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September 14, 2006
Jeffries, Unmoved
The Daily Politics
This bit about whether or not Jeffries had softened his pro-Atlantic Yards stance was edited out of today's Ben Smith column, but was posted on his blog:
Since Hakeem Jeffries's victory in a key Assembly race that focused on the Atlantic Yards project, opponents have been claiming that Jeffries -- whom they campaigned against as pro-development -- had actually "moved" on the issue, and into their camp, as Tish James put it to me yesterday.
Jeffries wasn't really buying that.
“I don’t think so,” responded Jeffries. “It’s not an unexpected spin from someone who was on the other side of this campaign. But the position that the other side taken is that I was a supporter [of the project]. If on September 12 I was a supporter, it’s interesting that she thinks I’ve moved on September 13.”
Posted by lumi at September 14, 2006 11:11 PM