 Only six members of New York's thirty-nine House delegation voted to sustain Reagan's veto.On August 2, 1983, the House of Representatives voted 338 to 90, with Carney voting against, in favor of legislation that would create a federally recognized holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Carney, Guy Molinari, Barber Conable, David O'Brien Martin, and Gerald Solomon were the only members of New York's House delegation to vote against the legislation.In 1979, Carney, Norman F. Lent, and Gerald Solomon sent a letter to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti asking him to investigate black leaders who met with Yasser Arafat for violation of the Logan Act.