Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin has flashed his blind allegiances and beliefs, not his ability to formulate critical thinking [“Zeldin sets out to reduce EPA, regulations,” News, March 3]. Seeking to remove the ability of the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases flows from non-scientific and false claims that climate change is a “hoax.”
His animosity to clean energy, championed by the former administration, has been fortified by his promises to fossil fuel interests. Adhering to President Donald Trump’s lie about climate change is one loyalty test for any Trump appointee. His administration is built on self-reinforcing falsehoods, not scientific facts.
I hope that leaders like Gov. Kathy Hochul will keep addressing the risks of the climate crisis and advancing clean energy, one sane policy, one commonsense law at a time.
It did not take long for Lee Zeldin to turn his back on the long-term support of those who live in threatened environments like Long Island, to push back against the very threads of the findings that have supported programs to move us away from carbon dependency.
This person who claims to work for us has instead demonstrated that he is not a supporter of us but is primarily concerned with supporting an agenda that will only cause harm to us and to future generations.
How does someone as well-educated as Lee Zeldin decide that global climate change does not represent endangerment?
He should talk to his former constituents in Mastic Beach or East Setauket who have suffered severe damage due to intensifying storms and flooding associated with climate change. I’ll bet they feel endangered. Or is he so aligned with Donald Trump’s agenda that he cannot or will not see reality?
Lee Zeldin mainly wants to hold onto his job. With his intimate knowledge of Long Island, he is aware of exactly how environmental funds are required to secure our future.
Does he think the monies scheduled to reduce greenhouse gases had no purpose?
Shall we call him when the sea levels rise, the beaches erode, and marine life dies?
I expect by then he will take no responsibility for his baseless actions. We will all pay the price.
Across Long Island, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, like one of my family members, rely on support services like housing, supported employment and day programs to live, work and thrive here.
Nationally, 69% of community providers delivering these services are turning away new referrals while 39% are discontinuing existing services because they lack funding needed to recruit and retain qualified workers. This jeopardizes access to services while nearly 512,000 disabled Americans languish on states’ waiting lists.
Now, another crisis looms. Community-based services are almost exclusively funded by Medicaid, and the House recently approved a budget resolution directing the committee that oversees Medicaid to slash hundreds of billions of dollars in spending over a decade [“NYS social services project under threat,” News, Feb. 27]. Will such a drastic cut dismantle the federal Medicaid program? It would leave at least hundreds of thousands of Americans without services they need.
I know firsthand that Long Island is better off when it includes everyone — regardless of disability. Any proposals to cut federal Medicaid funding must be rejected.
My wife and I have been Mets season-ticket holders for five years, on the 20-game plan. We had bought tickets for single games over the prior 35 years. We enjoy the games and experience. Several readers complained about the total cost of attending a game “Baseball a pastime? No, it’s a luxury item,” Letters, Feb. 26].
For the price of one reasonable five-day vacation, we get to see 20 games, including tickets, parking, food, and beverages.
People budget for all sorts of things, as do we. Some tickets in the promenade section inside first and third bases can cost $25 to $30.
Owner Steve Cohen allows each fan to bring in food and one sealed water bottle in a small, soft-sided cooler. Try buying tickets for Yankees, Jets, Giants or Knicks games, or a Broadway show. The cost exceeds that of a Mets game. And you’re not allowed to bring in your own food or drink.
Cohen and David Stearns, president of baseball operations, are trying to put better players on the field. Better players cost more. We’re willing to pay that price.
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