Dolan to host leaders after NYPD custody death
JONATHAN LEMIRE
NEW YORK (AP) — The death of Eric Garner in police custody has roiled New York City, inflaming tensions between the NYPD and communities of color, and proving the biggest test yet of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first year in office.
De Blasio, a firm believer in community outreach, has now asked one of the city's most revered figures to step in to provide some sort of comfort: Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
De Blasio called Dolan on Wednesday and asked him to hold a gathering of some of the city's most influential religious leaders to help provide comfort to those touched by Garner's death, The Associated Press has learned.
The mayor believes that the meeting — which will include Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim leaders — can help a city gripped by protests, screaming tabloid headlines and the reawakening of a long-held distrust of the police in some of New York's minority neighborhoods.
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