9.18.17 – Open constituent questions re: Sen. Felder staff list and immigrant protections

On 9.12.17 and 9.18.17, SD 17 constituent Naomi Rabeeya sent emails to State Sen. Felder’s office requesting an updated staff list, and asking whether Mr. Felder would “openly and proudly defend his constituents and all immigrants.”

A response was not received. The emails are below:

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Subject: Immigrants Rights / Staff Questions
From: Naomi Rabeeya <——–@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 10:06 PM
To: felder@nysenate.gov

Hello,

Please send a current staff list for Senator Felder’s Albany and Brooklyn that includes names, titles, areas of responsibility and email addresses.

Also, last week, I was told Senator Felder was a state senator and DACA is a nationwide issue in response to my question about what the Senator will do to protect/advocate the immigrants in his district.

This upset me very much. I explained that state and national politics are interrelated. Also, our district has about 132,000 residents not born in the United States and out of those 59,400 are not citizens of the United States. We cannot know how many of them are DACA registered, but DACA are not, it has become normalized behavior in society to attack immigrants. I asked what the Senator was doing to address this. I was then told to email the office.

I would hope as a leader, the Senator would openly and proudly defend his constituents and all immigrants. I did not think it would be a question I would have to ask leadership-to stand-up for what is right. Please advise.

Thank you
-Naomi Rabeeya
Midwood, Brooklyn

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From: Naomi Rabeeya <———@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 7:44 PM
To: felder@nysenate.gov

Hello Senator Felder,

I am following-up on the below email regarding obtaining a staff list and DACA. I understand you are busy, but it was my understanding from Cirel, if I sent an email I would hear back. I also send a few emails in June and did not hear back once.

Thank you
-Naomi

— Posted on 12.24.17, backdated to 9.18.17