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Mayor de Blasio, City Pols Commemorate MLK Day at NAN

January 17, 2017 10:30 AM·

​On Monday, Mayor de Blasio, plus city, state and federal elected officials joined the Rev. Al Sharpton in commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the headquarters of the National Action Network in Harlem. 

In his remarks, NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said, “Let us remember Dr. King. Not as the benign statesmen revered by all that they would have us believe, remember him as. Let us remember him as someone who was an activist, who was an agitator, who aggressively stood up to oppression and refused to back down.” 

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Author: Michael Benjamin is a public affairs consultant and an editorial board member at The New York Post. He is a former contributing columnist to the NY Post, City and State NY and other publications. He is a former Member of the New York State Assembly (2003-2010) and once led the Bronx Board of Elections. Since leaving office, he has appeared as a commentator on TWC NY1, Bronxnet OPEN, Good Day NY, and Al Jazeera America. His columns and blog focus on corruption, government, education, politics, redistricting, nuclear energy and race. He holds a B.A. in political science from Syracuse University.