ATTORNEY GENERAL TO UNVEIL PLAN TO FIGHT DRUG DEALING

Spitzer and Mayor Driscoll to Hold News Conference Near Rolling Green Estates

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will announce today a new initiative to
combat drug dealing in the neighborhood of the Rolling Green Estates on
East Fayette Street.

Spitzer and Mayor Matt Driscoll will hold a news conference near the
apartment complex at 10 a.m. at the Westmoreland Community Center.

In a program he calls Clean Sweep, Spitzer has used lawsuits and
settlements in Albany, Utica, Mount Vernon, Newburgh and the Bronx to
pressure landlords to ban convicted drug dealers from using their properties.

In some cases, Spitzer has negotiated settlements in which landlords were
required to evict known drug dealers and to bar from occupancy anyone
convicted within the last five years of a narcotics offense.

Spitzer filed suit seeking a court order that barred four men from coming
within 200 feet of a property frequently used for drug dealing.

"He was able to bring suits against property owners who had turned their
backs on activity that took place on property they own, and was able to
hold them accountable for illegal activities," said Paul Larrabee, a
spokesman for Spitzer.

Rolling Green, which has 14 buildings containing 393 apartments in the
1800-2100 blocks of East Fayette Street, is owned by Rolling Green
Associates, a New Jersey company. Although the buildings are privately
owned, the state oversees them because they were built with public money,
and the federal government subsidizes tenants' rent. Spitzer's spokesman
declined Sunday to detail the attorney general's plan for the Rolling Green
neighborhood.