By COLlive reporter
Zellnor Myrie was elected to represent the 20th District of Brooklyn in the New York State Senate. Now he has to figure out how to get to work in Albany.
The 31-year-old lawyer and former City Council staffer is one of seven new senators representing parts of New York City who will be sworn into office January 2.
“I currently do not have a driver’s license, so I’ll be taking the Amtrak up until further notice,” he told amNY.com. “In Albany, I’ve been told it’s useful to have a car, but I’m hoping that I’ll be in good enough standing with my colleagues to get a ride to work.”
Myrie beat the incumbent Jesse Hamilton in the Democratic primaries as part of a “blue wave” that gave the Democrats in the Senate a majority for the first time in a decade, reported Nicole Brown.
“It’s very hard for me to see past these next couple of weeks until we actually get our first paycheck,” Myrie said when asked about finding a rental in Albany. He currently resides in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
Until then, Myrie has been taking time to personally meet with local community leaders, among them Rabbi Eli Cohen and Rabbi Chanina Sperlin of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council (CHJCC).
Sitting for lunch at Boeuf & Bun, Myrie discussed matters of concern to the community, including safety, housing, and education.
“The new Senator is now setting up his offices, both in Crown Heights and in Albany and looks forward to working closely with the Jewish community,” Cohen told COLlive.com.
I don’t see anyone else stepping up to the plate. R’ Sperlin and R’ Cohen take the time to meet with our officials in order to help them understand our issues and to help us, so we should be very thankful for that. Can these officials do more for us? Yes, but whatever we do have is thanks to efforts like these so we should all be really appreciate
we are privileaged to have such dedicated members of our community who work night and day to better anash, we all owe them a hakaros hatov.
They are not members of chjcc. Members are decided by vote. One was voted out and the other was never voted in.
What is newsworthy about this photo ?
Other than to give these self appointed community activists another chance to eat and smile what substantive benefit does the community gain ?
While a town meeting format might not get these two there photo op and lunch meting it would acquaint an elected official with the real issues like the tremendous increase in crime of late
He lives in PLG and can’t afford rent in Albany…
Aha.
How can we get this man, as well as other officials, to meet with real members of the community, not just these “figureheads” who represent no one but themselves?
That’s the only thing we get,, pictures, help for our Jewish community, like medcaid, food stamps, section 8, we have to go to Williamsburg for hep. But the only thing we get here for our community are pictures from the representatives. Thanks
meeting with the community
Photo Ops continue as crime does as well