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Penn Station slash spree: Letters to the Editor — June 11, 2026

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The Issue: A homeless man with multiple priors who is accused of slashing five people in Penn Station.

I want to commend The Post for covering the knife attack at Penn Station (“Penn: Demand Better,” Editorial, June 9).

I can only wonder how much more damage could have been done if that maniac had a gun instead of a knife. I can’t help wondering why so many people, including Mayor Mamdani, cling to their “defund the police” insanity, and why they also oppose proactive police policies like “stop and frisk.”

Incidents like the Penn Station attack and other recent attacks on police officers and the elderly prove that we need a lot more police officers — and we also need to support them as much as we can.

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The Penn Station slashing should qualify for a cause of action against all the agencies charged with the protection of transit passengers.

For far too long have indigent and emotionally disturbed people been the subject of benign neglect by agencies responsible for the safety of commuters. They have historically been protected by law to loiter with no purpose........

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