Breathe A Sign Of Relief — All Is Back To Normal — The City Council Is Back To Regular Business

Worldwide economic meltdown, transit system collapsing, city and state finances a disaster . . . and then there’s the word “ghetto”:

Not only is Maria Baez not ghetto, she wants the word symbolically banned in New York City.

On Dec. 9, as the rest of the City Council was negotiating with Speaker Christine Quinn and Mayor Michael Bloomberg over additional proposed budget cuts and spending reductions to soften the impact of the financial crisis on the city, Ms. Baez, who represents part of Kingsbridge, introduced a resolution that would impose the ban.

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And it stands out because Ms. Baez rarely got involved in lawmaking this year, based on a count of the legislation she sponsored or co-sponsored. The say-no-to-ghetto bill is the second resolution introduced this year to bear Ms. Baez’s name. She also co-sponsored two introductions.