Special Election To Replace Felder: March 23

Brian Hedden — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:30:01 +0000

The special election to replace Simcha Felder – the outgoing Council Member from the 44th District – will be Tuesday, March 23. The Jewish Press will hold a debate between the four candidates – David Greenfield, Joseph Lazar, Jonathan Judge, and Nachman Caller – on February 24 at the Borough Park YMHA. Greenfield and Lazar are already piling on their celebrity endorsements from the likes of Ed Koch (Greenfield) and Bill de Blasio (Lazar).

Candidates previously considered to have an interest in running are Ezra Friedlander, Moishe Oiring, Pinny Ringel, and Brooklyn Civil Court judge Noach Dear.

Greenfield and Judge were both spotted pressing the flesh at the 18th Avenue N-train station in the past eight days.

More Potential Candidates To Replace Simcha Felder

Brian Hedden — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:30:20 +0000

Four new potential candidates have emerged in the race to replace outgoing Councilman Simcha Felder in the 44th District. Confirmed candidates David Greenfield and Joseph Lazar, and rumored candidate Noach Dear may be joined by Ezra Friedlander (second-generation Borough Park native and the CEO of a government affairs-oriented PR firm), Pinny Ringel (a 13th Avenue businessman), Moishe Oiring (a former aide to Borough President Markowitz), and Jonathan Judge (president of the Brooklyn Young Republican Club).

Felder’s resignation is to be made official on January 31, at which time Mayor Bloomberg will set a date for the special election.

UPDATE [Jan-21-2010]: Add Seymour Lachman, author of the Albany exposee Three Men In A Room, as a potential candidate for this seat.

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Special Election To Replace Felder: March 23

More Potential Candidates To Replace Simcha Felder