in a story in the ny post , the executive director of 21st century democrats , paul lotwis , calls the controversy " frivolous " and announced : " we ' re fighting to defend our organization ' s honor " . landmark office spokeswoman deborah beroset said that the historic forum " is in no way religious in nature and any claim to the contrary is simply foolish , " and stated : " while we are not a player to this court and have no firsthand knowledge of it , we can only assume that we are being used as a legal and partisan football to further the owner " s own financial endeavors . " the united york suit was filed april 14 , and is then in early filing stages . a conference with the federal court referee in the case has been scheduled for june 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.