Rob Astorino's latest Campaign Email Uses Local Zoning Laws as a Cover to his Separatist Campaign

In Rob Astorino's recent campaign email he continues his Separatist ways by labeling an organization that brought a desegregation lawsuit in Nassau County as a "Social Justice" organization. What does Astorino mean when he says "Social Justice"? Is that something you believe in?   What the Astorino campaign is doing is using what Ian Haney López, author of Dog Whistle Politics calls "racial code words"    "This sort of coded speech operates on two levels," he says. "It triggers racial anxiety and it allows plausible deniability by crafting language that lets the speaker deny that he's even thinking about race." Mr. Astorino is using the "local zoning laws", his "overreaching of government stance", labeling an organization "social justice"  with a dash of anti- Obama by using "cronies in DC" to scare a certain type of voter that believes in his separatist mindset to the poles. In our last email we clearly explained the history of how local zoning laws prohibited African Americans and Latinos from buying and renting homes in Westchester and Nassau Counties.    The Journal of Land and Public Utility  reported that by 1947, the majority of houses in Westchester, Queens and Nassau counties had covenants prohibiting sales to African Americans.    Andrew Beveridge, a demographer at Queens College in New York who was a expert witness in the Westchester County suit stated "The segregation patterns were laid down early in Westchester County, were certainly set by the 1950s,and they continue today.    How can Rob Astorino defend local zoning laws when these same laws were created to keep African Americans and Latinos out of these same communities?    The Astorino campaign has completely ignored experts,has been defiant to a settlement and has remained constant in keeping laws that over decades have adversely kept African Americans out of specific communities.  Astorino's  position in keeping African Americans and Latinos out of communities that historically kept them out through their zoning laws is no different than LA Clippers owner Ron Sterling attitude when he said, "he does not want blacks in his stadium".     Blaming the Federal Government for overreaching when they try to correct local zoning laws that adversely affect African Americans and Latinos of lower economic lifestyle from buying or renting homes is like blaming NBA Commissioner Adam Silver for overreaching when he penalized the LA Clippers owner  Ron Sterling for not wanting blacks in his stadium.  Mr. Astorino, this is not about the Taxpayer!  First you supported a Segregated Westchester now You are running for Governor on a Segregated New York!