Charles J.Hynes, the ethically challenged Brooklyn D.A., is allegedly in a meeting right now in Williamsburg with the Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe Zalman Leib Teitelbaum. Hynes is trying to appease Teitelbaum, who is upset with Hynes for prosecuting hasidic child sex abusers.
Charles J. Hynes, right, and an unidentified haredi rabbi in Brooklyn in 2004
The earlier deal between Hynes and Teitelbaum for his Satmar faction's bloc vote fell through several days ago, prompting this meeting.