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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

daily news, Wednesday, October 3,2001

Tm just snocKed at the race- conscious campaign of Freddy Ferrer,” he said three weeks ago. “A campaign that is 'os against them,’ that is racial, blatantly so.” In the Oct. 8 issue of New York magazine, Koch said, "I think Freddy owes his election to Al Sharpton, which means Sharpton will have the power to either appoint or veto commis­ sioners, including the police commissioner.” But yesterday Koch said he had no qualms about Sharpton’s support of Ferrer. “Al Sharpton is a bona fide leader in the black community. ... If 1 were running, I would seek his support.” He said he hoped the next police commis­ sioner “will be selected solely on the merits, without the involve­ ment of Al Sharpton." Ferrer withdraws offer Earlier, Ferrer abandoned his offer last week to have Giuliani Oversee an authority to oversee the rebuilding of the economy and infrastructure, an idea Green criticized. Instead, he sug­ gested Giuliani head an authori­ ty overseeing the removal of de­ bris and bodies. He proposed that 10 million square feet of office space de­ stroyed in the disaster be rebuilt in two years, in places like Long Island City. Queens and down­ town Brooklyn rather than the Financial District. The plan lacked specifics on funding, but he called for reimposing a tax on commuters to pay for trans­ portation improvements.

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