Readers hold forth on the film business, a brand new comedian and Trump’s authorized woes

Rye Brook, N.Y.: Re “Gov’s $227B price range praised and panned” (Feb. 3): In her 2023-24 price range, Gov. Hochul proposes growing the state’s annual movie and tv tax credit score credit score from $420 million to $700 million for the subsequent 10 years. The Enterprise Council of Westchester strongly helps the governor. The credit score has already been enormously useful in fostering the movie sector within the county and is crucial to seeing the development proceed. Different states, together with New Jersey, are actually providing aggressive incentive packages to steer filmmakers their means. Whereas New York has distinctive benefits, manufacturing firms will go elsewhere if the monetary disparity grows too nice.

Media manufacturing in 2021 generated $1.1 billion in gross sales, up from $752 million in 2020, and supported 3,784 manufacturing and service-related jobs. Native governments collected greater than $5 million in gross sales and resort occupancy taxes in 2021, and greater than $2.4 million in movie allow and property rental charges.

Presently, the credit score highlight shines on Yonkers, which has earned the moniker “Hollywood on the Hudson.” Final yr, Nice Level Studios opened Lionsgate Studios within the coronary heart of town’s downtown, the primary ingredient of what would be the largest movie and tv manufacturing facility within the Northeast. The corporate will open a media arts highschool that can permit a few of our county’s most deprived youngsters to study expertise that can allow them to work in six-figure movie manufacturing jobs.

We can’t overstate the financial significance of this burgeoning business to our county. All of us have front-row seats to observe the thrilling transformation it’s activating. The BCW calls on our state legislative delegation to assist Hochul’s proposal. That is one present that should go on. John Ravitz, govt vice chairman, Enterprise Council of Westchester

Forest Hills: Anybody tempted by the lottery’s adverts for “scratch-off multipliers” ought to bear in mind this lesson from elementary college math: Zero occasions 100 equals — zero. Alan Hirschberg

Staten Island: Eighty years in the past this coming Might 29, Rosie the Riveter was launched to us as a lady, glorifying and glamorizing the roles of working girls and suggesting {that a} lady’s femininity needn’t be sacrificed. This was a difficulty of ladies’s empowerment, not a racial one. Myra B. Goodman

Bayonne: Let me echo Voicer Bob Krupoff on the lame-itude of “Grand Avenue.” You’ll be able to and may do higher and albeit, I wouldn’t miss “WUMO” if that tripe light away as properly! Marty Wolfson

Manhattan: Completely agree with Voicer Bob Krupoff about “Grand Avenue.” What a uninteresting comedian! The Every day Information used to hold “Curtis.” Why not carry that strip again? I observe it every single day on Arcamax and really feel it presents good comedy in addition to the occasional meals for thought. Lindsay Cohen

Brooklyn: To Voicer Charles Lavorerio: I agree with you about “The whole lot In every single place All at As soon as.” I’ve tried to view the film thrice and I’m nonetheless solely half-hour in. What a dud. Now that you’ve summarized it for me, I’ll waste no extra time on it. Thanks. Sure, Angela Bassett was robbed. June Lowe

Rockaway Park: That is in response to the letter from Voicer Richard Reif concerning the size of the Academy Awards. It’s true that the present can run too lengthy. Nevertheless, having labored within the company workplace of a significant movement image firm for 45 years, I can let you know it’s not simply the actors however the folks behind the scenes who deserve all of the credit score. Most of the people is simply excited by seeing the celebrities, however they’re only a small little bit of what it takes to point out a movie within the theater. Behind these stars may be lots of of people that make the image potential and so they need to be acknowledged — set designers, electricians, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, meals crafts and lots of others. Ought to the image be made on location out of a studio, a few of these folks may be away from their households for weeks at a time. Sharon Gabriel

Bronx: Is the day of reckoning upon us? Will the hopes and goals of Democrats, the media and the remainder of the left wing in America come to fruition? Of their minds, will probably the most despised males in all of humanity — he who has made their depressing lives a dwelling hell — be delivered to justice? They’ve been wringing their palms and ready with a lot anger and consternation for nearly seven years. In that point, they’ve performed an limitless hate-filled harassment and abuse of their nemesis. In the long run, I imagine former President Trump will prevail. Bob Pascarella

Scarsdale, N.Y.: The time has come. Politics can’t usurp the regulation irrespective of how minor the crime could also be. The regulation is the regulation and nobody is above it. To Trumps’ minions, Trump has allegedly damaged the regulation, and as my pal John the cop would say, “He received busted.” Harvey Wielstein

White Plains, N.Y.: I understand Donald Trump carries loads of nasty baggage with him, however to attempt to convict a former president of paying hush cash to a porn star over one thing that’s imagined to have occurred a few years in the past, and to have the federal authorities ignore financial institution information that present cash was paid to members of the Biden household by China, our most hated enemy, is insane. Joan Cocurullo

Utica, N.Y.: So, as soon as once more, Trump requires his base to behave violently on his behalf as he lastly faces the actual chance of penalties for his alleged crimes. What an outrage! How dare he? In our opinion, not solely should Trump be indicted and tried for his personal actions, he ought to be named as an confederate in each case the place somebody is injured or, God forbid, killed on account of his incitement! Everyone knows very properly what he means by, “Protest, take our nation again!” We’ve heard it earlier than, and we’ve seen what occurs. It’s time we kick this loser to the curb! Jeff and Joan Ganeles

Park Ridge, N.J.: This letter is to not endorse or condemn Donald Trump. I might be completely happy if he simply went away, however he’s nonetheless right here and believes he will probably be indicted for paying hush cash to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 for a sexual encounter in 2006. The prosecution is questioning whether or not or not he broke marketing campaign finance legal guidelines. Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer who made the cost on his behalf — who was as concerned as Trump on this encounter except for the precise intercourse — is a witness for the prosecution. One can solely think about what guarantees they made to Cohen, how truthful he will probably be and the way the prosecution will disguise the puppet’s strings when Cohen testifies. Steve Ostlund

Brooklyn: Voicer John Brindisi blames the present state of affairs on this nation on the “woke” perception in separation of church and state. That separation permits him, and anybody else, to observe no matter faith they select — or none in any respect, if that’s their alternative. The explanations for the decline of organized faith on this nation are many and don’t have anything to do with the separation of church and state. It isn’t the place of presidency to inform us about God. It might, nonetheless, be useful if authorities — and each non secular establishment — made ethics a fundamental tenet of their teachings. Ilsa Ruthen

Bronx: Now that the NYPD goes after sellers of license plate covers, they have to be alerted to a different rip-off drivers are doing. I’ve noticed many who will bend the sting of their license plate so that you just can’t learn the numbers or letters on it. They bend solely the nook of the plate however that’s sufficient to make the plate illegible. Sincere residents aren’t doing this. Police have to be knowledgeable of this observe. David Gonzalez