Court Ruling Favors Independence Party
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ALBANY – An appellate judge ruled yesterday in favor of the state Independence Party’s effort to disband its county organizations in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.
The party chairman, Frank MacKay, said the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division in Brooklyn vacated a temporary restraining order against the party’s decision, made at a February 4 meeting of the state committee.
The party is trying to cut ties with a former leader, Lenora Fulani, who was accused of making anti-Semitic statements and has supporters in the three boroughs. “There is no room in our party for such outrageous racism,” Mr. MacKay said. “We are a party of inclusion and the only people that should be excluded are those who preach this kind of hate.”
Ms. Fulani couldn’t immediately be reached for comment last night, but last week she said the party was trying to become “all white, where blacks and other minorities are not just unwelcome, they are maligned and abused.”
