MORE SIMCHA: Simcha Felder Reelected for His 3rd Term

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State Senator Simcha Felder was reelected yesterday for his third term in the New York State Senate.

Felder, who was first elected back in November 2012, will once againrepresent the 17th Senate District which encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Midwood, Flatbush, Borough Park, Kensington, Sunset Park, Madison and Bensonhurst.

A lifelong New Yorker, Simcha lives with his wife and children just blocks from the house in which he was born and raised. Simcha is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Masters of Business Administration degree in Management from the renowned Zicklin School of Business at CUNY’s Baruch College.  Felder also served as a professor of Management at Touro College and CUNY’S Brooklyn College.

Felder has also served as Deputy Comptroller for Budget, Accounting, Administration and Information Technology in the New York City Comptroller’s Office.  Simcha previously worked for the New York State Assembly and as a tax auditor for the New York City Department of Finance.

Before entering politics, Felder was a tireless community leader and volunteer for local civic organizations.  With 17 ½ years of experience in public service, Simcha Felder was elected to the City Council in 2002.

As a Council Member, Simcha built a reputation as a dedicated and committed advocate who brought concrete results home to his constituents.  He served as the Chair of the Council’s Government Operations and Sanitation and Solid Waste Management committees where he worked to bring a more rational approach to government.  Simcha also chaired the Landmarks Committee.

An outspoken advocate for responsible neighborhood development, Simcha worked to transform empty city-owned lots for community uses such as new housing and a Hatzolah Volunteer Ambulance garage and headquarters.  Simcha fought to secure City funding to add new playgrounds, open up and renovate schoolyards for public use, and plant thousands of new trees on city streets.

While serving on the Council’s Education Committee, Simcha supported efforts to improve New York City schools through direct control and equitable funding.  Simcha is a staunch advocate of school choice and maintains that the State must do more to ensure that all New York City students are treated equitably.

Simcha has a proven record as a champion of common-sense policies that streamline government and increase accountability to taxpayers.  He passed laws to reduce unfair parking and sanitation tickets, sponsored the five-minute grace period legislation for motorists, and put a stop to the distribution of unwanted circulars and menus.

As State Senator, in 2013, Felder successfully fought for and secured, funding for school transportation, enabling parents to receive fully-funded, “safety first,” door-to-door school bus services for their school children.  That same year, Senator Felder again fought for parents with special education children, passing legislation to enable parents to more easily receive funding for their child’s schooling.

Senator Felder currently chairs the Cities Committee.  He is also a member of the Aging; Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business; Finance; Health; Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committees; and Veterans, Homeland Security and Miltary Affairs.  In addition, he is a member of the newly formed Taskforce on the Delivery of Social Services for New York City.

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9 COMMENTS

  1. Yes, we all need more Simcha.
    I was very shocked & disappointed that my neighbors threw State Senator Marty Golden under the bus! After all the good he did for us for so many years, you would think a little hakaras hatov was in order. But no. They were too busy playing with their latest Mercedes Benz and building yet another monster mansion. A very sad day here in Flatbush.

  2. I think Simcha was the only candidate that won in NYC that deserved reelection. No he did not run to get endorsed by Nadler or Schumer. He won because he does for his constituents.

  3. Love all these articles congratulating winners in elections that had no opponents on the ballot. We love Simcha and look forward to having him as our State Senetor for another 4 years, but he won the election back in September by the primary. No sense in this article now. (Same for Simcha Eichenstein).

  4. Extraordinarily, Simcha Felder won 100% of the vote! He’s doing better than even the Dear Leader of North Korea, of the Iranian mullahs and of Syria’s Assad!!

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