Long Island, NY - January 15, , 2016 - Former corruption prosecutor Todd Kaminsky’s new campaign committee raised more than a quarter-of-a-million dollars in less than one week for a potential State Senate candidacy, giving him about $332,000 immediately available in state campaign funds should he run for Dean Skelos’s empty seat.
Assemblyman Kaminsky -- who also reported about $75,000 on-hand in his State Assembly campaign account -- recently began discussing a potential candidacy with family, supporters, community leaders and Long Islanders after receiving the Democratic Party endorsement.
“The era of self-serving leadership in Albany needs to end and it needs to end now,” Kaminsky said. “After a wave of corruption, the mandate from taxpayers for honest government is as strong as ever--and we must take hold of this opportunity for reform so that our lawmakers work for Long Island and not for themselves.
“I am encouraged by the strong support I have received in such a short amount of time as I consider running to replace Dean Skelos. It is clear that many on Long Island and in our state share my deep concerns about our government and want to see real change.”
The 9th Senate District seat became automatically vacant upon Skelos’s December conviction on charges of bribery, extortion and conspiracy.
About Todd Kaminsky
Assemblyman Kaminsky has spent his career fighting for Long Island families and working to end government corruption. As a federal prosecutor representing Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, and as acting deputy chief of the Public Integrity Section, Todd took down corrupt elected officials, drug kingpins and other major felons.
In 2014, Todd was elected to represent the South Shore in the New York State Assembly. During his first term, Todd fought for and won ethics reforms, tax breaks, aid for Sandy victims, and a new emergency center at South Nassau Communities Hospital. Todd also authored the most laws by a first-year assemblymember in recent New York State history.