Seventh grader is a new state senator…but only for 1 day!
Move over, Marty Golden! There’s a new state senator in Bay Ridge. Meet Alex Pellitteri, who plans to come up to the state capitol in Albany within the next few weeks and make himself comfortable at your desk.
The Bay Ridge Prep seventh grader isn’t old enough to be a senator. Come to think of it, he isn’t old enough to vote.
But that isn’t stopping him from making his mark in politics. While Alex hasn’t won an election, he has won the right to be a state senator…for a day. And he has Golden’s blessing to take the job. Alex was the grand prize winner in the 11th Annual Senator for a Day Essay Contest sponsored by Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southern Brooklyn).