[3] Loeser's parents met at a Jewish summer hotel in the Catskills, where his father worked as a handyman and his mother a camp counselor.
[6] In order to comply with his strict Jewish law, Loeser consulted several rabbis before accepting the job moved to the Lower East Side to be close enough to walk home from work on Friday nights.
In 2010, Jessica Loeser ran unopposed for female Democratic district leader for the Lower East Side, replacing incumbent Ruth Bekritsky who was retiring.
[13] Loeser is Jewish and observes the Sabbath,[14] which requires him to cease work from sundown on Friday to sunset on Saturday.
[2] During his time working as press secretary for Bloomberg, other staff members were instructed to only contact Loeser during the Sabbath in cases of “potential but direct threat to life,” which included the former Deutsche Bank Building fire and during Hurricane Irene.