14).
The American people just survived four hellish years under a presidential administration whose every dec🉐ision went againꦓst their best interests.
Now, Trump has come into office and, l꧋ike legendary college football coach Howard S🗹chnellenberger, is whipping the economy back into championship form.
And interest rates for housing and autos — what is commonly referred to as “the cost of money”— need to be dropped⛦ to pre-pandemic levels. Then the US economy will be running on all cylinders, ushering in the Golden A✤ge.
It’s clear Trump is doing everything in his power to fully maximize Amer💎ica’s ec🔜onomic potential.
Luana Dunn, Medford
Unions for sale
It’s interesting that the firefighters’ union, along with other large unions, are endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mayor (“Bravest side with Cuomo,” May 12).
Apparently they don’t care that he mad♔e a terrible decision that contributed to the deaths of thousands of our elderly in nursing homes — and to this day maintains his innocence. Nor do they have a problem regarding the sexual harassment of severa🥀l women.
Just more proof that there are no moral values wi😼thin union leadership. All that matters is what promises government officials can make💞 to add to their wallets with our tax money.
James Loprieno, Northport
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