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Community Board 13 in Queens has pre-empted a councilmember’s non-binding resolution to ban N words by submitting their own non-binding resolution to ban N words:
Posted: February 1st, 2007 | Filed under: You're Kidding, Right?Taking a cue from City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), Community Board 13 Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution barring the use of the “N” word as Black History Month approaches in February.
“We members of Community Board 13 have the opportunity to distinguish ourselves as proud residents of a truly diverse community,” said CB 13 member Paul Rubenfeld, who drafted the resolution.
“Hopefully, the results of this resolution would place us in the forefront of eliminating ethnic discrimination and maintaining our high quality of life.”
The board unanimously approved the measure in a voice vote. CB 13 Chairman Richard Hellenbrecht asked that the board’s district manager, Sally Martino-Fisher, prepare a letter about the resolution to Comrie and send it to Comrie’s office.
Comrie initiated a resolution in the Council that would put a moratorium on the “N” word.
