EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY

SONNY CARSON STREET NAME CHANGE FIGHT ESCALATES
(Is this really worth it with so much at stake?)

by Eric K. Williams

The fight over a street re-naming in Brooklyn, reached a fever pitch Wednesday, and may have now led to death threats against a New York elected official following one of the most racially charged votes by city lawmakers in years. The target is Leroi Comrie, (pictured above on the left, and below with commedian Bill Cosby) a Queens City Councilman, who was one of seven members who abstained from voting to place the name of the late Sonny Carson among 50 names, in a council omnibus bill of street name changes.