Arson killer of girl, 3, and three others is charged, cops say

A Maspeth man has been charged with starting the March 16 fire in Flushing that killed four people, including a 3-year-old girl, police announced Thursday morning.Roman Amatitla, 38, of Calamus Avenue, faces eight counts of murder, 12 counts of assault,…

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E-bike license to kill

Re Michael Gannon’s March 26 report “City changing e-bike summons structures”:Mayor Mamdani’s order to stop issuing criminal summons to e-bike operators for ignoring traffic laws is a “license to kill,” said New York Post columnist Steve Cuozzo (March 21). “Traffic…

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Life over Uber

Last week in Brooklyn a moped was an instrument of death delivery, as its driver aided and abetted in the cruelty beset upon 7-month old Kaori Patterson Moore. RIP.Addressing the electric bike industry and redressing the myriad wrongs it has…

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We all can get ID

Linda Imhauser feels that because I am a white male, it is somehow a lot easier for me to obtain ID than someone who is not (“ID: easy for white men,” Letters, April 2).Decades ago that may have been true,…

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Prayers answered

We had asked your readers to remember National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, who was critically wounded in Washington, DC, in their prayers. What a surprise to see him and his mother honored at the president’s State of the Union address! We…

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Democrats cry wolf

In 2021, Georgia tightened its election laws. Joe Biden called it “Jim Crow on steroids” and others like Chronicle letter writers Robert LaRosa Sr. (“I hate them,” April 1, 2021) and Benjamin Haber (“Biz vs. McConnell, Trump,” April 29, 2021)…

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