Superstorm Sandy informs Treyger’s City Council philosophy
Much of Councilmember Mark Treyger’s public life has been taken up by his non-stop efforts to help Superstorm Sandy victims recover and move on with their lives. There’s a good reason for this, according to the freshman lawmaker who won his council seat in 2013, a year after Sandy hit.
“Sandy was personal to me,” Treyger, a teacher-turned-politician, told the Brooklyn Eagle during a recent interview at the Brooklyn Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Treyger represents the 47th Council District, which includes a large section of Coney Island, a shorefront community that sustained devastating damage in the Oct. 29, 2012 hurricane-like storm.