46th Council District
The race to replace term-limited Councilman Lew Fidler has attracted a state Assemblyman and a local entrepreneur. The district covers the neighborhoods of Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Georgetowne, Starrett City, Flatlands, Futurama, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Mill Island, Gerritsen Beach, Madison and Sheepshead Bay.
Alan Maisel
• State Assemblyman (D–Canarsie)
• Former member of Community Board 18 who worked for then-congressman Charles Schumer. Served as chief of staff to Assemblyman Frank Seddio.
• Elected to Assembly in 2006. Championed a state law to ban shark fin soup.
• 68, married, two children.
Mercedes Narcisse
• Owner of Statewide Medical and Surgical Supplies
• Organized an annual toy giveaway event that has been going of for a decade. During Hurricane Sandy, she partnered with Long Island charity Toys of Hope to gave away seven truckloads of toys.
• 47, divorced, five children.
THE CAMPAIGN
• Maisel was endorsed by the political action committee Jobs for New York, which has spent $120,000 campaigning on his behalf.
• Narcisse has called Maisel an “old man” who is running for Council only because he’s tired of commuting to Albany.
