The UFT’s Mamdani support: Letters

The Issue: The United Federation of Teachers endorsing Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani.

The fact that the New York City United Federation of Teachers endorsed Zohran Mamdani sends a message to citizens about what we can expect from our schools, which are bad enough already (“Selling Out NYC’s Kids,” Editorial, July 10).

We are teetering on the brink. This man will put us directly down the drain. Electing him will push an even bigger flight of the hard-working middle class right out of the city. Who will then pay for all the entitlements he wants to push?

The choice is not good, and another candidate needs to drop out to avoid splitting the anti-Mamdani vote. Who it will be depends on how much they love this city. We need to vote, and sometimes the devil you know is better than the real devil.

Maureen Sharkey

Brooklyn

With the teachers union now backing Mamdani, it will be interesting to see where he stands on school vouchers, since they’re routine in Scandinavian countries, which serve as his democratic socialist paradigm.

The middle class pays the bulk of taxes in countries like Sweden to support generous welfare benefits. Yet there’s no minimum wage, a 25% sales tax and many of the welfare benefits are managed by private companies. The UFT has fiercely opposed similar positions here.

Will Mamdani actually govern with this model, or will he modify his positions in return for support from the affluent unions? If so, he’s just another sleazy politician for sale.

Charles Compton

The Bronx

Public union members who are paid by taxpayers should not be allowed to donate to political parties because of the cycle it creates.

The taxpayer pays taxes that go to the public school, the teacher gets paid from those taxes, the teacher pays union dues, then the union donates to a political party, and that political party gives the union whatever it wants.

Oh, and it’s mostly one party getting that money.

John Ianni

Wappingers Falls

The teachers union supporting Zohran for mayor is the perfect example of how public schools are failing students.

Schools don’t teach students the truth about socialism. They put the word “democratic” in front of “socialist” to make it sound better.

Voters better wake up and vote out anyone who supports this twisted ideology, or you’ll learn the hard way by experiencing it.

Rob Mele

New Haven, Conn.

The Issue: The Department of Justice claiming Jeffrey Epstein did not keep a client list and did commit suicide.

We were promised the truth (“No Epstein ‘client list,’ & no murder: feds,” July 7).

We were told the Epstein files would be released, the swamp would be drained and the elites who preyed on children would face the music.

Instead, we got a memo from President Trump’s Justice Department and FBI saying there is no Epstein client list, blackmail or further charges — just a suicide and a shrug.

This isn’t just a betrayal — it’s spit in the face of every MAGA voter who believed Trump was different.

William Bailey

Kingsport, Tenn.

What an insult: The Post’s two-page spread “The Conspiracy Weary” (Brendan O’Neill, July 10) ridicules the skeptical masses for applying logical inquiry to the Epstein affair.

The Epstein affair and its coverup are governmental “frame rot” undermining our constitutional republic.

Michael Klewin

Lawrence Township, NJ

Trump was approached about Epstein’s files and sort of implied it was old news.

But he keeps bringing up the 2020 election, which is 4 ¹/₂ years old.

Raymond Mangano

Brooklyn

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