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Published: December 4, 2003
Councilmen Bill de Blasio and Albert Vann announced yesterday that they had enough support to wrest control of the 17-member Brooklyn delegation of the City Council from Councilman Lewis Fidler. No date has been set for a vote by the delegation, but Mr. Fidler said yesterday that he would fight any attempted ouster. The councilmen produced a petition signed by 12 delegation members endorsing Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Vann as co-chairmen for the 2004 term. ''We didn't achieve as much as we think we were capable of doing,'' Mr. Vann, a Democrat, said. ''The overriding issue is, members really want to see new leadership every so often.'' The move would also place Mr. de Blasio in a better position to fill the speaker's job in 2005, when Gifford Miller must give up the post because of term limits. Mike McIntire (NYT)
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Fidler Dumped
By MIKE MCINTIRE (NYT); COMPILED BY ANTHONY RAMIREZ
Published: December 4, 2003
Councilmen Bill de Blasio and Albert Vann announced yesterday that they had enough support to wrest control of the 17-member Brooklyn delegation of the City Council from Councilman Lewis Fidler. No date has been set for a vote by the delegation, but Mr. Fidler said yesterday that he would fight any attempted ouster. The councilmen produced a petition signed by 12 delegation members endorsing Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Vann as co-chairmen for the 2004 term. ''We didn't achieve as much as we think we were capable of doing,'' Mr. Vann, a Democrat, said. ''The overriding issue is, members really want to see new leadership every so often.'' The move would also place Mr. de Blasio in a better position to fill the speaker's job in 2005, when Gifford Miller must give up the post because of term limits. Mike McIntire (NYT)
Published: December 4, 2003
Councilmen Bill de Blasio and Albert Vann announced yesterday that they had enough support to wrest control of the 17-member Brooklyn delegation of the City Council from Councilman Lewis Fidler. No date has been set for a vote by the delegation, but Mr. Fidler said yesterday that he would fight any attempted ouster. The councilmen produced a petition signed by 12 delegation members endorsing Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Vann as co-chairmen for the 2004 term. ''We didn't achieve as much as we think we were capable of doing,'' Mr. Vann, a Democrat, said. ''The overriding issue is, members really want to see new leadership every so often.'' The move would also place Mr. de Blasio in a better position to fill the speaker's job in 2005, when Gifford Miller must give up the post because of term limits. Mike McIntire (NYT)
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