NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID G.

GREENFIELD
44th District, Brooklyn

DISTRICT OFFICE CITY HALL OFFICE

4424 16th AVENUE 250 BROADWAY, 17TH FLOOR
BROOKLYN, NY 11204 NEW YORK, NY 10007
(718) 853-2704 (212) 788-7357

** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** OCTOBER 13, 2010

Contact: Jason Gordon, Communications Director
Phone: 718-853-2704 (office) / 917-596-4993 (cell)
Email: jgordon@council.nyc.gov

NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL HONORS FOUR MEMBERS OF

BORO PARK SHOMRIM SAFETY PATROL WITH PROCLAMATION

Brooklyn — At an important ceremony at City Hall, Councilman David Greenfield presented

Proclamations on behalf of the New York City Council to the four members of the Boro Park
Shomrim Safety Patrol who were recently shot while confronting a known criminal.

On September 2nd, the Boro Park Shomrim Safety Patrol’s Abe Kaztow, Abraham “Motty”
Brauner, Joel Klein and Motty Perl were shot while apprehending David Flores, a known
criminal and suspected child predator who was driving in an area where 200 children had
gathered for a celebration. The week before the shooting incident, Flores had allegedly preyed
upon groups of children in two separate incidents.

“Every day, Shomrim members put themselves in the line of danger in order to secure our
community,” said Councilman Greenfield. “This particular incident could have easily ended
badly, we thank Hashem that no one was seriously injured.”

Councilman Greenfield continued, “Community members join the Shomrim because they want
to help keep our streets safe. These are the people who are the eyes and ears of our community
and they have proven themselves to be invaluable partners with the NYPD. Today’s
proclamations are just a small token of New York‘s gratitude for Shomrim’s service.”

Shomrim coordinator Simcha Bernath spoke on the group’s behalf and thanked Greenfield for
coming to the hospital to show his support of the injured members and thanked all of the
gathered elected officials for their incredible outpouring of support. Also present were
coordinators Yanky Daskal, Mottie Katz, and Shaya Lichtenstein.

The Proclamation honored Kaztow, Brauner, Klein and Perl’s “outstanding service to the
community” and was presented by Councilman Greenfield who was joined by many other
grateful members of the City Council including Speaker Christine Quinn, as well as
Councilmembers Brad Lander, Lew Fidler, Vincent Gentile, Sara Gonzalez, Letitia James, Karen
Koslowitz, Mike Nelson, Domenic M. Recchia Jr., Peter Vallone Jr., Jumaane Williams, and
Dan Halloran.
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