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When Cory A. Booker took office as mayor of Newark, N.J. in 2006, he assumed responsibility for a city torn by crime, economic instability, and explosive racial tensions. Booker, an Yale-educated lawyer, ran on platform of reforming the city’s government and reducing crime. Since taking office, his mayoral agenda—which some consider too idealistic for the harsh reality of Newark, which was decimated following notorious race riots in 1967 riots—has been closely monitored by his constituents and the national media alike. This heavy dose of idealism is what the future lawyers...
...During the late 1990s, Harvard began a neighborhood planning process, at the request of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, to coordinate the University’s plans for its property in Allston with the community’s needs. In 2004, the series of meetings resulted in the North Allston Neighborhood Strategic Plan, a document that focused on maintaining housing affordability, creating open space, and ensuring greater economic opportunity in the neighborhood...
...Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark, N.J. addressed graduates of Harvard Law School at their Class Day ceremony yesterday...
...Mayor sat down for an interview with The Crimson yesterday to talk about the merging of law and politics in his career...
...you’ve become mayor of Newark. That’s a big challenge that you took on, and you didn’t have to do it. So why Newark? Why become the mayor...