Adam Clayton Powell

Since everyone is talking about the presidential primary today, it seemed like an opportunity to pull out one more thing David Paterson said at a Times forum this past weekend.  read more »

Speaking at the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats club last night, public advocate candidate Norman Siegel said he doesn't plan to use the office of public advocate as a stepping stone.

The civil rights lawyer has said before that he is interested in protecting citizens' civil liberties, but he doesn't want to make the painful decisions that an executive has to make. According to one attendee, Siegel said, as an example, that he couldn't bring himself to close libraries on Sundays as a cost-saving measure.  read more »

After State Senator John Sabini of Queens pleaded guilty to a D.U.I. in Albany, his likely primary challenger and politicial rival City Councilman Hiram Monserrate demanded that Sabini resign from office.

Now another local elected official—Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV of Manhattan—has been arrested for the same crime.  read more »

St. Patrick’s Day is coming up, and so is the big parade, meaning it's once again for local politicians to make a statement one way or another on the organizers' decision not to allow gays to participate under their own banner.

I asked a few possible citywide candidates about their parade plans, and here’s what I heard back so far.

Mayoral candidates:

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Here’s part of an invitation to Norman Siegel’s February 25 campaign kick-off fund-raiser for what will be his third bid to be public advocate.

Names on the invitation include: State Senator Eric Adams of Brooklyn, City Councilman Hiram Monserrate of Queens, Meile and Stuart Rockefeller, and Democratic fund-raiser Lewis Cohen.
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Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV of Harlem is officially running for Public Advocate.

“I opened up a committee last Tuesday -- yes,” he told me just now. "It's something I've been thinking about for a while and I decided to take the plunge, open up a committee and see how far I can take it."  read more »

Heres a letter from Democratic Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell urging state Senators not to confirm Eliot Spitzer’s nominee to lead the MTA, Dale Hemmerdinger, because of Hemmerdigner’s association with a private club supposedly lacking in diversity.

From the October 22 letter:

“In fact, the Harmonie Club had no minority members at the time Mr. Hemmerdinger was President, has no minority members today, and has never had any minority members. It would be virtually impossible for Mr. Hemmerdinger not to know this.

More after the jump.  read more »