NYC pol's billboards fight low-slung pants
Larry Platt songwriter and performer of "Pants on the Ground" arrives at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. A New York lawmaker is the latest in a series of public figures to decry the style that?s been popular since the 1990s. (Jan. 31, 2010) Credit: AP
A New York lawmaker says low-slung pants give their wearers a bad image, and he’s making the point with some images of his own.
Organizers say Brooklyn residents awoke Thursday to the sight of two “Stop the Sag” billboards — and more were on the way. They depict two men in jeans set low enough to show their undershorts.
State Sen. Eric Adams bankrolled the signs with $2,000 in campaign cash. He says the style — adapted from prison garb — is unkempt and degrading.
Adams is the latest in a series of public figures to decry the style that’s been popular since the 1990s.
The chorus of complaints hit something of a fever pitch recently. “American Idol” auditioner Larry Platt became an Internet sensation with his original song “Pants on the Ground” in January.
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'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
