CB 12 Elects a New Chairperson

History was made on the third floor of the AMICO Senior Center Tuesday night, when Community Board 12 elected its first ever Hasidic Jewish chairperson.

Yidel Perlstein, a Borough Park resident and businessman, won by a margin of 28 to 14, with one abstention. He will take the reins from Alan Dubrow, who has chaired the board since 1990 and been a board member since 1978. 

Dubrow said that while he's had a good run as chair, he won't miss the pressure of the job.

"I'm certainly not upset," Dubrow told press after the meeting. "You've taken a load of my shoulders, Mr. Perlstein."

Members of the Hasidic community are glad to see one of their own representing them.

"It's definitely going to help in Borough Park—it's mostly Hasidic people," said Chaim Wercberger, a Borough Park businessman and friend of Perlstein. "It will be interesting."