Primary focus: After initial rejection, Biviano gets a seat at Brooklyn 52nd Assembly debate
Doug Biviano, running for the 52nd Assembly District against Jo Anne Simon and Peter Sikora, argued his way into NY1’s televised debate set for 7 p.m. Monday night after being initially excluded due to his campaign’s lack of financial filings.
Biviano is running a catch-up campaign against Jo Anne Simon, district leader for the past decade, and Pete Sikora, legislative director for the communication workers union, to replace long-time Assemblymember Joan Millman.
He will also be appearing at three additional debates, scheduled for this Wednesday and next Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Friday, Errol Louis, moderator for Inside City Hall, sent the Biviano campaign an email saying, “One candidate (yours?) has filed nothing with the state except ‘no activity’ reports, including for the 32-day pre-primary period. This person, I presume, is either a placeholder, a crank, or perhaps a stalking horse trying to help one of the other people on the ballot.”