Hurricane recovery, education top Treyger’s council agenda
Lawmaker takes oath of office vowing probe of ‘where this Sandy money is going’
Mark Treyger, a public school teacher turned politician, set an ambitious agenda for his first year in the City Council, telling hundreds of supporters at his swearing in ceremony on Sunday that he will push for an investigation to ensure that Superstorm Sandy relief funds are properly spent and that he also will devote much of his time in office to education reform.
“We have serious challenges to confront together,” Treyger (D-Coney Island-Gravesend-Bensonhurst) said in a speech that followed a ceremony at John Dewey High School in Gravesend in which he symbolically took his oath of office. He was actually sworn into his City Council post on Jan. 1.
While it was only ceremonial in nature, the Jan. 26 ceremony gave him the opportunity to celebrate the start of his life as an elected official with his family, friends, and supporters, he said. The audience included lawmakers, political activists, judges, civic leaders, and members of the clergy.