The Independence Party Unites
Lenora Fulani is one of those people who no one can find anything nice to say about, so small wonder that four politicians--Betsy Gotbaum, Alan Hevesi, Jerrold Nadler and Chris Quinn --have joined hands (and followed in Scott Stinger's footsteps) to oppose $12.5 million in tax-free financing that the Bloomberg administration will consider at a public hearing tomorrow for a Fulani-affiliated nonprofit youth program, the All Stars Project. What makes this interesting is that Bloomberg has had trouble distancing himself from Fulani ("a virulent anti-Semite," according to Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum) or her mentor Fred Newman (the "figurehead of a cult that sexually exploits women"), although he did cop 74,000 votes from the Independence Party last year, which was once led by her and in which she is still influential.
-Matthew Schuerman
If you can't find anyone to say anything nice about Lenora Fulani, then you're looking in the wrong place. Try talking to the thousands of young people who benefit from the youth programs that Dr. Fulani has built, or the professionals who give their time and effort to making sure that the All-Stars flourishes; or how about in the streets of Harlem, Brooklyn, the Upper West Side or any community of the city where you can find thousands of us who are sick and tired of elected officials who would sacrifice the livelihood of young people who benefit from the All-Stars just to get a political fix. And by the way, count me in as one of the many people who will speak endlessly about the virtues of Lenora Fulani.
Gwen Mandell