The following is an article from the Brooklyn Paper:
Bloomy ain�t the only mayor in town.
Brooklyn is a borough of neighborhoods, and almost every one of them has its own un-elected mayor in charge of everything from hanging holiday decorations to negotiating complicated rezonings � all without any official power.
It usually takes years of hard work, a lengthy record of community activism, and some Brooklyn chutzpah to land the lofty-sounding yet informal position.
Once they�re in office � not that they actually have an office � the neighborhood leaders are more town crier than chief executive, but they play an important role in advocating for their communities nonetheless.
South Williamsburg: Isaac Abraham
He might be the Mayor of South Williamsburg, but Hasidic activist Isaac Abraham is actually seeking a demotion.
The hardware store owner is a longshot in the race to represent the neighborhood in the City Council, but his leadership in the Southside has already cemented his legacy.
For 30 years, Abraham�s lengthy resume as mayor includes accomplishments like the implementation of a CB radio-based, stay-at-home neighborhood watch and the rescue of a Jewish girl who was lost in the woods on the border of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
According to Abraham, his greatest skill is his tenacity.
�If you throw me through the door, I come back through the window,� he said.
His supporters say that going from mayor to councilman is a natural progression for a born leader.
�He already has the job, he�s just looking for the official title,� said Leo Moskowitz.
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Go Isaac go. You should be matzliach. Every community needs a Mayor (shvitzer) of its own to look out for its neighborhood.
Isaac, even thogh you are in Willi and I am in BP we served together in some organizations and yes I do remember that search of the girl in the woods. She must be a grown woman by now with kids of her own of that age.
CHAZAK V’AMATZ.