א׳ מרחשון ה׳תשפ״ו | October 22, 2025
City Council Contender Shares Voter Recommendations
Who should you vote for? Yehuda Shaffer, a member of Anash who is running for council in District 41, lays out his recommendations for Crown Heights voters.
By Yehuda Shaffer
Who should you vote for?
Well, here are my recommendations:
Mayor: Cuomo
Public Advocate: Gonzalo Duran
Comptroller: Mark Levine
City Council: Yehuda Shaffer/Benny Rosenberger (whichever is on your ballot)
Proposals:
1. Yes
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
As for the why.
Mayor: Cuomo; He’s better than the guy we don’t want, and has a chance of beating him.
Public Advocate: Gonzalo Duran; Met him, good guy with good values, and I’m on the ballot as an independent under his party.
Comptroller: Mark Levine; Why not?
City Council: Yehuda Shaffer/Benny Rosenberger (whichever is on your ballot); If you don’t understand yourself, I can’t help you…
Proposals:
1. Yes; building an Olympic sporting venue in Essex County and adding more new forest to Adirondack Park sounds like a good idea to me.
2. No; this would make it easier for the mayor to force housing projects onto communities and give the community less say in the matter.
3. No; see #2 above.
4. No; see #2 above.
5. Yes; Making a unified digital map of the city sounds like something that is long overdue.
6. Yes; we want people to go out and vote. Having fewer election days by having local and federal elections at the same time, sounds like a good idea to get more people to vote, and is sure to save the city a bundle of money.
COMMENTS
With all due respect, the impression i got from this article was very shallow reasoning. i would expect someone making recommendations for the entire community to do some more research before putting out such a list, not just pick out of the hat choices like “good guy, i met him”, or “why not”, thats not respectful to the community, and why should such advice even be considered?