Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition, (FJCC) leaders met on Sunday with Borough President Eric Adams on a slew of timely issues affecting the boroughs growing Orthodox Jewish Community.
The Albany battle to achieve tax credits for Yeshiva parents was highest on the busy agenda. The Borough President is recognized as the political leader of Kings County, a borough with the states largest Assembly delegation. FJCC activists feel that it is imperative to bring the Borough President’s voice to the conversation and asked Mr. Adams to get more personally involved. With Brooklyn having the most Yeshiva students of any county in the state and a very sizable catholic and parochial school population, Mr. Adams agreed that the issue needs to be resolved in a way that helps Brooklyn families and issued a letter on Monday to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie urging the passage of a tuition relief bill, writing that “making private education available to those that have the most need is an important goal”.
Josh Mehlman, FJCC Chairman, expressed the community’s sincere appreciation to the Borough President for his willingness to get personally involved in an issue so vital to thousands of his constituents.
(YWN Desk – NYC)
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Writing letters means nothing did he actually call members and ask them to support it? If yes name the people he called and can influence otherwise, it just shows the office is worthless, btw why is dressed like hes going to a golf tournament?