Hiram Monserrate, an ex-con and perennial New York politician expelled from the state Senate for assaulting his girlfriend, is gearing up to launch a campaign for a Queens Assembly seat this year, he confirmed to the Daily News on Wednesday.
Monserrate, who was previously close with Mayor Adams, said he’s in the midst of collecting signatures to mount a Democratic primary challenge against Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry.
Aubry, whose district includes East Elmhurst, needs to be unseated because of his continued support for the state Legislature’s 2020 bail reforms, said Monserrate.
“Out of the many reasons there are to challenge the current incumbent, the most important is his stubborn stance in refusing to repeal and amend the current bail reform laws,” Monserrate said.
However, most Democratic lawmakers in Albany have countered that the reforms — which limited the use of cash bail for nonviolent crimes — are unrelated to recent crime spikes, sparking tension between Adams and the Legislature.
Aubry, who has represented his district since 1992, said Monserrate appears to be trying to hitch his campaign wagon to “the issue of the moment” by zeroing in on bail reform.
“You will remember that the mayor and Mr. Monserrate were in the Police Department together and in the Senate together,” Aubry said. “I don’t know whether he’s mimicking the mayor, and I support the mayor, but every time something happens in the city, he says it’s bail reform that’s at fault even though bail reform had nothing to do with it.”
A spokesman for Adams did not return a request for comment.
9 comments:
C'mon Hiram, go big or go home! NY Assembly? That's Little League!
Why not team up with another "wrongly accused" fellow New Yorker?
Here's my suggestion:
Cuomo/Monserrate 2022!
NYS Bail Reform Law is killing people !
"Unrelated to recent crime spikes" The Big Lie !
Reforming bail reform seems a reasonable platform given the abject, monumental failure of the policy. Of course, for many behind it, it's actually a success, since increased crime and fewer blacks in prison is the actual purpose of it.
An ex-con as the face of NYC centrism. Oh boy.
Hiram Monserrate might help our own boarder and get rid of some corrupt politicians.
Once again, life imitates the Simpsons: "Mayor Quimby even released Sideshow Bob, a man twice convicted of attempted murder. Can you trust a man like Mayor Quimby? Vote Sideshow Bob for mayor." Vote Hiram Montserrate. He won't release people like Hiram Montserrate.
Monserrate-the turd that won't stay flushed.
Ten percent for the big guy said...
I guess he couldn't quit after seeig how incompetent his replacement was.
Queens Cupcake said...
Hiram will stand up to the wokes.
Let's go Brandon!
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