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July 27, 2007

Plenty of traffic in race for Boro Prez

The Brooklyn Paper
By Gersh Kuntzman

City Councilman Charles Barron has announced his candidacy for Brooklyn Borough President:

The kickoff announcement wasn’t all about race, of course. Barron, a staunch opponent of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development, also used Sunday’s press conference to attack the current officeholder, Borough President Markowitz, who strongly supports the project.

“We need to make to make sure that Brooklyn is not a borough for developers to come get rich and for working people to struggle every day,” he said. “We need a visionary leader in this office, not just a cheerleader.”

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Posted by lumi at July 27, 2007 7:20 AM