Kiryas Joel, Monroe, NY - Has Number Five In The Most Powerful People Of The Hudson Valley And Catskill Regions

Kiryas Joel, Monroe, NY - Number Five on the list of the most powerful people in the Hudson Valley and Catskills regions, is Gedayle Szegedin administrator for the Village of Kiryas Joel.

Last year he shared the stage with Mayor Abe Wieder. But the Cardinal Richelieu of Kiryas Joel flat-out runs every gear in the indomitable KJ machine, all the while dashing off screeds to Ed Diana, Sheila Conroy and anyone else who crosses him. He's the big-picture guy who conjures projects few other municipal leaders would contemplate, like a 13-mile pipeline to the Catskill Aqueduct. He's only 36, which means that when KJ has 50,000 people and owns Orange County, King Szegedin will rule us all, unless the opposition de-thrones him.