To the Editor:
Regarding “Onondaga County ratchets up pressure on 91-year-old widow to leave home on Micron site” (Nov. 11, 2025):
Backing out of a legal agreement and bullying a 91-year old woman is completely unacceptable and cruel — except in Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon’s and President Trump’s version of America where pursuit of power and greed eclipses human decency.
Most of us know that moving out of one’s long-time residence under the best of circumstances can be emotionally and even physically very difficult. Being forced to do so in advanced old-age, even more so.
Shame on the county executive and on Robert Petrovich, executive director of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA). And shame on Micron for letting this happen in its name.
Eric Kingson
Manlius
The writer is professor emeritus, Syracuse University School of Social Work.
