1. Phil Goldfeder was born on April 15,1981 and is an American politician and former Democratic New York State Assembly member from the 23rd district in Queens representing the communities of Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Lindenwood, Hamilton Beach, Broad Channel and Rockaway.
Phil Goldfeder has most recently served as Senior Vice President of Global Public Affairs at the financial institution Cross River.
Phil Goldfeder was born and raised in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens.
Phil Goldfeder touted his years of public service working in city government and for Sen.
Phil Goldfeder fulfilled one of his main campaign promises when, in 2012, he succeeded in having the Cross Bay Bridge rebate for Broad Channel and Rockaway re-inserted into Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive budget.
Each year since assuming office, Phil Goldfeder has reintroduced this legislation to maintain the residency rebate in the Executive Budget.
Phil Goldfeder has frequently referenced a NYU Wagner Rudin Center study on the relationship between mass transit and economic opportunity which revealed that neighborhoods with limited public transit options such as Belle Harbor, Howard Beach, and South Ozone Park, limit their residents' access to jobs with social mobility.
On June 2,2016, Phil Goldfeder announced that he would not be seeking a fourth term in the November 2016 elections.
Phil Goldfeder subsequently announced his resignation effective Election Day 2016 to take a position at Yeshiva University.
Phil Goldfeder regularly competes in local charity races in his district and in 2014 ran the 15K Utica Boilermaker.