Gothamist: Video of the Day: A "Street Fight" for Jerry Orbach

question

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:45:44 -0500

Any idea who abstained or why? Seems like a silly vote to recuse yourself from.

leslie

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:05:37 -0500

If a quorum were needed they could not have gone ahead with the vote. The vote was 18 yea, 17 nay, with one abstention, which is technically more like a "tied" vote, not a majority.

Vin

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:50:36 -0500

Look, I liked Jerry and his role as Briscoe was great in L&O. I didn't see his theater performances but I assume they are good as well. But isn't the criteria for naming a street after the departed getting too relaxed? There has to be some other people who's more "worthy" to name a street after than Jerry. I know worthiness is subjective, but we can all agree that native NYers born and bred should be ahead of non NYers, so at least Jerry should come before James Brown or Peter Jennings, who already has a street named after him.

nick

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:37:39 -0500

slick motion graphic!