Lou Puliafito State Senate

I was born and raised in New York City’s Yorkville. For over forty years, my wife and I have worked hard to help raise a family, and serve our local community. As a father, grandfather, longtime SEIU 32BJ member, Shop Steward, doorman, and porter, I am no stranger to the struggles of everyday life.

After graduating from LaGuardia Community College in 1984 with an Associates Degree in Applied Sciences with a 3.95 GPA, I interned at IBM, then manned the mail room at Merrill Lynch before having a successful career with New York Life for twenty years.

In that same time, I devoted myself to teaching a computer literacy course for homeless and underprivileged children, sponsored by my company’s charitable foundation. I continue to give back to my local community.

With the cornerstone of our democratic process under threat from forces both without and within, I know how crucial it is that we ensure every voice is counted in order for them to be heard. As a field operations supervisor during the 2010 U.S. Census, I took charge in order to secure this basic fundamental right for all Manhattanites on the Upper East Side. I’ll continue to be a strong advocate for greater election security. Allow only US citizens to vote in our elections.

My son set me on this path to where I am today. At the dinner table, he said, “Dad you are preaching to the choir! Go out and share your ideas to confirm your beliefs”.  So, I did.  I started to join groups and non-profits even ones that I did not agree with. I believe that “diverse opinions” create “doable solutions”. I ran for office in NY in 2018, 2020, and 2021. All unsuccessful in an overwhelming 8-1 Democrat neighborhood.

Now, I am disappointed and angry at our government, society, economy, and media. I worked my butt off for decades and for what? Our country is being undermined. For most, our future is bleak with no hope in sight of a better future for our families especially our children and seniors.

Our leaders on both sides have sold out. Media is judged by the ‘clicks’. Our economy favors only the few. Our society has been distracted from our morals. We need experienced down-to-earth level-headed voices in government to push back against the unbridled greed, rampant corruption, and reckless mismanagement that’s left millions of our hard-working neighbors to fend for themselves while immigration policy strains state and local budgets. What is lost is the Constitutional right of a “Fair Shake”. This is why I am running for the New York State Senate.

In Albany, I will fight to ensure that everyone gets their “Fair Shake”, that people come before profits, our State and Country are kept safe, and our environment is preserved and protected. This a team effort and its time for the corporations and billionaires to do their part so that everyone gets a “Fair Shake”. Its time to minimize the “Wackoo-Doodles” on both sides of the aisle. As a result our families, children, seniors, and local businesses will flourish and thrive.