34 THE QUEENS COURIER • NOVEMBER 28, 2019 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
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34 The Queens Courier • NOVEMBER 28, 2019 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com
What part of ‘no’ does Hiram not get?
As we witness the shamelessness
of some on Capitol Hill who want to
ignore the law to protect a president
accused of breaking it, we see a diff erent
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kind of shamelessness in our own
backyard from another selfi sh, power
hungry lawmaker.
Hiram Monserrate — a convicted
felon who previously served in
the City Council and state Senate —
refuses to leave the political scene.
Reportedly, he’s ready to run for
a Queens assembly seat held by a
longtime veteran lawmaker, Jeff rion
Aubry, who also happens to be one
of the leaders in the Democratic
Assembly majority.
Monserrate was elected last year as
a Democratic district leader. People
in his district, for some odd reason,
seem to think he’s qualifi ed to represent
them — nevermind his criminal
history.
Th e fact that New York state government
continues to allow a guy like
Monserrate to run for public offi ce
is an indictment of our government
itself. Th is opportunist shouldn’t be
allowed on the ballot next year, or
any year.
Shortly aft er winning a state Senate
seat in 2010, Monserrate attacked his
then-girlfriend, cutting her face with a
piece of glass. He wound up pleading
guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge,
and it was enough for the state Senate to
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expel him from offi ce.
Monserrate refused to go away. He tried
to win back his Senate seat in a special
election against the late Jose Peralta,
who defeated Monserrate in a landslide.
Peralta was in the Assembly at the
time, and had to vacate that seat
to become a state senator, prompting
yet another election. Th at gave
Monserrate another reason not to
go away. He wound up losing the
Assembly race to Francisco Moya.
Th en the feds came and locked
Monserrate away on charges that he
embezzled campaign funds through
a nonprofi t. Not long aft er repaying
his debt to society, Monserrate decided
to, you guessed it, re-enter politics.
In 2017, he ran for his old City
Council seat and lost to then-Assemblyman
Moya. Th e next year, he fi nagled
his way into garnering enough
votes for Democratic district leader.
Now he’s using that position to worm
his way back into Albany.
In a democracy, they say, you get
the government you deserve. But
no government deserves Hiram
Monserrate.
We hope his constituents are reading
this, and will reject him if he
dares to run again. However, no felon
should have the privilege of running for
public offi ce — and state government
should act accordingly.
Convicted felon Hiram Monserrate fi led to run against Assemblyman Jeff rion Aubry.
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