Tag: Al Sharpton

  • Living ‘Black’ in the United States of America

    And living to tell the tales. Traffic was heavy on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights on my way home to Ridgewood, NJ, after work on Wednesday, which wasn’t exactly news. But, as I approached a stretch where Route 46 and Interstate 80 go over Route 17, traffic eased and I saw the reason why. Rubbernecking…

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  • Diallo Kin ‘Refuse to Lose Hope’ By PATRICE O’SHAUGHNESSY, Daily News Staff Writer

    Sunday, April 29, 2001 Amadou Diallo’s parents expressed anguish yesterday over the Police Department’s exoneration of the four cops who killed their son, and urged supporters to “refuse to lose hope.” “Whoever said [the cops] have done nothing wrong, they are wrong,” said Diallo’s mother, Kadiatou. “I am saying to Mayor Giuliani the decision is…

  • Rudy Probes His Own Campaign

    February 17, 1997 by BOB LIFF and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani’s reelection campaign has launched internal audits to determine whether any corporate contributors gave donations that exceeded the $7,700 limit allowed by the city’s public campaign finance law. Campaign officials disclosed the reviews after the Daily News reported that a…

  • Rudy Sez He’s Tops, And Dems Are Flops

    November 9, 1996 by DAVID L. LEWIS and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers Mayor Giuliani fired the opening salvo of the 1997 mayoral battle yesterday, slamming potential challengers as inexperienced, extremist or “machine politicians.” While insisting he hasn’t decided to seek a second term, the Republican mayor for the first time dropped his…