A controversial bid to name a Brooklyn street after the late self-proclaimed “anti-white” activist Sonny Carson isn’t dead just yet – according to this mornings NY Post. A pair of Community Board 3 members have filed a lawsuit against the City Council, charging its decision to remove Carson’s name from a list of proposed street renamings was “arbitrary and capricious.” They want it overturned by a judge.
Council Speaker Christine Quinn had Carson’s name removed from a list of proposed renamings last week, and said it would be voted on at a later date.
The suit calls the move “unprecedented,” and said it violates the constitutional rights of Brooklyn residents who’d wanted a four-block stretch of Gates Avenue named for Carson, who died in 2002.
In a statement, a spokesman for the council said it has the final decision-making powers on the matter.
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this lowlife threatened the lives of jewish teachers in the late 60’s…and they want to honor him??? what a double standard!!!
serves the teachers right for wanting to teach there (in nyc)
unfortunately, yeshiva’s dont pay a salary (if they pay; do they still make rebbeim wait for their checks???)
they should name a street for him. It should be a dead-end and they should line it with porta-johns (portable public restrooms).
…and to all those who write to tell me that “they” whomever they are read this site and I should be more sensitive, don’t bother.
“arbitrary and capricious”
Funny that the closest these people can come to sounding polished and educated is by using lines off of television.
who cares already? dayyenu.