Schirripa, 63, has quietly begun making phone calls to registered voters and hanging campaign signs in his old neighborhood of Bensonhurst to support 24-year political neophyte Steven Patzer, who seeks an upset win in a highly competitive race in southern Brooklyn to succeed term-limited Councilman Mark Treyger.

On Tuesday evening, a small group of Coney Island and Gravesend residents met outside the Unknown Bikers Club located on Bowery Street to foster tolerance and understanding. Inspired by The Human Library events in Denmark, organizers Reyna Gobel and Steven Patzer hoped that neighbors would challenge their stereotypes by talking to each other.

Patzer is organizing the expedition with the nonprofit scuba organization, the SuperDive Foundation, and with an environmental lab that is donating a body of tests, Patzer’s spokeswoman, Reyna Gobel, explained. All the divers are experienced, and everyone will wear scuba suits and gear that will cover every part of their bodies, Gobel added. One attendee, a firefighter, will stay on the boat to keep track of the divers as they swim.

“The Gravesend resident has taken on a wide range of issues in the district; such as housing, criminal justice reform, small businesses, storm infrastructure, transportation, veterans and seniors, health care, and the most prominent one that Treyger has been engrossed in, education and the COVID-19 crisis.”

The interfaith event — held outside the Church of Saints Simon and Jude on Van Sicklen Street by Avenue T — drew more than 100 community members who lit candles, said prayers, and spoke in honor of their lost friends and family members. The vigil, which was organized by District 47 Council candidate Steven Patzer, particularly honored local shop owner Joseph Sanfratello, known as Joe Pisa, who owned the Pisa Pork Store in Gravesend.

Steven D. Patzer, candidate for City Council District 47, said that in the summer crime rises and it’s not a good time for the morale of police officers to be low. Patzer said as someone who’s been to Black Lives Matter and pro-police rallies there are “sensible policy reforms.

“Like having the commissioner appointed by majority vote in City Council, the Mayor doesn’t get to push around the NYPD. Having officers go through social worker training,” said Patzer, “Bringing the officers back to New York City, right now they don’t send their kids to our schools, they don’t drink our water. They can’t relate to our struggles.”

Based on campaign fundraising numbers through July 11, District 47 City Council Candidate Steven Patzer has raised $21,500 dollars, 4 times more than Joe Packer. Former assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny raised just $25.

“We reject an education philosophy that is not centered on empowering everyone, regardless of their means to prepare for an exam.” – Patzer

“I’m grateful to be healthy enough to serve my community and gather support from the community during difficult times,” says Patzer, who is a city council candidate for District 47. “I’m even more grateful for the first responders who need and deserve protective equipment and our gratitude.”

“Patzer, who is running to replace term-limited City Councilman (D-Coney Island, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend) in 2021, has delivered thousands of care packages donated by locals with an assortment of snacks, a mask, and COVID-19 information to public housing residents in Coney Island and Gravesend.”

PASWO has been setting an example for all their neighbors in the non for profit community. For every strong man, there is a stronger woman, no doubt about it.” – Patzer

“Learning from home is a huge transition for kids, and they can use all the help they can get.” – Patzer

Community leader Steven Patzer, who organized the press conference, has been working hard across the district to find opportunities for supplemental education for students needing extra help:

• “Having an extra $2,000 for a private test prep course shouldn’t determine the quality of a student’s educational future.  We have to do something to level the playing field for students who can’t afford test prep.”
• [SHSAT Prep] has uplifted thousands of students, and it can uplift thousands more, with the city’s adequate support for test prep opportunities.”

During the pandemic, Patzer has hosted virtual job fairs for essential worker positions to be filled, hand-delivered thousands of meals to Brooklyn and Harlem residents, and is also hosting a virtual health fair to help locals build immunity.

One group, led by City Council candidate Steven Patzer, delivered more than 5,000 masks, 10,000 gloves, and nearly 500 meals to five hospitals and one police precinct on April 8.

Community leader Steven Patzer has collected over 2,000 care packages for NYCHA residents in Coney Island and Gravesend. Each package contains an assortment of snacks, a mask, and COVID-19 information. “I’m driving vans several times per week to pick up new donations of meals and masks,” Patzer said. Patzer also arranges food deliveries to those in need among many other requests from residents of southern Brooklyn. “I do my best with every request and almost all have been fulfilled,” says Patzer. “For many, I’m told the best part of the care packages is the card with my personal phone number and email on it. In high-risk groups, having someone they can depend on is essential during the quarantine. I’m here for them to run errands or make needed phone calls to government agencies and nonprofits.”

Patzer uses his campaign newsletter and his relationships with community groups, non-profits, tenant associations, and faith leaders toget the word out that the Census is safe, easy, and important. “At the end of the day, it boils down to quality of life,” says Patzer. “It’s about individual issues inindividual neighborhoods. That is why we need to get everyone fired up about (completing) the Census (questionnaire).”

“Restaurants are hurting and jobs and family businesses may be lost due to prolonged shut downs and reduced seating,” said Steven Patzer, a Gravesend resident who hosted the event. “These are businesses that deserve to continue to be part of our food landscape.” The group ordered food from six eateries including 86 Bakery, Mr. Bun, and Chen Won Dim Sum, which have suffered up to a 70 percent drop in business, Patzer said. Attendees ate mostly outside and used hand sanitizer as a precaution, he added.

“從上午11點開始，帕特澤一行到了6家Eater.com推薦中餐館吃「早午餐」（brunch）。他說，市長辦公室為企業發放的貸款和補助金可能會有所幫助，但可能還不夠。餐館若要保證讓顧客之間至少保持一米的距離，隔桌就餐，餐館的容量就要減少一半，由於人們的恐懼心理，中餐館受到的打擊最嚴重” “Starting at 11 am, Patzer and his party went to 6 Eater.com recommended Chinese restaurants for brunch. He said loans and grants from the mayor’s office for businesses may help, but may not be enough. If restaurants want to ensure that customers maintain a distance of at least one meter and eat at each table, the capacity of the restaurant will be reduced by half.”

“15日中午，帕特兹在竞选团队和华人支持者的陪伴下，从86街的金潮西饼屋开始了“中餐馆周日早午餐之旅”。进屋后帕特兹询问了饼屋的生意。据一名女店员表示，自疫情开始后生意越发不好，营业额已锐减一半” “At noon on the 15th, Patz, accompanied by the campaign team and Chinese supporters, began the “Chinese Restaurant Sunday Brunch Tour” from the Golden Tide Bakery House on 86th Street. After entering, Patz asked about the bakery business.”

 “My own father was an immigrant from Poland that came here due to a difficult economy in his own country. I can’t imagine what it would have been like for someone to come to the door trying to take him away from me.” Patzer said.

Steven Patzer hosts a Gravesend, Brooklyn immigraton forum in the wake of the Erik Diaz shooting by an ICE federal agent.

“They are currently working on keeping their families safe and together after a violent act,” said City Council candidate Steven Patzer. “The family is grateful for the show of support by everyone who came out here today. Please stay peaceful.“

“They are currently working on keeping their families safe and together after a violent act”.

“They are currently working on keeping their families safe and together after a violent act,” said City Council candidate Steven Patzer. “The family is grateful for the show of support by everyone who came out here today. Please stay peaceful.“

“Steven Patzer started the free concert series to honor his grandmother”

Patzer “Our focus is to work on non-political and non-partisan events.”

Steven Patzer is featured as a guest on Zev Brenner’s Talkine TCN Communicatoins Network.

Recently installed Thomas Jefferson Young Democrats President Steven D. Patzer might be only 22, but he is already hitting the ground running as the force behind reintroducing legislation that offers protection to honest buyers and sellers in the City’s thriving secondhand marketplace on the internet.

Community advocate and entrepreneur Steven D. Patzer teams up with City Councilman Mark Treyger and law student Andrew Windsor to call upon the City of New York to establish safe spaces for online buyers and sellers who choose to meet up in public spaces.

“I’m hoping to bridge the gap between those pushing for change, adapting new technology, and understanding the experiences of the old guard and being able to fuse them all together,” said Patzer.

The idea came out of personal experience, according to Patzer. “I was out there doing these exchanges myself and I couldn’t believe we don’t have something like that here,” he told this newspaper.

“Tonight isn’t only about incoming leadership,” remarked Patzer. “It’s about honoring those who served before us. Those who share an unwavering commitment to the sustainability of the Democratic Party and to our community.

“This is important to the younger community. There are a lot of young entrepreneurs out there and this is how we do business,” said Patzer, who earned a B.A. in public affairs.

Patzer, a community advocate, and local business owner cites his entrepreneurship as a driving force: “I grew up in a low-income single-parent household in Brooklyn and have conducted meetups across all boroughs to turn a profit.

As I became a more active member of the buying and selling community, I kept hearing stories of people getting robbed, assaulted, and scammed. I always prayed it wouldn’t happen to me and eventually I said to myself ‘this is not worth my life’ after a young man in Canarsie lost his arm after being run over during a meetup gone wrong,” said Patzer

Through persistent advocacy efforts, articles on the bill were printed in local media despite the bills inactivity. The differing factor: two 21-year-olds, Steven D. Patzer and Andrew J. Windsor, were making noise.