The fat cats are certainly raking it in at tax-exempt nonprofits, and The Post’s exposés were especially ironic for coming so close to Labor Day (“Verdant pastures,” Sept. 2).
The cushy jobs and inflated salaries of Park Conservancy and 9/11 Memorial execs make blindingly clear the difference between doing good and doing well.
Bill Marsano
Manhattan
The Post devoted a cover page to an attack on the management of the Central Park Conservancy, which rescued Central Park from a state of decay and made it into the greatest urban park in the world.
The compensation packages cited are by no means extraordinary in the competitive New York market when managing an enterprise of the scope of Central Park with unquestioned success.
In fact, the management of the Conservancy has produced an amazing return on investment in making Central Park a glorious amenity for all and an economic engine for the city. To attack those who have contributed so much to a positive narrative of incredible success is, to put it mildly, ignorant and destructive.
Stephen Sherrill
Manhattan
In some cases, large nonprofits give their employees and executive staff ridiculously high salaries. Politicians feel they are doing a good job for the community. Usually, the people that they owe favors get the job.
There is little or no oversight and no skin in the game. It’s a ripoff for taxpayers. Private ownership is the only way to go. Private companies provide the necessary services and are held accountable. Nonprofits could care less — they’re a scam.
Robert Rosenberg
Manhattan
You New York City voters have to be proud of yourselves for electing Democratic politicians who love to give away your tax dollars. Thank God for The Post for uncovering the salaries that are given to the 9/11 nonprofit commissioners and the Central Park executives.
Donald Coles
Boynton Beach, Fla.
Millions for millionaires? Smells like cronyism. Perhaps get rid of parasites like Central Park Conservancy CEO Elizabeth Smith and use the money for 24/7 security, so we all can enjoy the park safely after dark.
Mel Young
Lawrence
Rudy Giuliani may have been a great mayor of New York City, but the Medal of Freedom is supposed to be awarded to “individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States” (“We now need a mayor like Rudy,” Michael Goodwin, Sept. 3).
On Jan. 6, 2021, Giuliani helped incite the Capitol insurrection by warming up the crowd for Donald Trump’s “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country” comment with his own statements: “Let’s have trial by combat” and “We’re going to fight to the very end.”
The only medal Giuliani deserves to receive is a “Medal of Incitement.”
Richard Siegelman
Plainview
If you’re old enough, you’re lucky to have witnessed true leadership and the possibility of a great New York City under Rudy Giuliani. Gone were the open-air drug users and fare beaters, and the sense of dread one feels today while working in or visiting the city.
New York thrived under the leadership of Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg, but it all unraveled quickly when incompetent Bill de Blasio took office. The slide continues today. One can only imagine what’s in store under the unqualified, inexperienced socialist Zohran Mamdani.
Michael D’Auria
Bronxville
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