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...that "the Rabbit" went to work for is Eugene Nardelli, an Italian district leader in the heavily Puerto Rican lower section of East Harlem. Nardelli grew up in East Harlem at a time when it was a boy's dream to become a member of the regular Democratic machine. As soon as Nardelli joined that organization, it fell apart. The formerly dominant Italian population had moved out and the newly arrived Puerto Ricans took over...
...Nardelli worked for seven years developing an organization among the Puerto Ricans and in 1969 was elected the Democratic district leader riding in on the coattails of Congressman Herman Badillo who he backed that year for mayor. This year Nardelli defeated a Puerto Rican challenger for his position by more than a 2-1 margin...
...Italian-American, Nardelli wanted to support Representative Mario Biaggi in this year's mayoral primary. However, because he is a pragmatic politician, Nardelli knew he could...
...primary day, Nardelli had 50 pullers in the projects working to drag out the reluctant voters. Utilizing his election district captains, number runners, high school kids and gyps cap drivers, Nardelli managed to produce a 40 per cent turnout in his area with 92 per cent of that vote going to Badillo. No district leader in the city did that well...
...Nardelli also had a fleet of cars outside his headquarters ready to take Puerto Rican voters to the courthouse in the event that some were denied the right to vote because of a supposedly invalid registration. During the day, Nardelli's people transported over 150 people to the courthouse in upper Manhattan so that they could get orders allowing them to vote...