Forked River, N.J.: When most of us with common sense heard about the plans the mayor of New York City came up with to deal with rats, New Yorkers all did a collective facepalm. While the mayor is solving NYC’s problems from his seat at the World Cup or in the sunshine of Greece, anyone who lives or works in New York already knows that garbage is the problem. Unless you deal with the garbage problem, there will always be rats and roaches no matter how many suitcases of cash you give the new “rat czar.”
Bronx: As a gainfully employed 63-year-old woman, born and raised in NYC, I thought I had seen it all. Monday gave me an all-new perspective on raising children.
Tappan, N.Y.: “Invasion” is an ominous word. It conjures personal harm and pending calamity. It is something we all shudder at the thought of. Yet, in 2022, an invasion is taking place in Ukraine by a more forceful country, militarily strong, driven by a man who wants to control a country of hard-working, honest people. He is intent on adding Ukraine to his Russian landmass, no matter the cost.