Queens Republicans announced a Rego Park real estate lawyer will assume the candidacy left vacant when former City Councilman Thomas Ognibene opted not to run for state Senate.
Michael Conigliaro filed substitution paperwork to run on the GOP and Conservative lines against state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), the city Board of Elections.
Conigliaro could not be reached for comment, but his campaign released a statement saying Conigliaro was compelled to step off the sidelines and stop complaining about the status quo.
“My campaign will focus on the issues that are important to the forgotten middle class: creating jobs, cutting taxes and making sure that the next generation has an even better shot at life,” Conigliaro said in a press release. “I’m running for state Senate because I want to change things for the better.”
His campaign did not respond to inquiries about which real estate law firm he managed, whether he was involved with any political clubs or who he planned to tap for campaign contributions.
There does not appear to be a campaign committee registered in his name, according to the state Board of Elections website.
Addabbo has $52,719.22 in his campaign coffers, according to BOE filings.
3 comments:
This is going to be an Addabbo blow out. Queens GOP is on a ventilator and those in charge of the purse strings, (such as Skelos and Cox) are not coming through with the necessary campaign funding needed for this steep challenge. Mark my words. Addabbo blow out.
I don't trust this one either.
The Queens GOP should just formally wipe their hands and sit back while the machine pols drive the borough further into the ground for a couple of years, and then relaunch with a new message.
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