Senator Golden Attempts to Knock Mike DiSanto off Ballot

July 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Brooklyn, NY — Bridget C. Riley, a young registered Democrat from Bay Ridge, has challenged the petitions of New York State Senate candidate Mike DiSanto.  The 22nd Senatorial District is currently represented by eight-year incumbent Senator Martin J. Golden.  The district includes parts of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, and Marine Park.

According to voter registration records and campaign finance disclosures, Bridget Riley currently resides with Raymond J. Riley, Chairman of the Board of Raymond Riley & Associates and longtime donor and employee of Senator Martin J. Golden.  

Mike DiSanto is not surprised by the challenge and stated “Everyone in the community knows my signatures are valid.  I owe it to the more than 2,000 registered voters who took the time to sign my petitions and support democratic elections to fight this challenge in court.”  

Commenting on the fact that first time candidates are typically knocked off the ballot by entrenched incumbents, DiSanto stated “We live in a democracy and do not crown kings in America.  I will not be intimidated by those who seek to undermine the political freedoms that our country was founded upon.”  

Mike DiSanto is fully committed to reform in Albany and was one of the first candidates to sign New York Uprising's pledges.  NY Uprising, founded by former Mayor Ed Koch, advocates for meaningful reform across New York State.  Mike sees his campaign as “a fight against the corruption that has overtaken Albany and created the most dysfunctional state legislature in the country”

For more information about Mike DiSanto and his campaign, please visit www.DiSanto2010.com