Mr. Sharpton was embroiled in a controversy earlier this month when he asked Mr. Ferrer to endorse black candidates for Bronx borough president and for city comptroller.
A1 Sharpton Lists Conditions The Rev. Al Sharpton said he would support Fernando Ferrer for mayor only if he pledged to endorse black candidates for Bronx borough president and city comptroller.
Fernando Ferrer last night rejected a demand from the Rev. Al Sharpton that he pledge to endorse black candidates for two specific city offices as a condition for winning Mr. Sharpton's backing for his mayoral bid.
B1 Ferrer Rebuff to Sharpton Fernando Ferrer rejected a demand from the Rev. Al Sharpton that he pledge to endorse black candidates for two specific city offices as a condition of Mr. Sharpton's backing of Mr. Ferrer's mayoral bid.
Mr. Sharpton said last week that he would back the mayoral aspirations of the current borough president, Fernando Ferrer, only if Mr. Ferrer would endorse black candidates for city comptroller and Bronx borough president.
Throwing a wrench into Fernando Ferrer's attempt to assemble a coalition of black and Hispanic voters behind his mayoral candidacy, the Rev. Al Sharpton said yesterday that he would support Mr. Ferrer only if he publicly pledged to endorse black candidates running for Bronx borough president and city comptroller.
Rather than endorse black "this" and black "that" in government, he should be speaking up for abolishing so-called racial differences and boxes.
To Mr. Ferrer's embarrassment, Mr. Sharpton said he would endorse him only if Mr. Ferrer promised to endorse blacks for two offices.
In an interview after the breakfast, Mr. Sharpton softened his demand that Mr. Ferrer, the Bronx borough president, pledge to endorse blacks in at least two political races this year as part of an effort to create a black-Hispanic coalition.
He gained attention after Mr. Sharpton set conditions for endorsing the candidacy of Fernando Ferrer: a promise to endorse blacks in at least two political races this year -- for Bronx borough president and for city comptroller -- as part of an effort to create a black-Hispanic coalition.
A second demonstration – promoted on Facebook with the title "Reparations Not Black Sites" – was set for Monday evening near Emanuel's office and endorsed by Black Lives Matter Chicago, which was seeking "unrestricted access" to Homan Square.
