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June 7, 2006
Sharpton blasts Atlantic Yards foe
Daily News columnist Ben Smith continues to stoke the flames around the story he broke on Monday, as Reverend Al Sharpton, whose organization receives funding from Forest City Ratner, continues to call for something:
But the controversy continued yesterday, as the Rev. Al Sharpton blasted Goldstein and other disparate targets.
"The arrogance of Goldstein to think he can speak for black people is beyond insulting," the Rev. Al Sharpton told The News. "From this to the [Nicholas] Minucci case to [City Councilman David] Yassky thinking he's going to run for that [congressional] seat - do they think we're just going to sit this out?" he asked.
Sharpton was referring to an alleged hate crime in Howard Beach and to the bid by Yassky, who is white, to represent a historically black central Brooklyn district in Congress.
The irony is that City Councilman David Yassky found himself at once pigeon-holed by Rev. Sharpton and standing in line to take another pot shot at Goldstein:
Meanwhile Yassky, who is running to replace the retiring Rep. Major Owens, seemed puzzled to be drawn into the controversy over Goldstein's comments.
"Speaking as someone whom Mr. Goldstein has attacked regularly, I thought his quote was offensive in the extreme," he said.
NoLandGrab: It's not clear what history Yassky is referring to, since according to our recollection Dan Goldstein has never attacked the City Councilmember.
There's more on Ben Smith's blog, Sharpton Invokes Fat Nick.
Posted by lumi at June 7, 2006 8:44 AM