Thursday 4:30PM: NYC Councilman Lew Fidler has just issued the following statement to FlatbushScoop.com: First, let me begin by saying “what a long strange trip it has been been,” and by offering my congratulations to David Storobin. In whatever time he may spend as the Senator from the 27th district, I pledge to work with him for the benefit of our community whenever and wherever we can find common ground. There are so many thoughts that one would want to express after this surreal experience. I will address those that my sensibilities say should be expressed and leave other thoughts for another day. First and foremost, I want to express my appreciation and gratitude to the hundreds of people who worked their hearts out in this effort, and to the thousands who showed their support at the polls or in some other way. In an election that was this nasty, this hard fought – and this long – I am left with a choice: to dwell on the disappointment of falling a handful of votes short, or to focus on the faith and commitment that so many showed by believing in me and what I have stood for during my years in public service. I said on election night before we knew the outcome: I was already a winner for the support and love that was shown to me by so many. READ MORE: FLATBUSHSCOOP.COM

The following are statements from both campaigns: Statement from Councilman Lew Fidler: “We respect, but respectfully disagree with, the Court’s decision. Over 100 otherwise healthy people spontaneously declared themselves to be disabled in the presence of no one other than David Storobin’s staffer. This is a proven fact. The Storobin campaign knows exactly what it did here and purposefully set out to do it. “This election – and this count – are far from over. While we await the actual opening of these ballots, a hand recount of more than 22,000 ballots will undoubtedly follow. At the very least, as this will be a first manual recount since the use of the new scanners, we will find out if the new machines are in fact giving us all an accurate count. When all the ballots are double-checked for accuracy, we will know who will be entitled to take the oath of office. “In the interim, I will continue to work as hard as ever representing the people of my district in the City Council. “Stay tuned.” Statement from David Storibin: Brooklyn, N.Y. — A State Supreme Court Justice today rejected City Councilman Lew Fidler’s bogus fraud claim against the Storobin campaign, clearing the way for the remaining 119 ballots to finally be counted. Campaign spokesman David Simpson said, “We were right all along. Everything the Storobin campaign did to encourage voter participation in this election, especially our outreach efforts into the Russian community, was done in accordance with the law and 100% above board. Today the court affirmed that. The Fidler campaign has wasted time and taxpayer money trying to steal this election and disenfranchise Russian voters. But all they succeeded in doing was to delay the outcome of the election for another month. Once these ballots are counted, we are confident that David Storobin will regain his lead and will be declared the winner.” David Storobin thanked his legal team of John Ciampoli, Vinnie Mussina and Gene Beradelli for their excellent work in protecting voters’ rights and ensuring that all remaining votes will be counted. (YWN Desk – NYC)

Lew Fidler has taken a 90 point lead in the still undecided race for State Senator. As of Thursday afternoon, May 3, the tally is: LEW FIDLER………11,050 DAVID STOROBIN…..10,963 Kalman Yeger, the campaign manager for Mr. Fidler’s campaign tells YWN: “Today, the Board of Elections was finally able to proceed with the long-delayed vote count after Mr. Storobin withdrew the bulk of his bogus challenges to lawfully cast ballots. The result is clear: the voters chose Lew Fidler to be our State Senator. “While Mr. Storobin’s illegal voting scheme is still being heard in court, it is clear that the majority of lawfully cast ballots were cast for Lew Fidler. “Lew continues to look forward to the swift conclusion of this count so he can get to work in Albany fighting for our community.” (Dov Gordon – YWN)

The NY Post reports: Taxpayers will shell out about $1 million to elect a replacement for disgraced Brooklyn pol Carl Kruger — who pleaded guilty to taking more than $1 million in bribes — although the eventual winner will spend no more than eight months in office. That’s because Kruger’s 27th District state Senate seat will be wiped off the map by the redistricting process by the end of the year. There still hasn’t been a winner declared in the March 20 special election to replace Kruger — who resigned in disgrace in December — between Republican David Storobin and Democratic Councilman Lew Fidler. Storobin unofficially won by a mere two votes. So now, officials will recount all 22,000 ballots by hand — a lengthy process that could take months and hours upon hours of overtime at the Board of Elections. But the Legislature will adjourn for the year in June, which means the eventual winner may never cast a vote in Albany. Adding insult to injury is that the cost of the special election keeps increasing. Board officials said the initial cost to hold the election was $750,000. That figure covered the cost of poll workers and monitors, transporting the optical-scan voting machines to poll sites, advertising, mailings and other planning and administrative costs. But overtime costs to deal with the recount are piling up. Between March 17 and March 31, the board reported paying $125,000 in overtime — most of it to handle the recount, sources said. Even if only half of the overtime costs are attributed to the recount, the price for the race would be $825,000 through the end of March and nearly $900,000 for the first half of April. READ MORE: NY POST

Not very classy. Today, in a stunt that would make Florida Republicans proud, Storobin campaign workers showed up at Councilman Fidler’s district office, blocking constituents and staff from entering the office. Mr. Storobin’s friends were relocated by the police. Councilman Lew Fidler issued the following statement: “Mr. Storobin’s stunt is disrespectful to the people he claims to want to serve. During the last nine days, I have continued serving my constituents, recognizing that the Senate Republicans, not caring if the 27th Senate district is represented, are working as hard as possible to delay a fair and accurate count. I have attended hearings and meetings of the City Council, and community meetings throughout my district. Last night I testified at the Board of Education hearing on the closing of Sheepshead Bay High School, which Mr. Storobin could not find the time to do. If Mr. Storobin wants to conduct his falsely-premised protest in front of my campaign headquarters, that’s just fine. But his attempt to obstruct the operations of my Council office is out of line. (YWN Desk – NYC)

Republican David Storobin is currently ahead in the recount of last Tuesday’s special election in Brooklyn, and at least some Democrats see a long-term advantage if his lead holds after all of the absentee ballots are counted later this week. The advantage, the argument goes, is that due to redistricting, the district Mr. Storobin campaigned for is dismantled, and the new district Mr. Storobin has vowed to seek reelection in does not contain his base in the Russian community. Instead, the new district contains a very heavy Orthodox Jewish population, which would open the opportunity for Democrats to run a conservative, Orthodox Jewish candidate against him. “[W]ithout Russians in the future Super Jewish district he would not be able to beat Jewish Orthodox Democrat,” Democratic Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny explained on his Facebook wall. “So as a result of that in November ( 2012 general elections ) instead of gaining a seat by electing Jewish Orthodox Republican, Senate Republicans will lose a seat in the Senate.” Mr. Storobin performed strongly in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in last Tuesday’s election, and, during the campaign, he touted his roots in Boro Park and Midwood, which will become the core of the new district, so he likely sees his electoral prospects differently than Mr. Brook-Krasny. READ MORE: POLITICKER

YWN can exclusively report that with over 99% of the ballots counted tonight, Democrat City Councilman Lew Fidler and Republican lawyer David Storobin are in a virtual dead heat, in the special election for the Brooklyn State Senate seat District 27 in the New York State Senate, formerly held by Carl Kruger. There are over 700 paper ballots that will have to be counted. By law they may not be opened for one week, however there will be legal challenges to those ballots which means the race will not be decided for approximately two weeks The winner of the race will hold office until the end of the year, when the district will disappear as new political boundaries take effect. (Dov Gordon – YWN)

In a scathing interview this motzei shabbos on the Zev Brenner radio show, Chaim Deutsch, the founder of the Flatbush Shomrim ripped Senate candidate David Storobin for his work defending violent criminals including those who attempt to murder, assault women and prey on young children. Deutsch explained that Storobin’s website boasts of his success in getting these kinds of people off the hook. A quick look at the Storobin website finds him bragging that he even got someone off for “attempted murder and gang assault,” by pleading it down to a misdemeanor offense and put that person back on the streets after “time-served.” “Storobin’s values are not our community’s values,” explained Chaim Deutsch. “We at Shomrim work hard to keep criminals off the street and meanwhile Storobin’s website is bragging about put them back in our community. Does our community really want to be represented by someone who is proud to be the lawyer for alleged murderers and convicted child predators? We need our elected officials to protect us from the bad guys, not get them off the hook,” concluded Shomrim’s founder. FYI: Link to Storobin’s website. (Dov Gordon – YWN)

From the start of his campaign for State Senate, Lew Fidler has engaged in nasty, vicious and false negative attacks against me. Realizing that he stands against traditional marriage, against vouchers, in favor of abortions, in favor of higher taxes and otherwise out of step with the people of the district, Mr. Fidler knew that he cannot appeal to the voters by discussing issues. As such, his campaign and its supporters resorted to character assassination. They said that I was tied to the Nazis. They questioned whether I’m really Jewish. They’ve attacked my profession as an attorney with a false smear. They’ve even repeatedly attacked my mother with words I won’t write here. Let me set the story straight. I was born in the Soviet Union. My grandparents were born into frum families, but when they were children, Communists came to power and wiped out Yiddishkeit in the Soviet Union. My maternal grandfather Pinchus knew how to be a shohet, but the only thing we knew is that he would buy and prepare the chicken during important events like weddings and funerals, without telling us why. While I was told of my grandparents’ brothers who got killed as WWII soldiers, I was never told about all the other relatives who perished in the Shoah until we came to the United States. In the Soviet Union, one could not give his children Jewish names, so if you wanted to name your child after someone named Abraham, you called him Arkady. Sarah became Svetlana. David – my name, and the name of my paternal grandfather after whom I was named – became Dmitry. This too became an attack against me from the Fidler supporters. They claimed that I renamed myself for this election, an attack that is blatantly false. I legally changed my name when I got my citizenship many years ago, and I have been known as David since my first day in the United States. In fact, even when I got my bris as a baby in 1979, my grandfather Pinchus said a prayer and used the named David for me. In the Soviet Union, we did what we could. My dad, inspired by Israel’s victory in the Six-Day war, got a bris in 1967 as a 23 year old. After their City Hall wedding, my parents quietly went under a self-made chuppah in the backyard out of sight of others where the only thing they knew how to do is to step on the glass cup. While knowledge of Judaism was impossible to acquire, and could potential subject one to arrest, we would do what we could, though usually without any knowledge of how to do it properly. In 1991, we were blessed to come to the United States. While we had the right to practice our religion, we did not have the knowledge to know where to begin. Even as we struggled to survive on my mom’s $5 an hour salary working double-shift, we tried to learn. Every Shabbos my mom would light candles. I learned to read Hebrew, and I learned what to say before eating bread or drinking wine. We learned when to fast and when to drink four glasses of wine. Some things we learned from the right sources. Other times, we’d pick up anything

YWN was shocked to discover an article written by New York State Senate candidate David Storobi preaching apikorsus. As background, Storobin is running for State Senate in a heavily Orthodox Jewish senate district to replace disgraced Senator Carl Kruger on Tuesday, March 20th. Storobin has been the source of great controversy as, apparently, he has given the impression to many, including Hamodia Newspaper, that he is a frum Jew. That claim has been debunked by Yaakov Gold on Yeshiva World and later one of Storobin’s advisers admitted that he was not Orthodox or even Shomer Shabbos. Despite this, Strobin is still actively courting the Orthodox vote based on his claim that his “values” are the same as the Orthodox Jewish community’s. However, based on this essay, Storobin’s “values” do not appear to be Jewish values. In this essay Storobin says many things that are against fundamental Jewish beliefs including that the “there is no evidence of Jewish presence in Egypt.” He goes on to say that the story of yitzyas mitzrayim and Jews defeating Egyptians is “ridiculous.” He adds that that there was no way that Yehoshua could have conquered Canaan and that Jericho’s walls had fallen from an “earthquake” and were not, as Storobin describes, “magically destroyed by the noise from the Hebrew’s horn.” The worst part, perhaps, of Storobin’s essay? As proof of his scholarship and accuracy, Storobin cites a television program on the Discovery Channel. Apparently, for Storobin a television station is more authentic then the Tanach. — The following is an unedited essay by David Strobin published on the Global Politician news website: The Origin of the Jewish People and the Land of Canaan 11/14/2004 By David Storobin, Esq. We’ve all heard the Biblical story about the origin of the Hebrew nation: Egyptian enslavement, God’s punishment of the Pharaoh, 40 years in the desert, conquest of Jericho and other Canaanite lands by Joshua, etc. There is just a small problem with the story: there is no evidence of Jewish presence in Egypt or in the Sinai desert. One would think that after hundreds of years in Egypt and 40 years in Sinai, Hebrews would’ve left traces of their culture – but they did not. Furthermore, we now have evidence that by the time Joshua came to Jericho, its walls were already destroyed by an earthquake, so they were not magically destroyed by the noise from the Hebrew’s horns. And most importantly, Land of Canaan was occupied by Egypt at it’s height of power. To suggest that Hebrews were able to defeat the Egyptians and establish a state in part of Egypt is like suggesting that a group of Gypsy migrants could attack the United States, conquer Florida and establish a state there. Such a claim is ridiculous! So what really happened? During the Egyptian rule of Canaan, it re-organized the territory. As a result, many peasants were left homeless and had to live in their caravans. Egyptians began calling them “caravan people.” The ancient Egyptian word for caravan people was similar to the word Hebrew. [1] Hebrews were not a separate nation – they were merely peasant Canaanites who were left homeless. [2] They made their residence in the Judean desert, which was part of the Egyptian empire at the time. “Joshua and the Hebrews were

I am writing this in response to the letter Yaakov Gold wrote. He starts off describing Councilman Lew Fidler, his history and accomplishments. He then attacks David Storobin for inaccuracies written in an opinion article — which may have been done unintentional. There are many issues raised, but Mr. Gold went about this all wrong. First, it makes no difference why David started to go to shul, and I have no personal knowledge when he started to go to shul. The very fact that David chose to start at an orthodox shul is a huge step in the right direction. If David really changed his name from Dimitri to David, then we should be commend him for wanting a Jewish name. Even if David started going to shul and went through a name change to benefit his campaign, the Gemara says, “Mitoch shelo lishma, ba lishma” (Pesachim 50b), which means one who does the right thing for reasons other than Hashem, will eventually do so for Hashem. Second, David is considered a non-observant orthodox Jew. His beliefs are rooted in Orthodox Judaism, but he is not yet completely practicing. He strongly believes in the Torah and the Gemara. According to Jewish law, he is considered a tinok shenishba (captured infant). Third, absent extraordinary circumstances, a person’s personal religious life should not be taken into account when voting for a candidate in American politics. This is a position I have publicly written to Yeshiva World News when I ran against Steven Cymbrowitz in 2010. It is more important to look at a voting record and/or current political positions that are important to our community. In September, we voted for a gentile over a Shomer Shabbat Jewish person because of same-gender marriage. Fourth, there is no intentional lies here. It is a matter of miscommunication. Of course the job of an editor is to fact check information, but it is completely wrong to attack David for a mistake. It is true that Fidler never called Storobin a Nazi, but Fidler attacked Storobin, for having “ties to skinheads, and neo-Nazi groups, and white supremacist groups”. Also, if David wins, he would be the first [Republican] Russian-American elected to [public] office in [New York]. You can’t blame David if the interviewer misunderstood him. In addition, David never claimed to be observant-orthodox. He prays in an orthodox shul, so people made an assumption. Finally, David is endorsed by many rabbis. These rabbis include Rabbi Haim Benoliel of Bnai Yosef (AKA the Sitt shul), Rabbi David Ozeirey of Yad Yosef, Rabbi Avrohom Schorr of Kahal Tiferes Yaakov, Rabbi Shlomo Stern (AKA the Debreciner Rav), and Rabbi Avrohom Nelkenbaum of Mirror Yeshiva. Joseph Hayon Mr. Hayon ran against Assemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz in 2010 on the Republican line. While he lost, he earned a respectable 43% of the vote. NOTE: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of YWN. DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE POSTED ON YWN? SEND IT TO US FOR REVIEW. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Coming off a successful performance at a major civic association candidates night on Wednesday, Republican candidate for State Senate David Storobin is turning his attention to senior citizen issues with a campaign appearance on Thursday. Storobin will be at the Sheepshead Bay Adult Care Center on Thursday morning to float a proposal that would restore a key prescription drug benefit that was cut by New York State in its current budget. Prescription drug bills have soared for seniors who long counted on EPIC (Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage) to help them pay the costs of pharmaceuticals they need to stay healthy. The cost hikes are so severe that seniors are sometimes forced to go without medication because they can’t afford it. The problem stems from a recent cutback in the state-run EPIC program that took effect at the beginning of the year. Before the cut, EPIC covered most of the out-of-pocket expenses associated with Medicare Part D prescription drug plans for people over 65-years old. Now, EPIC does not help with out-of-pocket expenses until enrollees reach a new coverage limit (or threshold) of at least $2,900 annually. Until seniors have spent the new limit, Medicare enrollees are now forced to pay 25 percent of their out-of-pocket drug costs at the pharmacy. The cut in EPIC coverage (up until participants reach the threshold) has become known as the “doughnut hole” for Part D participants. Although EPIC covers most costs after the threshold is reached, Storobin says the new system is ill-conceived and seriously impacts many seniors’ budgets, putting them in limbo and on the hook. “This cut in EPIC is having a more profound impact on senior citizens that anyone could have realized. We literally have seniors choosing between prescription drugs that they need and food. I’ve talked to them and we’ve seen stories in the press,” the candidate said. “Clearly this is not working for too many people. We need to restore the EPIC cuts and find another place in the budget to find the savings.” Storobin said that the cost of reversing the cut would be about $120 million in the current budget, according to most estimates, a figure that he says would be difficult but not impossible to absorb in the $130-plus billion state spending plan. “We’re obviously going to have to pay for restoring this cut. But it’s worth it. I think we can find other areas to cut that won’t directly impact seniors’ health as directly. And we should ask big pharmaceutical companies to chip in as well,” he said. Storobin is proposing a cost-share program to phase in the EPIC restoration shared by the state and a fund established by pharmaceutical companies. “We can ask big pharmaceutical companies to pay their share and help phase in the cost. It would be unrealistic to ask them to pick it up permanently. But a phased-in cost-share is doable, and I think worth it for the pharmaceutical industry as well,” Storobin said. (YWN Desk – NYC)

After weeks of insisting the he was not a Neo-Nazi, the campaign of Russian-American activist David Storobin appears to be on the rocks. Last week it was revealed that despite high initial expectations the Republicans hardly put any resources into Storobin’s lackluster campaign for State Senate. This week it was revealed that a key Storobin adviser was arrested for assaulting and endagering the welfare of his 14 year old son. And today we learned that in a last-ditch effort, Storobin’s campaign is retooling by bringing on a new campaign manager. Is it too late for Storobin to save his long-shot campaign for State Senate? Only time will tell. The Special Election is Tuesday. March 20th. Via State of Politics by Liz Benjamin With exactly one month remaining in the race for former Sen. Carl Kruger’s Brooklyn seat, there has been a shakeup in the campaign of Republican contender David Storobin. GOP sources confirm Jerry Sullivan, a one-time Assembly candidate and Brooklyn Republican operative who had been running Storobin’s campaign, is no longer on the job. “I was told he was just replaced,” a source said. Storobin’s operation is now being entirely run by Senate GOP staffer Jason Brown, who has been working on the attorney and political newcomer’s campaign for a while now. “You know how the Senate operates,” the same source said. “They always put their people in charge.” According to Storobin’s 32-day pre-special election filing, Sullivan was paid $1,770 between the end of January and the middle of February. Also appearing on Storobin’s filing is Liam McCabe, an aide to Rep. Michael Grimm who was suspended by the congressman over the weekend after he was arrested and charged with assaulting his teenage son outside the boy’s Brooklyn school. Storobin paid McCabe $1,200 over the past month as a consultant. Neither McCabe nor Sullivan appear on Storobin’s January filing. As I reported last week, the Senate GOP has yet to produce the “tremendous” investment Storobin had boasted was being put into his campaign. The Republicans appear to be reluctant to spend on the race unless internal polls show Storobin closing the gap between himself and his Democratic opponent, NYC Councilman Lew Fidler, as the March 20 election day draws closer. Since the GOP has proposed eradicating the 27th SD in its redistricting map to make a new so-called “Super Jewish” district, it seems unlikely the majority will spend a lot to assist Storobin. (Dov Gordon – YWN)

For the second time in two weeks, David Storobin, the republican candidate for New York State Senate held a press conference on the steps of the Brighton Beach Jewish Center. In his latest presser, Storobin attacked Lew Fidler with a string of attacks – including the recycled claim that Fidler made, that Storobin has “ties to skinheads and neo-Nazi groups and white supremacist groups”. Another one of his major attacks against Fidler was that he parked his car illegally, a claim that Fidler disputes and stated he was given permission. Following his latest attacks against the Fidler campaign, Kalman Yeger, Lew Fidler’s campaign manager, gave the following statement toFlatbushScoop.com:   “For 14 straight days, Mr. Storobin has done nothing other than talk about a perceived insult he created in only his own head.  This is now his second press conference where he has erratically engaged in nothing other than false and malicious attacks on Lew Fidler’s words and record. While Lew Fidler continues to campaign on issues important to the people of Brooklyn, Mr. Storobin does nothing more than lie, attack, and lie some more.  It’s a bit sickening at this point, but what else can we expect from someone who has no record, no accomplishments, and is trying to buy a Senate seat as the shill of his Albany Republican pals.”  Why Storobin chose the steps of the Brighton Beach Jewish Center to once again hold a press conference is unknown. Storobin also claimed that Fidler’s campaign sent a “heckler” to the press conference. The campaign told YWN that no one was sent there, and stated that “as Fidler continues to take the lead in this race, we can expect to hear more outrageous and totally false claims from Mr. Storobin.” In related news, a senior Republican operative in Albany told YWN anonymously, that we (republicans) don’t think that Storobin even has the slightest chance in defeating Fidler, but have pumped in a few hundred grand into the race just to play with Fidler.” FLATBUSHSCOOP.COM

Today Councilman Fidler’s campaign for State Senate called on his opponent, Mr. Storobin, to release all writings, interview transcripts, and links to white supremacist and skinhead sites that have been wiped from the internet since Mr. Storobin announced his candidacy for State Senate. As soon as questions started swirling regarding his writings, Mr. Storobin’s entire internet archive was wiped clean, but his interviews and articles on hate websites remain. Additionally, Mr. Storobin held a smoke-and-mirrors press conference hours ago where he offered no denial or explanation as to the connection between himself and why these writings appear on hate websites. “Mr. Storobin should stop hiding his true beliefs,” said campaign spokeswoman, Jenn Krinsky. “If there was nothing offensive in any of these writings or interviews, then why did Mr. Storobin delete them from his website, and leave us only the writings that still exist on white supremacist and hate sites, such as Stormfront, American Renaissance or Phora?” Stormfront is a white nationalist and supremacist internet forum, described as the first internet hate site. American Renaissance is a monthly racialist magazine. Some of Mr. Storobin’s writings appear on these websites, which are inherently sympathetic to the causes of the white separatist Afrikaner Independence Movement, the Minutemen and other extremists. The website of Phora proclaims to “discuss racialism, eugenics, nationalism, holocaust revisionism, history, philosophy, science, politics.” READ MORE: FLATBUSHSCOOP.COM

We at YWN are proud to continue our tradition of giving you a behind the scenes look of the real winners and losers of yesterday’s elections courtesy of our political reporter Jacob Kornbluh. Winners Orthodox Jewish Community New York’s Orthodox Jewish Community flexed it’s electoral muscle yesterday and brought out a huge turnout. All the time spent by the various organizations including Agudas Yisroel, the Flatbush Jewish Community Council, Jewish Block Vote and Flatbush Community Advocacy Group appears to have paid off. For the first time ever there will be two frum Council Members from neighboring districts in Southern Brooklyn guaranteeing the community a big voice in City Hall. All these efforts mean Jewish voters are more engaged than ever. Aronim The minority chasidic sect in Williamsburg pulled off big victories yesterday. They took a risk in an early endorsement for Bill de Blasio for Mayor effectively shutting out their rival Zalis form the de Blasio world. Along with the powerful bloc vote of the Bobov community in Boro Park they played a big role in racking up huge number for Councilman David Greenfield’s victory over his lying competitor. Keep an eye on this new Satmar/Bobov alliance. Observers noticed that they seem to be moving in tandem these days. It may well be one of the most important political developments in recent years. David Greenfield Greenfield’s few enemies banded together in a shockingly dirty effort to defeat him. They found the perfect candidate – one who would be happy to spread any lies they asked him to spread and bankrolled his effort with over $100,000. Not only did they fail, they actually excited Greenfield’s supporters giving Greenfield the largest margin of victory of any candidate last night – a whopping 83%! Bonus: Greenfield was the first frum politician to endorse Chaim Deutsch – first on his radio show and then in an op-ed he penned Monday for Hamodia. Chaim Deutsch The odds were against him and he even had to pick up and leave his lifelong home to move into a new district but Chaim Deutsch pulled off a clear victory against David Storobin proving that his many years of hard work for the community as the leaders of the Flatbush Shomrim paid off. Chaim’s life-long dream of becoming a New York City Councilman has come true and expect him to be a leading voice on Public Safety as the political debate around stop and frisk and other police tactics heats up in a de Blasio administration. Simcha Felder The powerful Senator proved last night why “everybody loves Simcha.” Senator Felder cemented his reputation as the elder statesman of Jewish politics when he authored a letter praising Greenfield as “the hardest working Council Member I know” and in his last minute push to elect Chaim Deutsch to the New York City Council (we at YWN even received his robo-call). As one of Albany’s most influential politicians and now with two close friends in the City Council, Simcha has made good use of his role as the highest-ranking frum elected official in the United States. Losers Chaim Israel What possesses someone who spent years working for the community to flush away his reputation and credibility in the span of a few short months we will never know. As the apparent campaign