Tischs war on lawless NYC e-bikers and more: Letters to the Editor May 18, 2025

I was pleased to read Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s piece about the police cracking down on e-bike riders who disobey traffic laws (“Cracking Down,” PostOpinion, May 15).We don’t have enough police to efficiently do this.However, we do have cameras; there is a proposed law, being considered by the City Council, that would make our streets safer.It’s Priscilla’s Law — named after a woman who was hit and killed by an e-bike.

This law would require licensing and registration for all e-bikes, so their owners would be held accountable when caught on camera disobeying traffic laws.Melanie Coronetz, ManhattanBanning pit bulls and other breeds is not the way to protect the community (“Crack Down on Deadly Dog Owners,” Editorial, May 12).Just because some places enact breed bans does not mean that they are a data-based, effective solution.According to a recent study, breed accounts for only 9% of behavior.Plus, breed identification can be incredibly difficult.

A 2015 study by Kimberly Olson measured the ability of shelter staff to correctly identify pit bulls, and then compared those assessments with the dogs’ actual DNA results, which revealed that only 36% of the dogs deemed pit bulls were actually pit bulls.Enforcing a breed ban would be costly.Financial resources should be directed to things that actually work — mandatory dog licensing, enforced leash laws, more oversight on dog fighting, laws that encourage spaying and neutering and laws that hold people responsible for the actions of their dog.The Post ends its editorial with a sentence that makes more sense than an arbitrary pit-bull ban: “When pets become a menace, it’s the people who need to be held accountable.”The owner of these dogs on the Upper West Side knows they are dangerous.

Hopefully someone will step up to prevent such attacks in the future.Carly Goteiner, BrooklynBravo to President Trump for continuing to fight for the American people by leaning on Federal Reserve Chairman J...