Simcha Felder
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Simcha Felder, Longtime Brooklyn Pol and Street Safety Foe, is M.I.A. After Speeding Driver Kills Three
Council Member Simcha Felder, who has represented Orthodox South Brooklyn for more than 20 years, has been silent since a speeding driver killed a mother and her two children on Ocean Parkway.
April 1, 2025
Fact-Check: E-Bikes Cause Very Few Injuries
No matter how you slice it, the main danger remains car drivers.
August 3, 2021
Eyes On The Street: Great B82 SBS Service Hurt by Cars, Golden, Felder
Simcha Felder sees "gridlock." We see selfish drivers who are getting in the way of an otherwise excellent bus.
October 25, 2018
Meet Blake Morris — The Man Who Wants To Take Down Simcha Felder
Can an insurgent beat an entrenched conservative Democrat in a district Donald Trump won in 2016?
August 7, 2018
A Hit-and-Run Driver Killed a Woman in Simcha Felder’s District Two Days After NYC Was Forced to Shut Off Speed Cameras
Felder’s obstructionism on speed cameras may have claimed a victim.
August 3, 2018
Watch Simcha Felder Run From a Mother Who Lost Her Child to a Speeding Driver
With just hours to go in the legislative session, Felder’s intransigence could shut down NYC’s speed camera program. If that happens, people will die.
June 19, 2018
Momentum Is Building for More NYC Speed Cameras, and You Can Help
Governor Cuomo and other Albany reps need to hear from New Yorkers who want to see the program expanded.
May 11, 2018
Will DOT and the MTA Prioritize Parking Over Tens of Thousands of B82 Riders?
It looks like the MTA and DOT are altering the plan for B82 Select Bus Service to appease electeds who don't want room for bus riders on Kings Highway.
April 16, 2018
Marty Golden and 5 Democrats Want to Block Better Bus Service on Kings Highway
The Southern Brooklyn pols are trying to nix bus lanes planned for the B82, one of the slowest bus routes in the borough.
March 22, 2018
Drivers Out of Control Near Your Local School? Thank Simcha Felder and Senate Republicans
The streets around NYC schools would be safer this year if not for State Senate Republicans and Simcha Felder, who rejected legislation to double the number of school zones where Albany allows the city to place speed enforcement cameras.
September 7, 2017
