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Criminal-coddling NY pols: Letters to the Editor — June 5, 2026

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The Issue: A friend of Ross Falzone’s blames his death on failures in New York’s justice system.

I agree with Rob DiMeo, who blamed the “self serving mayor, governor and Manhattan D.A.” for the death of his friend, Ross Falzone, who was shoved to death down subway stairs (“Furor at laws behind friend’s shocking death,” June 2).

I’d take it one step further: The folks who vote for these politicians all share in having blood on their hands. Many politicians are like soiled diapers — they need to be changed frequently.

I was deeply touched by Rob DiMeo’s tribute to Ross Falzone. But of even greater significance was his stinging indictment of all the forces at work that allowed this vile crime to take place.

It’s not just the politicians. It’s also the public that turns a blind eye to the evil that freely walks the streets, inflicting harm on the law-abiding citizens of what once was a great metropolitan center. And, what’s more horrible, fails to demand more from those who are supposed to mete out justice to the miscreants.

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