Up on the Board: Readers write, public union contracts and LIPA
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference announcing a $1.7 billion plan to help New York homeowners and businesses recover from a trio of destructive storms last week. (April 26, 2013) Credit: AP
Readers wrote to us this week about the morning after pill, campaign finance reform and Internet sales taxes. Several people took issue with an op-ed we ran on Monday by Destiny Thompson, a Valley Stream South High School senior who was brought to this country illegally at age 2. She is hoping New York passes a version of the DREAM Act, which would help her pay for a college education. Stay tuned for these letters in the coming days, or send us your thoughts: letters@newsday.com.
The editorial board is looking closely at Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s idea for a financial restructuring board, which would help fiscally distressed municipalities. The key to the plan's success will be solving the problems of binding arbitration and out-of-control union contract awards.
We’re looking at a Suffolk County proposal to merge two East End health clinics and turn them over to a private operator.
And there’s a squabble in Congress about how the United States handles international food aid. The pettiness over which committee gets to distribute the $1.4 billion annually – and which industry interests might be harmed – could reduce the potential to feed starving people. It’s Washington at its worst.
How do you solve a problem like LIPA is our editorial topic for Sunday. Visit our website this weekend to watch a video about 15 years of LIPA promises, and leave a comment in the readers’ opinion section, Take the Podium.
If you have an opinion on any of the above, simply fill in a comment in the section below, or email letters@newsday.com.
