Basketball great Sam Perkins touts Fox as best for council
Retired basketball great Sam Perkins, who grew up in Brooklyn, came back to his old borough on Monday to announce his endorsement of Democrat Ede Fox for City Council.
The six-foot-nine-inch Perkins, who won a gold medal on Team USA in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, touted Fox’s efforts to preserve affordable housing in the council district as one of the reasons she would make a great councilwoman.
“Brooklyn is booming and needs smart people with the right ideas that allow this community to grow in the interests of those who live here and I believe Ede is one of those people,” Perkins said.