Salim Ejaz as New York City Comptroller

By Mohammad Anwar
NY Muslim Examiner


"I recently found out that Mr. Salim Ejaz is running for the New York City Comptroller’s position. Salim Ejaz as you can probably tell by the name is a Muslim. He is the first Muslim to run for the post. Being a Muslim is not his only qualification. According to his website, he is the only CPA running and has 40 years of financial expertise. Salim has also worked for a division of General Mills, a Fortune 100 company as Audit Manager/Director. He has worked as the Director Audit for Nassau County.

During his service as Direct Audit for Nassau County he exposed waste and losses of over $600 million according to his website. His audit of the legal department which handled lawsuits for property tax claims revealed losses of $430 million in a period of 4 years. He also exposed the gross incompetence in the Assessment Review Commission, where the mismanagement was causing a loss of $70 million per year. His audit of health insurance agreement exposed fraud by a Deputy County Executive which caused a colossal loss of $100 million. Salim’s efforts helped in prevent the future losses of millions of dollars.

According to his website his agenda is to eliminate waste and abuse, cut taxes, improve fiscal controls and abolish cronyism. We can definitely use some one that can help with these things. The elections will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 in all 5 boroughs of New York City. There are over 800,000 Muslims that live in New York City but there hasn’t been any representation of them in City Hall. I have always encouraged Muslims to get involved in their communities and local governments. It’s great to see some people are already doing their part. There are two ways you can help Salim get elected:

If you live in New York city and are registered to vote you can vote for him on September 15th.

You can donate to his campaign or volunteer. For more information please call him at 646-784-1741.

Please go out, vote and get your voices heard. Your comments are appreciated. Please subscribe to stay in touch with what’s going on in the Islamic community in New York. (Source: Muslim Examiner)

Sal Ejaz website: http://salejaz.zshopnet.com/

Related PKonweb.com articles:
http://pkonweb.com/2009/09/02/salim-ejaz-nyc/

Related Dawn.com article: A Pakistani runs for public office in NYC
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/02-a-pakistani-runs-for-public-office-in-NYC-01