NY-19: Josh Riley (D)
Josh Riley was born and raised in a working-class neighborhood in Endicott, New York. The four generations that came before him worked in the local factories, making shoes and boots at the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company and circuit boards in the IBM factories.
With student loans, savings from his newspaper route, and part-time work, Josh graduated with high honors from the College of William & Mary and Harvard Law School. At his law school graduation, then-Dean Elena Kagan presented Riley with the Dean’s Award for Community Leadership in recognition of his track record in public service.
He got his start in public service as a staff assistant in Rep. Maurice Hinchey’s office. Early in his career, he had a fellowship on U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Labor & Pensions Committee staff where he worked on legislation to raise the minimum wage and fought back against big corporations that tried to weaken the Family & Medical Leave Act.
After graduating from law school, Riley moved to South Florida to work with the American Academy of Pediatrics on a landmark civil rights lawsuit representing kids from low-income families who were having difficulty accessing the health care services they needed.
Riley and his wife Monica live in Ithaca with their 2 year-old son.
The above information was sourced from the candidate’s campaign website.
