As the candidate field crowds heading into 2009, when a slate of citywide and City Council seats are up for grabs, contenders are beginning to show their faces in the outer-boroughs.

City comptroller candidate Simcha Felder made the most recent appearance on the Island, meeting last night with the Young Democrats of Richmond County.

Felder, a Democratic councilman from Brooklyn, kept the talk broad, speaking about his background as a tax auditor and how he got started in politics, before taking questions on how he would protect public money for youth.