A City Hall Staffer for Senate?

According to two Republican sources, City Hall staffer Fred Kreizman is considering a run for state Senate on their line against Democrat Diane Savino, whose district includes parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Kreizman works in the Community Assistance Unit and has previously taken some time off from work to help Republican state Senate Read More

City Hall Staff for O’Connell

Two City Hall staffers have taken a leave from their jobs at the Community Assistance Unit to work on the campaign of Republican Maureen O’Connell in Nassau, according to a City Hall insider.

The staffers helping O’Connell are Fred Kreizman and Matt Gorton. (Kreizman’s cell phone message, when I called, said that he’d be out Read More

A New Boss At CAU

Mayor Bloomberg just announced Patrick J. Brennan as the long-awaited replacement to Jonathan Greenspun as head of the Community Asssistance Unit, an office that has taken on renewed importance and prominence since all the demonstrations and hard feelings started in the city’s Orthodox community a couple of months ago.

After rumors that Terry Read More

On the Teitelbaum, And Other, Successions

The death of Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum last night raises two immediate questions.

The first was which of the Rabbi’s two sons, Aaron or Zalmen, would speak at his funeral, and if both, in what order? That answer could shed light on the battle over succession rights in the Satmar community.

The second question Read More