I agree wholeheartedly with New York City Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo that the 9/11 attacks were an attack on America, not just New York City (“‘Zero’ For Heroes, Says NY-Bash Pol,” April 2).

As Rep. Jerrold Nadler said, the people who responded to Ground Zero put New York City back on its feet at the expense of their health. They deserve our help.

I hope that Nadler and Rep. Anthony Weiner remember this the next time California has its annual earthquake, mudslide or forest fire and that they then remind Rep. Darrell Issa that those disasters are state and local problems, not federal issues.

If Issa wants to be myopic and play the game like this, I hope California doesn’t get a penny the next time it is in need.

This is not New York . . . or California. This is America. Are we all in it together, or not?

Carl M. Ostergaard, Jr.
Bayside