Harlem, NY – Mayor Michael Bloomberg got a decidedly mixed reception before an overflow crowd celebrating Martin Luther King Day at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network headquarters in Harlem.
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Bloomberg were among those scheduled to participate in the Rev. Al Sharpton’s annual event, but Hizzoner was greeted with loud boos combined with some polite applause when he took the podium.
Bloomberg proceeded with his remarks and at one point he was booed again when he said President Obama considers New York City the national model of education.
“That’s not true,” some members of the crowd shouted.
Later some said in attendance said that the comments of new Schools Chancellor Cathie Black last week were partially responsible for the chilly reception. Reverend Al Sharpton later described Bloomberg’s reception as “mixed.”
Sharpton and Bloomberg have forged an amicable working relationship and Sharpton seemed hesitant to criticize the Bloomberg team.
I would love to know why Bloomberg and Gillibrand are dignifying sharpton. He is nothing but a loudmouth racist rabble rouser!
Sharpton only got 500k for supporting the mayor last election. If bloomberg doesn’t cough up some cash there’s gonna be a ‘civil rights protest’ from the national handout network the next times cops shoot a thug.
It serves Bloomberg right for kissing Sharpton’s feet. Sharpton stirred up the crowd at the 1991 pogrom in Crown Heights, and led hundreds of demonstrators past the Lubavitch headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway. Former Mayor Koch referred to “my friend Al Sharpton”, and later referred to him as “a true Black leader”. PLEASE!!!