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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document _21MC100_ Leaping off fence, Koch lands on Ferrer's side Rips Green's stand on letting Rudy stay 3 mos. By CELESTE KATZ, and JOEL SIECE ceptable behavior. DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Then it was time for, ques- ered a coup: Controller Alan Hevesi, a Queens moderate who rmer MayorEd Köch unexpectedly plunged into tonszMic mayoi,×9 zt pоrer finished out of the money in last thaeithering attace or Mari Green any ronby auked; do you bave any why yourare backing erret! week's mayoral primary. 1inow Freddy Köch said of" Green aides tried yesterday to ho way-encorsing Fernando FerrerSs the Bronx borough president Ey minimize Koch's decision, not- ing the two men have never had thint he ia very decent, 1 think warm relations Koch had been perhaps the Afwhy Mark Green would be hethas leadership alslle and mops ti the runott. Both terrified and afraid to loppose think he kaows howito-run.a "This isn't the time for petty politics and personal grudges. I think all New Yorkers would sides. aggressively lobbied, bim; ANCA Koch associatersala 2 och 9r viewing his seal of approval as a the other hand, sometimes peo agree the former mayor would : strong relatlonsnip witnyrerrers path to the moderate white Dem* ocrats who form the langest pool ry to make a responsible, roamon nadyber and Bronx Democratic better serve the city by engaging in substance rather than biased Party boss Roberto Ramirez and attacks. It is unbecoming of of undecided voters able judgmentes Just days ago Koch sald he Koch then ll Ato, Green torabellethe eldpayry, Hal him," said Green spokesman Jo- was "unllkely" to take sides. But saying that he would have been iouere factors in the deciston. seph DePlasco. , also were factors in the decision c Green's acceptance Land Fer- "as ablewor better than, Mayot Whatever the reasons thece Rudy extension backfires rer's rejection. = of Mayor Giuliani" in managing the World cision was a Burprise towperrer, "Leadership is about courage, Giuliani's proposal to stay in ofr who received word in a calltromn ie and Mark Green has the cour- age to unite the city to rebuild fice an extra 90 days drove him to"shed his neutrality, he said, statementi--have everi. ever widay. MSşarUACAAA and go forward," DePlasco said Mark Green sald yes. To me, heard,"Kochsaid For Mark,The decisioni sent sptrits plum For Green, Koch's decision this is 'unbelievable, Koch said Green, who has never given any ,was one more unwelcome rеver- meting in the Green campaign, beration from the decision to in nexțio htm in hiscaopaign indication,by example that he: eclipsing lts announcementsupport a term extension for next to him in his campat ti could do that, to say he would minutes earlier of an epdorses° Giuliani. headquarters. have been better, that is-unac- ment his advisers had consid Ferrer has trumpeted his "stariding up" to Giuliani as proof of his toughness to be may- or. And by belittling Green's ac- ceptance as a "capitulation, "Fer- rer — who captured only 7% of the white vote in the primary - is trying to peel away blacks and liberal whites from Green's bandwagon. Green has said it was a "close call" but that supporting a term extension was the best option in the interest of unity and a "seam- less" transfer.of power. Koch didn't buy Green's expla- nation, accusing him of being afraid that Giuliani would seek to overturn term limits and pur- sue reelection if he didn't get the extra 90 days. Koch mocked this position, saying Giuliani was "playing with an empty car- tridge" because the Legislature never would have given the extra 90 days. In supporting Ferrer, Koch glossed over his sometimes scathing criticism of Ferrer. NYC-WTC_000230642 DAILY NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER