State Assembly Member - District 62
Michael W. Reilly Jr.
Assembly member for District 62 since January 2019 and ranking minority member of the Assembly Cities Committee; re-elected in November 2024 with 98.8% of the vote.
Issues Michael is raising
Crime, bail, policing and drug laws
Lists supporting law enforcement, bolstering public safety and combatting the opioid crisis among his priorities. Sponsors bills letting judges weigh dangerousness in release decisions, creating deceptive mask-wearing crimes and setting up a drug dealer registry. Voted against the police radio access bill and the 2026 dispensary-location law.
School funding and school safety
Lists improving education and ensuring adequate funding for schools and community programs among his priorities. Sponsors a bill establishing a state school safety and security act, still in committee. As a member of the Assembly's minority party, voted against the 2024-25 education, labor, housing and family assistance budget bill, which passed 93-53 and became law.
Health care, vaccines and medical aid in dying
Voted against the Medical Aid in Dying Act in 2025; it became law in February 2026. Sponsors a bill to bar mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for children, incapacitated persons, and students or staff of employment institutions or day care facilities. As a member of the Assembly's minority party, voted against the 2024-25 health and mental hygiene budget bill, which passed 99-47 and became law.
Climate, energy and gas service
Voted against the 2024 laws creating a climate change adaptation cost recovery program and fund and requiring electric vehicle charging stations and EV-ready parking in new construction with off-street parking. Voted against a 2026 law on the provision of gas service to new customers.
Tolls and commuting costs
Lists improving the transportation system among his priorities. Sponsors a toll payer advocacy and relief bill, still in committee, and in May 2026 announced a bill to give tax relief to New York residents who pay tolls commuting to and from work.
Background
Based in Eltingville, Staten Island
A retired New York City police lieutenant who served 12 years in the department, he was president of Community Education Council 31 from 2014 until his 2018 election.
- Member of the New York State Assembly for District 62 since Jan. 1, 2019; first elected Nov. 6, 2018 with 89.3% of the vote after winning the Sept. 13, 2018 Republican primary with 64.8%
- Re-elected Nov. 5, 2024 with 98.8% of the vote (58,409 votes), running on the Republican and Conservative lines
- Ranking Minority Member of the Assembly Committee on Cities; member of the Codes, Education, Governmental Employees, Higher Education and Housing committees
- Enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve before joining the New York City Police Department
- Served 12 years in the New York City Police Department; retired as a lieutenant from Brooklyn's 90th Precinct
- Volunteer member of Community Education Council 31 from 2009; its president from 2014 until his election to the Assembly in 2018
- Former volunteer member of the Staten Island YMCA's Board of Managers and coach in its youth baseball league
- Lives in Eltingville, Staten Island, with his wife, Mary, and their three children
Support
Conservative Party of New York State
Also on your ballot on the Conservative Party line
Money
$53K
raised
Top donors: United Firefighters Assn FirePAC- STATE, Police Benevolent Assn of NYC, Plumbers Local Union No. 1 NYC