What better role model for troubled young women — actually all young people — than Tiffany Webb (“Educator Stripped of Job,” Oct. 7)?
She turned her life around and became a respected guidance counselor who always received satisfactory ratings. The fact that she should have “juggled a caseload of 540” students is what the chancellor should find unacceptable.
The only upside to this disgraceful, narrow-minded, short-sighted, just-plain-stupid decision of the chancellor’s three-member committee is what Webb will receive as a result of the lawsuit she is bringing against the Department of Education for her wrongful termination.
Barbara Glasser, Yonkers
Dark & dangerous
I hope Joanna Gallardo-Mills wins her suit against Frank Miller and Kimberly Cox (“Ex-Staffer Sues Dark Knight Comic Creator, Girlfriend for Hostile Work Environment,” Oct. 9).
No one should be subjected to that kind of treatment in the workplace.
The suit should be a wake-up call for Miller. If Cox could do this to Mills, imagine what she’d do to him if he ever tries to dump her.
Dee Greenfield, Edison, NJ
Book bonanza
I love The Post. One of my favorite features is “In My Library” (PostScript), in which celebrities describe the books they’re reading.
It nearly always sends me dashing off to the library for at least one book per feature, although, in the case of Bob Balaban’s selections (Sept. 8), I read all four.
Sunday’s column featuring Andrew McCarthy (Oct. 7) has added “Stoner,” by John Williams, to my list.
My thanks to the contributors to “In My Library” for their good taste.
Allison Barrows, Keene, NH
Aiding mentally ill
In reference to “6,000 Mentally Ill Patients May Get Boot From NY Adult Homes” (Oct. 7), John Graviano should be able to choose whether he wants to stay at Surfside Manor or move to another housing option that would offer the support and supervision he needs.
All adult-home residents should be able to make informed decisions based upon their abilities, potential and desire to live like everybody else and not upon fear, stigma and misinformation.
There are many residents who want to live more independent lives in the community and welcome Gov. Cuomo’s plan, which would allow individuals to do so with the support they need.
The plan begins to redress what is at best a paternalistic model of care and at its worst a warehouse.
Geoff Lieberman, Executive Director, Coalition of Institutionalized Aged & Disabled
It is appalling to read about the possibility that thousands of mentally ill people could soon be forced out of adult homes.
I am the sister of one such individual, so I know firsthand that these people sometimes need constant supervision or medical and psychological monitoring.
The mentally ill have not been adequately protected. When some able-bodied people can get welfare in New York, why would the mentally ill be denied help? Is it simply because Albany has figured out a way to balance the budget on the backs of incompetent people?
If that is the case, shame on these politicians.
Arele Zabary, Plainview