New York, NY - Mayor Announced Appointees To Community Assistance Unit

New York, NY - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced the appointment of Patrick J. Brennan as Commissioner of the Mayor's Community Assistance Unit (CAU). The agency maintains liaison with community groups, civic and neighborhood associations, and public and private agencies in order to address and bring to the attention of the Mayor and appropriate City officials issues and problems of concern to communities.

Since January, Brennan has worked directly for the Mayor as Special Assistant to the Mayor while also serving as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Affairs. Last year, Brennan was a Senior Advisor to the Bloomberg for Mayor 2005 campaign.

The Mayor also announced the promotions of two veteran CAU aides - Christopher Coffey and Fred Kreizman - to greater responsibilities within the unit. Christopher Coffey will now serve as Deputy Commissioner for Operations, and Fred Kreizman, a frum Orthodox Jew and very well known and admired by many chasdic and orthodox jews in NYC, will serve as Assistant Commissioner of Citywide Outreach.

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Asked whether he considered Mr. Greenspun effective, Councilman Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat, replied: "The more fundamental question is whether the unit has been seen as being effective, in general. If you ask me what innovative and creative programs it has done in my district, I couldn't tell you."

He added, "I think that Patrick Brennan will breathe new life into an agency that is critical to the city."

Rabbi Michael S. Miller, chief executive of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, disagreed about Mr. Greenspun's tenure. "Jonathan performed his responsibilities with skill and concern," he said. "What is important to our community is his ability to access Mayor Bloomberg. I know from personal experience that on many occasions, he had that access and utilized it wisely."