Anti-Kristin Richardson Jordan Truck Parks In Harlem

HARLEM, NY — A mystery truck parked in Harlem street wants to know if you've seen Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan.

"Have you seen this person?" the truck demands. "Your Council Member KRJ is a missing!"

The snarky truck parked Friday and Saturday near 145th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, not far from a truck depot where the defeated One45 project was slated to rise.

Bruce Teitelbaum — the One45 developer who fought Jordan over the plans and has a well-documented history of trading barbs with the Council member — denied outright that he had anything to do with the truck.

"As a matter of fact," Teitelbaum said, "I was asked if the truck could park on our lot (One45 site), and I said no."

Teitelbaum, who operates the truck depot, declined to say who requested the permission he denied.

The truck appears to have a license plate registered in Georgia last year to a Chevy Express van. Its flaps carry the logo of SupremeCorp.com, a URL that leads you to the publicly-traded truck retail company Wabash.

A Wabash spokesperson did not immediately respond to Patch's request for more information about the truck with Jordan's face on it.

But Jordan was quick to deny she was "totally checked out," as an anonymous City Council member told the New York Post in a quote printed on the side of the truck.

"The Council member has been in attendance to every stated meeting where a vote was needed so that she can represent the community's needs," a spokesperson said.

Jordan says three bouts of COVID-19 forced her to log in virtually to several City Council meetings for which she was marked as absent, despite the fact that she listened in.

"Unfortunately when she attends these meetings on Zoom, she does not get the credit for being present," her office said.

"Each meeting missed, was throughly reviewed by the CM so that she has the knowledge to vote on behalf of Harlem District 9."

Jordan is up for re-election in June and is facing off against three competitive opponents, Assembly Member Inez Dickens, Assembly Member Al Taylor, and Yusef Salaam.

The truck doesn't reference the election or promote any other candidate, all of whom confirmed to City and State's Jeff Coltin that they did not pay for the truck.

"I think KRJ is probably the most vulnerable member of the NYC City Council running this summer," one person commented in response to Coltin's tweet.