By COLlive reporter
Photos: Mendy Krief/COLlive
Devorah Halberstam, NYPD Hon. Commissioner for Community Safety, NYPD Chair Civilian Hate Crimes Review Panel, 71st Pct. Clergy Liaison and co-founder of the Jewish Children’s Museum, hosted an elaborate Sukkah celebration with a who’s who of political and top brass leaders with family and friends.
Attendees included elected officials, members of the NYPD, and community activists who mingled and enjoyed an elegant buffet of sushi, hot food, desserts and l’chaims.
Guests included Governor Kathy Hochul, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Mayor Eric Adams, and Attorney General Letitia James, along with a slew of prominent government and community leaders.
Hochul thanked Halberstam for her friendship over the years and for bringing people together. “I’m so grateful that you’ve opened up your home, and for the way you embrace diversity and bring people of different backgrounds together to share in this beautiful holiday,” she said.
Speaking to Halberstam, mother of Ari Halberstam who was murdered in a terror attack on the Brooklyn Bridge, Hochul said: “Your story is so inspiring to others, the way you overcame tragedy and harnessed what happened to your beautiful son to make sure it never happens to another mother, to another family. How you work to stop hate crimes and acts of violence, because of your tenacity to never, ever give up.”
Hochul added that she was glad to see the elected officials and members of law enforcement in attendance. “We need to continue to stand with law enforcement, we have our district attorney, and our police officers here… they need to know we are behind them and supporting their efforts to keep our streets safe.”
VIDEO: Gov. Kathy Hochul remarks
Mayor Adams spoke about his friendship with Halberstam who has emerged as a leader who prevailed, and said that New York is still alive and vibrant, contrary to what many try to say about the city.
VIDEO: Mayor Eric Adams remarks
In attendance were Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, State Senator Zellnor Myrie, City Council Member Crystal Hudson, Senior Advisor to Mayor Adams Joel Eisdorfer, Director of Jewish Affairs for Governor Hochul Jake Adler, Deputy Consul General of Israel Israel Nitzan, New York Board of Rabbis President Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Pinny Hikind for Comptroller Brad Lander, Deputy Mayor of NYC for Public Safety Phil Banks III, First Deputy Commissioner of NYPD Eddie Caban, Deputy Commissioner of Collaborative Policing Chauncy Parker, and District Attorney of Kings County Eric Gonzalez.
Attending from the NYPD were Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, NYPD Chief of Patrol, Chief Juanita Holmes, NYPD Chief of Training, Chief Joseph Gullota, NYPD Chief of Detectives Bklyn South, Chief Kemper, NYPD Chief of Brooklyn South, Chief James McCarthy, NYPD Chief of Manhattan South, Chief Frank Giordano, NYPD Deputy Chief at Crime Control Strategies, Inspector Richie Taylor, NYPD Community Affairs Bureau, Inspector Joseph Hayward, 71st Pct. Commanding Officer, Inspector Billy Glynn Jr., 81 Pct, Commanding officer, Inspector Andre Brown, Queens Borough South, Deputy Inspector Bruce Cepreano, Commanding officer 70 Pct., Captain Frantz Souffrant, Commanding Officer 78 Pct., Captain Maffei, 77 Pct., Sergeant Michael Baratta, NYPD Sergeant Community Affairs 71st Pct., P.O. Connors, Community Affairs NYPD, Sergeant Jesse Enkele, NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force, Chris Donohue, ASAC Criminal Division of FBI, Lt. Ira Jablonsky, NYPD Brooklyn South.
Attending were also acting ASAC of Criminal Division for the FBI, Ritchie Frankel, Retired SAC FBI Newark NJ, Suzanne Telan, U.S. Attorney’s office, Eastern District of New York, Matthew T. Lattimer, U.S. Department of Justice, Senior Specialist, Northeast Region, Vincent Martinos, Chief of Coney Island Hospital Police, Ceefan Kim, WABC TV News, Ti-Hua Chang, Newsday Investigative Reporter, David Greenfield, CEO of Met Council, Moshe Indig of Satmar, Representative of Assemblyman Brian Cunningham, Councilmember Kalman Yaeger, Pesach Osina, representative of speaker Adams of the City Council.
please do the same for lee zeldin to show the actual frum community actually prefer him?
soory that’s impossible since they’re all in the tank for Hochul along with the majority of the city all rats presumably 59-23% in favor of here the pro murder pro criminal pro crime candidate why do you think only 20 people were there for Zeldin no media no big shots All that is missing is divider’s endorsement!
Keep on inviting these progressive democrats that want to destroy our yeshiva education, forgive those who commit crimes,and release them in the street, voting for them is a disaster
What an amazing meeting of personalities! Great pics. But be SURE, SURE, SURE to vote for Zeldin for governor. Look into it…
Why hasn’t this Mayor dropped the mandates for the city workers as he did for the private sector? Even uber progressive teacher union head Randy Weingarten has recently called him out on this!!! HE PUT THOUSANDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS , OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS OUT OF WORK! Leaving severe shortages .MANY SEASONED PEOPLE! IF YOUR HOME WAS ON FIRE WOULD YOU REALLY CARE IF YOUR FIREFIGHTER HAD THE COVID SHOT? Why isn’t testing option or natural immunity acceptable to him? He gave a press conference last June alongside the NYC Health Commissioner openly stating they are actively working on a… Read more »
I noticed Senator Myrie(D) Senate District 20 and Brian Cunningham (D) Assembly District 43 along with Mayor Adam’s, Governor Hochul, Congresswoman Clark , and City Council member Crytal Hudson attended . Their Districts represent the majority of hemish CH. They are public servants whos salaries are paid with our tax dollars . We are ALL their constituents . They are in office and available to hear anyone of their constituents concerns whatever it is. One does not need a invitation to a private party or event to have the “privilege” of their engagement! Or be represented solely through a delegation.… Read more »
Voting is not a right or a civic duty you have to put the effort
The problem in a politics these days is you could be swayed through the media
The only way to stop it is making it hard to vote,only vote on election day with an id,no early voting no mail in ballots
You must really care about the election that you are willing to wait even 4 or 5 hours on line
I’ve never waited 4 or 5 hours in any election. Additionally there is in person early voting for a week prior with literally zero wait time.
there used to be no such thing of early voting
and it should go back to that make people wait 5 hours and the people that does not care about the issues and is only going because of peer pressure will not vote
in 2020 i waited before the primary for reasons that was not in ch so i went to early voting and i waited for 2 to 3 hours
Keep up the great work Devorah!