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Cuomo considers carefully
Fracking omissions
Huntington Station, L.I.: Your editorial board was pleased with the results of a recent study on fracking stating that there is less “leakage” than previously thought (“Just the frack facts,” Sept. 18). The study, by design and intention, did not address the issue of how fracking affects the air and water. This is a crucial missing element, and until that is resolved I don’t expect Gov. Cuomo to make an informed decision. Ann Rita Darcy
Consider the messenger
Brooklyn: The sponsors of the fracking study you cited were mostly oil and gas companies. The authors reported “no conflicts of interest,” but clearly its sponsors has a vested interest in improving the image of fracking. That’s why it’s no surprise that the study found 10 to 20 times less methane than independent studies, including previous government studies. Are we to trust the oil and gas industry above the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration when it comes to methane and climate change? David Braun, New Yorkers Against Fracking
Money talks, the disabled walk
Manhattan: You guys are dead-on about Mayor Bloomberg and Taxi Commissioner David Yassky (“Lemon yellow taxis,” Sept. 19). This is just another example of the emperor’s “let them eat cake” attitude. This harkens back to the great blizzard of 2010, whereBloomberg decreed, “go to a movie, go to a Broadway show.” Meanwhile, people died because ambulances couldn’t get to them. The poor, the sick, the very young and very old have never been priorities to a mayor whose motto is “money talks.” Neither are the thousands of disabled people who will not be well served by these “new and improved” Nissan vans. Paul S. Scher
All the tired horses
Farmingdale, L.I.: There is nothing romantic about an old, tired, bedraggled horse pulling a loaded carriage through the streets of New York City. Tourists will just have to find another way to romanticize their visit to New York City when the cruel carriage horse industry is ended in this city. (Perhaps a walk through Central Park, for starters?) At last there is hope that these abused, pathetic horses will be able to retire with dignity and respect if we elect Bill de Blasio, who’s said he intends to end the carriage-horse industry in New York City. Dorothy Arenella
Our changing coastline
Sayville, L.I.: While Jersey leaders are rebuilding the boardwalk at Seaside Heights, they may want to pay a visit to Long Beach, Long Island and view the construction of their boardwalk, which is part concrete. Traditional, historical rebuilding now has to include some common sense. Al Loving
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