Published report confirms that Orthodox Jewish Republican activist Joseph Hayon has come out as an active supporter of Democratic Mayoral Candidate Erick Salgado

Earlier in the campaign, Hayon had introduced Salgado to small semi-private gatherings of Republicans without Hayon’s indicating his personal endorsement or seeking the gathered Republicans’ support for Mr. Salgado  in any way

Buried in a post in the Politicker about Demoratic Mayoral candidate Erick Salgado were quoted remarks by Brooklyn GOP activist Joseph Hayon  (See “CHURCH & STATE –  A Mayoral Campaign Fueled by the Religious, Conservative Wing of the NYC Democratic Party” by Colin Campbell and Hunter Walker, 2/27/13, Observer.com/Politicker [http://politicker.com/2013/02/erick-salgados-odd-coalition/]).


In the past Mr. Hayon, who has twice run as a candidate for the assembly on the Republican line; and who has been active in support of several other successful Republican candidates, has simultaneously supported socially conservative Democrats against Republicans that Hayon considered unworthy of Orthodox Jewish support.

When reached for clarification of  his position of support of Mr. Salgado vis a vis any of the Republican candidates presently running for mayor, Joseph Hayon said that as of now the only candidate that he'd committed to help was Erick Salgado. Hayon put it this way, “Not one Republican candidate for mayor has reached out to the Orthodox community about the city’s attempt to regulate the religious practice of circumcision (he noted that even some of the more liberal Democratic candidates for mayor had done so). And the same can be said about several other items of special moral and social concern to orthodox voters.”


What follows is that portion of the Politicker report on Erick Salgado concerning  Hayon’s reasons for supporting him:

“Joseph Hayon, an Orthodox Jewish activist and early supporter of Mr. Salgado’s, was particularly emphatic about the Christian candidate’s interfaith appeal. He cited Mr. Salgado’s stance on Mayor Bloomberg’s restrictions against a controversial circumcision process and a host of other policy issues as portions of [Salgado’s] platform that appeal to religious Jewish voters.

“Erick Salgado will do everything he can to make sure that the circumcision regulation will be repealed,” Mr. Hayon told us. “He said he would repeal it. He’s going to be 100 percent on the issues that we care about. Most issues that Orthodox Jews care about will not affect Gentiles. Circumcision does not affect Gentiles. [The Women, Infants and Children program] having kosher grape juice, that’s not going to affect Gentiles. Yes, marriage is going to be something that affects them, that’s probably the only thing. And abortion [and] vouchers.”Erick Salgado will do everything he can to make sure that the circumcision regulation will be repealed,” Mr. Hayon told us. “He said he would repeal it. He’s going to be 100 percent on the issues that we care about. Most issues that Orthodox Jews care about will not affect Gentiles. Circumcision does not affect Gentiles. [The Women, Infants and Children program] having kosher grape juice, that’s not going to affect Gentiles. Yes, marriage is going to be something that affects them, that’s probably the only thing. And abortion [and] vouchers.”

If a Republican candidate were to express the same positions as Salgado, Hayon indicated that he might support both candidates during the pre-primary phase of the campaign.