Here’s a shot from an event in Brooklyn yesterday where central Brooklyn lawmakers who supported Barack Obama in the February 5 primary announced they’re endorsing Representative Ed Towns for reelection.

“I made the decision to support Senator Obama because of his message of change,” said State Senator John Sampson, in a public statement. “I made the decision to support Congressman Towns for this same reason. Towns’ seniority in Congress enables him to build strong relationships and alliances in order to bring the change needed that will move our great borough forward.”

The other elected officials included Towns' son, Assemblyman Darryl Towns; State Senators Eric Adams and Kevin Parker; State Assemblymen Hakeem Jeffries and Karim Camara; and Borough President Marty Markowitz.  read more »

Democratic Congressional challenger Kevin Powell has been linking himself to Barack Obama in one way or another for some time now. But his effort to compare himself to the presidential nominee may suffer after tomorrow.

At 2 p.m. at Brooklyn Borough Hall, a number of local elected officials who are also Obama supporters--State Senators Eric Adams, Kevin Parker and John Sampson, along with Assembly members Karim Camara and Hakeem Jeffries--will be endorsing incumbent Ed Towns for re-election.

UPDATE: Powell fund-raiser Arthur Leopold responding by first noting that the Towns campaign put the wrong district number in the release--it says the 13th, but Towns represents the 10th Congressional district.  read more »

At a press conference yesterday about racial profiling, State Senator Eric Adams said he thought that if Barack Obama, David Paterson or Malcolm Smith "were sitting in a vehicle in South Jamaica, Queens," they could find themselves victims of racial profiling, like Sean Bell and his friends allegedly were.

After the press conference, I asked Adams to elaborate on what he thinks of the prospect of having Paterson, Smith and Obama (particularly if he becomes president) in positions of prominence.  read more »

Here’s Al Sharpton and State Senator Eric Adams during a press conference yesterday at City Hall, talking about changes they’d like to see in the police department.

Sharpton talks about symbolism versus substance.

Here’s something I just saw: a campaign video for public advocate candidate Norman Siegel, a civil rights lawyer making his third bid for the office.

The ad features State Senator Eric Adams, a member of the Granny Peace Brigade and a campaign slogan -- “Norman Siegel for the People” -- set to a soundtrack of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Siegel's likely opponent, Councilman Eric Gioia, has a video too.

Eric Adams, the co-founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, just picked up the support of 1199.

He's in the race against, among others, Anthony Alexis, who Rock Hackshaw hoped might be able to "make history" by becoming the first Trinidadian elected to office in New York.