American justice system, Amazon warehouses
Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, seen in 2022, is due to be resentenced Sept. 15. Credit: Debbie Egan-Chin
LI’s scales of justice tilt in unusual ways
The American justice system is sometimes quirky “Reduced term for Mangano won’t hurt,” Editorial, July 22].
Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano received a lengthy sentence for corruption, while others who ran scams that cost people their life savings receive little jail time and most likely have failed to fully reimburse victims for their losses.
For example, former nurse Julie DeVuono, who issued fake vaccines and records for children, received a minimal sentence, even though she seriously endangered public health. How many children were put at risk by her actions?
— John Boughal, Bayport
Warehouses rise as open land dwindles
I do not understand why politicians are deliberating about destroying our Long Island with another warehouse [“$1B Amazon complex,” News, July 17].
Long Island was always referred to as a “bedroom community.” Now it is being turned over to Amazon and its billions of dollars of profits with 4.15 million square feet inside two fulfillment centers planned for Holbrook that total 140 acres of land!
One million square feet in nine facilities is already constructed and in use, while an additional 150,000 square feet on 26.7 acres of land in Massapequa is in construction, and another 113,000 square feet on 35 acres in Melville is in the approval stage.
No wonder homes are so costly. There is hardly any land left to build them on. Amazon should be told to go away and build its facilities elsewhere, not on Long Island.
— John Wolf, Levittown
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