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NYC’s justice system failure: Letters to the Editor — May 14, 2026

The Issue: New York City’s justice system’s failure to keep repeat offender Rhamell Burke off the streets.

The miscreant Rhamell Burke should never have been on the street to allegedly murder 76-year-old Ross Falzone. People like Burke should have been involuntarily committed ages ago (“NYC failed shove vic,” Frank Conti, May 13).

Moreover, our criminal-justice system is also to blame. Apparently Burke had been charged many times. Anyone who is rearrested while out on a pending charge should have a significant bail set.

Mayor Mamdani needs to do more for our homeless and mentally ill. Rhamell Burke should not have been released.

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I am also 76 and walk with a cane. I worry about being assaulted and even killed like Ross Falzone, who did nothing wrong to anyone.

I get very angry when I see The Post give prominence to killers and hate-mongers. You printed a large front-page color photo of a benignly smiling Rhamell Burke, who shoved a retired schoolteacher down a flight of stairs, killing him.

People like him are scum who should be........

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