On July 6th, a lawyer for the City Council sent out a request to members asking them to preserve all documents related to "VIOLA PLUMMER "AND THE PROPOSED CO-NAMING OF STREETS FOR SONNY CARSON" because of a lawsuit that Plummer — the chief of staff to Charles Barron who was recently dismissed from her job Read More
Viola Plummer's brief-but-triumphant return to the City Council chambers was greeted with, well, a lot of police.
I got there just after a welcoming committee of officers escorted Plummer to the balcony, since, technically, she doesn't work here anymore. I caught up with Plummer and her boss, Charles Barron, as they were leaving. Barron told Read More
A federal judge ruled just now that the City Council can move forward and fire staffer Viola Plummer if she does not sign a statement promising to behave herself. Plummer, who works for firebrand councilman Charles Barron, landed in this trouble after making outbursts during a Council meeting in May, after which she expressed the Read More
The unofficial street renaming for black nationalist Sonny Carson is going forward in Brooklyn this Saturday at 4 p.m., according to a City Hall source. And leading the unofficial event will be Charles Barron.
The fact that the City Council already rejected this plan isn't stopping supporters. In fact, I’m guessing this Read More
The City Council is beefing up security for two Council members who were the subject of separate (but related) death threats, Christine Quinn told reporters at a press conference earlier today.
The first threat was directed towards Leroy Comrie by Viola Plummer, who is the chief of staff to Charles Barron.
The second Read More
“If it takes an assassination of his ass, he will not be borough president in the borough where I live.”
That was the chief of staff to Charles Barron speaking about another City Council member, Leroy Comrie, who is black and voted to abstain today on a failed proposal today to rename a street Read More
