Boro Park, Brooklyn – On Tuesday, Community Board 12 hosted a meeting, via zoom, with New York City’s Fire, Sanitation and Police Departments, along with community leaders, community organizations and elected officials, to review plans in anticipation of the upcoming Pesach Holiday. Although COVID restrictions have eased somewhat since last year Pesach, the pandemic remains, therefore procedures were adopted so a kosher Pesach can safely be celebrated. The meeting follows an annual tradition, first instituted by Rabbi Edgar Gluck in 1966, of hosting a multi-agency conference to facilitate the coordination of Passover planning. The group discussed the need for additional city services as well as the need for the community’s cooperation to maximize efficiency of resources and ensure safety. The agenda this year focused on; sanitation services needed to accommodate the inevitable increase in trash before the holiday, maintaining a visible security presence throughout the holiday, and a strategy to lessen the inevitable frustration encountered in the pre-holiday traffic. The agenda also covered sanitation container locations, and most importantly, the protocols to follow to avoid any serious injuries resulting from Sreifas Chometz as well as COVID prevention guidelines to follow. “I am once again thankful to our partners in City government for working with us, as they do every year, to help us have a safe and healthy Pesach. Last year Pesach we struggled with COVID shortages of resources, but I’m confident that this year the City of New York will come through once again and ensure safety and cleanliness of our district this Pesach season. Our community organizations support the efforts of the NYPD and FDNY so these agencies can be super focused on their tasks at hand: providing essential services. Our annual meetings serve as an example of a beneficial government-community relationship with a common purpose of service to the public.” said Community Board 12 Chairman Yidel Perlstein. “Thank you to all the community leaders and city officials who participated in this” added Perlstein. “I am thankful to all our devoted partners in public service; the city agencies, community organizations, and elected officials for taking time out of their demanding schedules to participate in this meeting. The cooperation of this meeting’s participants is why Erev Pesach is a day that the community can safely engage in the hectic concerns common with Seder preparations. I especially would like to commend the DSNY, FDNY, and the NYPD whose expressed desire for a worry free, joyful Pesach Holiday for our residents drives the efforts to accommodate the unique needs it brings. These agencies devote countless hours and resources towards this goal. A special thanks to our partners in the Shomrim, Hatzolah, Chaveirim, Misaskim and other organizations who serve a vital role in keeping everyone safe,” said District Manager Barry Spitzer. “The pre-Pesach accommodation is a testament to New York City’s commitment to fostering diverse religious practices and worship. The agencies that deliver the essential services that allow our Pesach celebration should be rightly recognized; FDNY thank you for keeping us safe and injury free so we can perform Sreifas Chometz, NYPD thank you for providing additional security so we can celebrate Pesach with peach of mind, DSNY thank you for helping clean up the district for Pesach” said Councilman Kalman Yeger. “I commend District Manager Spitzer, Chairman Perlstein and all our […]
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