NY-11: Former NYPD officer Michael DeCillis enters Democratic primary [View all]
The Democratic primary in New York’s 11th Congressional district is heating up, even after the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a victory for Republican incumbent Nicole Malliotakis.
Former police officer and political staffer Michael DeCillis jumped into the race on Monday, condemning Malliotakis and her party.
“I’m running because President Trump and Congressional Republicans including Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis are destroying democracy at home, and diplomacy and security abroad,” he said in a statement. “We’re all struggling to pay bills while inflation and tariffs eat into our already thin family budgets. Families are finding it nearly impossible to afford healthcare, groceries, our kids’ education, and their homes, while Trump and his friends made literal billions through tax cuts and grift.”
A fourth-generation Staten Islander who now lives in Bay Ridge, DeCillis spent ten years with the NYPD, served as a paramedic on 9/11, and spent several years as a special education teacher in New York City public schools.
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