Poll: Race relations plummet, sexual harassment persistent

COLONIE - Thirty-five percent of New Yorkers say race relations are excellent or good, a dramatic plunge from 6 years ago when a majority felt that way, a new Siena Research Institute poll found.The poll, released just before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, found just 5 percent thought relations between whites and minorities were excellent. Another 30 percent said they were good while 43 percent thought they were fair and 19 person said poor, the poll found.