In 1979, he initiated the idea of such a place and proposed it to some local assemblymen.

He got the bat from a local assemblyman in Albany.

But until recently, letters to the Parks Commissioner officials and the local Assemblyman went unanswered.

The local assemblyman was on vacation in Puerto Vallarta.

A local assemblyman who was present throughout and who served as a translator also says clemency was not broached.

The local Assemblyman, Adriano Espaillat, thinks a bicycle race might help.

A local assemblyman, Tom Deverin, got him an interview at the Middlesex County prosecutor's office.

"We will see who the new principals are, what the entering class looks like," said Mark Alan Siegel, the local assemblyman and a Hunter parent.

For 21 years, Mr. Lasher served as the local Assemblyman, gaining seniority to head committees.

The local Assemblyman, Peter J. Abbate Jr., says he has met several times with community leaders about the situation.