{"id":24293,"date":"2026-11-02T21:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T02:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/?p=24293"},"modified":"2026-11-02T21:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T02:56:14","slug":"%e2%9a%a0-breaking-update-nov-1-2026-police-report-filed-after-rodda-center-confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/elections\/%e2%9a%a0-breaking-update-nov-1-2026-police-report-filed-after-rodda-center-confrontation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u26a0 BREAKING UPDATE (Nov. 1, 2026): Police Report Filed After Rodda Center Confrontation"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 780px; margin: 0 auto; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #111111; background-color: #ffffff; border: 2px solid #111827; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody><!-- TOP BREAKING NEWS BANNER --><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #991b1b; color: #ffffff; padding: 12px 24px; border-bottom: 2px solid #ffffff;\" bgcolor=\"#991b1b\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: 900; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #fef08a;\"><br \/>\n\u26a0 Breaking Election Alert \u2022 Teaneck Today<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #111827; color: #ffffff; padding: 28px 24px; border-bottom: 8px solid #dc2626;\" bgcolor=\"#111827\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: 900; margin: 0 0 12px 0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Caught on Camera Outside Early Voting: BOE Candidate Eric Rhea Confronts Resident, Warns <span style=\"color: #f87171; text-decoration: underline;\">\u201cPray I Get Elected\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #e5e7eb; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4;\">Police report filed with Teaneck Police Department following Sunday parking lot confrontation outside the Richard Rodda Community Center.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!-- SECTION 1: THE CONFRONTATION & VIDEO --><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; padding: 24px; border-bottom: 2px solid #e5e7eb;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.5px; color: #b91c1c; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\">1. What Happened Outside the Early Voting Site on Sunday:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0 0 14px 0;\">On Sunday, November 1, 2026, during early voting at the Richard Rodda Community Center, Teaneck Board of Education candidate <strong>Eric Rhea<\/strong> (Column A \/ \u201cTeam EFG\u201d) confronted the author of <em>Teaneck Today<\/em> in the parking lot while the author was waiting with his young child and his wife was inside voting.<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #fef2f2; border: 2px solid #dc2626; margin-bottom: 18px; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 16px 20px; font-size: 15px; color: #111827; line-height: 1.6;\"><strong style=\"color: #b91c1c; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 12px; display: block; margin-bottom: 6px;\">Summary of Incident Reported to Teaneck Police:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 20px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Eric Rhea approached the author in the Rodda Center parking lot and immediately demanded: <strong><em>\u201cWhat do you have to say for yourself?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">Rhea then told the author that he didn\u2019t know who he was dealing with, threatened that he would <strong><em>\u201cf*** [him] up,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> and warned that the author <strong><em>\u201cbetter pray\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Rhea gets elected.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">When the author pulled out his phone and began recording, Rhea repeated the warning [&#8220;Pray I get elected&#8221;] directly on camera.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- VIDEO EMBED BOX --><\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #111827; border: 3px solid #dc2626; margin-bottom: 16px; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px; text-align: center; color: #ffffff;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #fef08a; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.8px; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\">\u25b6 Watch the Video Captured Outside Rodda Center Early Voting (Nov. 1, 2026)<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto 12px auto; max-width: 360px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 360px; height: 640px; border: 2px solid #ffffff; display: block; margin: 0 auto;\" title=\"Eric Rhea Outside Rodda Center Early Voting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zWZH3B-hUg8\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><a style=\"color: #f87171; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/zWZH3B-hUg8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Having trouble viewing the embedded player? Click here to watch directly on YouTube \u2192<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"background-color: #f9fafb; border-left: 5px solid #dc2626; border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db; border-right: 1px solid #d1d5db; border-bottom: 1px solid #d1d5db; margin-bottom: 16px; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 16px 20px; font-size: 15px; color: #111827; line-height: 1.65;\"><strong style=\"color: #b91c1c; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 12px; display: block; margin-bottom: 6px;\">Verbatim Transcript of Video Recording:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Resident:<\/strong> <em>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to sit and threaten me.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Eric Rhea:<\/strong> <strong style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #000000; padding: 2px 5px;\"><em>\u201cPray I get elected.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Resident:<\/strong> <em>\u201cWhy should I pray you get elected? Tell me.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Eric Rhea:<\/strong> <em>(Walks behind campaign table, turns toward the camera, and laughs)<\/em><strong style=\"color: #b91c1c; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 12px; display: block; margin-bottom: 6px;\"><br \/>\nAsked to comment about why he brought my children up on a thread about taxes, Rhea chose insults about the author&#8217;s family:<\/strong><strong>Eric Rhea:<\/strong> <em><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t speak to me. Don&#8217;t speak to me, Keith.\u00a0 Did I say something about your family?\u00a0 <span style=\"background-color: #fef08a;\">I didn&#8217;t say nothing about your ugly ass wife and your funny-looking kids.\u00a0 So, beat it!<\/span>&#8220;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Resident:<\/strong> <em>\u201cThis is the way you talk?\u00a0 You&#8217;re going to be a trustee on the Board of Ed, and this is the way you speak to people?\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Eric Rhea:<\/strong> This has got to do with you.\u00a0 It&#8217;s personal; you made it personal.<br \/>\n<strong>Resident: <\/strong><em>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t make it personal. You started asking about my kids as if where my kids go to school matters to who is going to be on the Board of Ed.&#8221;<\/em><strong><br \/>\nEric Rhea: <\/strong><em>(called away by George Fernandez to speak with his wife, Liza Fernandez, another candidate for BOE).<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\">After bringing his child home safely, the author returned to the Rodda Center and called in an official report to the <strong>Teaneck Police Department<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\">In additional video turned over to the Teaneck Police Department, Rhea can be heard making disturbing comments about the resident&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wife and children<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #b91c1c; line-height: 1.55; margin: 0;\">With Teaneck voters heading to the polls on Tuesday, November 3, this incident raises an urgent question for our entire community: Is a candidate who confronts a parent in the parking lot of an early voting site, threatens physical harm, and warns a resident on camera to <em>\u201cPray I get elected\u201d<\/em> fit to serve in public office as a trustee on the Teaneck Board of Education?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!-- LINK CALLOUT BANNER TO PRIOR INVESTIGATION --><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #111827; padding: 18px 24px; text-align: center; border-bottom: 4px solid #dc2626;\" bgcolor=\"#111827\">\n<p style=\"color: #fef08a; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.8px; margin: 0 0 6px 0;\">Background: What Sparked Sunday\u2019s Confrontation?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/teaneck\/2026-election-investigation-eric-rhea\/\"><br \/>\n\u2192 Click Here to Read Our Full Investigative Report: \u201cEric Rhea Told Us He \u2018Knows How This All Works\u2019 Because of His Family\u2019s Development Projects. Here\u2019s What Turned Up.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!-- SECTION 2: CONTEXT & SUMMARY OF PRIOR INVESTIGATION --><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f9fafb; padding: 24px;\" bgcolor=\"#f9fafb\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 19px; font-weight: 900; text-transform: uppercase; color: #111827; border-bottom: 3px solid #111827; padding-bottom: 8px; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">2. The Backstory: The Real Estate Investigation Eric Rhea Didn\u2019t Want Voters to See<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\">Sunday\u2019s parking lot confrontation occurred after <em>Teaneck Today<\/em> investigated a message Eric Rhea sent earlier this week boasting about his immediate family\u2019s real estate empire:<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-left: 4px solid #dc2626; margin-bottom: 16px; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 18px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic; color: #1f2937; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.55;\">\u201c&#8230;And for the record my immediate family has large multi-home development projects in New York, Detroit, Los Angeles and Philadelphia so I know a bit about how this all works. If I knew how much Teaneck was up for sale to the highest real estate bidder I may have run for council instead of school board but I and my family tend to live by integrity and what is the greater good.\u201d \u2014 <strong>Eric Rhea<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #1f2937; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">Cross-referencing Eric Rhea\u2019s <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/efgteaneckboe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Team EFG Campaign Bio<\/a> with <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1687229\/000119312521106920\/d76235ddef14a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEC Proxy Filings<\/a>, <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/files.brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/individual_1786181.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FINRA BrokerCheck (CRD# 1786181)<\/a>, and <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.centerviewpartners.com\/team\/john-b-rhea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centerview Partners Disclosures<\/a> confirmed that the projects across those four cities trace back to his older brother, <strong>John B. Rhea<\/strong>\u2014former Chairman &amp; CEO of the <strong>New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)<\/strong>, Founder of <strong>RHEAL Capital Management, LLC<\/strong>, and Board Director since 2015 at corporate landlord <strong>Invitation Homes Inc. (NYSE: INVH)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS BOX --><\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border: 2px solid #d1d5db; margin-bottom: 16px; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: 900; text-transform: uppercase; color: #111827; margin: 0 0 12px 0;\">Key Findings From Our Four-City Investigation:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 14px; color: #374151; line-height: 1.65;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Los Angeles &amp; National (Invitation Homes Inc. \u2014 Board Director, 2015\u2013Present):<\/strong> Sued by the <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2024\/09\/ftc-takes-action-against-invitation-homes-deceiving-renters-charging-junk-fees-withholding-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federal Trade Commission (FTC)<\/a> in Sept. 2024 and hit with a <strong>$48 million fraud settlement<\/strong> ($47.2M refunded to tenants in March 2026 per <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/invitation-homes-refund-ftc-47-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>) for charging families $1,700+\/yr in hidden junk fees (<em>\u201cjuice this hog\u201d<\/em>), withholding <strong>60.8%<\/strong> of tenant security deposits, and leasing <strong>33,328 homes<\/strong> requiring Week-1 maintenance orders for broken AC in summer, no heat in winter, sewage backups, mold, and rodent feces. Also forced into a Jan. 2024 settlement with the <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-bonta-announces-settlement-invitation-homes-over-unlawful-rent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Attorney General<\/a> for unlawful rent gouging.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Philadelphia (2012 Chestnut St. \u2014 RHEAL Capital JV):<\/strong> Awarded a contract by the <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pha.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Resos.APRIL2023.VersionB.1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA)<\/a> in Oct. 2016, the joint venture left the old PHA headquarters sitting as a graffiti-covered eyesore for <strong>10 years<\/strong> before excavation began in Oct. 2026 per <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/rittenhouseramblings.com\/2026\/10\/16\/2012-chestnut-construction-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rittenhouse Ramblings<\/a>\u2014after housing units were slashed by <strong>39.5%<\/strong> (from 200 to 121), costs jumped by <strong>$5M to $65M<\/strong>, and RHEAL Capital was omitted from <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pha.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MinutesBdMtgFEB2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PHA Feb. 2026 Board Resolutions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Detroit (Fisher Bldg, Kahn Bldg &amp; Brush Park \u2014 RHEAL Capital):<\/strong> Majority 65% partner HFZ Capital collapsed amid foreclosures in 2021, freezing investment and forcing the Fisher Building up for sale per <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/deadlinedetroit.com\/articles\/28670\/fisher_building_goes_up_for_sale_as_its_majority_owner_cracks_up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadline Detroit<\/a>; Brush Park South required a zoning overhaul after exceeding the 50-foot height cap at 67+ feet per the <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/detroitmi.gov\/sites\/detroitmi.localhost\/files\/migrated_docs\/legislative-policy-reports\/City%20Planning%20Commission\/RHEAL%20Capital%20Management%20LLC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit City Planning Commission<\/a>; and John Rhea reports <strong>$0 compensation<\/strong> from RHEAL Capital across 12 years in his <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/files.brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/individual_1786181.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FINRA Filing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>New York City (NYCHA \u2014 Chairman &amp; CEO, 2009\u20132014):<\/strong> Left <strong>$1 billion<\/strong> in federal repair funds unspent amid a <strong>400,000 repair backlog<\/strong> per <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/citylimits.org\/does-nychas-development-plan-vindicate-john-rhea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City Limits<\/a>, faced a <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/press-release\/file\/1070551\/dl?inline=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Attorney (SDNY) Lead Paint Investigation<\/a>, and paid <strong>$10M<\/strong> to his former employer, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), before rejoining BCG in 2014 per the <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2012\/09\/john-rhea-nycha-public-housing-washington-crisis\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Observer<\/a> and <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/93751\/000114036122013372\/ny20002049x1_def14a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEC Filings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><strong>Eric Rhea\u2019s Own NYCHA Conflict:<\/strong> In his 2026 <a style=\"background-color: #fef08a; color: #b91c1c; font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 5px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/onyourballot.vote411.org\/m\/candidate-detail.do?id=72976054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">League of Women Voters (Vote411.org) Filing<\/a>, Eric Rhea demands school hiring <strong>\u201cwithout nepotism\u201d<\/strong>\u2014yet on that exact same page discloses that his company, <em>Furnish My Space<\/em>, was an <strong>\u201cEmployment program provider for New York City Housing Authority\u201d<\/strong> and worked on the <strong>\u201cNYCHA Hurricane Sandy disaster &#8211; displaced housing renovation program\u201d<\/strong> (Oct. 2012) while his brother John was NYCHA Chairman &amp; CEO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #dc2626; color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 12px 20px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/teaneck\/2026-election-investigation-eric-rhea\/\"><br \/>\nRead the Full 4-City Real Estate Investigation Here \u2192<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!-- BOTTOM LINE FOOTER --><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #111827; color: #ffffff; padding: 24px; text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#111827\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #f87171; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 900; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\">Teaneck Voters Decide Tuesday, November 3<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #d1d5db; font-size: 14px; max-width: 660px; margin: 0 auto; line-height: 1.6;\">A Board of Education trustee is entrusted with the safety of our children, the stewardship of tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, and the temperament to lead by example. When questioned about his record, Eric Rhea responded by confronting a parent outside an early voting site and telling him on camera: <strong><em>\u201cPray I get elected.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26a0 Breaking Election Alert \u2022 Teaneck Today Caught on Camera Outside Early Voting: BOE Candidate Eric Rhea Confronts Resident, Warns \u201cPray I Get Elected\u201d Police report filed with Teaneck Police Department following Sunday parking lot confrontation outside the Richard Rodda Community Center. 1. 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