The Issue: Mayor Bloomberg’s acknowledgment that he kept Stephen Goldsmith’s arrest a secret.

Mayor Bloomberg is now saying that he misled the public because it was not right for his administration to release a story that could be potentially embarrassing and bring suffering to the Goldsmith family (“Defiant Bloomberg Confesses,” Sept. 5).

Maybe it was his own embarrassment and suffering that Bloomberg was trying to avoid.

This is just another example of Bloomberg’s double standard.

Jim Carmichael

Smithtown

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Bloomberg did not deceive anyone. He merely did not volunteer information regarding a personal matter involving Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith and his wife.

The matter did not involve wrongdoing in official city duties.

The matter was handled properly by the police and Goldsmith resigned. Give him a break.

G. Davis

Staten Island

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That Bloomberg won’t apologize for covering up Goldsmith’s resignation is typical of the utter contempt he has for the people of this city.

Bloomberg redefines the word hubris.

Robert Greco

Staten Island

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There are two things to remember: Goldmith lost his job immediately, and Bloomberg acted admirably, if not honorably, in trying to help a friend and former aide under circumstances where the truth is known by only two people.

N. Viest

Manhattan

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The mayor has done the right thing. I’m sure he checked out the circumstances before he accepted the resignation.

Stop trying to make something out of nothing.

Ray Hackinson

Ozone Park

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Bloomberg sets back all the efforts made to protect women from domestic abuse.

His silence is typical of males protecting males in these instances.

Years ago, laws were changed and police practices revised to ensure mandatory arrests for abuse. A police officer cannot make a personal judgment of the kind the mayor made.

I’m amazed at the silence of women politicians regarding this instance.

Phil Serpico

Kew Gardens