Rex merits death and more: Letters to the Editor — June 21, 2026

Rex merits death

The sad part about Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann getting sentenced to life in jail with no parole is that there is no death penalty and taxpayers will have to pay for his stay in prison (“Kin bare rage & anguish at fiend,” June 18).

Thomas Sarc

Central Islip

A mom’s hard duty

It must have been terribly uncomfortable for the mother of Tycen Proper to call the police on her son for his plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event (“UFC ‘terror plot’ teen KO’d online,” June 18).

Thank goodness she did.

She should be praised for putting our great country ahead of family and helping to prevent a deadly attack on the White House.

I hope one day her son will thank her for her courage and sense of duty.

JoAnn Frank

Clearwater, Fla.

Reparations paid

The Post is correct to point out that some 50,000 New Yorkers died in the Civil War fighting for the Union and the end of slavery (“A New Turn in NY’s Reparations Farce,” Editorial, June 18).

In addition, several times that number were wounded, with thousands spending their remaining years as amputees or otherwise disabled at a time when there was no Veterans Administration to assist them, leaving them dependent on friends, family and charities.

New York state contributed more soldiers and suffered more casualties than any other state on either side in the Civil War.

The Empire State has paid for any slavery “reparations” in blood, treasure and pain.

Dennis Middlebrooks

Brooklyn

Kids, off the apps

The United Kingdom is following Australia’s example and restricting access to social media apps for children under 16 (“Apps not kid stuff,” June 16)

It will find, however, that children will often be able to circumvent their restrictions.

It’s a common faulty approach of trying to treat the symptoms rather than the illness.

A better idea might be to get them a soccer ball, watch a few games with them and go to the local park and join others.

The World Cup is on for a few weeks and might give us that opportunity to get them out of the basement, physical or metaphorical.

Dennis Fitzgerald

Melbourne, Australia

End the cruelty

The debate over banning horse-drawn carriages in New York City has stretched on for years, with bills endlessly stalled and buried.

Meanwhile, powerful unions maintain their grip on City Hall, and meaningful action keeps getting delayed (“Horse horror,” June 18)

If this is truly as urgent as the City Council claims it to be, the first step must be an emergency injunction halting carriage operations while investigations and public hearings proceed.

In the last month alone, another horse collapsed and died, and a young man was thrown from a carriage and killed.

Philadelphia just voted to ban horse-drawn carriages.

New York should do the same.

Janet White

Philadelphia, Pa.

ID the funders

These paid anti-ICE agitators at Delaney Hall and the people paying them should be looked into very carefully (“Organized anarchy,” June 14).

They’re trying to destabilize our country and those who are funding this should be brought into the light.

We need to know why they are doing this.

What do they have to accomplish or benefit from this?

Steve Preziosa Sr.

Deptford, NJ

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