Treyger looks to continue Sandy recover work on City Council
Councilman-elect Mark Treyger’s top priorities all start with the letter S – Sandy, safety, seniors and schools.
Treyger, a high school civics teacher and Democratic Party activist who won a landslide victory over Republican-Conservative Andy Sullivan in the race for the 47th Council District (Coney Island-Gravesend-Bensonhurst) on Nov. 5, discussed his vision for the office he will take in January in an interview with the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Wednesday.
Treyger, who won his election with more than 70 percent of the vote, said his priorities upon taking office will be to help Superstorm Sandy victims, particularly those in storm-ravaged Coney Island, work closely with local police to ensure the City Council provides them with the resources they need to keep streets safe, advocate for additional resources to keep the district’s senior citizen centers open, and fight for changes in the city’s public school system.