Bourgh Park – Nassau County Executive Kicks Off His Gubernatorial Campaign By Courting Jewish Communities

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    Bourgh Park, Brooklyn – Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi took his young campaign for governor into the heart of Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community Wednesday, greeting local leaders at a breakfast in Borough Park.
    The first day of Suozzi’s listening tour of New York State had a distinctly Jewish flavor.
    While Suozzi is Catholic and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the Democratic favorite, is Jewish, some at the breakfast at the Renaissance Ballroom Wednesday said Spitzer is no shoo-in for the Orthodox vote. But City Councilman Simcha Felder, who represents Borough Park and the surrounding area, said it was “very early on” and he had not decided whom to support.
    The breakfast, attended by 50 to 60 people, was organized by Ezra Friedlander, a local political consultant who has been working with Suozzi.

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    yankel
    yankel
    18 years ago

    While Spitzer is both Jewish and better known than Suozzi, “Jewish votes are not sewn up with anybody, because they are ready to listen to everybody,” said Isac Weinberger, a leader of the Satmar Hasidim.