Top NY State Democrat: Move Ground Zero mosque for 'sake of peace'

• 8/24/10, "Sheldon Silver: Move "Ground Zero Mosque" for Sake of Peace," by H. Gittens, NBC New York
  

"State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver made his strongest comments to date about the placement of the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" today after a press conference on education funds.

• Following the news conference on federal "Race to the Top"' grants with the governor, Silver said that while the developers of the Park51 Islamic Center had the legal right to build only two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center,
  

• they should seriously reconsider.

"The sponsor should take into very serious consideration the type of turmoil that's been created... and find a suitable place that doesn't create the kind of controversy this does," said Silver.

• "I believe that they have a right to build a house of worship," said Silver, adding, "what I am suggestion is that
  

that in the spirit of living with others, they should try to find a location that doesn't engender the

• deep feelings that currently exist about this site.""

Mayor Bloomberg now openly scorns the citizens

• whose trust

he quite recently begged for.

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