Paterson’s popularity in Harlem has plummeted
by Chine Labbe November 23, 2009.
New York State Gov, David Paterson talks to the media in Utica, N.Y., Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS
For Harlem residents, March 2008 was a proud time. David Paterson, the man who was being sworn in as New York’s 55th governor, had represented their neighborhood in the State Senate for more than 20 twenty years.
“He [was] a Harlemite, with uptown experience,” said Rev. Luonne Rouse, 54, of the Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church, at 126th Street and Madison Avenue. “[He showed that we, in Harlem,] can make a major contribution to the state.”
