The Issue: Concerns over Mayor Mamdani’s rhetoric and attacks like last week’s Upper West Side stabbing. Mayor Mamdani’s weak, half-hearted sympathies after each antisemitic attack serve a dual purpose, putting up a defense against critics while giving a wink to his pro-Palestinian supporters, assuring them he doesn’t stand in their way (“Stop Pushing Hate, Zo,” Editorial, July 25). The language he uses is very precisely chosen, usually prefaced by the common phrase, “there is no place in our city for,” as if that will scare off offenders. Richard Carhidi Manhattan ?It’s hard to believe we have an elected official in...