State assembly chief tours Five Towns

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie toured Todd Kaminsky’s 20th Assembly District on Tuesday, posing with a group of Five Towns leaders in the headquarters of Achiezer, the community resource center based on Central Avenue in Lawrence.

Standing from left: Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford, Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky of Yeshiva of South Shore’s Mesivta Ateres Yaakov, Achiezer Founder  and President Boruch Ber Bender, Far Rockaway Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, Lawrence Trustee Michael Fragin, former Five Towns Emunah President Fran Hermes, UJA-Federation of New York Government Relations Director Jeffrey Leb; Assemblymen Kaminsky and Heastie; Rabbi Bruce Ginsberg of Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere, Lawrence School District Trustee Asher Mansdorf, Yeshiva Darchei Torah Director of Institutional Advancement Baruch Rothman, Cedarhurst attorney Jason Bokor, and Achiezer Development Coordinator Eli Weiss.

Sitting from left: Cedarhurst Trustee Myrna Zisman, Cedarhurst Mayor Ben Weinstock, Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere, YU Vice President for Legal Affairs Avi Lauer, and Cedarhurst Trustee Israel Wasser.