AOC former aide in bid to topple Bronx Assemblyman Mike Benedetto

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AOC former aide in bid to topple Bronx Assemblyman Mike Benedetto
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Mike Benedetto believes Jonathan Soto is too far to the left of the district’s constituency, with one of the highest percentage of residents with ties to law enforcement.

the authority to oversee the public school system, saying City Hall has too much power over education.

“This mayor is Trump 2.0. There is no if, and or buts about it,” Soto said in a recent Instagram interview with Harlem Councilwoman Kristin Richardson.Jonathan Soto is a former campaign aide for AOC.Soto, the son of Pentecostal ministers who previously oversaw former Mayor Bill de Blasoi’s faith-based program and managed Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign homework helpers program, told The Post that he thinks resources should be redirected to youth and other crime prevention programs.

The 82nd Assembly District, which has been represented by Benedetto since 2005, is one of the most moderate to conservative in the Bronx, taking in the neighborhoods of Throgs Neck and City Island as well as Co-Op City.Jamaal Bowman Soto has the blessing of Ocasio-Cortez’s Courage to Change political action committee and the Working Families Party.Michael Benedetto serves as the Bronx Assemblyman in the 82nd Assembly District since 2005.Benedetto, a close ally of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, on Sunday said Soto is too far to the left of the district’s constituency, which has one of the highest percentage of residents with ties to law enforcement in the entire city.

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