MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) - A community activist known for challenging local elected officials on the ballot, in the courts and online is claiming his car was intentionally set on fire.
The Journal News (https://lohud.us/2doyjfW ) reports Sunday that police are investigating the Friday night blaze as suspicious.
Activist Samuel Rivers tells the newspaper he’s being targeted for exposing corruption.
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A spokesman for Mayor Rich Thomas called Rivers’ claims “unequivocally false.”
Samuels has a long history of publicly challenging those who run his suburban New York City town.
He has run unsuccessfully for state assembly and City Council seats, filed a lawsuit challenging a former mayor’s eligibility to run for office and in blog posts raised questions about Board of Education spending.
Last month he accused a police officer of firing wantonly in a street.
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