Racial Profiling In New York City: Latest Victim Speaks Out

“I believe the choice of a star from the Sopranos to persuade an Italian-American Council Member in a district with a large Italian-American population is profiling, and I resent it. This is yet another example of insensitive stereotyping that has too long been used against the Italian-American community. I will decide this matter on the merits of the legislation — not on the opinions of celebrities.”
 — Bronx Councilman Jimmy Vacca expresses his disapproval over the decision to use actress Edie Falco in “a celebrity-studded PETA ad campaign intended to persuade him to get behind banning the city’s horse-drawn carriages.”