Feud With Congressman Eliot L. Engel
Publisher Christopher Hagedorn has often used his Bronx newspapers to attack Bronx Democratic Congressman Eliot L. Engel, who was elected in 1988. Hagedorn believes that Engel, then an Assemblyman, was behind a failed effort in 1988 to evict the Co-op City News from its offices in Co-op City. Since 1988, Hagedorn has published numerous editorials and articles attacking Engel and even reprinted critical articles about him that have been published in other newspapers. Hagedorn has often endorsed Engel's opponents in the Democratic primary and the general election but the Congressman always won re-election to Congress. In 2000, Hagedorn intensified his campaign against Engel when the leadership of the powerful Bronx County Democratic organization decided to support former Assemblyman and City Councilman Larry Seabrook at the primary against Engel. Seabrook, whose campaign was plagued with problems, lost the primary to Engel by a wide margin.
In the last decade, Hagedorn's newspapers have mostly ignored Engel, but the two remain bitter enemies.
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