The Issue: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ vote in favor of the just-passed $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.
I supported Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, but she and 12 other Republicans threw President Biden and Rep. Nancy Pelosi a lifeline (“Malliotakis: Portrait of Principle,” Editorial, Nov. 11).
This bill may aid New York in small ways, but most of the bill has nothing to do with infrastructure and will contribute to inflation.
My guess: We will see no improvement in existing infrastructure and an addition of wasteful projects.
Maureen McGroarty
Brooklyn
Your editorial excoriating Malliotakis’s critics was completely off the mark.
Whatever the merits of the bill, had it not passed, Republicans could have been in the driver’s seat in negotiations over a real infrastructure measure.
This measure will only add to the inflationary spiral we are experiencing without any real, lasting benefits and will be accompanied by severe disruption.
Malliotakis and her 12 colleagues disappointed their voters and deserve the backlash they are receiving. Shame on them.
David S. Levine
Hobe Sound, Fla.
I have to finally disagree with my favorite newspaper’s editorial. You have “Malliotakis: Portrait of Principle” all wrong.
For starters, she gave the Biden administration a victory and momentum, despite her claiming to disagree with every other action and policy decision of the failing administration.
Second, Malliotakis fails to acknowledge that New York has been one of the highest-taxed places in America. The need for infrastructure is not for lack of revenue, but for lack of proper spending decisions.
The money allocated will be controlled and spent by the very irresponsible Democrats, who are in the process of running the rich and the middle class out of the state.
If anything, New York income, sales and real-estate taxes should be reduced, but we know that won’t happen.
Malliotakis isn’t helping the people of New York, she is helping the politicians of New York.
Jules Kunofsky
Brooklyn
I expected better from The Post regarding your opinion piece on Malliotakis’ vote on the infastructre bill.
I’ve followed her career to some degree over the years, and clearly she is slightly to the left of a moderate conservative. But I voted for her last year, knowing she was better then Max Rose.
She failed her constituents with her “yes” vote on this bill. The bill is bad for Staten Islanders, bad for New York City and bad for the country.
Turns out yet again I was fooled by a career politician saying what we want to hear and then playing the DC swamp game.
Al Panzella
Staten Island
The Post claims Malliotakis is a portrait of principle. However, the people who voted for her against Max Rose feel quite differently.
Her vote for the Democrats’ bill was exactly what we don’t need — and any and all criticism via social media or former President Donald Trump is deserved.
Maybe I should have voted for the do-nothing, left-wing Rose and gotten the same result?
Malliotakis needs to think before she acts or she will be labeled a RINO.
Vincent Conti
Staten Island
The Post makes the Pollyanna-ish assumption that this infrastructure money will actually be used to fix or replace crumbling parts of New York City’s roads, tunnels and bridges throughout the five boroughs. Wrong.
As your city’s gaggle of politicians preen and posture for good PR and re-election chances, the lowly taxpayers will continue to creep along the antiquated and dilapidated Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Belt Parkway, Long Island Expressway and Cross-Bronx Expressway, trying to get to and eventually through the decaying tunnels or across the rusting bridges.
Replacing them has never really been on the table. Patching has always been deemed good enough for the peasants.
Vincent Ruggiero
Scottsdale, Ariz.
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