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Simcha Felder Perfect Record On Meetings

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Shamos » 1/5/2006 15:32

New York, NY - City councilman from Brooklyn Simcha Felder has near-perfect attendance record of all meetings last year.

Some council members earned gold stars for attendance. Among those with near-perfect records last year were Tony Avella (D-Queens) at 2.6 percent; Melinda Katz (D-Queens) 2.8 percent; Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) 6.25 percent; Helen Sears (D-Queens) 6.6 percent; and Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan), who is now speaker, 7.5 percent.

Shamos » 1/5/2006 20:05

Council members are paid $90,000 a year, and the job is considered part-time, and overall nearly 35 percent of the 51 council members dodged one of every five meetings they were required to attend. Worse than that, nine lawmakers had an absentee rate of 30 percent or higher, councilman Al Vann (D-Brooklyn) was absent 38 percent of the time.
"If you're absent, you have to have an excuse," former Council Speaker Peter Vallone said. "The speaker's office must know where you are."

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