Sydney Sweeney jean fury and more: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 03, 2025

New York Post

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Sweeney haters
Some 40 years ago, in a Calvin Klein commercial, Brooke Shields said, 'Do you know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing' ('Sydney 'Nazi' madness,' Kirsten Fleming, July 29).
Do you know what comes between Sydney Sweeney and her American Eagle jeans (genes) ad? Woke liberal sheep and the usual race baiters.
Thomas De Julio
Delray Beach, Fla.
Sydney Sweeney's viral American Eagle jeans ad has sparked intense backlash online for its delivery.
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Canada's Pal nod
Israel shouldn't worry about Canada recognizing a Palestinian state ('Mexico rates an extension,' July 31).
Every condition for recognition, like free elections and giving up their weapons, will never come to fruition.
Joe Markovic
Boynton Beach, Fla.
Unfair fares
The MTA is planning to raise the subway and bus fare to $3, and according to the board it's no big deal ('Don't call it a hike?!' July 31).
Maybe, just maybe, if everyone paid the fare, no hike would be needed. Instead, the fare now goes up for the average citizen, and those who break the law will just continue their ways.
And what happened to congestion pricing helping out rail commuters? That is just so last year. Gov. Hochul needs to go. She's a true upstater who has no idea what's it like for those in New York City to pay for all her bad decisions.
Smarten up, voters — this is what it's like living in a state with a one-party system. Maybe we should just try the other party — doing the same thing over and over is the true definition of insanity.
Philip Vallone
Ossining
Homeless hazard
President Trump is 100% on the right track to remove the mentally ill and drug addicts from public spaces and streets ('Prez edict on homeless care,' July 25).
A business owner should not have to pick up used needles or have his entrance be a homeless person's toilet. I see men passed out on subway stairs, covered in vomit and feces. It is dangerous, filthy and a health hazard to the public.
Commuters have emotionally disturbed lunatics pushing them onto the tracks. Take these people away to institutions, where they can be cleaned up, fed and receive treatment.
Carol Meltzer
Manhattan
Bragg's education
Thankfully, Scotty Enoe was acquitted after being charged with manslaughter for protecting fellow workers at a CVS from a violent thug (' 'I took the blame for Bragg,' ' July 29).
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's next job should be stocking shelves at CVS instead of stacking up court loss after court loss for the city of New York.
There, he could gain an understanding of how to protect law-abiding citizens from the frontlines of our endless war on crime.
Donathan Salkaln
Manhattan
Faux 'protection'
It no longer makes any sense to have 'protection agency' in the Environmental Protection Agency's name ('Rollback of $1T 'hidden eco tax,' ' July 30).
In fact, only a moron would ever believe that President Trump has our best interests at heart when it comes to the inherent danger of climate change.
In its proposed rollback of emission standards, the agency that he's determined to dismantle piece by piece is out to protect only the best interests of big business.
Bob Ory
Chicago, Ill.
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