Letters to the Editor — April 30, 2023

RIP, Belafonte

Thank you for your coverage of the death of Harry Belafonte (“Sailing ‘Banana Boat’ to heaven,” April 26).

I realize that Belafonte made some mistakes in his political activities (especially when it came to his support for corrupt Marxist dictators like Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez), but his legacy in the civil rights movement was remarkable, and he always acknowledged the Jewish community’s contribution to the movement.

John Francis Fox

Sunnyside

Saving AM radio

The oped by John Catsimatidis about saving AM radio makes a good case (“We Must Save AM Radio,” April 27).

I was a partner at EFM Media, the original syndicators of the Rush Limbaugh Show.

We knew something about AM radio.

I’m still a listener.

As the radio business consolidated, more and more pressure was brought to bear on stations to generate profits.

It wasn’t long before newsrooms were shrunk and standard programming fare such as news, traffic, weather and sports were repeated rather than reported live each hour.

This became the trend across the country.

If AM radio wishes to be saved from those automakers seeking to get rid of it, it can fight back by creating and making thoughtful, stimulating and entertaining programming available — which, as it always has done, will yield audiences large enough to sustain its place in the American media landscape.

Stuart Krane

Highland Beach, Fla.

Sensitive Zoomers

Peter, the hospitality manager quoted in Rikki Schlott’s Wednesday column, is tormented by the possibility that his words might offend or trigger a Gen Z subordinate (“Young people piece o’ work,” April 26).

He shouldn’t care in the slightest if he does either, as long as his words aren’t deliberately hurtful.

Oversensitivity has become an implement to stifle free speech and thought.

Bill Burton

Manhattan

Suspect PD hire

It has long been the way of the world for those in a position of power to take care of their friends and family (“NYPD big ‘bugging’ her fleeing staff,” April 23).

That being said, it is a gross abuse of power to move people with zero qualifications into lucrative positions based solely on nepotism.

The appointment of Lisa White to NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Employee Relations reeks of such nepotism, and her appointment undermines the role she is supposed to play in improving morale in the police department.

Having an incompetent and unqualified person as your boss breeds contempt and is counterproductive to any workplace.

Kudos to the detective in her detail who refused her reckless order to illegally use emergency lights and sirens to transport her to her office.

This detective should be promoted, but will probably incur the wrath of the powers-that-be for bringing this story to light.

Thomas Urban

Wantagh

Whale warriors

I laughed at the article about conservative activists’ ad campaign blasting wind farms along the Jersey Shore (“Whales ‘blown away,’ ” April 24).

The whales are presumably killed by the ships working on the turbine installations.

While we’re at it, let’s outlaw automobiles and all of our nation’s highways, since they are responsible for killing 46,000 human beings every year and tens of thousands of deer.

Will Cofnuk

Morristown, NJ

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