The Issue: Zohran Mamdani’s plan to give the civilian oversight board final say on police discipline.
It should come as no surprise to New Yorkers that anti-cop mayoral candidate Zohran Mandami wants the Civilian Complaint Review Board to be the final arbiter in deciding what punishment cops deserve when charged with violations or offenses (“Zo aims to cuff commish,” Oct. 2).
This is the police commissioner’s job, and should remain so.
For years, the CCRB has been filled with anti-cop apparatchiks who have never rode on patrol with officers in crime-infested neighborhoods.
Cops will pack it in, making the city a cesspool of crime.
Joseph Valente
Staten Island
It time to corral the CCRB.
Why must we have two investigative organizations?
Internal Affairs already does its job very efficiently.
Yet an officer must also go in front of the CCRB if the cop didn’t say “May I” when he arrested someone.
Bill Verderose
Brooklyn
If you want to see what kind of justice Mamdani’s CCRB would give to police officers who get called before the board, go to YouTube and watch Nazi Judge Roland Freisler giving “justice” to the Germans who tried to kill Adolf Hitler.
Bruce Collins
Middletown, NJ
If anyone has any doubts about Mamdani’s attitude towards the police, look no further than his opinion on who should have the final say on serious disciplinary matters: members of the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
The number of officers who will hesitate to take action in a dicey situation will increase.
Why risk losing your job and pension when it’s just easier to ignore a dangerous situation?
It is up to all sane New Yorkers to make sure that Mamdani isn’t elected.
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Hicksville
The CCRB is staffed by many people with no law-enforcement background or real-world experience who are tasked with investigating the actions of police officers.
Imagine being told that someone with no experience in your field will have the power to fire you.
Then imagine your job requires split-second decisions that involve a myriad of factors known only to people in your trade.
The CCRB is flawed and to give it such power is an asinine idea.
Thomas Urban
Wantagh
The Issue: Curtis Sliwa claims he refused several offers of bribes to drop out of the mayoral race.
Curtis Sliwa needs to reveal the identities of the seven New Yorkers who he says floated shady bids to get him to drop his campaign (“I’m not for sale: Sliwa,” Sept. 30).
Those who are guilty of trying to bribe a mayoral candidate need to be called out, prosecuted and sent to prison.
Nothing would please Andrew Cuomo more than to have Sliwa drop out, making it a two-man race — but Cuomo owes it to the voters to renounce any “well-heeled” New Yorkers who may be trying to bribe Sliwa.
At least Zohran Mamdani had the integrity to admit the one thing he and Sliwa have in common when he said that “New York City is not for sale.”
J.J. Crovatto
Ramsey, NJ
Sliwa ran his mouth saying he is “not for sale” and is staying in the race for mayor.
He realistically has no chance of winning.
If he loves New York City, then he should drop out.
Cuomo is certainly not ideal, but anyone is better than Mamdani.
He will destroy the city and everyone knows it.
If Mamdani wins, businesses will flee, people will move out and crime will go up.
Sliwa clearly cares about himself and no one else.
Robert Caprio
Nutley, NJ
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