By far the most interesting political contest this year in the great City of Yonkers is the race for Assembly in the 90th District, between incumbent democrat Assemblyman Nader Sayegh, and republican councilman Mike Breen.
Both gentlemen are good public servants for the people of Yonkers. Both want to continue their public service. Assemblyman Nader Sayegh, in our view, has proven himself to be a strong advocate for Yonkers in Albany, and while we appreciate Breen’s work on the council, there is no reason to remove Sayegh from his post. We endorse Sayegh for re-election.
At the beginning of this campaign, many political watchers wondered how two “nice guys” would campaign against each other. Unfortunately, the negative politics we see today also came to Yonkers in this race.
We choose to ignore the negatvity, and point to some differences between Sayegh and Breen. Breen wants to go to Albany, to effectuate change. Sayegh wants to work within the democratic supermajority in Albany to help Yonkers.
Sayegh has exeptional experience in the field of education, as an educator and a member of the Yonkers Board of Education. That experience, in our view, is beneficial to the students, staff and taxpayers in Yonkers.
Yonkers residents are living with higher costs for food and fuel and worry that the rise in crime in New York City, depicted on the nightly television newscasts, will arrive here in the future.
Sayegh has worked in the Assembly to address these issues to help the residents of Yonkers. He has passed or co-sponsored legislation to waive the sales tax on diapers and on gas.
Assemblyman Nader Sayegh loses some points in this match up with some because he is too moderate, too collaborative, and too focused on delivering results for Yonkers. For example: he helped deliver record anti-violence and anti-crime funding to Yonkers. The $1 million dollars in funding for the SNUGS anti-violence program and summer jobs and job training, and training grants for the Yonkers Police Department, are working. Yonkers achieved a ranking of 3rd safest city in America in this year’s Wallet Hub Safe Communities Report.
To protect our safety, police and schools, Assemblyman Sayegh voted to limit the spread of assault weapons and ghost guns, voted to get guns off our streets and provided police training funds for defusing critical situations.
Assemblyman Nader Sayegh has quietly delivered results as he worked to bring people together. He has earned your vote to be reelected to the State Assembly.
While we hope that Councilman Breen’s public service will continue, we endorse Nader Sayegh on November 8.
