[Video NBC Video Voter Guide - Gene Berardelli]
Party Nominations: Republican, Conservative
Contact Information: geneb2009@gmail.com; http://www.gene-2009.com
Party Enrolled: Republican
Gene also submitted what he sent to the voters guide.
Occupation: Attorney, Civil Litigation; Part Owner & General Counsel, Gotham Sports Media, LLC
Occupational Background: A young civil attorney. Before joining his current firm in Manhattan, Gene was a real estate attorney in private practice in Sheepshead Bay.
Educational Background: A product of Sheepshead Bay H.S., Gene graduated from Manhattan College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Government and International Studies, and a minor in Economics – in three years! He then received his Juris Doctorate from Quinnipiac University School of Law at age 23.
Organizational Affiliations: Gene is Counsel for the Sheepshead Bay / Plumb Beach Civic Association, member of CB15 CERT, member of the 61st Precinct Community Council, member of the NY County Lawyers Association, and founder of the “Brigham Street Park Projectâ€, an effort to build a waterfront park in Sheepshead Bay.
Prior Public Experience: Gene worked as a Capitol Intern for Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and as legal assistant to the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly.
What is the most important issue in Council District 46 you would address if elected?
We need to fix the local economy and stop squeezing all of us with increased taxes. Government needs to be leaner that it is now – providing essential services with limited taxation. We must explore and adopt innovation and face the fact that simply because the business of the city has been traditionally handled a certain way does not make it the right way.
What other important issues would you address if elected?
The City Council needs to redeem itself in the voters’ eyes after Councilman Fidler and 28 others gave in to the Mayor and repealed term limits. I’ll support putting term limits back to YOU – the voters – and making all voter referendums amendable ONLY by another voter referendum.
What makes you the best candidate for this office?
I come from the grassroots of the community and have successfully worked to get tangible results in Sheepshead Bay and other neighborhoods. We got our hands dirty and did the work our Councilman should’ve done – but took credit for anyway. I won’t forget where I come from and I will keep working FOR you, not against you.
We’re always told to pick the fights we can win. I will fight the fights you think are worth fighting.
I am a registered Democrat and last Thursday my wife and I met Gene Berardelli for the first time at the Tamaqua and I must admit I was impressed by his candor and knowledge of community affairs. He seemed to have his finger on the pulse of the people and their concerns about the problems we have in our neighborhood. I liked the fact that he didn’t spend his time bashing his opponent instead he concentrated on getting the word out on what he fell was needed to be done to maintain and also improve the quality of life we have here in the beach and surrounding communitys.
Considering how our incumbents, city and state, have been treating us lately, I do not plan on voting for anyone who’s running for reelection. We need to go back to basics and teach these politicians that we are the employers and they are the employees after all we do pay their salaries through our taxes.
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@trainman, I’m humbled by such praise. Thank you so much. I hope it’s the first of many conversations to come in the future.
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Humility is a fine virtue, but it won’t get you elected to dog catcher in this town…. You didn’t exactly pack them in with an offer of a free drink of choice. Get off your butt and walk the district. It will do you good in more ways than one.
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@Socrates, Thanks for the advice. I will be campaigning a LOT more in the future.
In fact, I was going to go to the GB Property Owners meeting, but my father was released from the hospital today and I chose to spend time with him instead. Rest assured, I’ll be visiting a lot of neighborhoods a lot of times between now and Election Day.
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@Gene B.,
Gene,
Glad to haer your Dad is doing better. Please send him my best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.
Lew from Brooklyn
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@, Thank you Lew.
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Gene, we missed you at the GB Property Owners meeting. Wish your father well and Semper Fi, from me.
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@George Broadhead, Thanks much George. He’s doing a lot better – but had to go back in for treatment of a staph infection. But believe it or not, he’s campaigning for me from his hospital bed!
I’ll be sure to pass on everyone’s well wishes to the family.
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this bum is out for nobody but himself, think about it, he has no self control how can he control a community.if you vote for him you better hide your food.
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Local lawyer??? Your grammar sucks. You mean local food stamp collector. Stop speaking. You are embarrassing our community.
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@Uchhhhh,
How about this in proper grammer. The candidate in this election is surrounded by criminals, associates with criminals and is probably also a criminal. Uchhhh I am certainly not a food stamp collecter, but I did collect S&H green stamps a while ago.
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hey uchhhhh did you sht in your pants today, is that why they call you that!
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Is this a mongaloid or the monster from the black lagoon? Swila you back someone just because you dont like the other guy. You realy don’t know this idiot. I feel sorry for you and I also lost my respect for you today . Things must realy be bad.
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