Brooklyn, NY – Joe Lazar is our choice in the March 23 special election to replace Simcha Felder as New York City Councilman from Brooklyn’s 44th Council District. As reflected in the overwhelming turnout and audience participation in the February 24 Jewish Press forum featuring the candidates for the seat, there is an unusual seriousness with which this race is being taken.
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Perhaps as few times before, it has become clear that elected office cannot just be a reward for the candidate who yells the loudest or who puts out the most inflated, self-congratulatory press releases with extravagant claims of credit for this or that achievement. Rather, the times require elected offiicials with proven ability to best address complicated issues that are fast approaching intractability, if they have not already arrived there.
Without question, Mr. Lazar stands head and shoulders above the other candidates. It is now generally recognized that for the foreseeable future, the overarching job of local government will be to do more with less spending. Key to this will be an ability to effectively evaluate the budgets and plans of various city agencies while considering the proper mix of higher taxes and reduced expenses.
An effective member of the City Council must be an integral part of this process. Comparing the background and training of the candidates, Joe Lazar shines. None of the other candidates even approaches his experience in this regard. He has been the highly respected budget director of a major New York City agency and a recognized expert in the field of public budgeting. Working with various state and city agencies, he devised creative ways to secure millions of dollars in funding for community services.
He was a pioneer in providing affordable housing in Boro Park; he contributed significantly to the growth and preservation of yeshivas; and, he played an integral role in creating programs to help Holocaust victims and children at risk. This experience in the workings of government will also be an enormous resource for constituents of the 44th district when they turn to their councilman to intercede on their behalf with city and state elected officials and administrative agencies.
In sum, with Mr. Lazar, voters in the 44th district would have as their representative on the council someone who will be relied on by his colleagues as
an expert in fiscal matters and treated as a serious player owing to his experience in government and his demonstrated penchant for teamwork.
Joe Lazar seems ideally suited for the times.
Well said I will vote for Joe
Your dirty tricks are not working Greenfeild, what are you going to do now burn the JP on 13th ave.and say they encourage “Toaiva”
Kudos to the Jewish Press for endorsing the best candidate to replace Simcha Felder in the City Council. Joe Lazar is far superior to Greenfield and he doesn’t have to resort to dirty party politics to get his point across.
“Perhaps as few times before, it has become clear that elected office cannot just be a reward for the candidate who yells the loudest or who puts out the most inflated, self-congratulatory press releases with extravagant claims of credit for this or that achievement.”
No further comment needed!
What a endorsement with a complete swipe at the other candidate.
“elected office cannot just be a reward for the candidate who yells the loudest or who puts out the most inflated, self-congratulatory press releases with extravagant claims of credit for this or that achievement.”
I hope people see how accurate that line is.
Couldnt of said it better. Joe is the man for these times.
As a strong Grendield supporter. I have no problem with the Jewish Press endorsement for Lazar. Let all the the JP readers in LA, I’ll, NJ, Fl, continue to support Mr LAZAR. Most yidden who live in the 44 district don’t read the JP, nor would they take it into their houses.
Down with Vito Greenfeild!
Notice to Greenfield
DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB!
Congratulations Joe Lazar!
Joe lazar is uniting us “other”-s are seperating us & making a chillul hashem & forgetting we are still in galus…… Let all in the 44th District Vote to unight Klall Yisroel & Work together with the district as a whole jews & Gentiles alike and may there only be peace between us and our neighbors
P.S I am an independent person out of the district so i write unbiased just knowing some inside about the recent political dealings the last few weeks in court…..
what housing what growth and preservation of yeshivas
congrats joe lazar you deserve it
Greenfeild will only help Bloomberg in hiking all tickets & taxes….
David Greenfield has my vote. We need a true Askan and go-getter with political power houses by his side, david is my choice and needs to be yours.
As a friend of david I can say for sure he is not at all the way all of you make him out to be however I do think his real problem is his backers, they are the ones who don’t get it and I think he was done a tremendous disservice. All I can say is I hope next time around he is more selective of his “camp”. Sometimes you need to go out of the box and get the pros and tell your friends thanks but no thanks, they are not the right bunch for this game (frum community politics)
Greenfield is a Lopez puppet.
You see how easy it is to say whatever you want on a blog!
It must be true it’s on a blog or newspaper.
People stop reading stupidity and speak to the leaders of your childrens yeshivos and your mosdos. Ask them who they are backing and why. Then make your own decision. Don’t believe anything put out by either campaign or their supporters.
That’s what I did and they were unanimous in their support for 1 of the candidates. They backed up their opinion with actual facts and not press releases.