AS A NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN IN 1974 HE CONCOCTED A DISGUSTINGLY RACIST SCHEME TO PUSH BLACKS OUT OF A WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. HE CONVINCED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IF THEY SUPPORTED HIM, HE WOULD USE HIS CLOUT TO DEFRAUD THE BLACKS LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GET RID OF THEM.