clipped from license.icopyright.net Woes of governor, Rangel mark end of Harlem 4 era They ran the city, represented Malcolm X and were black pioneers who put Harlem on the political map. The "Gang of Four" were kingmakers who built Harlem's political dynasty into an empire. But with high-profile body blows this week to one member and the son of another, the group's legacy is in disarray. It seems unlikely that Gov. David Paterson could have become the state's first black governor without the groundwork laid by the group — and the connections that came with being the son of Basil Paterson, one of the quartet along with Rep. Charles Rangel, political power broker Percy Sutton and former New York City Mayor David Dinkins. But with the younger Paterson ending his election bid following a scandal over an abuse complaint against his aide, Rangel facing accusations of breaking House rules, "In a sense, their day has passed," Baruch College politics professor Doug Muzzio said of the elite group who led Harlem's political heyday.