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New York Post
2 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
No self-serve gas in New Jersey: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 7, 2025
The Issue: A new bill that would introduce self-service pumps to New Jersey's gas stations. Tommy Behnke's article about Jerseyites pumping their own gas is laughable ('Let Jersey Pump!' PostOpinion, Aug. 3). First of all, most of us like having the gas attendant pump the gas. I don't know about you, but I like not having to stand in the rain, cold or snow to pump gas. Advertisement Second, gas prices might be discounted for self-service for a short period to keep customers, but would soon be brought back up to normal prices. Have you ever seen cheaper prices at the supermarket for self-check out? Plus, the removal of full service puts people out of work. Lastly, just look at New York, where everyone pumps their own gas. The prices are not cheaper for anyone doing self-service, so let's leave well enough alone. Walter Wayne Advertisement Morris Plains, NJ Hey, Tommy, wake up! This is Jersey. Gas stations won't lower prices for self-serve customers as you claim. They will instead raise prices for attendant-pumped gas. Didn't you see 'The Sopranos'? I got a bridge to sell you. Dan Hopkins Washington Township, NJ Advertisement The price per gallon of gasoline has little to do with how it's pumped into a vehicle's tank. New Jersey, now and for a long while, has the most reasonably priced gas in the region. New Yorkers and Pennsylvanians — who reside near the Garden State and have self-service gas — drive there to tank up. Also, millions of Americans can remember when all gas stations provided full service. Outdated? Since when is convenience outdated? Try being elderly or handicapped and needing to pump your own gas. The Motorist Fueling Choice and Convenience Act, while promising choice at the pump, offers no reassurance that it isn't a camel's nose under the tent for universal self-service. Advertisement Ron Wasserman Freehold, NJ I often drive from Rockland County to New Jersey just to get gas, not only because I don't have to pump it myself, but because it's cheaper. The editorial suggests that pump-it-yourself gas will save customers money. But won't it simply encourage Jersey to increase its gas tax to New York and other states' levels? Catherine Ricks Kant New City The Issue: The announcement of the new LA-based California Post, which will launch early next year. Thank you for putting a big smile on my face. I can't wait until you come out with the Los Angeles counterpart to the New York Post ('Coast to coast Post,' Aug. 5). Advertisement There's so much corruption here in the city for you to expose. For example, I know of an apartment building that was sold for $6 million then resold for $9 million a month later to be made into a homeless shelter. I'd love to know whose pockets got lined. Ed Autumn Culver City, Calif. Dear New York Post Editors: I'm wishing you the best, but you have your work cut out for you. Advertisement Common-sense journalism in California? With the politicians they have in place, it makes you wonder if they can even read over there. The pols are taking a beautiful state and turning it into a dumpster fire! Nobody wants to visit — much less live — there, so good luck bringing some sanity to the state. And don't forget your hometown. It looks like we need help, too. Kenneth P. Lebeck Plainview Advertisement I spend a lot of time in southern California. Having The California Post on sale at my local Ralphs or Albertsons is a dream come true. I can only imagine the first California Post headline: 'Stuck on the 405? Read The Post or watch the Bassmaster.' Eric Walters Staten Island Want to weigh in on today's stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to letters@ Letters are subject to editing for clarity, length, accuracy, and style.
New York Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Why moderate Dems scapegoat Bibi, Dems should drop green energy and other commentary
Conservative: Why Moderate Dems Scapegoat Bibi The left's 'anti-Israel litmus test is creeping into the mainstream' of Democratic politics, warns Commentary's Seth Mandel, as 'non-crazy Democrats' deal with how 'the 'genocide' lie has gone from opinion to gospel' among much of the party's base. Running for cover, some 'Democrats believe that if they criticize Netanyahu forcefully' over the war, 'they can fool primary voters into thinking they are condemning Israel.' But pro-Israel Dems have been trying this ever since Obama left office,' and jumped on it big when the Gaza war began. Advertisement 'This, in other words, has been Democrats' Plan A. If the party is already out of ideas' for escaping extremists' censure, 'the fate they fear is pretty much inevitable.' Politics desk: Dems Should Drop Green Energy Facing their 'lowest approval ratings in recent memory,' Democrats should 'reconsider some of their least popular positions,' explains Joel Kotkin at UnHerd, and start 'preparing to jettison Joe Biden's 'Green New Deal,'' which 'hurts middle- and working-class families by raising prices for housing, electricity and gasoline,' and is 'out of step with [the party's] once-reliable working-class base.' Yes, 'any shift back toward fossil fuels will meet ferocious opposition from progressives and their green allies,' and the most likely 2028 candidates look 'set to continue the policy of their green agenda while punishing the 'carbon economy.'' Advertisement Yet 'without a broader shift, Democrats risk alienating working-class and minority voters who bear the brunt of high energy costs.' 'To rebuild its coalition, the party must balance environmental goals with economic realities — or face further political decline.' Get opinions and commentary from our columnists Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters Libertarian: Newsom, Bass vs. Housing 'California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass are doing their best to ensure that no new net housing is created during the rebuilding of Los Angeles' wildfire-ravaged neighborhoods,' marvels Reason's Christian Britschgi. Advertisement The pair 'issued twin executive orders' suspending 'a state law allowing builders to build duplexes on single-family zoned properties' or to subdivide lots — a law explicitly enacted 'with the goal of enabling more small-lot starter homes and 'middle housing' in the state's lowest-density areas.' But 'local governments have actively limited its effectiveness' and now Newsom and Bass have 'bent' to another 'local pressure campaign' over fears of 'enabling builders to profit off of the wildfire rebuilding efforts.' From the left: The Times' Atrocious Turn Charlie 'Savage and his colleagues at the [New York] Times have badly miscovered this story for nearly a decade, and continue to do so,' fumes Racket News' Matt Taibbi of a Columbia Journalism Review piece praising Savage's latest effort to downplay the latest revelations of chicanery in manufacturing 'Russiagate.' Savage seems 'laser-focused on setting up a legal defense against perjury charges for [former CIA chief John] Brennan' by 'arguing an absurd semantic point' about Brennan's lies about how he promoted the fictitious Steele Dossier as valuable evidence. Advertisement The Times won a Pulitzer for reporting that's now proved completely 'wrong and embarrassing'; 'isn't it time someone at the Times stepped outside the bubble, and took a hard look back?' Labor beat: Autoworkers Want Their Union Back The storied United Auto Workers union was 'hit hard' by the loss of manufacturing jobs and 'forced to look to other industries' for members, notes Frannie Block at The Free Press. Now, blue-collar workers are 'outnumbered by a hodgepodge of white-collar defense attorneys, librarians' and other left-leaning professionals. That's produced a 'chasm' between union veterans 'who are moving toward the political right' and newcomers whose roots are in 'campus activism.' Labor 'traditionalists' are 'uncomfortable' with 'an increasing embrace of the ideals of the far left,' including 'campaign ads supporting . . . Zohran Mamdani' and advocacy for Gaza. 'DSA members' who have never 'worked a day in an auto factory' now occupy leading roles in the UAW. — Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
New York Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Adams, Tisch and the NYPD have crime headed firmly down — but Mamdani would send it back up
Props to the NYPD, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Eric Adams: Shootings so far this year plunged to the lowest level on record. Don't let anyone get away with pretending this just happened: It was the result of Adams' pro-police policies and Tisch's first-rate leadership. Indeed, shooting victims peaked at over 1,000 for the first seven months of 2021 under Mayor Bill de Blasio, after he shifted over $1 billion away from the NYPD and declined to to hire more cops. Advertisement With City Hall supporting New York's Finest, the number of victims has more than halved. Total shooting incidents, which exploded during the pandemic and amid de Blasio's retreat from proper policing, have also more than halved. Overall crime rates are now steadily dropping, too. Advertisement Yes, Adams took far longer than he should've to get his public-safety leadership team straight, but it's clear that bringing in Tisch has fully turned the tide. Heck, overall crime can and should keep going down: Brooklyn is joining Manhattan and The Bronx with full coverage of quality-of-life cops to deal with the daily concerns of New Yorkers; Queens and Staten Island will follow later this month. Get opinions and commentary from our columnists Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters The initiative has lowered emergency response times by over 45 minutes and effectively tackled disorder like abandoned vehicles, homeless encampments and open drug use on city streets. Advertisement But the tide can readily turn back if Zohran Mamdani wins in November; even if he's abandoning his years of anti-cop, anti-policing, anti-NYPD rhetoric, he's still pushing extremist policies well to the left of de Blasio's. The ultraprogressive Mamdani, who once mocked a crying officer, doesn't want to expand the force and plans to axe the elite task force that responded to the deadly Midtown attack. He's a longtime ally of the city's most devoted cop-bashers, such as Queens Councilwoman Tiffany Caban; his entire Democratic Socialist crew is deeply committed to a poisonously foolish approach to policing, disorder and crime. Advertisement For Mamdani and his movement, the great tragedy is that cops are arresting people again. Hand him the keys of Gracie Mansion, and he'll put a stop to that.
New York Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Who's afraid of the big, bad New York Post? Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani refused — again — to take any public questions from Post reporters on Monday, continuing a clear policy even if his campaign doesn't care to admit it. What is he afraid of? It'd be one thing if the Democratic mayoral nominee simply refused to engage with The Post's columnists and editorial board. Advertisement But we're talking about his attitude toward our news side — which, with the industry's general decline, at this point is the main local-news gathering operation left in New York City. His team last sent us a public schedule the day he returned from Uganda (July 30); before that, you have to go back to April. Nor did they alert us to Monday's event with Sen. Liz Warren (though they did confirm it when we asked). Advertisement Perhaps he's taking cues from former Mayor Bill de Blasio, who once tried to ban The Post from all news conferences because he didn't like our questions. To be fair, we're seeing a bit more response from the campaign as it staffs up: On Monday, it even gave our reporters a response to some questions. But the candidate himself doesn't seem to be on board: He last called on a Post reporter at a press conference on June 20, before the Democratic primary. Get opinions and commentary from our columnists Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters Advertisement He ignored us at his July 30 conference on the Midtown shooting, and again Monday during the Warren presser. Mamdani certainly knows we're here, and even realizes we're a part of the city scene — heck, he's even taken our name in vain by offering up his proposed Post headlines. Most of them were terrible, though UGANDA MISS ME wasn't bad. Perhaps he thinks we don't matter for winning in November, and that's his only focus; maybe we just don't fit into his media strategy. Advertisement Or maybe he refuses to risk questions he's sure he won't want to hear. He'd be wrong on any of those points, but the last one would be the biggest mistake — because he's that reluctant to be grilled even in the slightest, he can't possibly succeed as mayor. Which is bad news for all New York — and worse news for Mamdani's fans than his critics.
New York Post
30-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
NYers mourn fallen hero Didarul Islam in NYC shooting — but don't count Zohran Mamdani among them
Gotham just lost another of its Finest: Police Officer Didarul Islam was the first one shot Monday when a madman cut loose in a Midtown office building. The shooter, Shane Tamura, killed three more and wounded a fourth before taking his own life. Advertisement Officer Islam, though off duty, was doing what police officers do: protecting lives by risking their own. Islam, 36, was working as a security guard but wearing his uniform on Monday — and every cop becomes a potential target the moment he or she dons the uniform; they're the public's first line of defense. Tamura saw the blue and took the officer out, first thing. Advertisement Relatives and neighbors describe Islam, a father of two with his wife expecting their third, as a pillar of his community. A friend said he joined the force despite the risks, because 'he wanted to leave behind a legacy for his family, something they could be proud of.' He certainly accomplished that. But none of that heroism matters to the lefties who insist on smearing cops as racist villains. Advertisement And so it was no coincidence that Zohran Mamdani's reaction to Monday's horror all but erased Didural Islam, even though the mayoral candidate is pretending to moderate his long-held anti-cop views. Vacationing back on the family estate in Uganda, Mamdani tweeted he was 'heartbroken to learn of the horrific shooting' and 'holding the victims, their families, and the NYPD officer in critical condition in my thoughts' (though Islam's death had already been reported) and finished with 'Grateful for all of our first responders on the ground.' That hardly squares with Mamdani's record: 'We don't need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety,' he tweeted in 2020; 'there is no negotiating with an institution this wicked & corrupt. Defund it. Dismantle it.' Advertisement When a social-media post mocked a crying police officer, Mamdani retweeted it, adding, 'nature is healing.' He's been a leading cop-defamer, over and over demanding police, a face of 'white supremacy,' be 'defunded.' Was Didarul Islam, a Bangladeshi immigrant said to be a religious Muslim, a 'white supremacist' or 'racist'? Or more like 'a true-blue New Yorker,' as Mayor Eric Adams put it, who gave his life in the service of others? Get opinions and commentary from our columnists Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters Fine: Mamdani these days has dropped the 'defund' demands and even eventually posted a tribute to Officer Islam. But he's yet to fully disavow his anti-cop barbs. And rather than rebuild the force's ranks, as the other candidates vow, he'd disband the NYPD's Strategic Response Group, which raced to the scene Monday. Advertisement His big 'anti-crime' idea is spending $1.1 billion essentially on new social workers. Most New Yorkers are mourning the loss of a true public servant and appreciating anew the enormous sacrifices police make to protect them. Zohran Mamdani doesn't deserve to be counted among them.
