An Orthodox rabbi and a Jewish social worker have declared their candidacy for the office of City Councilman. Rabbi Julius Neumann, of Congregation Zichron Moshe, announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for Councilman from the Third District in Manhattan.
Elly Rosen, executive director of the Association of Jewish Anti-Poverty Workers, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today that he intends to make formal announcement tomorrow morning of his candidacy for Councilman-at-Large from the borough of Brooklyn on the Democratic ticket.
Rosen, 24, said he sought the office mainly to afford representation in the city government for the Jewish poor and elderly and to advocate the rights of ethnic groups generally to control their communities. Rosen said he had the support of the “grass root Jewish people” and of non-Jewish ethnic groups in Brooklyn as well. He said that whoever becomes Mayor next year, “the only way to get real results and not token bread crumbs from City Hall is to fight the administration from within the city government, not from outside.”
Rabbi Neumann, who declared his candidacy last week, said he planned to canvas his district on such issues as police and fire protection, pollution, sanitation, education, street conditions, drug addiction and youth problems. He said that if elected he hoped to turn his district into a “model community” that other districts would emulate. The Democratic primaries will be held in New York City June 4.
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