Readers sound off on wages and tips, flying the flag at half-staff and hospital food

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : The best-case scenario for New Yorkers: Donald Trump pardons Mayor Adams of all charges -- and immediately appoints him ambassador to Turkey.
37% : I notice that when Trump visits a foreign country, they don't hide him in the back row.
31% : In "No Don, you must pay the price: judge" (Jan. 4), you report that Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan will sentence Trump to "unconditional discharge," meaning he "won't face jail time, probation or any other form of punishment."
16% : You say that Trump lies, cheats, breaks the law and puts people down.
4% : The judge who denied Trump's request to dismiss the charges against him was told by Biden (who was told by Obama) how to rule against Trump, and that's the truth.

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