Abraham Tischler from Brooklyn, is trying to become the youngest person to be elected to New York City council. He is trying to get the Borough Park Council seat that was once held by Simcha Felder, who recently accepted a job with the Controller John Liu. The Touro College sophomore said his inexperience would help him in the long run, since he doesn't owe any favors. One of Tischler main goals once he becomes councilmen is to save student Metrocards, which is on chopping block for the Metropolitan Transportation Agency as it looks to close a multi-million dollar budget gap. One of Tischler opponents, 31 year old David Greenfield has launched a lawsuit against Tischler, claiming his petitions have forged and duplicated signatures. In all Tishler has gathered 1,415 signatures and adamantly denies any of them are lacking validity.Greenfield formally chief of staff for Assemblyman Dov Hikind, seems to be Mayor Bloomberg's pick for the seat and is considered one of the front runners. So far he has raised $131,000 for the race. Tischler's father, who has capped spending for his son's campaign at $1,000,is callingthe lawsuit ridiculous. He claims Greenfield is simply trying to knock his son off the ballot because he's scared.
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