Jerrold Nadler, my Congressman, incongruously pitted against Carolyn Maloney in the upcoming Democratic primary. He has represented the liberal Upper West Side for years; she, the slightly less liberal Upper East Side. Redistricting has put them in the same, new district. I stopped and spoke to him about it for a while. As a lifelong, non-aligned, independent voter I am disallowed from voting in Democratic primaries in NY, a severe handicap.
Seemed appropriate for the day after Election Day, with ballots still being counted. Then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was on a flight I took to LaGuardia. I caught this snap after landing as she and her escorts were hurrying to their waiting limos. After giving permission, she asked who I was with [which newspaper] and I explained I was freelance and she was my 4th Secretary of State. She asked who else I had and I told her Elliot Richardson, Cyrus Vance and John Kerry. “All good men,” she assured me before dashing off. As you can see, I didn’t manage a high enough shutter speed to prevent some blur.
The Percy Sutton Harlem 5K run on August 23rd, this year also honoring the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil rights Act
