The Issue: House Republicans’ failed bid to impeach Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
I don’t understand the House’s vote not to impeach Mayorkas (“Mayo-nays on impeach vote,” Feb. 7).
The Homeland Security Department was established after 9/11 to protect our borders.
Instead, Mayorkas has endangered Americans by opening our borders to millions of illegal migrants.
Many have wreaked havoc and depleted municipal budgets.
Mayorkas’ failure to protect the country’s security was ample justification for impeachment.
Carl A. Merz
West Hartford, Conn.
That Secretary Mayorkas didn’t get impeached is no big surprise.
Today’s politicians have too much time on their hands. Instead of pointing fingers at the opposing party, elected representatives should focus on solving the country’s problems.
Impeachment is a serious charge, and should only be reserved for real high crimes and misdemeanors.
Members of Congress need to remember they were elected to serve the people, not just their respective political parties.
Americans need them now more than ever.
Robert Feuerstein
Staten Island
Disappointingly, House Republicans failed to get the votes necessary to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The three House Republicans who voted with Democrats against impeachment deserve to be voted out of office when their terms are up.
They are no better than Mayorkas.
Nevertheless, we the people know that Mayorkas was not being fully truthful when he claimed that “our border was not open.”
Thousands cross the border every day.
No doubt he was saying exactly what President Biden wanted him to say.
Mayorkas was merely following orders.
JoAnn Lee Frank
Clearwater, Fla.
The Republican-controlled House is a house of cards, and those cards just collapsed.
They can’t even impeach Mayorkas who, with Biden’s endorsement, invited millions of undocumented migrants into our country.
For those Republicans who said “At least we won the House” after the 2022 midterms, the truth is: You didn’t win much.
Ron Zajicek
Cortlandt
The Issue: Mayor Adams’ calls for a new approach to combat traffic congestion in Manhattan.
Mayor Adams is calling for a “different version” of congestion pricing (“Eric’s against current congest,” Feb. 7).
Adding a modest toll to the East River bridges would be best.
Tolls on regional bridges and tunnels should also be modified so the price reflects the time it takes to travel through (or on) them.
This could solve a lot of the city’s problems: No more congested neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn caused by drivers avoiding tunnel tolls; no carving Manhattan in half with a transportation Mason-Dixon line; no Big Brother taking pictures of us.
The current proposed law is a metaphorical “No Entry” sign.
What the city needs is a policy that says “Welcome.”
D. M. Markowitz
Schenectady
Remember that the Central Business District Tolling Program will apply to commercial trucks.
Businesses that deliver to Manhattan will be forced to raise prices to cover those expenses, and the costs of goods in Manhattan could go up.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo initiated this law when he was in office.
Now he is against it, likely because he is considering running for mayor.
All the MTA does is waste the money of hardworking people.
Yet the subway and LIRR never get better.
Jerry Esposito
Southold
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