New York’s hockey fans need something to read
Manhattan: In what can only be called a nightmare of a hockey season on Monday, the New York Rangers lost another game they had led by two goals in the first period. On the bright side, the New Jersey Devils defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-2, and the Islanders, yes, the Islanders, are in second place in their division.
What does the Daily News have to say? Nothing. We get the usual Associated Press game recaps and that’s it. What did the Tuesday Sports section include? Features about Olympic speed skating ice, a Muhammad Ali tribute stamp and stories about the Boston Red Sox third-base situation and the Philadelphia Eagles’ Sunday loss to San Francisco. We also got the usual NFL roundup informing us about the L.A. Rams’ Matthew Stafford, Green Bay’s Micah Parsons and the Cleveland Browns’ head coaching search.
We did get a feature about Oregon’s Dante Moore, as well as stories about John Harbaugh and NFL Wild Card games that relate tenuously to NYC’s football teams, but that’s about it. Not a drop of analysis about the three local NHL teams. The News never provides analysis about any of our local hockey clubs. Our NBA teams are regularly covered by the delightful Kristian Winfield and trusty C.J. Holmes, but the best NHL fans get is an AP recap, describing a game we all saw with our own eyes. No analysis, no breakdowns, no insights, just facts served as dry as toast.
C’mon, you can do better. Bob Glasscock
Coach with maturity
North Bennington, Vt.: Dear NFL team presidents of operations: When you interview Mike Tomlin, please remember to not make him mad. I wouldn’t want to hear that you got a fractured skull from having a chair thrown at you. Tomlin has been seen coming unglued over some bad play by his team. So far, he hasn’t injured anyone. However, emotional abuse by a powerful coach can eat at a guy’s ego. Now you take Pete Carroll, who’s also unemployed. Here’s a guy I like and could work with. He acts like a leader and an adult. He has good manners and is smart. After all, we’re all adults and we can manage our actions on the field. Giving your all is expected of football players all the time. Making mistakes hurts, and we remember them. It motivates us to go out there on the gridiron and work harder. Tom King
Rightward rebalance
Huntington, L.I.: Voicer T.S. Fallani asks the Daily News to “at least attempt to be neutral.” Does she not see the irony in this request? A liberal asking a leftist newspaper to be more neutral? I do not think she would like the results. Tom Saracco
Housing overhaul
Briarwood: I propose the NYC Urban Reform Law of 2026 for the democratization of housing in NYC. The fundamental principles are the universal right to housing and the abolition of private landlords. All housing is to be city-owned, with rents capped at 10% of residents’ income for five to 20 years pending renter ownership of the home. Evictions are to be immediately abolished, with financial compensation from landlords to evicted tenants (residential, commercial and industrial). Private landlord-owned and co-op/condo buildings shall be transferred to city public ownership and management. Private mortgages are to be rescinded. NYCHA housing shall be reformed to the rental cap and all pertinent housing regulatory reforms, and new housing constructed by the city. Social housing shall be permanently secure and affordable, with an end to homelessness. Only a full urban socialist program democratizes housing in NYC. Renters unite! Joseph N. Manago
Exported rights
Manhattan: So let me get this straight: President Trump is supporting Iranians’ right to protest but sending ICE to stop Americans from protesting? Next Trump will demand we pay for Iranians’ health care. Edward Drossman
Illegitimate enforcement
Warsaw, N.Y.: No sooner was Renee Nicole Good shot dead by an ICE officer while trying to follow his order to drive away than DHS chief Kristi Noem was on TV in her giant cowboy hat saying Good was a domestic terrorist weaponizing her car to kill federal agents. We all saw the videos. Believe her or your lying eyes. ICE and Customs and Border Patrol agents have long jumped in front of cars before shooting drivers to claim their lives are in danger. Properly trained police officers don’t shoot drivers, because injured or dead ones make their cars out-of-control menaces. It’s time to prosecute ICE and CPB offenders for routinely flouting state and local law. Minnesota officials are trying, but the FBI swooped in to withhold likely damning evidence. Our state Attorney General Letitia James should be ready to prosecute law-breaking federal agents in New York. Lynn Saxton
Be objective
Manhattan: To Voicer Nick Di Pasquale: Instantly, you let every reader know your bias and blind loyalty to a party, and that your cognitive dissonance kicked in and short-circuited any rational thinking, with your remark on Renee Good’s killing. You stated that Good “drove away.” Therefore, the cowardly officer could’ve later arrested her or simply disabled the vehicle by shooting out a tire with the same accuracy. Law enforcement doesn’t get to be judge, jury and executioner all in one horrible shot. Your cult-like loyalty to a party followed soon after by blaming Democrats. This is a humanity issue. Whether she’s a Republican, Democrat or any other belief system, she didn’t deserve to be killed. Do unto others as you would have done unto you, correct? Let’s put Republican female family members, friends, parents, children, etc. in that same scenario. Do they deserve to be executed? Edward Scott
Big question
Bronx: Are Americans going to follow a madman down the rabbit hole as the Germans did? Pauline Graham Binder
New dictatorship
Monroe, N.J.: Welcome to Amerizuela, where the leader is self-serving and out for his own gains. He has lived well, throwing extravagant parties while the prices of groceries are high for the populace. He has attempted to imprison those who disagree with him. His ego has grown in recent times, taking over other countries’ natural resources to line his own pockets. Countries rich in oil and minerals have monopolized his thinking of what is best for him to justify military interventions. He’s willing to step into Iran to ensure a democratic nation to keep protesters from danger and, of course, the country’s large supply of oil. In his own land, protesters of his policies are hunted and deported despite the democratic policy of due process (too bad Minnesota isn’t sitting on oil reserves). Maybe Greenland should invade us first! Katherine A. Moloney
Wizards of Oz
Danbury, Conn.: Trump is not the head of the snake. His head is an empty echo chamber residing between his ears (the good one and the one miraculously healed after that assassin’s bullet). Space for rent, overpriced. Go after unelected Stephen Miller and the Project 2025 architects. Trump is their dummy. They are the ventriloquists. Michael Eddy
Enter the fray
Manhattan: Welcome to the resistance, Jerome H. Powell (“Fed chief swings back,” Jan. 13). Let me share this common refrain heard more and more from all corners of our country: When democracy is under attack, what do we do? Stand up! Fight back! What do we do? Stand up! Fight back! Mary Garvey
Brand expansion
Brooklyn: Our great president seems to be on a naming spree. He had the audacity to name the Kennedy Center after himself. In his final three years, I expect to fly out of Donald J. Trump International Airport on Trump Airlines to my vacation in Trump City, Fla. Mike Getz
Reckless remarks
Scarsdale, N.Y.: Calling on troops to defy “illegal orders” without specifying which orders are illegal was irresponsible (“Arizona sues Hegseth over ‘unconstitutional crusade,’ ” Jan. 13). A retired Navy captain knew or should have known this. Questioning the wisdom of the commander in chief is certainly the province of “many analysts,” but they are not in the chain of command. Sen. Mark Kelly should be given a dishonorable discharge from the Navy. He forfeited what he had earned with this stunt, which was too clever by half. Peter McCarthy
