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Councilman Simcha Felder was elected in 2001 to represent the 44th District in Brooklyn, comprising sections of Midwood, Borough Park, Bensonhurst and Ditmas Park.
Felder was born, raised, and educated in the Midwood-Borough Park area, where he currently resides with his wife, Elana, and their four children. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Touro College and an MBA from Baruch College. Felder is a Professor of Management at Brooklyn College and the only Certified Public Accountant in the New York City Council.
With two decades of public service experience, Felder understands how to navigate the city bureaucracy; he has a proven record of getting things done. During his first two years in the Council, Felder was able to permanently suspended alternate side parking for the Purim holiday, reroute sanitation pickups during the morning rush hour, and save school nurse positions at private schools.
Despite a difficult economy, Felder has negotiated millions of dollars in additional funds for the community. He has secured $1.5 million to improve McDonald Avenue and eliminate the old trolley tracks, and he has increased funding for several senior programs in the 44th district.
Felder will continue the fight to keep crime rates down, build affordable housing, and end the City’s fiscal crisis. Felder’s professional experience and educational background, combined with his passion for helping others, make him uniquely qualified to serve the community.
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