Rep. RANGEL PUSHES FOR DIALLO MOM

Rep. Charles Rangel has asked Sens. Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer to rescue special legislation aimed at sparing the mother of police-shooting victim Amadou Diallo from being forced out of the country, The Post has learned. In two recent letters, Rangel (D-Harlem) pleaded with Clinton and Schumer to get involved in his effort, which he says is essential to preventing the Diallo family from being thrown out of the country this coming summer because of their status.  Yesterday marked the sixth anniversary of the death of the unarmed Diallo in a hail of police bullets after four cops believed he was reaching for a gun when they sought to question him.  Rangel's letters were obtained by The Post and illustrate his growing frustration with both Clinton and Schumer, who last year resisted his bid to help the Diallos, who are from Africa.  "I hope I can count on you to introduce companion legislation in the Senate," Rangel, the senior member of New York's congressional delegation, wrote to Clinton.  "As a member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, your support is vital to the success of the initiative to assist the Diallo family," Rangel emphasized in a separate letter to Schumer.   But Clinton and Schumer both declined to comment yesterday on Rangel's bill. The legislation would grant permanent resident status to nearly a dozen of Diallo's extended family but is specifically aimed at his mother, Kadiatou, who has been active in a foundation established in the United States in Amadou's name. [more

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